Tom Zanzig in “The Transformed Heart: Spirituality, Religion and the Struggle for Integrity” and Sister Mary Kathleen Glavich, a Sister of Notre Dame, in “Praying on Empty: A Guide to Rediscovering Your Prayerful Self” provide valuable resources that can help us to grow in our personal prayer lives and help parents and their children in theirs.
Butchery accompanied by siren-wail screaming, franchise shock value that has long since played out and a rapid descent into self-parody, this is “Jigsaw” (Lionsgate).
Hearing the faith journey of Hollywood actor and businessman Mark Wahlberg left an impression on the hearts of many young adults at the Archdiocese of Chicago’s first (re)Encounter event Oct. 20 at the UIC Pavilion.
One of the oldest choirs in the world, the pope’s Sistine Chapel Choir, along with multiple Grammy award-winning mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, releases the new 16-track CD of music for Advent and Christmas with the proceeds earmarked for the poor through the pope’s charities.
As bleak as wintry “Fargo” may have been, the spiritual landscape of “Suburbicon” is an unrelieved — and therefore unrealistic — stretch of utter desolation, with two innocent children dangerously lost in its midst.
Judi Dench is no stranger to playing royalty, and she shines once again as the titular queen in “Victoria and Abdul” (Focus).
“Thank You for Your Service” (Universal) is a powerful drama about the devastating impact of post-traumatic stress disorder.
There’s a brief moment in “Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween” (Lionsgate) in which one desperately hopes that the plot has flickered to life.
