Sister Rose Pacatte, FSP, is an American film critic and Catholic nun. In 1967, at age 15, Pacatte entered the

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, an order which conducts religious outreach through mass media. She earned an M.Ed in media studies from the

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in 1995 and a doctorate in ministry from the

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in 2018. Her doctoral project was an undergraduate film textbook entitled ''To Seek God's Face: Theological Approaches to Film''. Pacatte is the founding director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies. She has been the resident film critic for the ''St. Anthony Messenger'' since 2003 and for the ''

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'' since 2008, reviewing mainstream, independent, and faith-based titles. She has sat on ecumenical juries at the

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, and

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film festivals and on the

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independent jury at

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. In 2015, she presented the inaugural " Redeemer" award at the

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parody award show. In 2016, she hosted a series of classic films condemned by the

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External links

Pacatte at Rotten Tomatoes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pacatte, Rose Alumni of the UCL Institute of Education Graduate Theological Foundation alumni 20th-century American Roman Catholic nuns Pauline Family Turner Classic Movies Living people American women film critics American film critics 1952 births 21st-century American Roman Catholic nuns