PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 26, 2011) – THE MIGHTY MACS – a G-rated,
inspiring story of finding the courage to chase your dreams – debuted
last weekend, drawing praise from critics and audiences alike. Based on
the true story of Hall of Fame coach Cathy Rush (CARLA GUGINO), THE
MIGHTY MACS charts the rise of a team of over-achieving young women from
Immaculata College as they claimed the first U.S. women’s collegiate
basketball crown. It premieres as the highest-grossing independent film
in the country and the No. 1 film in theaters for the entire
family—perfect for parents and all the kids, regardless of their ages!
Critics from across the spectrum are “Backing the Macs”:
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times and RogerEbert.com
“It has an innocence that today’s movies have almost lost.”
Neil Ganzlinger, The New York Times
“. . . you have to love seeing nuns shouting basketball strategy
from courtside. And the updates on the team’s players that flash by at
the film’s end drive home why this is a sports story that deserved to be
told.”
Joseph Airdo, Examiner.com
“THE MIGHTY MACS truly is a movie of magnificent morals. It is the very definition of wholesome entertainment.”
Bob Waliszewski, Plugged In, Focus on the Family Online
“The family-friendly pic, MIGHTY MACS, transports us back in time to
1972 girls college basketball, reminding all of us that while dreaming
big is important in life, so are passion, perseverance and grind-it-out
hard work and dedication.”
Vanessa Barnes, Gulf Coast Catholic
“Go! Take your family and enjoy a heart-warming film telling a story
filled with good old-fashion life lessons. . . . The writing, directing
and acting are superb. The story refreshing and the time well worth
spending.”
Dick Rolfe, Dove Foundation
"Best inspirational sports film of the year!"
Beyond the critics’ praise, the film’s G rating, exciting basketball
action, touching personal stories and overall entertainment value draw
“thumbs up” from families, school officials and the world of sports.
In Sacramento, 400 students, staff and parents from the local
Catholic diocese attended the opening. "THE MIGHTY MACS was a true
inspiration to all and is a must see for Catholic school students both
former and current,” said Rick Maya, the diocese’s director of Catholic
schools.
The film’s intertwined personal stories of young women playing
without scholarships, in antiquated facilities and often with limited
family support touched Coquese Washington, Penn State’s women’s
basketball coach.
“I can truly say that I was blown away watching this film,”
Washington said. “It touched me in so many ways; but mostly, to watch in
action the sacrifices so many people made in the early ‘70s simply for
the love of the game was quite inspirational."
Audience members shared their enthusiasm in messages to THE MIGHTY MACS’ Facebook page. Just a few examples include:
“Go see this movie if you want to be inspired! . . . We need more movies like this!”
“We need to get the message out there . . . there is a better way to
achieve your goals, there is a better way to fulfill your hopes and
dreams. God will honor you as you honor Him. LOVE IT!”
“I have never been to a movie before where people applauded throughout the whole thing. Amazing!”
THE MIGHTY MACS, playing now, features Carla Gugino (NIGHT AT THE
MUSEUM, SPY KIDS) as Cathy Rush and David Boreanaz (FOX TV’s Bones,
Angel) as Cathy’s husband and NBA referee Ed Rush. Oscar-, Tony- and
Emmy-winner Ellen Burstyn (Academy Awardâ, Best Actress ALICE DOESN’T
LIVE HERE ANYMORE) plays Mother St. John, the mother superior at
Immaculata. Marley Shelton (Eleventh Hour, PLEASANTVILLE) plays Sister
Sunday, a novice who becomes Rush’s assistant coach.
New Roman Missal Examples at USCCB Website
Cardinal George Announces Vatican Approval of New Roman Missal English-Language Translation, Implementation Set for First Sunday of Advent 2011
U.S. Adaptations to Mass Prayers Also Approved Parish Education Efforts Urged To Precede Implementation Resources Available Through USCCB
WASHINGTON—Cardinal Francis George, OMI, Archbishop of Chicago and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has announced that the full text of the English-language translation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition, has been issued for the dioceses of the United States of America.
