Though they’re gifts from God, living and working behind our media screens can sap our energy and leave us feeling listless and spiritually dry. Growing our spiritual lives while immersed in a digital world requires a media spirituality that centers us in
Integrating our faith with our media use is a real challenge, particularly as adverse media messages often run so contrary to our values. How can we bring faith into our digital media dialogue without losing who we are as Christians? How can
Occasionally, there comes along an extraordinary person whose life of faith and love touches thousands of lives for the better. “With This Light,” a documentary releasing in theaters Aug. 11 and then to streaming platforms, tells of the apostolic dynamism of Sister
If you have been following the development of the largest crowdfunded series about the life of Christ, “The Chosen,” then you will be enthralled with Season 3’s first two episodes, which are now in theaters. If you have not seen “The Chosen,”
With the new Knights of Columbus documentary on the life of Mother Teresa returning to theaters this week, Pauline Sister Nancy Usselmann writes that the film provides a concrete witness to the saint’s love and care for all people — especially the
In a new column for Our Sunday Visitor, Pauline Sister Nancy Usselman writes that parenting today can be difficult given the fact that kids have almost constant access to media via their smartphones. “As a media literacy educator, I try to offer
In her latest column, Sister Nancy Usselmann, the director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies in Los Angeles, writes about the need for Christian anthropology as a way to combat the society push of gender ideology: “Societal talk about gender identity
Sister Nancy Usselmann of the Daughters of St. Paul writes about her experience coming off of a week-long silence retreat. She writes: “In our noisy world, it’s a challenge to sit in the silence without any media, just oneself alone with God.
Pauline Sister Nancy Usselmann writes: “I find that it is easy for my mind to get caught up in the struggles of society, the suffering of people, the horrible things that happen every day. Evil seems to be rearing its head and
Sister Nancy Usselmann addresses the increased problem of loneliness in young adults and how mentoring them can bring back connection and purpose to their lives: “Young adulthood is a time of discovering our desire for deeper connection, meaning and purpose in life