Video Resources

People live in a media society. A video may assist in more clearly communicating the message than a lecture presentation. It engages the participant on level that other adult learning styles do not. However, for maximum benefit it is essential to use the video properly. Here are some do’s and don’ts.

Do

• Preview the video. Also, read the discussion guide so that you are familiar with it.
• You may need to preview several videos to determine which is the most appropriate for your topic.
• Copy the discussion questions and the suggested activities for your participants. You may develop your own discussion materials.
• Reserve a VCR/monitor that has a screen large enough that your audience will be able to see the video. Arrange the room so that all participants can see the screen.
• Practice using the VCR/monitor. Not all machines are the same.
• Schedule enough time so that the reflection questions can be used in preparation for preview and after the video.
• Determine how you will use the video. You may want to stop the video at appropriate places for discussion. Some videos are designed in sections so that you can stop for discussion before moving to the next segment. Some videos are long and you may want to divide the showing of the video over two or three classes.

Don’t

• Don’t use a video you have not previewed.
• Don’t use a video without preparing your audience for it.
• Don’t use a video because you have not had time to prepare a topic for a class.

Use of the Stockton Diocesan Media and Print Library

The Center for Ministry has an extensive print and media library. Call the School of Ministry at 546-7629 or 546-7630 to arrange a visit to the Library. The following procedures are to be used in checking out material.

• There is a check out book in the library. Fill in the appropriate information when borrowing a book or video.
• When returning the item, enter the return date and put the item in the return box. Items will be re-shelved once a week.
• If the item you are looking for is not on the shelf, check the return box. If the item is not in the return box, check to see who has the book or video and call that person to see if/or when the item will be available. You can make arrangements to use the video at a time when the other party is not using the video.
• If an item is not returned after three weeks, the borrower will be called to determine if the item is still being used.
• Videos are shelved by title within the appropriate subject area. Check the video catalog for titles available in subject areas.

Some suggested Videos

The following videos are available in the Media Library for the Stockton Diocese. This is not a complete listing. The list will be expanded on an on-going basis. There is a complete catalogue in the library.

Advent/Christmas

Behold This Child (43 minutes)
This set of 4 programs is a theological and spiritual presentation on the birth of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The four sections are: Part One – The Christmas Story, An Introduction, Part Two – The Promise Fulfilled, The Annunciation Stories, Part Three – And It Came to Pass, The Birth of the Messiah, and Part Four – What Child Is This? The Messiah is recognized.

Preparing for Christmas: An Advent Program for the Family (4 15-minute segments)
Through scriptures, stories, and music this video explores the true meaning of Christmas. The four segments connect to themes for the weeks of Advent: Waiting, Hoping, Preparing, Giving and Receiving.

Biography

Bernardin: (57 minutes)
This is a television documentary that examines the life and legacy of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin.

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (112 minutes)
This is the compelling true story of the “American Mother Theresa” who founded the Catholic Worker Movement.

Church & Church History

Dynamic Parish, The – Series
This video series is based on the vital information concerning current church trends revealed in the Notre Dame Study. These series is ideal for use with parish leaders, parish ministry groups, and all who are interested in church renewal.
Part 1: The Dynamic Parish Pilot (29 minutes) is the introductory video. It features 6 parishes with unique models of leadership.
Part 2: Ministry Today (23 minutes) shows how Baptism is the foundation of all ministries. The video develops an appreciation for the uniqueness and relationship of both ordained and lay ministries, and promotes an awareness of the variety of ministries available to lay people.
Part 3: The Church in the New Milieu (20 minutes) shows how parishioners have developed stronger parish ties and greater community participation through small faith communities.
Part 4: A Priestly People (16 minutes) examines the liturgical reforms of Vatican II and looks at ways parishes can create “full, active, and conscience participation” in Eucharistic celebrations in a way that illumines the day to day life of the people.
Part 5: The Rural Parish: Retrieving Our Future (25 minutes) presents Catholic parish history as a resource for the Church’s future. The small-scale structures and influence of local cultures in rural areas reflect creative alternatives and strategies for parish planning.
Part 6: Cultural Diversity: Enriching Human Community (21 minutes) explores and affirms an appreciation of various cultures (Hispanic American, African American, Asian American, Native American, and European American) prominent in the American church.
Part 7: Women of the Church (27 minutes) explores the diverse contributions women have made with and to the Church throughout history. Both traditional and non-traditional contributions are included as well as an acknowledgment of the pain some women have experienced because of attitudes, language, etc. within the Church.

John Paul II: A Light for the Nations (60 minutes)
This video is an intimate portrait of the life and ministry of John Paul II as seen through the eyes of childhood friends and church leaders. The Catholic Communication Campaign on the occasion of the pope’s 50th anniversary of his priesthood produced it. Martin Sheen narrates it.

