On this week’s episode of “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley chat with Sam Sorich, an award-winning filmmaker teaching film production at John Paul the Great Catholic University in Escondido, California. His latest film, which you can watch on YouTube, is “Things Hidden: The Life and Legacy of René Girard.”
Zac, Ashley and Sam discuss:
- How Sam’s love of filmmaking and faith led him to make a documentary on the life and work of philosopher René Girard
- Mimetic desire, Girard’s central theory of human behavior and relationships
- Girard’s insights that offer a new perspective on Christian theology
In Signs of the Times, Zac and Ashley discuss the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ plan to end a decades-long partnership with the U.S. government related to refugee resettlement after funding cuts from the Trump administration; and the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical council in the history of the church.
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Links for further reading:
- Things Hidden: The Life and Legacy of René Girard
- 8beats
- 8beats and Cinematic Catholic Beauty: An Interview with Sam Sorich
- U.S. bishops will cease refugee resettlement work with government after Trump funding freeze
- Nicaea anniversary inspires faith, strengthens mission, theologians say
- The Council of Nicaea, Christian unity and a common date for Easter
- Pope Francis hopes to travel to Turkey for Council of Nicea’s 1,700th anniversary
- “Inside the Vatican”: The Council of Nicaea and the struggle for a common date of Easter
- Why the Council of Nicaea still matters—1,700 years later
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