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Father Ryan: A Higher Call
In the summer of 1878, refugees from the Memphis yellow fever epidemic came to Chattanooga to escape the ravages of this deadly disease. Within two days, the first victims died. Nearly all the townspeople fled to the mountains surrounding Chattanooga, leaving behind those without means, the infir...
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St. Louis de Montfort | Catholic Saints
Dr. John Sehorn joins Taylor Kemp to discuss the life of St. Louis de Montfort. Born in western France, St. Louis had a great love for Mary and the Rosary. His work True Devotion to Mary helps Catholics grow in their relationship with Jesus through his Mother, Mary.
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St. Josemaria Escriva | Catholic Saints
Called "the saint of ordinary life" by Pope John Paul II, St. Josemaria Escriva centered his ministry around a simple truth: each person can experience the extraordinary grace of holiness even in the ordinary events of day-to-day life. Join Dr. Christopher Mooney and Mary McGeehan on this episode...
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St. Damien of Molokai | Catholic Saints
St. Damien was born in Belgium but spent most of his life ministering to lepers in Molokai, Hawaii. An incredible example of holiness, he dedicated his whole life to spreading the Gospel. Sit down with Dr. James Prothro and Mary McGeehan as they discuss the life and witness of this great saint.
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St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor
Giuseppe Moscati, "the holy physician of Naples," was a medical doctor and layman in the early twentieth century who came from an aristocratic family and devoted his medical career to serving the poor. He was also a medical school professor and a pioneer in the field of biochemistry whose researc...
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John XXIII: The Pope of Peace
An inspiring feature film on Saint Pope John XXIII, starring Edward Asner in an acclaimed performance as the beloved pontiff, who came from common stock and was known for his simplicity, courage, and love for humanity. Shot on location in Rome and Italy, and produced by the Italian film company L...
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Miracle of Saint Thérèse
This is the acclaimed dramatic feature film made in France in 1960 that tells the story of St. Thérèse of Lisieux from childhood to her death as a Carmelite nun at age 24. Film critics have called it "an excellent, reverent biopic" on St. Thérèse that accurately portrays the saint's story and her...
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Padre Pio: Miracle Man
This movie captures the Capuchin friar's intense faith, devotion, and deep spiritual concern for others, as well as his great compassion for the sick and suffering. It reveals the amazing details and events in Padre Pio's life as a boy and throughout his fifty years as a friar, dramatizing the fr...
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Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth
Based on the historical records and the personal testimony of his fellow friars, this is the amazing true story of the life of the famous stigmatic monk, St. Padre Pio, a contemporary saint who died in 1968. Blessed with incredible spiritual gifts, including healing, bi-location, reading of souls...
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Mother Teresa
"In an acclaimed film portrayal, Olivia Hussey illuminates the life story of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the selfless missionary who brought hope, love, and salvation to the poorest of the poor. The movie examines the fundamental moments of Mother Teresa's life from her childhood in Albania in the...
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Paul VI: The Pope in the Tempest
Pope Paul VI was a leader in the Catholic Church as a priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope through one of the most difficult periods in its history—ófrom the Fascist regime and World War II to the constitution of the Italian Republic, from the Second Vatican Council to the protests and the terroris...
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Saint Pedro Poveda: Priest, Educator, and Martyr
This biographical drama tells the true story of Pedro Poveda (1874 – 1936), a tenacious and innovative priest who opened new paths in education and pioneered the rights of women in the early twentieth century. A victim of intolerance, he was murdered at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. In 1...
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Saint Maria Soledad: Foundress of the Sister Servants of Mary
"This new movie tells the inspiring story of the beginnings of the Sister Servants of Mary, a religious order that was founded in Madrid, Spain in 1851 by Fr. Miguel Martinez and Sister Maria Soledad who guided it in its development and expansion until her death in 1887.
The new order was dedic...
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Our God's Brother: The Story of St. Albert Chmielowski
This is the true story of St. Albert Chmielowski, a celebrated Polish artist and painter in the 1800's who was a major inspiration for young Karol Wojtyla, later Pope John Paul II. Albert became dissatisfied with his painting and disillusioned about the meaning of life when he encountered many ho...
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Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
Auschwitz, 1941. One of the prisoners, Jan, escapes from the German concentration camp while working at a gravel pit. Thanks to the help of kind-hearted people, he finds shelter. There Jan hears tragic news about ten random inmates sentenced by the Nazis to death by starvation as a punishment for...
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St. Junípero Serra: A Man of God, A Mission of Love
In this documentary, learn about Father Serra’s heroic missionary activity to Indigenous peoples in 18th-century North America.
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John Paul II is Alive: Miracles of the 21st Century (English/Spanish)
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Solanus Casey: Priest, Porter, Prophet
This extraordinary film explores the heroic life of a remarkable, modern-day mystic, Father Solanus Casey, who was relegated to doing little more than being a simple doorman in his monastery. But God would transform the role his superiors assigned him, appointing it a far greater significance to ...
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Father Michael McGivney: An American Blessed
In May 2020, Pope Francis approved a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, paving the way for his beatification. This new powerful documentary highlights Father McGivney’s inspiring example of fraternal charity, evangelization, and empowerment of ...
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God's Doorkeeper: St. André of Montreal
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On January 6, 1937, the death of a humble doorkeeper for a boys' college drew over a million people to Montreal for his funeral. For forty years, Brother André Bessette of the Congregation of Holy Cross welcomed people at the door and became known as a miraculous healer. God's Doorkeeper looks at...
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One Step is Enough: Cardinal John Henry Newman
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One Step is Enough is a biography of John Henry Newman, a 19th century British theologian and historian. Newman was raised in the Anglican Church and became an Anglican priest and a professor at Oxford. Over time he became critical of both the evangelical emphasis on dramatic personal conversion ...
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Father Michael McGivney: The Priest Who Founded the Knights of the Columbus
Father Michael McGivney is a documentary that brings to life the story of one of America's most extraordinary Catholic priests. Born in Connecticut of Irish immigrant parents just a few years before the Civil War, Michael McGivney grew up at a time when millions of Catholic immigrants were strugg...
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Pius XII: Under the Roman Sky
Based on Vatican documents and personal testimonies used by advocates for the canonization cause of Venerable Pope Pius XII, this epic film stars acclaimed actor James Cromwell in a powerful movie about the great and often hidden struggle waged by the Pope and many others with him to save the Jew...
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Lead Kindly Light: The Life and Message of Saint John Henry Newman
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An influential teacher, a distinguished theologian, a man who endured many trials, a father of souls—Blessed John Henry Newman (1801 - 1890) remains as fresh and relevant today as he was during his lifetime. In this engaging film, Fr. Nicholas Schofield and Fr. Marcus Holden, hosts of several oth...