Voices
John Dougherty is the director of mission and ministry at St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia, Pa.
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So much of growing up is learning what love really is. ‘Coraline’ reminds us what love is not.
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“Let the Right One In” is about loneliness, the type society imposes on us and the type we impose on ourselves.
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In “The Sixth Sense,” faith is both a sanctuary and a gateway to mystery and horror.
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In ‘Wit,‘ Dr. Vivian Bearing uses her formidable intellect as a shield against her existential terror.
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Popularity. Temptation. Vanity. Wearing Pink on Wednesdays.
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This is what Peggy Sue learns: we all want a second chance at the past, but the real second chances only happen in the here and now.
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The caricatured or fetishized images of sisters we often see in movies are a far cry from the real sisters I, and probably you, have known.
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“Harlan County, USA” is an incredible piece of documentary filmmaking because it’s also an amazing portrait of courage and solidarity.
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In Anne Hathaway’s Kym, we see the hard truth about forgiveness: sometimes we have the most difficulty forgiving ourselves or seeking forgiveness from those who love us most.
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“Frances Ha” allows us to see Frances the way God might see her. We see her flaws, but we also see how hard she’s trying.