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Sister Nancy Usslemann

Sister Nancy Usselmann is director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies in Los Angeles.

No absolute certainty

October 29, 2025
By Sister Nancy Usslemann
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Journalism, Vocations

There is no absolute certainty in discerning a vocational call. If we have certainty, we wouldn’t keep pursuing the mystery of God present in the silence and stillness. That is where the will of God is found.

Can AI help the church evangelize?

August 7, 2025
By Sister Nancy Usslemann
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Evangelization

Perhaps not everyone finds the need to launch into the latest tech trend; however, the church herself must be present in the culture to be able to evangelize it from within.

‘The Chosen’ Season Five sets the table for Holy Week

April 1, 2025
By Sister Nancy Usslemann
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Movie & Television Reviews

While it began as an independent crowd-funded series, “The Chosen” has now become a global phenomenon as the most watched series in the world.

Lenten media fast: Spiritual discipline for a digital age

March 10, 2025
By Sister Nancy Usslemann
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, social media

Joining others in a media fast can create a community that holds us accountable to the fast.

Pray the news, pray the media, and imbue the culture with Christ

December 6, 2023
By Sister Nancy Usslemann
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary

Growing our spiritual lives while immersed in a digital world requires a media spirituality that centers us in Christ, the perfect communicator.

‘With This Light’: The inspiringly subversive and ‘naughty’ Sister Maria Rosa Leggol

August 9, 2023
By Sister Nancy Usslemann
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

“With This Light,” a documentary releasing in theaters Aug. 11 and then to streaming platforms, tells of the apostolic dynamism of Sister Maria Rosa Leggol, a Franciscan sister known as the “Mother Teresa” of Honduras.

4 tips for building a media-smart family

February 5, 2023
By Sister Nancy Usslemann
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Youth Ministry

Living virtuously with our media requires communicating together to become a media-smart family.

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