James Majewski's guest appearances

James Majewski

The Catholic Culture Podcast

Catholic Culture Audiobooks

David Gordon

Ann McElhinney

Ryan Wilson

Bob Marshall

Dana Gioia

Chris Baker

Anthony Esolen

Gene Wolfe

Elizabeth Lev

Carrie Gress

Maximilian Kolbe

Abby Johnson

Ralph Martin

Paul Kengor

Jay Richards

OwlTail

Thomas Mirus

In this livestream, James Majewski and Thomas Mirus we discussed errors artists can fall into in pushing back against a moralistic approach to art found within the Church. Rather than reacting away from rigidity to excessive openness, the mature Catholic artist has to get over himself and be a servant. Also discussed: The relation between order and surprise in beauty, morality and culture. Note: the video begins abruptly in the middle of our introductory fundraising campaign pitch - because of some glitched-out audio, we cut the first 6 minutes or so. We're a week into CatholicCulture.org's May fundraising campaign. Generous donors have offered a $50,000 matching grant, so any donation you make by May 24 will double in value! You can donate on our website or PayPal (tax-deductible).  Donation links below: http://www.CatholicCulture.org/donate  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=DZRZRJ5723MLA Go to Catholic Culture's website for tons of content, including news, articles, podcasts, liturgical year info, and a vast library of documents: https://www.catholicculture.org

In this livestream, James Majewski and Thomas Mirus we discussed errors artists can fall into in pushing back against a moralistic approach to art found within the Church. Rather than reacting away from rigidity to excessive openness, the mature Catholic artist has to get over himself and be a servant. Also discussed: The relation between order and surprise in beauty, morality and culture. Note: the video begins abruptly in the middle of our introductory fundraising campaign pitch - because of some glitched-out audio, we cut the first 6 minutes or so. We're a week into <a href="http://CatholicCulture.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CatholicCulture.org</a>'s May fundraising campaign. Generous donors have offered a $50,000 matching grant, so any donation you make by May 24 will double in value! You can donate on our website or PayPal (tax-deductible).  Donation links below: <a href="http://www.CatholicCulture.org/donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.CatholicCulture.org/donate</a> <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=DZRZRJ5723MLA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=DZRZRJ5723MLA</a> Go to Catholic Culture's website for tons of content, including news, articles, podcasts, liturgical year info, and a vast library of documents: <a href="https://www.catholicculture.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.catholicculture.org</a>

When artists feel lonely in the Church - w/ James Majewski and Thomas Mirus

Terrence Malick’s stunning new film, A Hidden Life, is about Blessed Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer who was martyred for refusing to swear loyalty to Hitler. James Majewski joins Thomas to discuss the film. He reads excerpts from Bl. Franz’s letters and prison writings, to see how well Malick’s portrayal lives up to the real-life saint. The letters of Franz and his wife Franziska their deep devotional life, and testify to how much Franz’s heroism owed to the sacraments and the support of some good priests who we do not see in the film. Links A Hidden Life trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJXmdY4lVR0 Franz Jägerstätter: Letters and Writings from Prison, ed. Erna Putz, is published by Orbis Books, a press that publishes a fair amount of heretical and dissenting material. The letters are well worth reading but we encourage you to buy a used copy rather than supporting that publisher. If you enjoyed this discussion, check out James and Thomas's other show, Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast. http://catholicculture.org/criteria To hear James read more writings of the saints, check out Catholic Culture Audiobooks. https://www.catholicculture.org/audiobooks This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you like the show, please consider supporting us! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio

Terrence Malick’s stunning new film, A Hidden Life, is about Blessed Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer who was martyred for refusing to swear loyalty to Hitler. James Majewski joins Thomas to discuss the film. He reads excerpts from Bl. Franz’s letters and prison writings, to see how well Malick’s portrayal lives up to the real-life saint. The letters of Franz and his wife Franziska their deep devotional life, and testify to how much Franz’s heroism owed to the sacraments and the support of some good priests who we do not see in the film. Links A Hidden Life trailer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJXmdY4lVR0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJXmdY4lVR0</a> Franz Jägerstätter: Letters and Writings from Prison, ed. Erna Putz, is published by Orbis Books, a press that publishes a fair amount of heretical and dissenting material. The letters are well worth reading but we encourage you to buy a used copy rather than supporting that publisher. If you enjoyed this discussion, check out James and Thomas's other show, Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast. <a href="http://catholicculture.org/criteria" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://catholicculture.org/criteria</a> To hear James read more writings of the saints, check out Catholic Culture Audiobooks. <a href="https://www.catholicculture.org/audiobooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.catholicculture.org/audiobooks</a> This podcast is a production of <a href="http://CatholicCulture.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CatholicCulture.org</a>. If you like the show, please consider supporting us!<a href="http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio</a>

Episode 58 - A Hidden Life Film Review w/ James Majewski