Jesuit on a mission in mass media
Jesuit priest James Martin is using the web and television to connect the stories of popular culture with "THE" story of God:
Jesuit priest James Martin moves in Mass, mass media
In USAToday
James Martin is loath to let a big headline go by without spinning the story toward The Big Story — God. He is, after all, a Catholic priest and a Jesuit, a religious order with a fundamental mission of "helping souls."In ancient days the church told Gospel stories with pictures in stained-glass windows. Now it's the Web and TV. Says Martin, 49: "Everyone needs a medium. Mine is popular culture."
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So he'll take on Lindsay Lohan, who dressed as Jesus for the cover of fashion magazine Purple, with a 10-point comparison between the actress and Christ. Martin's blog post for the century-old Jesuit weekly magazine America, where he is culture editor, kindly concludes that perhaps she'll take a lesson from the Savior.
