Mardi Gras party tomorrow night (3/5), 4-7 pm, University Yard. All GW students are invited for some Cajun food and live music as we celebrate Mardi Gras. Our newest GW Catholic tradition!
I read in the paper the other day that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argued that the United States is "losing the information war" with international news media. While foreign media is reporting "real news", American news programs consists of "a million commercials and arguments between talking heads and the kind of stuff that...is not particularly informative", she said. Whether or not you agree with her argument or motives, the point is made: the United States needs to do a better job in communicating itself as it really is to the world.
In the same way, the Church needs to do a better job of communicating herself and her message to the world. The saying is that "millions of people hate the Catholic Church for what they think she is, but less than a hundred worldwide hate her for what she actually is". The point is that people really don't know what the Church is all about. There is a new project underway to help change that. Fr. Robert Barron, a popular theologian, has put together a 10 part series that will be available on TV and DVD. Below is the trailer for the "Catholicism Project". Check it out and let me know if you would like the Newman Center to purchase the DVD series.
3 comments:
Yes please! Fr. Barron is a great speaker, and he really makes Catholicism friendly and intelligible without having to dumb it down. I think it would benefit us tremendously to have the Catholicism Project at the Newman Center.
YES PLEASE PURCHASE THIS! I first heard about this a year ago and have been anxiously anticipating it. I echo Christina that it would be extremely beneficial for us to have at the Newman Center!
YES!!!!
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