he Church constantly invites its members to take an active role in the apostolic dynamic. The Holy Father, with his constant exhortations to reach out to the boundaries of society’s so as to bring the light of Christ, couldn’t be more clear. We are...
I recently had a conversation with a friend and we were trying to remember the age we began to feel self-conscious. When did we start thinking differences between peers were something negative rather than something unique? When did we start comparing ourselves to...
This video could not possibly make my heart ache more as I watched the loving tenderness of Chris Picco singing Blackbird to his baby, Lennon James Picco, in the NICU. Lennon was delivered by emergency C-section at 24 weeks gestation after Chris' wife unexpectedly and...
The word TOLERANCE is one of those problematic notions in our postmodern world of political correctness. It gets thrown about loosely, this word TOLERANCE, evoking a certain emotional response. It sounds like an automatic GOOD – what is there to argue about? Who...
Kathryn's story of love and redemption is beautifully told in this video put out by Crossroads Church of Cincinnati, Ohio. Kathryn's testimony reveals a painful past that is all too familiar to so many. She allows us to see how she carried those unresolved hurts into...
hat do having a baby, getting run over by a train and catching your fingers in a mouse trap have in common? What if I throw footballing guinea pigs into the mix? Obviously there are videos of all these available on the internet. (Warning: if you...
Life is never stagnant. It moves us, even without our consent. But where are you going? What are you looking for? This video brings these questions, deeply rooted in our hearts, again to the surface. This video reminded me of the countless times in my life where I...
"Just a kid from Akron" (Ohio), LeBron James was the first overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was instantly a hometown hero. LeBron was to be the savior that would rescue Cleveland from the 50-year championship drought the city has had....
The questions we ask is a short film narrated by Bruce Kirkby, a Canadian writer, photographer and adventurer who, rather than take the ferry, decided to paddle a standup paddleboard on a 150 mile journey from Vancouver to Victoria. There are many themes we can take...
"El Empleo” (The Employment) is an animated short that has been winning awards at film festivals around the world since it’s released in 2008. With over 2.5 million YouTube views, director Santiago Bou Grasso is reaching many with his depiction of the working world....
Sister Cristina is the recent winner of “The Voice” in Italy and she just released her new album “Sister Cristina”. Her first music video was a remake of the song “Like a Virgin” by Madonna. For most of us, this is not our first time hearing the song and the music...
Have you ever spent an inordinate amount of time setting up dominoes only to see them fall in a fraction of the time you spent lining them up? When I was a kid, the first time I saw the domino effect in action I remember thinking it was the coolest thing ever. The...
his clip from the 1979 film Monty Python’s Life of Brian is perhaps not something you would expect to find on our website, being as it is, the satirical story of Brian, born in the stable next door on the first Christmas day, who spends his life...
What more can I say about this extraordinary video, this moving “sincerity hour.” Perhaps it is enough to say that Perhaps it is enough to say that these testimonies deserve to be watched and listened to, above all for their sincerity. Here, we aren’t talking about...
Suffering is a difficult topic to discuss in a world that likes to feel good. This video is a beautiful representation of how Christianity views suffering. Stephanie takes an X-ray, showing parts of oneself that are seemingly broken and useless, and uses it as a...
These four videos could be useful to start a dialogue about the brevity of life and its ultimate meaning. The passage of time, the various stages that we cross, the challenges that we overcome, the plans and projects that we will build, everything that we acquire (all...
Speaking about death is difficult. Death is scary; it makes us touch our fragility. It makes us feel finite and insecure. It reveals the fact that we don’t have total control over our lives. No one knows the day or the hour when we will leave this world. For this...
Nicholas Winton is someone that we can truly call a superhero. Not because he possesses extraordinary powers, rather because of the incredible fact that he saved the lives of 669 people. Born in England, his parents were German Jews. Nicholas worked in England’s stock...
Our model is Jesus Christ and we discover paradigmatic examples in the lives of the saint. Period. When we speak about the conversion or faith of famous people, we are in no way affirming them as models of Christian life. Human beings that are still walking the walk...
A challenge for any Catholic and any apostle is discovering what and how the big mysteries of faith, such as Christ's Incarnation, not only save us, but also should and can transform our daily life and vision. So, let's take give it a shot by taking a look at this...
The LOL Generation. Life is a playground, carefree, free of authority, free of rules, free to be "me". Don't speak to me about what was in the past, about my parents, or even about my country. I live in the now. In the now, I am king of my own life. A brief...
As the release of Apple's iPhone 6 is just around the corner, we figured that this video is just what the doctor ordered. It was produced by Big Lazy Robot VFX, a company that, in reality, loves robots and technology but decided to produce this video in order...
What religion is Mark Wahlberg? Is he Catholic? It sure sounds like he is! Hear his story of conversion in the video below. I must confess that writing posts on Hollywood conversions can be terrifying. We Catholics tend to get excited when an actor says something...
Why do we gossip? 1. “Because we have nothing better to do, to make time pass.” 2. “I think to feel better about ourselves and to attach ourselves to the people that we’re gossiping about, and to connect.” 3. “We want to compare our own to theirs. We want to see that...
suppose that when Kelly Gunderson put "God's Gift" as the title of this video she was referring to the very special moment when her Grandmother remembered who she was, expressing how much she loved her. It was indeed a gift that is rare in...