Hollywood a topic at Prayer Day

Barbara Nicolosi will be the featured guest speaker at University of Mary’s annual Prayer Day, at 11 a.m. Feb. 7 in the McDowell Activity Center.

Lunch at noon will be followed by workshops at 1 p.m. and a Eucharistic liturgy celebrated by Bishop David Kagan at 2:15 p.m.

Nicolosi has worked as a script consultant for scores of Hollywood feature and television projects such as “Saving Grace” and “Joan of Arcadia” and films such as “The Passion of the Christ” and “That Evening Sun.”

Her most recent credit is as co-writer with Benedict Fitzgerald on the 2013 Lionsgate release, “Mary, Mother of the Christ.”

Nicolosi has also served as executive director of the new Galileo Studio at Azusa Pacific University and founder and chair emeritus of Act One. Inc., a nonprofit program to train and mentor Christians for careers as Hollywood writers and executives.

University of Mary students are admitted free. Others may register on site at the McDowell Activity Center, beginning at 10 a.m.

However, advance online registration is strongly recommended at http://www.umary.edu/prayerday. The fee for the entire day, including lunch, is $10, payable on Prayer Day.

To learn more, contact Kristi Wanner at 701-355-8102 or kdwanner @umary.edu.

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