Arts Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:58:17 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Refugees are a vision in bronze for sculptor Timothy Schmalz /features/arts/item/24510-refugees-are-a-vision-in-bronze-for-sculptor-timothy-schmalz /features/arts/item/24510-refugees-are-a-vision-in-bronze-for-sculptor-timothy-schmalz

Christian artist Timothy Schmalz is putting a face to the label “refugee” with a new bronze sculpture.

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evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) Arts News Sat, 04 Mar 2017 05:58:00 -0500
'The Shack' brings its Holy Trinity to the screen /features/arts/item/24504-the-shack-brings-its-holy-trinity-to-the-screen /features/arts/item/24504-the-shack-brings-its-holy-trinity-to-the-screen

William Paul Young initially made 15 copies of The Shack in 2005 as a Christmas present for his six children and for a handful of his close friends.

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jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Movie News Fri, 03 Mar 2017 08:10:00 -0500
Documentary captures spirit of World Youth Day in Krakow /features/arts/item/24475-documentary-captures-spirit-of-world-youth-day-in-krakow /features/arts/item/24475-documentary-captures-spirit-of-world-youth-day-in-krakow

The Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy is over, but the call to mercy lives on.

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jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Movie News Wed, 01 Mar 2017 10:30:00 -0500
Review of 'The Seven Last Words of Christ: Reflections' by Fr. Rosica /features/arts/item/24440-review-of-the-seven-last-words-of-christ-reflections-by-fr-rosica /features/arts/item/24440-review-of-the-seven-last-words-of-christ-reflections-by-fr-rosica

What do the last phrases of Christ from the cross teach todayƵapp world?

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Book News Sun, 26 Feb 2017 05:58:00 -0500
Canadian bishops' Lent guides should challenge us /features/arts/item/24431-canadian-bishops-lent-guides-should-challenge-us /features/arts/item/24431-canadian-bishops-lent-guides-should-challenge-us

No parish or individual Catholic should have to walk into Lent blind.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Book News Sat, 25 Feb 2017 05:58:00 -0500
Steven Spielberg movie to examine notorious Catholic kidnapping of Jewish boy /features/arts/item/24426-steven-spielberg-movie-to-examine-notorious-catholic-kidnapping-of-jewish-boy /features/arts/item/24426-steven-spielberg-movie-to-examine-notorious-catholic-kidnapping-of-jewish-boy

BOLOGNA, Italy –  It was a heart-wrenching story that bitterly divided Catholics and Jews in Italy and provoked an international scandal more than 150 years ago.

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Movie News Fri, 24 Feb 2017 05:30:00 -0500
Nuns of pop band Siervas says ministry spans service and music /features/arts/item/24377-nuns-of-pop-band-sievas-says-ministry-spans-service-and-music /features/arts/item/24377-nuns-of-pop-band-sievas-says-ministry-spans-service-and-music

LIMA, Peru – When people wave at members of the pop band Siervas as they drive through the city, the nuns in the musical group know they've arrived on the world stage.

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Arts News Sun, 19 Feb 2017 11:00:00 -0500
Global TV's mini-series draws fire for dramatizing euthanasia /features/arts/item/24257-global-tv-s-mini-series-on-euthanasia-draws-fire /features/arts/item/24257-global-tv-s-mini-series-on-euthanasia-draws-fire

OTTAWA – The Catholic WomenƵapp League (CWL) and the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) have condemned the Global TV mini-series Mary Kills People about a doctor who illegally euthanizes consenting patients.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Movie News Sun, 05 Feb 2017 05:58:00 -0500
ThereƵapp beauty in 'The Young Pope,' says Sr. Helena /features/arts/item/24247-there-s-beauty-in-the-young-pope-says-sr-helena /features/arts/item/24247-there-s-beauty-in-the-young-pope-says-sr-helena

For those suffering from a frail, forgotten or non-existent belief in God, the HBO mini-series The Young Pope has a message that may change some minds, says Sr. Helena Burns.

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evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) Movie News Fri, 03 Feb 2017 12:00:00 -0500
Quebec sculptor, who created a new vision for the cross, dies at age 77 /features/arts/item/24217-quebec-sculptor-who-created-a-new-vision-for-the-cross-dies-at-age-77 /features/arts/item/24217-quebec-sculptor-who-created-a-new-vision-for-the-cross-dies-at-age-77

Quebec sculptor Jacques Bourgault, whose contemporary, carved wooden statues of a triumphant, risen Christ on the cross hang in churches throughout North America, has died at the age of 77.

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Arts News Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:55:40 -0500