Father Malone conducts film seminar
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MANILA, January 14, 2008—Following the enthusiastic response in January last year to his first "Film and Faith" seminar in Asia, Fr. Peter Malone, MSC, directed a two-day seminar entitled "Film and Faith 2" at the Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA) in Sta. Mesa, Manila, January 12-13, 2008.
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The objectives of Film and Faith 2 are: 1) to enrich pastoral work through a better understanding of contemporary film form and language; 2) to develop a critical appreciation of the use of film for reflection on moral and spiritual issues.
The seminar was based on material from two of Fr. Malone’s latest books: Can Movies Be A Moral Compass? (2005) and Lights...Camera...Faith! The Ten Commandments (2006).
Discussions are expected to focus on such topics as: Moral Values and the Spiritual Compass, Moral Dilemmas and the Ten Commandments, Sci-Fi and the Ethics of Modern Science, Movie Angels and Devils, the Heroic Myth, Priests as Heroes and Anti-Heroes.
In his book Can Movies Be a Moral Compass?, Fr Malone stressed the importance of film literacy and ministry today: "Millions are buying tickets to enjoy and reflect on films. They signal an unequivocal message that an imagination trained in an audiovisual culture will need a different and new kind of evangelization, instruction or catechesis today."
Fr. Peter Malone is an Australian Missionary of the Sacred Heart, renowned media educator, published film critic and internationally-known speaker, as well as a consultant to CFA. He is an International Consultant to the Bishops’ Committee for Film in the Philippines and was President of the International Organization for the Cinema (OCIC) and SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication) until 2005.
His vast knowledge of film lore and passion for media use in evangelization turned the first Film and Faith seminar at CFA into what many of the 116 participants considered to be a "memorable journey of faith".
There are also plans for another seminar with Fr. Malone in Cebu, southern Philippines, on January 15-16, which would reprise the contents of the first Film and Faith seminar held at CFA last week. The topics would include The Jesus Films, Christ Figures and Symbols, and Movies for Evangelization.
The Communication Foundation for Asia is a media production and training center established in 1973 by a Dutch missionary of the MSC congregation. CFA, which is a pioneer in development communication work in Asia, is a member of Signis.
The Film and Faith seminars are open to all media educators, communication students and professionals, religion teachers, catechists and the general film-loving public based locally or abroad. (Santosh Digal)
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