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Aliza Racelis — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:54:17 +0000

Movies and movie reviews

One of the frequently visited Forum threads is the one on FILMS. It seems that readers come here to look for –among other things– resources related to Movies and Entertainment (assessment, recommended films and TV programs, synopses, etc.).

We found a list of “Top 100 Pro-Catholic Movies” on National Catholic Register.

For updated film reviews and analyses, we recommend the following:

USCCB Office for Film and Broadcasting;
Act One Program and Barbara Nicolosi’s “Church of the Masses” blog;
Sister Rose Pacatte’s movie reviews;
“Jesucristo en el Cine” (Spanish) (some of Alfonso’s articles have been translated to English in the Forum);
CinemaNet.info (Spanish).

We encourage you, dear reader, to send in links or resources that you think should be added here. :-)

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RomeReports.com video – Priests as seen by Italian cinema:

Prayer for Vocations

Aliza Racelis — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:32:50 +0000

47th World Day of Prayer for Vocations

The 47th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, to be celebrated on the Fourth Sunday of Easter – Good Shepherd Sunday – 25 April 2010, shall focus on the Theme: Witness Awakens Vocations.

Part of the message of the Holy Father for this day reads: “The fruitfulness of our efforts to promote vocations depends primarily on God’s free action, yet, as pastoral experience confirms, it is also helped by the quality and depth of the personal and communal witness of those who have already answered the Lord’s call to the ministerial priesthood and to the consecrated life, for their witness is then able to awaken in others a desire to respond generously to Christ’s call. This theme is thus closely linked to the life and mission of priests and of consecrated persons. Hence I wish to invite all those whom the Lord has called to work in his vineyard to renew their faithful response, particularly in this Year for Priests which I proclaimed on the 150^thanniversary of the death of Saint John Mary Vianney, the Curé of Ars, an ever-timely model of a priest and a pastor.”

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The following video “I will give you Shepherds…”, from “Vocation Boom”, shows young men ready to serve and to be generous:

In response to the Pope’s message, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has launched a vocations campaign ForYourVocation.org, which shall offer resources for people in discernment and will include info for parents, teachers, catechists, vocation directors. Watch out for this!

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Vocation to Opus Dei: For this topic, please read the “Essay on the Vocation to Opus Dei” written by John Coverdale.
Recent General Congress: The official website in Spanish tells us of an Ordinary General Congress that was just held in Rome. As the news item says, General Congresses are held in the Work every eight years. For info on what a General Congress is, see the entry in the Opus Dei today forum on the General Congress of Einsiedeln in 1956.

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In the next video, Father Jim Steffes talks about the Year for Priests and encourages all the faithful to participate in prayer for the strengthening of this special vocation:

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For more information about the Year for Priests, go to:

Annus Sacerdotalis official website
USCCB Year for Priests
An earlier Year for Priests entry here at Opus Dei Today

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Pope Benedict XVI names Archbishop José H. Gomez as Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles

Aliza Racelis — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:29:34 +0000

Pope Benedict XVI has named Archbishop José H. Gomez of San Antonio, 58, as Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles.

We copy here the press release by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops:

Pope Benedict XVI has named Archbishop José H. Gomez of San Antonio, 58, as Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles.

The appointment was made public in Washington, April 6, by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States. As coadjutor bishop, Archbishop Gomez is in line to succeed the current diocesan archbishop, Cardinal Roger Mahony, 74, upon his retirement.

José Horacio Gomez was born in Monterrey, Mexico, December 26, 1951. He attended the National University of Mexico where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. In college he joined Opus Dei, an institution founded by Saint Josemaria Escrivá to help people turn their work and daily activities into occasions for growing closer to God, serving other and improving society. Archbishop Gomez studied theology in Rome and at the University of Navarre in Spain, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in theology and a doctorate in moral theology. He was ordained a priest of Opus Dei, August 15, 1978, in Torreciudad, Spain.

After ordination he pursued pastoral work with college and high school students in Spain and Mexico. In 1987, he was sent to what was then the Diocese of Galveston-Houston to minister for Opus Dei in several capacities in Texas. He became a U.S. citizen in 1995.

As a priest, Father Gomez held positions with several U.S. Catholic organizations. Between 1995-1999, he was president of the National Association of Hispanic Priests (ANSH) and its executive director, 1999-2001. He was treasurer of the National Catholic Council of Hispanic Ministry, 1998-2001.

In 1999, he became the Vicar of Opus Dei for the State of Texas. Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, January 23, 2001. On December 29, 2004 the pope appointed him Archbishop of San Antonio.

As a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Archbishop Gomez was first chairman of the Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church, and now chairs the Committee on National Collections’ Subcommittee for the Church in Latin America and the Task Force on the Spanish-language Bible. He is chair-elect of the Committee on Migration and a member of the Committee on Doctrine.

To continue, click on the USCCB news item.

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