The text was approved by the Vatican, and the approval was accompanied by a June 23 letter from Cardinal Llovera Antonio Cañizares, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. The Congregation also provided guidelines for publication. More
USCCB Roman Missal Examples
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CatholicVote Launches New App!
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Little i Apps, LLC, makers of Confession: A Roman Catholic App, is proud to announce their collaboration with CatholicVote.org in the development of CatholicVote Mobile, an app that helps mobilize and unify the Catholic voting community. Features include mobile access to the CatholicVote.org blogs and videos, and a unique method for contacting federal representatives and senators.
Little i Apps developed a one-touch method that will, for the first time, allow Catholic voters to more easily participate in political activism. Based on a user’s GPS location or zip code, the app generates the contact information for their congressional representative and senators, including name, state and party, phone, fax, website, e-mail, office address, Facebook ID, Twitter ID, and YouTube channel. Users can select to automatically add this information to their contact lists or simply tap to connect.
“It was an incredible opportunity for Little i Apps to be a part of this project. We are excited about the potential impact an app like this could have on American politics” says Patrick Leinen, co-founder of Little i Apps. “Imagine what could happen if every Catholic voter used the Contact My Representative option to contact their congressional representative or senator before a critical vote. With the launch of this app, CatholicVote.org has given voters an incredible tool. We can’t wait to see how they use it!”
CatholicVote.org President Brian Burch said that Little i Apps was the perfect partner to create this new tool for Catholic activism.
“Catholics must engage the political and cultural issues of our day using the best technology available. That’s why we’re excited to launch the CatholicVote.org App. The app is only the first phase of a larger mobile strategy we are implementing to maximize the impact of the Catholic vote nationwide,” said Burch.
CatholicVote Mobile is available for free on the Android Market and the iTunes Store for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Little i Apps developed a one-touch method that will, for the first time, allow Catholic voters to more easily participate in political activism. Based on a user’s GPS location or zip code, the app generates the contact information for their congressional representative and senators, including name, state and party, phone, fax, website, e-mail, office address, Facebook ID, Twitter ID, and YouTube channel. Users can select to automatically add this information to their contact lists or simply tap to connect.
“It was an incredible opportunity for Little i Apps to be a part of this project. We are excited about the potential impact an app like this could have on American politics” says Patrick Leinen, co-founder of Little i Apps. “Imagine what could happen if every Catholic voter used the Contact My Representative option to contact their congressional representative or senator before a critical vote. With the launch of this app, CatholicVote.org has given voters an incredible tool. We can’t wait to see how they use it!”
CatholicVote.org President Brian Burch said that Little i Apps was the perfect partner to create this new tool for Catholic activism.
“Catholics must engage the political and cultural issues of our day using the best technology available. That’s why we’re excited to launch the CatholicVote.org App. The app is only the first phase of a larger mobile strategy we are implementing to maximize the impact of the Catholic vote nationwide,” said Burch.
CatholicVote Mobile is available for free on the Android Market and the iTunes Store for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
EWTN to Premiere "Vianney Speaks"
IRONDALE, AL (October 10, 2011) - St. John Vianney was such a holy priest, he knew a penitent’s sins even before he confessed them, he was attached by the devil almost every night, and he converted every single soul in his parish – so people came to Ars as much to experience his parishioners as the saint himself.
Hear this saint’s life-changing sermons in the EWTN Original Co-Production, “Vianney Speaks” with acclaimed Actor and Filmmaker Leonardo Defilippis. The program will air 1 p.m. ET, Friday, Oct. 14, and 5 a.m. ET and 10 p.m. ET, Saturday, Oct. 15 – exclusively on EWTN. (Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.)
“The majority of people have never heard any sermons like this from the pulpit,” Defilippis said. “They are very moving. Vianney was known to weep in front of people; he would also be thunderous; he would shake people up! I decided to take some of these sermons and put them into a dramatic format. I could have done it in [an EWTN] studio with a simple set, but we decided to go even further and put it into a cinematic format so you felt as if you were in Ars itself.”
