Arts and Media

Sister recalls vaudeville days and her family as 'Nine Dancing Donahues'

Dec 4, 2019

Sr. Barbara Donahue, 90, was only 10 minutes into an interview about the vaudeville group made up of her and her siblings when she broke out in "The Donahue Song."

Book Review

'Dear Joan Chittister' shares women's correspondence with Sister Joan

by Alexandra Greenwald

Nov 13, 2019

Book Review: For editor Jessie Bazan, Dear Joan Chittister was an opportunity to share the sense of hope that women in the church were able to cultivate, despite the weight of the topics they discussed.

Polish actress read saint's diaries to prepare for film role

by Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service

Nov 1, 2019

Kamila Kaminska, the Polish actress who played St. Faustina Kowalska in the new movie "Love and Mercy: Faustina," read the diaries her fellow countrywoman wrote to help prepare for the role.

CARA, America Media team up to produce video series on vocations

by Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service

Sep 26, 2019

The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, based at Jesuit-run Georgetown University, has partnered with another Jesuit ministry, America Media, to produce a series of five videos on vocations to religious life posted to America Media's YouTube channel.

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Sister recalls vaudeville days and her family as 'Nine Dancing Donahues'

'Dear Joan Chittister' shares women's correspondence with Sister Joan

Polish actress read saint's diaries to prepare for film role

CARA, America Media team up to produce video series on vocations

Q & A with Sr. Ann Therese Kelly, teaching the art of stained glass

Sr. Ilia Delio's 'Birth of a Dancing Star' memoir is about discovering God in the chaos of life

Q & A with Sr. Marcia Hall, producing a film encouraging African American vocations

Q & A with Doris Baizley, who wrote a play about siblings who became 'Sisters of Peace'

A spiral of Hilma af Klint's art illuminates ties of spirituality, friendship

Mary and the Cosmic Christ

Q & A with Sr. Linnet Antony, bringing people to God through music

Q & A with Sr. Venus Marie Pegar on her 'painting for the mission'

Q & A with Sr. Rose Pacatte on the intersection of theology and film

Q & A with Sr. Karol O'Connell, bringing music literacy to Irish schools

Walk a minute in their footsteps

In 'The Ninth Hour,' Alice McDermott 'deals quite directly with religious women'

'Fiddler' shows us ourselves

Q & A with Sr. Joanna Chan, playwright who finds inspiration in the Gospels

Q & A with Sr. Kathleen Cogan, a first-time author at 88

Creator of 'Novitiate' film wants audiences to focus on coming-of-age story

British Benedictine, 82, creates mural to capture order's charisms

Of nuns, habits, chainsaws, and why the combination is less than 'nuntastic'

Q & A with Sr. Jisha Jiya, the first nun in India to produce a feature film

The 11 sisters of Siervas are a rock band like 'nun' other

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