So in the recent past Adam Sandler wrote the famous "Chanukah song" which highlights famous Jewish peoples, I have decided to post a list of some of the more famous Catholic persons in our day. Though not all are alive at the present, they do all have some hold on the Pop culture world we live in. It is nice to think that even in the society which seems to have abandoned faith as a center, we have some stars we can look to as sharing the beliefs and faith in our Risen Lord. I have included links so you can enjoy some of their works, where available.
Jim Caviezel – actor
Word of Promise from Jesus: Dramatic Passages from the Gospels
I Am David (2003), Jim Caviezel, Ben Tibber, Joan Plowright
The Passion of the Christ (Widescreen Edition)
Sean Connery – actor, movie star
The Name of the Rose
First Knight [Blu-ray]
Bing Crosby – actor, singer
All Hail The Power Of Jesus' Name
What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Salvador Dali – Surrealist painter
Salvador Dali 2v
Christ of St. John of the Cross ,1951, Art Poster by Salvador Dali
Clark Gable – Academy Award-Winning actor
Clark Gable: Tormented Star
Gone with the Wind (Two-Disc Edition)
Alfred Hitchcock – film director
Hitchcock (Revised Edition)
To Catch a Thief (Special Collector's Edition)
Bob Hope – movie star, comedian
On the Road With Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Collection (Road to Singapore/Road to Zanzibar/Road to Morocco/Road to Utopia)
Casey Kasem – Media personality, radio DJ
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Grace Kelly – Academy Award-Winning actress
Grace Kelly: A Life in Pictures
John F. Kennedy – 35th President of the United States
God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush
Profiles in Courage
Rachael Lampa – singer
Blessed: The Best of Rachael Lampa
Vivien Leigh – Academy Award-Winning actress
Vivien: The Life of Vivien Leigh
Gone with the Wind (Two-Disc Edition)
J.R.R. Tolkien – Fantasy writer
J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings)
And the two men who should be the most famous catholics of our time
Pope John Paul II
Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology Of The Body
Crossing the Threshold of Hope
Pope John Paul II Celebrates Solemn High Mass in St. Peters
Pope Benedict XVI
Jesus of Nazareth
Saved in Hope: Spe Salvi
Concert in Honour of Pope Benedict XVI
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Famous Catholics
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Martin Sheen, President Bartlett from West Wing among many movie and TV roles
Tom Wilson (played Biff, the bad guy in the Back to the Future Movies, great comedian, and artist)
Sean Patrick Flannery; Young Indiana Jones
Patricia Heaton (the wife on Everybody Loves Raymond)
Just to name a few more right off the top of my head.
Unfortunately, not all of them (JFK for example) have lived up to their faith.
Hitchcock often used his Catholic faith to subtly affect the plot, or not so subtly as in his 1953 film I Confess.
Casey Kasem is Maronite Catholic, so was Danny Thomas.
Then don't forget the other authors like G.K. Chesterton, Evelyn Waugh & Flan O'Connor.
& there was also TV star as well as author Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.
The list could go on & on.
Dave Brubeck (convert)
Walter Kerr (theatre critic)
Peter Steinfels (former NY Times religion editor)
E. J. Dionne (Washington Post writer)
Mark Russell (comedian)
Clare Booth Luce (playwright and politican -- convert)
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