Defilippis calls Vianney one of the most important saints in our Church and in Christianity. “I say that because he is directly connected with the very structure of the Church itself. He’s a priest, pastor, and patron saint of all priests, all bishops, all pastors. The parish is the foundation from which every saint comes. St. Francis, Mother Teresa, all grew up in a parish. They got their sacraments, their vocation, from priests.”
The sermons selected for this program are true masterpieces and include Vianney’s warnings about the enemies of our salvation. “[Satan] said to St. John Vianney himself, ‘I’m with you even in the Mass, as you’re doing the consecration, when you’re in the confessional. When a penitent leaves, I’m with them.’ [The devil] does the same with families; he goes after the mother and the father. He told John Vianney, ‘When the parents are mine, the children are mine.’ Our greatest weapon [against the devil] is the rosary.”
To learn more about the television special and to view movie trailers and videos, visit www.vianneyspeaks.com.
To learn more about the Curé of Ars, check out the many resources available from EWTN Religious Catalogue. There you will find the “Vianney Speaks” DVD, http://bit.ly/nxUGuT; an episode of EWTN’s award-winning “My Catholic Family” animated children’s TV series on St. John Vianney (in both English and Spanish), http://bit.ly/p3tD5T; a classic book by Abbe Francis Trochu entitled “The Cure D’Ars: St. Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney,” http://bit.ly/pnSTvb; and many other related items. Just go to http://www.ewtnreligiouscatalogue.com and search for “Vianney” and “St. John Vianney.”
EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 30th year, is available in over 160 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services, AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com, electronic and print news services, and publishing arm, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world.
Hear this saint’s life-changing sermons in the EWTN Original Co-Production, “Vianney Speaks” with acclaimed Actor and Filmmaker Leonardo Defilippis. The program will air 1 p.m. ET, Friday, Oct. 14, and 5 a.m. ET and 10 p.m. ET, Saturday, Oct. 15 – exclusively on EWTN. (Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.)
“The majority of people have never heard any sermons like this from the pulpit,” Defilippis said. “They are very moving. Vianney was known to weep in front of people; he would also be thunderous; he would shake people up! I decided to take some of these sermons and put them into a dramatic format. I could have done it in [an EWTN] studio with a simple set, but we decided to go even further and put it into a cinematic format so you felt as if you were in Ars itself.”
Defilippis calls Vianney one of the most important saints in our Church and in Christianity. “I say that because he is directly connected with the very structure of the Church itself. He’s a priest, pastor, and patron saint of all priests, all bishops, all pastors. The parish is the foundation from which every saint comes. St. Francis, Mother Teresa, all grew up in a parish. They got their sacraments, their vocation, from priests.”
The sermons selected for this program are true masterpieces and include Vianney’s warnings about the enemies of our salvation. “[Satan] said to St. John Vianney himself, ‘I’m with you even in the Mass, as you’re doing the consecration, when you’re in the confessional. When a penitent leaves, I’m with them.’ [The devil] does the same with families; he goes after the mother and the father. He told John Vianney, ‘When the parents are mine, the children are mine.’ Our greatest weapon [against the devil] is the rosary.”
To learn more about the television special and to view movie trailers and videos, visit www.vianneyspeaks.com.
To learn more about the Curé of Ars, check out the many resources available from EWTN Religious Catalogue. There you will find the “Vianney Speaks” DVD, http://bit.ly/nxUGuT; an episode of EWTN’s award-winning “My Catholic Family” animated children’s TV series on St. John Vianney (in both English and Spanish), http://bit.ly/p3tD5T; a classic book by Abbe Francis Trochu entitled “The Cure D’Ars: St. Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney,” http://bit.ly/pnSTvb; and many other related items. Just go to http://www.ewtnreligiouscatalogue.com and search for “Vianney” and “St. John Vianney.”
EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 30th year, is available in over 160 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services, AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com, electronic and print news services, and publishing arm, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world.
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