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What makes Catholic School Movies so great? Ep. 112

Jesuitical

America Media

News, News Commentary, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

As someone who never attended Catholic grammar or high school, I am not exactly the most qualified to break down what makes a Catholic school movie great. Then again, I rarely let qualifications get in the way of my opinions.  A few weeks ago, Ciaran Freeman, a former O’Hare fellow at America and member of the Jesuitical team wrote the definitive ranking of the 10 greatest Catholic school movies of all time. As you might expect, people had a lot of strong feelings about the ranking, good and bad. One person who is much, much more qualified to discuss the rankings is Hunter Harris. Hunter is a staff writer at Vulture, an alumna of Catholic education and a Catholic school movie savant. We talk about the quirks of “Superstar,” the staying power of “Doubt” and why “Lady Bird” is the greatest Catholic school film of all time.  In Signs of the Times, we preview the upcoming German “synodal journey” and the Vatican’s ongoing dialogue with German bishops. We also look at what one bishop is doing with church resources to help fight climate change and heed Pope Francis’ advice to pray for politicians in our “Being Frank” segment.  Links from the show The 10 Greatest Catholic School Movies of All Time Reader Rebuttal: The 10 Greatest Catholic School Movies of All Time Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ is a rallying cry for Catholic schoolgirls everywhere Hunter Harris at Vulture Remember your politicians in prayer, pope says Vatican officials offer guidance for German church ‘synodal journey’ UK Catholic bishop converts Church’s own medieval estate to wildlife sanctuary   What’s on tap? Pinot Grigio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode is brought to you by Santa Clara University's Jesuit School of Theology,

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located in Berkeley, California. Learn to serve at the intersection of scholarship and culture.

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Find out more at SCU.EDU.

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E.U. E.D. U.S.T.

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Hello.

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Hello and welcome to Jesuitical a podcast by the Young Hip and Lay editors of

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America Media. That lay part means we aren't Jesuits, but we work with them.

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Join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith, culture, in the news, often over drinks.

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I'm Ashley McKinless, and I'm joined by Olga Segura.

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Hey guys, and Zach Davis.

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Sorry if my dancing was distracting.

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It was a orbit.

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Honestly, I don't even know what the beat in your head is,

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but I just started dancing along.

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It's the intro music and jesritical.

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Listen, what you don't know is that when Ashley's reading that,

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we don't have the benefit of hearing the intro music.

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And so I try to bring the energy by listening to it in my head.

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I thought you were just like dancing to the intonation of my voice and it was making me

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the very uncomfortable.

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Oh, any weeder. All right.

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All right, what are we drinking today, Zach?

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