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Source: CNET Highlights on YouTube The movie 1917 is about a pair of British World War I soldiers on a mission to prevent 1,600 men from heading into a deadly trap. We talked with Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes, Academy Award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins, actors Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay […]
Source: Hurlbut Academy on YouTube https://www.hurlbutacademy.com/pricing/ The Hurlbut Academy team breaks down Roger Deakins’ CBE, BSC, ASC’s breathtaking cinematography on 1917. We dive into the theory of oners, camera and lens choices, planning and preproduction, camera movement, and more! Read the Full Article HERE (https://www.hurlbutacademy.com/?p=759…). Written by Chris Haigh. Narrated […]
Source: Ascension Presents on YouTube We often use the term “friend” loosely, introducing casual acquaintances as “My friends Lucy and John.” But what is friendship, really? In this video, Fr. Mike uses Aristotle’s three kinds of friendship—pleasant friendships, useful friendships, and virtuous friendships—as guidelines. While all three can be good, […]
Source: Ascension Presents on YouTube In this segment from Ascension’s program “YOU: Life, Love, and the Theology of the Body”, Jason Evert discusses homosexuality, gay marriage, and the Catholic Church…including why he looks forward to the day the Catholic Church has a same-sex-attracted saint. For segments addressing transgenderism, pornography, contraception […]
Source: Ascension Presents on YouTube Kim Zember shares how she found freedom after leaving behind her homosexual lifestyle. For years Kim lived a lifestyle where she was joyful in the moment, but never in longevity. Even though she married a wonderful man, the marriage was just a cover up, because […]
Jackie lists five reasons to stop taking the pill: Source: Ascension Presents on YouTube 1. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies the pill as a Group 1 Carcinogen, along with asbestos, smoking, and mustard gas. 2. It’s been cited by studies to cause weight gain, depression, and blood clots, and […]
Source: Ascension Presents on YouTube Jackie and Bobby give their reasons for not using contraception in their marriage. While sharing the Church’s beautiful teaching on sex and marriage, they explain why sex is more than recreational. The biological and theological purpose of sex is to bear children. Whenever a husband […]
Source: Ascension Presents on YouTube Following up on their first two videos in this series, which cover the pill and contraception, Jackie and Bobby discuss the benefits and the beauty of natural family planning (NFP). Far from being just a more difficult form of contraception, NFP works in accordance with […]
Source: Ascension Presents on YouTube Bobby hates natural family planning because it requires self-mastery and dying to self. While it sounds great in the idealistic sense, living it out is a whole different story. Being married doesn’t mean you’re entitled to sex with your spouse. If sex is the beautiful, […]
Source: Ascension Presents on YouTube For many people, the Catholic Church’s teaching on in vitro fertilization and contraception is a hard one, but it is in concordance with the nature of things. The nature of a thing, as Fr. MIke puts it, is its “what-it’s-for-ness”. Sex is for procreation and […]
Source: Ascension Presents on YouTube It may be difficult to tell a non-practicing Catholic that he or she can’t receive Communion, but—as Fr. Mike Schmitz proves in this video—in the big picture, you would actually be helping the person. While telling an awe-inspiring story about a seminarian, Fr. Mike lays […]
Source: Ascension Presents on YouTube Good people go to heaven when they die, right? Well, according to the Gospels, not exactly. Fr. Mike Schmitz points to at least four things Christ says we need for salvation: 1. Baptism (John 3) 2. The Eucharist (John 6) 3. Faith (Romans 10:9) 4. […]