{"id":2251,"date":"2012-05-09T11:12:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T15:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2012-05-10T12:03:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T16:03:40","slug":"serving-life-doc-and-catholic-sitcom-honored-by-gabriel-awards-cardinal-dolan-praises-for-greater-glory-darling-companion-worth-your-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/05\/serving-life-doc-and-catholic-sitcom-honored-by-gabriel-awards-cardinal-dolan-praises-for-greater-glory-darling-companion-worth-your-time.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Serving Life&#8221; doc and Catholic sitcom honored by Gabriel Awards + Cardinal Dolan praises &#8220;For Greater Glory&#8221; + &#8220;Darling Companion&#8221; worth your time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Gabriel Award Winners announced.<\/strong>\u00a0 The prizes, presented by Catholic media professionals, honor inspiring works of excellence in film, television and radio.<\/p>\n<p>Among this year&#8217;s notable honorees are the excellent Odyssey Network&#8217;s documentary <em>Serving Life<\/em> (which aired on Oprah Winfrey&#8217;s Own Network) and <em>Mass Confusion<\/em>, a family sitcom produced for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholictv.com\/\">CatholicTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Serving Life - Trailer | OWN Documentary Club | Oprah Winfrey Network\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DzPzmeieXPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=53qjJgmADJI<\/p>\n<p><em>Mass Confusion<\/em> stars Greg and Jennifer Willits, authors of <a href=\"http:\/\/cts.vresp.com\/c\/?TheMaximusGroup\/254ee9aac0\/ac10274440\/52c7312205\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Catholics Next Door: Adventures in Imperfect Living<\/em><\/a>. The couple, of course, also host a daily radio program on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siriusxm.com\/thecatholicchannel\">SiriusXM&#8217;s Catholic Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 awards will be handed in a ceremony to be held on June 21 in Indianapolis. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/home.catholicweb.com\/GabrielAwards\/index.cfm\/NewsItem?ID=335461\">here<\/a> for a complete list of the honorees.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Catholic leaders praise <em>For Greater Glory<\/em>.<\/strong> The upcoming epic about Mexico&#8217;s Cristero War in which 1920-era Mexican rebels rose in rebellion against a government clampdown on\u00a0 religious freedom won praise last week the World Missions Dinner held in the Big Apple. Welcoming the film&#8217;s stars Andy Garcia and Eduardo Ver\u00e1stegui and executive producer Pablo Barrosoto to the event, New York Cardinal\u00a0 Timothy Dolan\u00a0called the film \u201cstunning\u201d and encouraged attendees to see the film when it opens June 1.<\/p>\n<p>Pontifical Mission Societies Director, the Very Rev. Andrew Small, hosted the prestigious ceremony, which attracted a Who\u2019s Who in the media and the Catholic Church around the world in support of the missions in more than 1,100 dioceses worldwide. The Holy See\u2019s Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S., Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigan\u00f2 also attended the dinner, honored bestselling novelist Mary Higgins Clark; CNBC\u2019s Larry Kudlow; Cardinal Theodore McCarick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, D.C.; Cardinal Sean P. O\u2019Malley; and bishops from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em> <strong>Note:<\/strong> I recently interviewed Andy Garcia and Eduardo Ver\u00e1stegui. I&#8217;ll be publishing\u00a0 both interviews (as well as my review of the film) as its\u00a0 June 1 U.S. release date nears.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"For Greater Glory | Available on DVD\/Blu-ray\/On Demand 9.11\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3KiagxENUv4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>3. <strong><em>Darling Companion<\/em> recommended.<\/strong> I just caught the Lawrence Kasdan film starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline about what happens when a husband accidentally loses his wife&#8217;s beloved dog during a walk in the woods. Though not really in the faith-based category per se, it&#8217;s a nice story with subtly positive\u00a0 reflections about about such things as marriage, family, forgiveness, love and perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YYYoaspzzlg<\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are today&#8217;s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Gabriel Award Winners announced.\u00a0 The prizes, presented by Catholic media professionals, honor inspiring works of excellence in film, television and radio. 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