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7410 Best Films for Catholics
(Ridley Scott's Gladiator, 2000.) This selection of films all have a resonance that speaks to the Catholic imagination, and in some cases more obviously than others. They are all great films in their own right. Here they are in no particular...
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58My very own Groundhog day.
Life is Groundhog day. You cannot hope to improve it by changing one measly thing. You have to go all out and change the lot. It doesn't mean changing who you are as a person. It means taking up the 'Good Fight' and not giving up.
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70The virtues of keeping a diary.
What is so special about keeping a diary? Can a diary ever be completely honest? A diary is the most reliable historical document and there can be huge virtue to be gained from keeping one.
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60Terrific Poems Part 1: If...
Call me old-fashioned, call me a sentimental softy, but every time I hear the opening lines of If, I cannot help but be moved and inspired. It is the distant call of a world we have all but forgotten; shelved away in the dusty corner of our...
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66Making love is Not a competitive sport.
What's happening to that thing we used to call making love? Nowadays it seems you need a PHD in conjugal studies before you can be taken seriously in the bedroom. Isn't time we stopped making sex a competitive sport?
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71Bohemian Catholic
A religious upbringing needn't mean boring and oppressed. In fact for some, being brought up in a religion means an upbringing surrounded by colour and intrigue and a rich culture which delights and fills the imagination. This is a snap-shot of a Catholic upbringing. Although it's personal, it will be familiar to millions.
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70Is society dragging teenage girls back into the dark ages?
Our teenage girls are being let down. They are being sexualised at a younger and younger age while more are leaving school with pitiful grades to show for it. We need to take our girls in hand or the worst elements of society will do it for us.
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78The Piano: Still a feminist masterpiece.
The Piano: an unforgettable film, full of symbolism and allegory.Still a powerful and beautiful, haunting work.
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59One for the stay-at -home mums
It's easy to feel in modern society, that you have to get motherhood over and done with and go back to work as soon as possible. If you can afford to spend precious time with your children, relish it. Plus, you're a woman so being a mother means so much more than staying in the house and cleaning up. Fill your home with music and laughter. Because you're worth it.
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