Rose Pacatte Explained

Sister Rose Pacatte, FSP, is an American film critic and Catholic nun.

In 1967, at age 15, Pacatte entered the Daughters of St. Paul, an order which conducts religious outreach through mass media.[1] [2] She earned an M.Ed in media studies from the University of London's Institute of Education in 1995[3] [4] and a doctorate in ministry from the Graduate Theological Foundation in 2018.[5] Her doctoral project was an undergraduate film textbook entitled To Seek God's Face: Theological Approaches to Film.[5]

Pacatte is the founding director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies.[6] [7] She has been the resident film critic for the St. Anthony Messenger since 2003 and for the National Catholic Reporter since 2008,[8] reviewing mainstream, independent, and faith-based titles.[9] She has sat on ecumenical juries at the Berlin, Locarno, and Cannes film festivals[10] [11] and on the SIGNIS independent jury at Venice.[12] In 2015, she presented the inaugural "Redeemer" award at the Razzies parody award show.[13] In 2016, she hosted a series of classic films condemned by the National Legion of Decency on Turner Classic Movies.[14] [15]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Pacatte . Rose . Zero Gravity, where God was waiting . National Catholic Reporter . 14 August 2009 . en.
  2. News: Freedman . Samuel G. . Acting as a Mediator at the Crossroads of Faith and Film . The New York Times . 25 January 2013.
  3. Web site: Rose Pacatte, FSP . Saint Mary's Press.
  4. Web site: Lectio Cinema . Homiletics Online . January 2006.
  5. News: Herlinger . Chris . Q & A with Sr. Rose Pacatte on the intersection of theology and film . Global Sisters Report . 2 October 2018 . en.
  6. News: Nastasi . Alison . "R-Rated Movies Are Better Than PG-13": Sister Rose Pacatte on the Catholic Church's "Condemned" Films and TCM's New Series . Flavorwire . 3 March 2016 . en.
  7. News: TV's not a black-and-white issue . U.S. Catholic . 18 July 2011 . en.
  8. News: Ko Din . Jean . To Sr. Pacatte, it's all about the story . The Catholic Register . Archdiocese of Toronto . 25 April 2015 . en-gb.
  9. News: Kelsey . Eric . Sex to superheroes: Sister Rose shepherds Catholics through Hollywood movies . Reuters . 5 June 2018 . en.
  10. Web site: Rose Pacatte . www.inter-film.org . 12 March 2020.
  11. Web site: SIGNIS and INTERFILM announce the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes 2019 . SIGNIS . 4 September 2019 . en.
  12. News: Pacatte . Rose . Seeing 33 films in 12 days at Venice festival . National Catholic Reporter . 18 September 2015 . en.
  13. News: Contrera . Jessica . A nun presented Ben Affleck with the 'Redeemer Award' at the Razzies . Washington Post . 22 February 2015 . en.
  14. News: Scalia . Elizabeth . It's Lent! Bring on the Condemned Movies! And the Nun! . Aleteia . 26 February 2016 . en.
  15. News: McKinley . Will . C Is For 'Condemned': A Nun Looks Back On 47 Years Of Unholy Filmmaking . NPR . 3 March 2016 . en.

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