Summary The Nun starts with two nuns walking through a dark hallway that ends with a sign that reads “God ends here.” Realizing something was about to go wrong, one nun starts to pray as the other goes to see what is going on. As Sister Victoria is praying, she notices the other nun come…
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Summary The movie starts off with Deloris continuing to be a lounge singer, Sister Mary Patrick, Sister Mary Robert, and Sister Mary Lazarus go to visit Deloris to try and bring her back to San Francisco for a favor for Mother Superior. Mother Superior explained that all the other nuns in the convent are now…
Faith vs Love: is there a difference?
“The Sound of Music,” directed by Robert Wise and released in 1965, tells the true story of the Von Trapp family, an Austrian family who escaped Nazi occupation during World War II. Set in Salzburg, Austria in 1938, the film centers around Maria, a spirited young woman who becomes a governess for Captain Von Trapp’s…
Reflecting Religion: The Drama of Confessional in Fleabag
By Mickie Wasmer In the second season of Phoebe Waller Bridge’s Fleabag, the audience is introduced to a nuanced projection of the Catholic faith as Fleabag is introduced to the Priest. Portrayed by Andrew Scott and known throughout the internet as the “Hot Priest”, the Priest is young and unorthodox as Fleabag notes, “He’s their…
Sexuality and Salvation
Sexuality and Salvation: Unveiling Catholicism’s Clash with Sexuality in Mainstream Media through The Exorcist Poster for The Exorcist from 1973 The Exorcist, a timeless tale of terror that has etched its nightmarish imagery into the collective psyche, beckons us once again to delve into its depths of darkness. Released in 1973, this seminal horror masterpiece…
Sister Act: Good Deception or Depiction?
In the film Sister Act starring Whoopie Goldberg as the main character, Deloris Van Cartier, there are moments of comedy, action, and drama as she sings her way into the hearts of the Saint Katherines church nuns. As a Las Vegas showgirl she doesn’t seem to fit in at the beginning after being forced into…
The Blood of the Covenant
An Analysis of Family Dynamics in Italian-American Communities As Seen in The Godfather Warning: Videos attached contain blood, Animal Cruelty (dismembered body parts, timestamps listed) and gun violence “Corleone is Johnny’s Godfather. To the Italian people, that’s a very religious, sacred, close relationship.” Tom Hagen to Woltz, regarding Don Vito’s interest in helping his godson’s…
“I Seek Something More:” The Reality of Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience in Novitiate
Novitiate (2017), directed by Margaret Betts, follows the life of Cathleen, a fictional American girl who enters a Catholic convent in the early 1960s at the age of seventeen. As a young girl, Cathleen’s mother took her to a Catholic church, even though she didn’t believe in religion; rather, she wanted her daughter to decide…
Saint, Saviour, Sinner, Sleazy Slut
Madonna as Blasphemous Icon Madonna was born Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone in Bay City, MI on August 16, 1958. She was born to Madonna Fortin and Silvio Ciccone, who was a first-generation Italian immigrant. She was the middle child of six and grew up a devout Italian Catholic. Growing up Madonna attended Catholic school and…
The Little Hours
The Little Hours tells the story of a small convent in Italy in the year 1347. This movie revolves around the characters of Fernanda, Alessandra, and Ginevra. These three nuns act accordingly to their nun values. They follow the uniform, prayer ritual, and want to protect one another from the male gaze that annoys the…
Catholics in the Americas 