Video & DVD
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NEW!
HOW TO CREATE PYSANKY DVD
This how-to DVD features the expertise of Luba, a renowned pysanky maker with over 75 years of experience making these intricately beautiful Ukrainian Easter eggs. She guides you with confidence and clarity through all the techniques needed to create your own works of pysanky art! 22 minutes.
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NEW!
THE ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI (DVD)
A School of the Lord's Service
This DVD is an invitation to see, hear and appreciate more fully the essence of monastic life at the Abbey of the Gethsemani in rural Kentucky. Explore worship, work and the rhythm of daily life in the Trappist Abbey which was once the home of Thomas Merton. With remarkable access, the producer's cameras capture the simplicity of ancient traditions while also showing how the monks adjust to modern times. The brothers of Gethsemani have been in Kentucky since 1848 but their spiritual quest is timeless. 25 minutes.
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THE PRIESTS (DVD)
In Concert at Armagh Cathedral, Ireland
Building on the instant bestselling status of their album, THE PRIESTS (Fr. Eugene O'Hagen, his brother Fr. Martin, and Fr. David Delargy), joined by flutist Sir James Galway and singers Moyra Brennan and Liam O'Flynn, offer this live concert at the beautiful Armagh Cathedral in Ireland. Includes: Panis Angelicus, Ave Maria, Be Still My Soul, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Danny Boy, Benedictus, Irish Blessing and a dozen more. Bonus selections include Be Thou My Vision and 7 more. 65 minutes.
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THE PROMISED LAND OF VOCATION
Natalie Smith has observed the vocations discernment process of thousands of individuals since 2001. Subtitled "Knowing if You're Called to Marriage, Religious Life or the Priesthood," The Promised Land of Vocation shares her insights on this process such as:
The 3 sure signs that you're marrying the right person or joining the right community or diocese.
The 5 most common steps in vocational discernment.
How to identify what you truly want.
4 quick ways to destroy your vocation once you are there (what NOT to do).
The 4 most important words you will ever use in your vocation.
Natalie answers difficult questions on debt, unsupportive friends and relatives, sexuality, and what to do if you are in the wrong vocation. She encourages the reader and seeker: "It is never too late to co-create your vocation with God."
DVD
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DVD & Book Set!
SOUL SEARCHING:
THE JOURNEY OF THOMAS MERTON
DVD & New Companion Book
The award-winning documentary by Morgan Atkinson now has a companion book! He spent years researching Merton's work, interviewing Merton friends and scholars, and capturing his life at Gethsemani Abbey as well as other places that nurtured Merton, such as Redwoods Monastery (California) and Christ in the Desert Monastery (New Mexico). The book -- edited with Jonathan Montaldo -- contains pictures and a wealth of material not used in the documentary, including reflections of Fr. Daniel Berrigan, Rosemary Ruether, Martin Marty and many others. Together, the DVD and book vividly reveal the interior landscape of one of the spiritual giants of modern times.
DVD 67 minutes.
Book (paperback or hardcover) 160 pages.
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FAITH OF OUR FATHERS CD & DVD
The #1 recording in Irish history is now also a DVD. This celebration of Ireland's religious heritage features the astonishing vocal talents of tenor Frank Patterson and soprano Regina Nathan, along with the Benedictine Monks of Glenstal Abbey, the Irish Philharmonic Orchestra and others. Includes 20 traditional all-time Gaelic, English and Latin favorites such as "Queen of the May," "Céad Míle (A Hundred Thousand Welcomes)," "Sweet Heart of Jesus," "Salve Regina," "Ave Maria" and more. Enclosed booklets contain all English lyrics. Recorded live.
20 selections
Total time: 58:56
DVD total time 78 min.
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THE BOOK OF KELLS DVD
The Work of Angels?
Learn about the origin, history, meaning and myths behind one of the greatest works of Western art. Travel with St. Columba from Ireland to Scotland with the founding of the monastery on Iona over 1,000 years ago. Learn about the book's creation – over 600 pages of intricate, gorgeous designs which merge Byzantine and other influences resulting in a distinct Celtic style. Finally, learn about the attack on the monastery and its later restoration. This riveting documentary was produced in Ireland.
Total time: 60 minutes
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IMPORTED FROM IRELAND
THE SPIRITUAL ROAD
The History of Glenstal Abbey DVD
Visit Ireland's only Benedictine monastery for monks and one of Ireland's leading boarding schools. Situated in the northeast corner of Limerick, Glenstal Abbey is also famous for its art, music and religious studies and for its leading role in theological debate and ecumenism. This DVD shows both the public face of the monastery (with extracts from the major offices and liturgies including Easter week) and the intimate behind-the-scenes life and work of the monks.
Total time: approximately 45 minutes
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Imported from Ireland
THE WAY OF SILENCE
The History and Traditions of
Mount Melleray Abbey
Mount Melleray Abbey in County Waterford stands at the foot of the Knockmealdown mountains in exceptionally beautiful countryside. Founded in 1832, Melleray is the first Cistercian monastery founded in Ireland since the Reformation and is now one of the larger abbeys of the Cistercian Order. This behind-the-scenes look at the life of the living community will introduce you to the history and the life of the monks. You will see the various activities of the monk's day from the prayer of Vigils at 4 am to Compline at 8 pm. The Cistercian life is one of prayer, reading/study and work. Designed to be self-sufficient, Melleray has a farm, a laundry, tailor's shop, library and bookbinding workshop, and other departments. Also presented is the Cistercian life from the monk's point of view -- showing parts of the monastery not normally accessible to members of the public, featuring a soundtrack containing chant, violin playing and the sound of the Abbey's Kenneth Jones Organ -- specially recorded for this video.
Total time: approximately 30 minutes
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SISTERS
Portrait of a Benedictine Community
Sisters is a special, inside look at the life of a community of Benedictine nuns. In this one-hour documentary (premiered on Public Television's Independent Lens in 2005), several sisters of the St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota, share their experiences and feelings about monastic life, and their insights about the future of the monastery. The producers had the privilege of interviewing and filming the sisters over a two-year period as they worked, prayed, sang, socialized, and served the community together. Sisters is a unique glimpse into a sometimes-misunderstood world and portrays the sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery in all their complexity and humanity.
Total time: 60 minutes
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