Blink – Justice Film Festival presents Summer Films
NYBlink, directed by Derek Pearson
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A Conversation with Harry Connick, Jr.
NYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKGhpzp1y90&live=1 With a music, film, television and Broadway career spanning three decades, New Orleans native son Harry Connick, Jr. is the essence of a Renaissance man. Join Sheen Center Interim Executive Director David DiCerto for a conversation with the Grammy and Emmy Award winner about his musical career, his Catholic faith, his work with the Ellis Marsalis Center ... Read more
Unforgivable – Justice Film Festival presents Summer Films
NYUnforgivable, directed by Giosue Petrone
Skid Row Marathon with Judge Craig J. Mitchell
YouTube NYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7DmRTjqrjU&live=1 Skid Row Marathon, directed by Mark Hayes, part of the Justice a Film Festival Summer Films. A Justice Film Festival favorite, the documentary Skid Row Marathon returns along with its subject, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Craig J. Mitchell, who will be in conversation with the filmmakers and David DiCerto after the film. Judge Mitchell, a ... Read more
Giussani Series 2020 – From Utopia to Presence
Livestream NYAn online conversation on Fr. Giussani's distinctive proposal on faith and social commitment, put to the test in the current social unrest
The Family That Cooks Together: A Conversation with Geoffrey and Margaret Zakarian
YouTube NYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpJQP1XsB1g&live=1 Join us for an appetizing hour of conversation with celebrity chef, restaurateur and author Geoffrey Zakarian and his wife Margaret, a producer and entrepreneur. They will talk about food, family and the role meals play in bringing people together, as well as their charitable work to help in the fight against hunger and their ... Read more
The Family That Prays Together: “Pray” The Story of Patrick Peyton
Livestream NYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XDKd5xAL2Q&live=1 The Sheen Center's David Di Certo talks with producer/co-writer Megan Harrington about her new documentary, Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton, the true story of the man behind the famous phrase, “The Family That Prays Together Stays Together.” He was a poor Irish immigrant whose plan to become a millionaire was derailed when, through Our Lady’s ... Read more
“Flannery” A Conversation with Elizabeth Coffman and Mark Bosco, SJ
Livestream NYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3ahVF-IU3g&live=1 Join David DiCerto and "Flannery" filmmakers Elizabeth Coffman and Mark Bosco, SJ in a conversation about their work, the documentary and the importance of Flannery O'Connor today.
Flannery
NYFlannery is the lyrical, intimate exploration of the life and work of author Flannery O’Connor, whose distinctive Southern Gothic style influenced a generation of artists and activists.
“Clouds” with Justin Baldoni and Laura Sobiech
Livestream NYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSLfgXbDPUg&live=1 A conversation with director Justin Baldoni and Laura Sobiech, the author of the book Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom's Small Prayer in a Big Way and real-life mother of Zach Sobiech. "Clouds" tells the story of young musician Zach Sobiech, whose cancer diagnosis leaves him just a few months to ... Read more
Act in Time: Protecting Imperiled Christians in Ancient and Other Lands
YouTube NYEveryone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Today too, ... Read more
Celebrate the Living Legacy of Dorothy Day
Zoom NYPLEASE JOIN in a VIRTUAL CONVERSATION from 6 – 7:30 pm ET with DAVID BROOKS ANNE SNYDER PAUL ELIE “If I have achieved anything in my life, it is because I have not been embarrassed to talk about God.” Together we will reflect on how, in a time of pandemic and strife, 40 years ... Read more
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Annual Sheen Lecture
Livestream NY2020 has been a year few will soon forget. It calls to mind the trials of Job in a 21st century context. Just weeks into the new year, we were met with a global health crisis wrought with physical suffering, death, and mourning on a scale seldom seen. The repercussions of the crisis transformed every ... Read more
Five Things with Fr. Bill: Hope, Humor, and Help for the Soul
Livestream NYNeed Some Hope, Humor, and Help for the Soul? Bishop William Byrne of Springfield, Massachusetts, will join Kathryn Jean Lopez to discuss his new book Five Things with Fr. Bill: Hope, Humor, and Help for the Soul. “God is never far away from you. He is in our hearts, and he is showing his love in our lives ... Read more
Twelve Days of Light
Livestream NYWhile Sheen’s Loreto Theater remains closed due to the global pandemic, the Spirit of the Season lives on in this year’s concert series titled the Twelve Days of Light featuring twelve international musical performances beginning December 14 at 12 Noon. Refer below for the complete schedule. These artists will score the final weeks of 2020 ... Read more
The Gospel of John Virtual Encore
NYThis Christmas, The Sheen Center brings to the virtual stage encore performances of the critically-acclaimed play, THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, conceived and performed by award-winning Broadway actor Ken Jennings in an incomparable production that weds prayer and theater in a profoundly intimate retelling of the life of Christ. This masterful one-man performance of THE GOSPEL OF ... Read more
A Sheen Center Christmas | A Season of Light
NYChristmas at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture is quickly becoming a New York institution. This year, the tradition continues online with a SHEEN CENTER CHRISTMAS: A SEASON OF LIGHT featuring inspired virtual programming, including two signature Sheen talks, a Christmas music series titled TWELVE DAYS OF LIGHT with performances by celebrated musicians from around the ... Read more
All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
NYTheater Latté Da's production of ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914 was filmed a year after the successful stage production at the Sheen for broadcast on PBS. A link to the play is now available for streaming. Please enjoy this timely play about an unforgettable Christmas wartime story. https://www.thirteen.org/programs/all-is-calm-the-christmas-truce-of-1914
The Rebirth of the Civil Rights Movement — with Louis Brown
NYIn honor of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - more relevant today than ever before - the National Review is hosting a talk with Louis Brown. Click here to sign up to join the webinar with Kathryn Jean Lopez and Louis Brown on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 18 at ... Read more
What Does It Mean to Be Human? A Conversation with O. Carter Snead
NYBelieve it or not, this question is at the heart of so much that ails us. Our law and public policy can be hostile to the human person. O. Carter Snead wants to fix that. In What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics, Snead rallies us to a ... Read more