Rose Pacatte
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Sister Rose Pacatte, FSP, is an American film critic and Catholic nun.
Pacatte entered the Daughters of St. Paul in 1967, at age 15.[1][2] She earned a master's degree in education in media studies from the University of London's Institute of Education in 1995[3] and a doctorate in ministry from the Graduate Theological Foundation in 2018.[4] Her doctoral project was an undergraduate film textbook entitled To Seek God's Face: Theological Approaches to Film.[4]
Pacette is the founding director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies.[5] She is the resident film critic for the St. Anthony Messenger and the National Catholic Reporter, where she reviews mainstream, independent, and faith-based titles.[6] In 2015, she presented the inaugural "Redeemer" award at the Razzies parody award show.[7] In 2016, she hosted a series of classic films condemned by the National Legion of Decency on Turner Classic Movies.[8][9]
References
- ^ Pacatte, Rose (14 August 2009). "Zero Gravity, where God was waiting". National Catholic Reporter.
- ^ Freedman, Samuel G. (25 January 2013). "Acting as a Mediator at the Crossroads of Faith and Film". The New York Times.
- ^ "Rose Pacatte, FSP". Saint Mary's Press.
- ^ a b Herlinger, Chris (2 October 2018). "Q & A with Sr. Rose Pacatte on the intersection of theology and film". Global Sisters Report.
- ^ Nastasi, Alison (3 March 2016). ""R-Rated Movies Are Better Than PG-13": Sister Rose Pacatte on the Catholic Church's "Condemned" Films and TCM's New Series". Flavorwire.
- ^ Kelsey, Eric (5 June 2018). "Sex to superheroes: Sister Rose shepherds Catholics through Hollywood movies". Reuters.
- ^ Contrera, Jessica (22 February 2015). "A nun presented Ben Affleck with the 'Redeemer Award' at the Razzies". Washington Post.
- ^ Scalia, Elizabeth (26 February 2016). ""It's Lent! Bring on the Condemned Movies! And the Nun!"". Aleteia.
- ^ Lumenick, Lou (2 March 2016). "Cool nun wants you to watch movies the Catholic Church condemned". New York Post.