NEW YORK.  “A Haunting in Venice” (PG-13, 20th Century) is the third in a series of Agatha Christie adaptations, all featuring her famed sleuth Hercule Poirot, on which director and star Kenneth Branagh has collaborated with screenwriter Michael Green. Yet, in at least two related respects, the newcomer is noticeably distinct from its predecessors.

Day two of my pilgrimage pulls back its covers. Sky, mountains, forest, and trail emerge from early morning’s deep purple gloaming to bathe in streams of gold. Electric blue light lingers in the glen as I head out my own door in the Colorado mountains for the next day of pilgrimage prayer on the Camino de Santiago France, the most popular route of the famous pilgrimage  also known as the Way of St. James.

In this era of podcasts and streaming services, vigilant Catholic parents will want to search for cinematic productions which tell absorbing stories without descending into standard societal sinkholes: needless profanity; permissive drug use, cheerless nudity; sympathetic portrayals of sexual depravity; and smirking dismissals of the existence of God 

CASTLE ROCK.  Knights of Columbus Council No. 8909 at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Castle Rock is once again offering CD sets and accompanying prayer booklets for “A Knight’s Rosary,” a devotional aid to help people pray the rosary. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. The Notre Dame Club of Southern Colorado and Colorado College are sponsoring the annual Hesburgh Lecture on Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. at Armstrong Hall, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St. Professor Emilia Justyna Powell of the University of Notre Dame will speak on “Peaceful Resolution of Disputes in International Law.” For more information, contact Michael Ortiz at southerncolorado.president@alumni.nd.edu.