Culture: Film Reviews
Rose Pacatte, FSP
October 4, 2020
It is 1963 in Detroit. Mattie Moss Clark (Aunjanue Ellis), mother of five daughters, gets an idea for a gospel song in the middle of the night.
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Rose Pacatte, FSP
Sister Rose Pacatte, FSP, is a Daughter of St. Paul. She has an MA in Media Studies from the university of London and a Certificate in Pastoral Communication from the University of Dayton. She is a media literacy education specialist and has been the film reviewer for St. Anthony Messenger since 2003.
Andrea Bocelli on Music and Miracles
Rose Pacatte, FSP
October 3, 2020
The voice of Andrea Bocelli lifts up the new movie Fatima. But his talent is well grounded in faith.
Film Reviews with Sister Rose
Rose Pacatte, FSP
July 9, 2020
Sixteen-year-old Enola ( “alone ” spelled backwards), played by Millie Bobby Brown, lives with her mother, Eudoria Holmes (Helena Bonham Carter), on the family’s estate in England. Eudoria teaches her daughter every school subject, however unconventional, and how to fend for herself.
The Dating Project
Rose Pacatte, FSP
May 14, 2020
Young people have forgotten how to date responsibly. Boston College’s Dr. Kerry Cronin sought to change that. A documentary—and a nationwide conversation—soon followed.
Culture: Film Reviews
Rose Pacatte, FSP
March 27, 2020
The Call of the Wild
Set in the 1890s, the film centers on Buck, a large St. Bernard-Scotch Collie mix, who has the run of his owner’s mansion in Santa Clara, California. The excitement for the Yukon gold rush is in full steam. The way to get to the Yukon gold fields is through Skagway, Alaska.
Film Reviews: I Am Patrick
Rose Pacatte, FSP
March 16, 2020
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland
Patrick (John Rhys-Davies, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), now the elderly Christian bishop of Armagh, Ireland, begins to write down the events of his extraordinary life so that others will understand his choice to follow Jesus. These writings are called “Confessio ” or “The Confession of St. Patrick ” and is still in print today.
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