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Why I’m Becoming Catholic – C.S. Lewis & the Catholic Church

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on July 22, 2009 | 10 Comments »

During the Ignatian Silent Retreat I attended in January 2007, I found a book called C.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church, by Joseph Pearce. An excellent book, it takes a look at the similarities between Lewis’ theology and Roman Catholic theology. Pearce also examines possible reasons why Lewis never became a Catholic, as J.R.R. Tolkien [...]

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St. Genesius, Patron Saint of Actors

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on July 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Apparently there is a new Catholic organization, only two years old, whose members are committed to praying for people who work in theatre and film. It is called the Fraternity of St Genesius, after the patron saint of actors. Here is a novena prayer to St Genesius, from their website: Prayer to St Genesius Holy [...]

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New C.S. Lewis Manuscript Found at Oxford

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

There’s been some very big CSL news shooting around the blogosphere this week. Apparently awhile back, Texas State University professor Steven Beebe was doing some research in Oxford’s Bodleian Library, and found a CSL notebook marked “Scraps,” which contained early bits of Narnia stories, among other materials. He recently discovered that one of the “scraps” [...]

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Why I’m Becoming Catholic – Jesuits & C.S. Lewis

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on July 6, 2009 | 9 Comments »

After graduating with a B.F.A. in Theatre and Psychology from New York University, I moved to Baltimore to enter a doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at Loyola College in Maryland. As evidenced by the name, Loyola is a Jesuit college (soon to become a university). During orientation, we were introduced to the concepts of cura [...]

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