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BESTSELLER
OF GODS AND MEN (DVD + Blu-ray)
Of Gods and Men is based on a true story and has received accolades and awards the world over, including the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Eight French Trappist monks live in harmony with their Muslim neighbors in a monastery in the mountains of Algeria in the 1990s. When foreign workers are massacred by Islamic terrorists, fear sweeps though the region. Should the monks leave their home and the people they serve? Should they stay despite the threat of violent death? The answer forms the uncompromising center of this unforgettable film.
"Xavier Beauvois' sublime 'Of Gods and Men' is that almost-unheard-of film that you do not judge -- it judges you."
-- National Catholic Register
Parental discretion suggested. French with English subtitles, 123 minutes.
DVD + Blu-ray for the price of a DVD!
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BESTSELLER
ASSISI PILGRIMAGE (DVD)
Walking in Faith with Francis & Clare
Every year, thousands of pilgrims visit Assisi, Italy, for the rich spiritual experience of exploring the birthplace of Saints Francis and Clare. This new 2-hour DVD makes that journey accessible to everyone. Guided by Murray Bodo, Roch Niemier and others. Music by Franciscan composer Robert Hutmacher has a medieval flavor. Bonus features include a chronology of the saints' lives, pilgrimage maps, an explanation of the San Damiano cross, and a ritual walk with Clare.
120 minutes
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BESTSELLER
From Most Holy Trinity Monastery
NO GREATER LOVE (DVD)
After ten years of correspondence, filmmaker Michael Whyte was given unprecedented access to the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, in London's Notting Hill. The monastery, founded in 1878, is home to the nuns of the Discalced Order of Carmelites, who lead a cloistered life dedicated to prayer, work and contemplation, rarely leaving the monastery except to visit a doctor or dentist. Silence is maintained throughout the day with the exception of two periods of recreation.
A highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning documentary, No Greater Love follows in the wake of the great success of a similar film, Into Great Silence, as it gives a unique insight into the closed world of these nuns where the modern world's materialism is rejected; they have no television, radio or newspapers. The film interweaves a year in the life of the monastery with the daily rhythms of Divine Office and work. Centered on Holy Week, it follows a year in which a novice is professed and one of the older nuns dies. Though mainly a meditational film, there are several interviews with the nuns, which offer insights into their lives, faith, moments of doubt and their belief in the power of prayer in the heart of the community. A beautifully filmed and deeply inspiring production.
100 minutes
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ALL-TIME BESTSELLER
INTO GREAT SILENCE
2 DVD Set
Nestled deep in the postcard-perfect French Alps, the Grande Chartreuse is considered one of the world's most ascetic monasteries. In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back to him. Sixteen years later, they were ready. Gröning, sans crew or artificial lighting, lived in the monks' quarters for six months—filming their daily prayers, tasks, rituals and rare outdoor excursions.
This transcendent, closely observed film seeks to embody a monastery, rather than simply depict one—it has no score, no voiceover and no archival footage. What remains is stunningly elemental: time, space and light. One of the most mesmerizing and poetic chronicles of spirituality ever created, INTO GREAT SILENCE dissolves the border between screen and audience with a total immersion into the hush of monastic life. More meditation than documentary, it's a rare, transformative theatrical experience for all.
162 minutes
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BESTSELLER
VISION: FROM THE LIFE OF
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN (DVD)
Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, the famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist and ecological activist.
In Vision, New German Cinema auteur Margarethe von Trotta brings the story of this extraordinary woman to life. In a staggering performance, acclaimed actress Barbara Sukowa portrays von Bingen's fierce determination to expand the responsibilities of women within the order, even as she fends off outrage from some in the Church over the visions she claims to receive from God. Lushly shot in medieval cloisters in the German countryside, this is a profoundly inspirational portrait of a woman who has emerged from the shadows of history as a forward-thinking and iconoclastic pioneer of faith, change and enlightenment. German with English subtitles.
110 minutes
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BESTSELLER
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.
60 minutes
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BESTSELLER
FROM THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN (DVD)
Reflections on Orthodox
Christian Monasticism
This DVD takes you through a year at the Hermitage of the Holy Cross in West Virginia and portrays some of the beauty and struggle of monastic life. Insights about monasticism from one of the senior monks at the monastery are given as you are visually taken through the Church liturgical year and the changing seasons in the mountains. A unique documentary of an Orthodox monastery in the 21st century.
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BESTSELLER
THE NUN (DVD)
The Story of a Carmelite Vocation
This award-winning documentary tells the beautiful story of Marta, a young Catholic woman in Sweden and her counter-cultural choice to follow a calling to become a cloistered Carmelite nun, and to live her life for God alone.
Documentary filmmaker Maud Nycander followed Marta and her family for ten years to tell the story of her vocation, and the Carmelite convent made a unique exception to its strict regulations by allowing the filmmaker to meet with and interview Marta both before and after her five-year postulant period. The Carmelite convent in Glumslöv in the south of Sweden is normally closed to outsiders, so this is a rare glimpse into their hidden life. Swedish with English and Spanish subtitles.
58 minutes
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BESTSELLER
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.
60 minutes
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BESTSELLER
BLESSED DUNS SCOTUS (DVD)
Defender of the Immaculate Conception
The inspiring story of the medieval Franciscan priest and theologian who won a famous debate against the Dominicans in the 13th century, in which he defended the concept of the Virgin Mary's Immaculate Conception, laying the groundwork for the Church to later define that as a dogma of the Catholic faith.
Filmed in beautiful ancient monastery locations in Europe, the film reveals Scotus as a humble and courageous apostle of the Faith; his loyalty to Pope Boniface VIII in his feud with Philip the Fair of France over the taxation of church property caused the French to expel him from his position at the University of Paris.
An important film for Americans since the Immaculate Conception is the Patroness of the USA, this acclaimed feature film stars Italian actor Adriano Braidotti in an award-winning performance as Blessed John Duns Scotus, who was beatified by John Paul II. The movie won major awards for Best Movie and Best Actor at the 2011 International Catholic Film Festival.
85 minutes
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