Why we need the great rituals of Halloween
With my little girl 8 years old this year, I've wanted to sit and think through my objections to Halloween, as a cultural thing, as a psychological thing. Halloween as we see it today is a more recent thing, within the last century. I think it is largely obsessed over...
Dominic de Souza
SmartCatholics founder | Marketer & storyteller. Geeks over epics, mystics, science, the angelic, & movies.
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Let’s stop it with the ‘Catholic Version’ of things
“We need a Catholic version of genre fiction,” she was telling me. “It’s important that our teens have Catholic versions of things to grow up with.”
Smart Catholics with/ Dominic de Souza – Pints & Pews Podcast
Dominic de Souza, founder of smartcatholics.com shares his faith journey that spans 4 countries and 3 continents.
Why we need to stop venerating exorcists…
Something has disturbed me in watching the hype over exorcists the last few decades. I think it's come down to all the horror and thriller movies, where an exorcist priest is brought in as the last line of defense against evil. And it's true, they should be a last...
Shadow working: an insight into inner work and a lesson learned
I learned something about myself this weekend that I didn't like. After watching a show, I couldn't decide what to think about it. So I pulled on the first available inner thread to see where it went. Now, to be fair, it's good to just sit and reflect and pull...
Netflix Midnight Mass: freedom and sacrifice in the dark night of evil
Spoiler warning ahead for the Netflix horror series. I've only seen this series once, and while I don't love it, I think it is grounded in a message that is deep, and relevant, to humans everywhere. (Check out my take on Catholics and the horror genre, and why horror...
Why Catholics respect Horror as a genre
I have a growing respect for horror as a genre. But I have never enjoyed them. I don't think that's possible. As a little kid, I was shattered and terrified at the black and white transformation of a man into a werewolf on late night tv. Later on in my early 20s, I...
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