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There is a mini-revival of Catholicism happening, but you have to look hard to find it.

Somewhere in that realm is the self-described orthodox Catholic magazine, New Oxford Review (NOR) put out by Dale Vree in, brace yourself, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (belly o’ the beast).

NOR has managed to offend EVERYONE, from the easy-going hippys at your local parish to the movers and shakers of the American Church such as Deal Hudson and, more recently, Fr. Fessio of Ignatius Press.

The magazine is BUTT UGLY, and its format is something a 5th grader could have slapped together, but the content is always worth at least considering.

Lately, Michael S. Rose has been tapped to head the online NOR, and the look is fantastic (they seriously need to let HIM redesign the hard copy). Mr. Rose is famous for his book Goodbye, Good Men, and for a BEAUTIFUL site, dellachiesa.com (not to mention Papa Ratzi Post).

Have YOU the Guts?
 
I have read this for several years, and pass it on to family. New Oxford Review is a gem. Is that what you were saying?
 
Yeah, I dig NOR.

Each issue is quality, even if I don’t like the layout.

Lately they’ve taken relatively strong stands against the Bush administration concerning lackluster Pro-Life support and confoundingly stupid foreign policy.

Most other conservative Catholic magazines or outlets SLOBBER over the Bush clan.

It’s refreshing to read something different.
 
Those pansies (to use language they can understand) over at NOR don’t even have the courage to enter the semi-darkness of a movie theater. They are afraid to enter into that ‘womb’ to be born again.
 
We used to subscribe to NOR years ago, but let our subscription run out. I got sick of all the in-fighting with Our Sunday Visitor and other Catholic magazines. I also felt like it was getting to the point where, more often than not, they were crossing the line of satire into being simply mean-spirited or cruel. That was about five or so years ago though…
 
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Pace:
Those pansies (to use language they can understand) over at NOR don’t even have the courage to enter the semi-darkness of a movie theater. They are afraid to enter into that ‘womb’ to be born again.
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Sorry, I am new to this site. Could you please be more clear?
 
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Courtneyjo:
Sorry, I am new to this site. Could you please be more clear?
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I’ve been participating in this site for a while and I don’t understand it either.

BTW, I’ve read NOR a couple of times and choose not to continue. There were some good articles, but they also choose to refer to homosexuals by vulgar names that I would punish my children for using.
 
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Courtneyjo:
Sorry, I am new to this site. Could you please be more clear?
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The way to be born again in today’s world is to investigate and discern (separate the wheat from the chaff) movies. That is the place where each persons treasure, heart and faith is at. And I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. ‘The movies’ may be closer to heaven than anything on this earth: a manifestation of something that was always within us (The Christ?).

I was just trying to provoke the NOR into seeing this, since they claim to be courageous…
 
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Pace:
The way to be born again in today’s world is to investigate and discern (separate the wheat from the chaff) movies. That is the place where each persons treasure, heart and faith is at. And I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. ‘The movies’ may be closer to heaven than anything on this earth: a manifestation of something that was always within us (The Christ?).

I was just trying to provoke the NOR into seeing this, since they claim to be courageous…
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Pace!

PLEASE put down the crack pipe.

NOR is a magazine, not a movie.

And, GOOD LORD, movies have NOTHING TO DO with being born again.

Oh, and thanks for killing my thread.

Ugh.
 
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kelso:
Pace!

PLEASE put down the crack pipe.

NOR is a magazine, not a movie.

And, GOOD LORD, movies have NOTHING TO DO with being born again.

Oh, and thanks for killing my thread.

Ugh.
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Kelso,

I didn’t kill your thread, I made it born again. The answer to everything today is the movie Mulholland Drive. NOR’s problem is the same problem we all have: We are in a state of confusion and anger in today’s frustrating world. Someone above mentioned the infighting going on between NOR and some other magazines. All of this is only doing irreparable harm to the Church. The longed for unity that we all desire had to come from outside the visible Church. And it had to come from the world of art, specifically cinema.

Movies may be the only way left to find salvation and remain “born again”. Where else do you see a chance for unity?
 
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kelso:
You belong in the Bush cabinet somewhere.

Hey, maybe post in the NON-CATHOLIC section?
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I don’t understand what you mean by these two statements…??
 
Pace, okay, thanks for the explanation, I’m sorry I asked. 😦

As for the NOR, ITA, they did spend an inordinate amount of time in a catfight with Our Sunday Visitor (since I don’t read OSV, I didn’t quite understand the point.)

And yes, they do call homosexuals names but I think it is only the militant, in-your-face ones, not those trying to live chaste lives according to Church teaching. IMHO.
 
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Courtneyjo:
Pace, okay, thanks for the explanation, I’m sorry I asked. 😦
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Why are you sorry you asked? Do you want unity between all peoples of the earth, or do you want to talk uselessly about one magazines divisive antics? It would seem that you are not at present a fan of unity, because not only do you chose to continue talking about NOR (as opposed to NOR in relation to the movie that I claim God sent to us), but you also are willing to divide things further in this world by saying to a fellow human being: “okay, thanks for the explanation, I’m sorry I asked :(”

Again, why are you sorry you asked?
 
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Pace:
Why are you sorry you asked? Do you want unity between all peoples of the earth, or do you want to talk uselessly about one magazines divisive antics? It would seem that you are not at present a fan of unity, because not only do you chose to continue talking about NOR (as opposed to NOR in relation to the movie that I claim God sent to us), but you also are willing to divide things further in this world by saying to a fellow human being: “okay, thanks for the explanation, I’m sorry I asked :(”

Again, why are you sorry you asked?
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Pace, surely you would find a bigger audience for a discussion of the movie if you started a thread of that name. Not many people will look for it in this thread. In any event, God bless you and protect you.
 
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Courtneyjo:
Pace, surely you would find a bigger audience for a discussion of the movie if you started a thread of that name. Not many people will look for it in this thread. In any event, God bless you and protect you.
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Yea :), I tell you, everything that is not (thought of in relation to) Mulholland Drive (or the forthcoming Inland Empire) is mental masturbation. That is God’s blessing to us.
 
So Kelso, do you recall a favorite article or letter from NOR? Have you ever written to them? I haven’t.

I was interested in the article in the Catholic Library Association which was submitted by a retired librarian, I think. It was was highly accurate. The bias of the CLA does not allow for the indexing of conservative publications such as NOR or The Wanderer.
 
Thanks to all who participated in this discussion,
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