Time to Build, A (60 minutes)
This project of the Office of Catholic Communication Campaign, USCC, focuses on the re-emergence of the Catholic Church in Easter Europe. It is a dramatic story of survival and hope as Catholics in Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, and Czechoslovakia experience new religious freedoms after more than 40 years of Communist oppression.

Christology

Christ in Art (45 minutes)
Subtitled: As seen through the eyes of the old maters. This video includes 3 programs: the birth of Christ, the Madonna and Child, and faces of Christ.

Jesus, the Prophet (30 minutes)
This is a scriptural pilgrimage highlighting the scenes and the message of Jesus’ public ministry, including Nazareth, Cana, Capernaum, and Galilee.

Culture

Beyond the Dream (58 minutes)
The video examines the expectations, experiences, and influence of the Irish, German, and Italian Catholics who arrived in America during the massive European immigration of 1840-1920.

China at the Crossroads (58 minutes)
This tells the dramatic story of the Catholic faith’s survival in twentieth-century China. The documentary focuses on Shanghai, one of China’s largest centers of Catholicism.

Circle of the Spirit (1 hour)
This is the saga of two Northwestern tribes of Native Americans – the Coeur d’Alene of Idaho and the Lummi of Washington state. It enables viewers to appreciate both the religious and cultural differences inherent in being both Native American and Catholic.

On Fire with Faith (1 hour)
This video explores the encounter of the Spanish conquistadors and missionaries with the native peoples of the territory that became the Southwestern United States. This encounter gave rise to a new culture and race – a mestizaje.

Passion for Faith, A (1 hour)
This documents the struggle of African American Catholics to gain full participation in the Catholic Church. It traces the history of Black Catholics from their arrival in Baltimore in 1793 to the development of the National Pastoral Plan, Here I am Send Me.

Sharing Faith Across the Hemisphere (28 minutes)
From the NCCB Committee on the Church in Latin America, this video looks at the mutual sharing of faith between the Church in the United States and in Latin America.

Death & Dying

At a Lost for Word (30 minutes)
Subtitle: How to help those you care for in a miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn death experience. This video is directed toward family members, friends, neighbors, clergy, and doctors

Final Blessing (52 minutes)
Final Blessing examines the spiritual dimensions in the lives of the terminally ill. It is a program about uncovering a place within the soul to begin to understand suffering on a different level and to look forward to what lies beyond.

Footprints on Our Hearts (1 hour)
This vides examines how to cope after a miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn death. It offers ways to cope with the feelings in the days and weeks of grieving that follow, as it speaks words of understanding, encouragement, and hope for the future.

Family/Parenting

Family - The Road to Healing (2 hours)
In this four-part video we hear the personal stories of men and women who have faced difficult relational questions and the road to heals. The issues addressed include: economic and cultural stresses, family pressures, divorced, and single parenting.

Ten Ingredients for Happy Family Living (2 30-minute segments)
This program focuses on family life today – single parents, working moms, kids dealing with peer pressure, and parents climbing the career ladder. The video addresses 5 elements that applies to all relationships: acceptance, affirmation, communication, touch, and intimacy and 5 elements that apply particularly to parenting skills: love and discipline, values, celebration, tradition, and perseverance.

Lent/Easter

Celebrating Christ’s Splendor: An Easter Special (60 minutes)
Filmed at St. John’s Cathedral in Cleveland, this Easter special is filled with pageantry and spirituality of the holiest of days in the Christina Church.

Operation Rice Bowl (9 minutes)
This video describes the Lenten program of aid to the poor.

Stations of the Cross The (40 minutes)
Thought-provoking meditations for each of the fourteen stations recall the mysteries of Calvary and offer a practical application for today’s church. The video brings special sacredness and meaning to the Way of the Cross-by combining the spoken word, music, and visual images.

Wall, The (40 minutes)
This is a dramatization of the final hours of Jesus’ life as seen through the eyes of the two thieves who were crucified with Jesus.

Liturgy & Sacraments

Bread & Wine, Water & Spirit, They Shall See (17 minutes)
This video presents symbolic scenes using light, nature, water, bread, wine, and the process of how wheat and grapes are changed into bread and wine. The video can be used as a reflection on Eucharist or as a discussion starter.

Catechumenate for Children, The (15 minutes each segment)
These two videos by Fr. Don A. Neumann are resources for Catechumenate teams, pastors, deacons, catechists, families, and all who minister with children who have reached catechetical age and are seeking initiation into the Church community. In 9 fifteen minute segments provides: a broad overview of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), an elaboration on the context, meaning, and pastoral implementation of “Christian Initiation of Children Who have reached Catechetical Age,” insights into the Catechumenate process and its various ritual celebrations, and a framework for evaluating all parish catechetical programs.

Catechumenate: What Are the Challenges Parishes Face? (60 minutes)
Presentation by Fr. Richard N. Fragomeni helps parishes to discover and face the challenges that the call of the Catechumenate offers. Topics include: description of the role of the RCIA in parish life, presentation of the heuristic method, identification of the need for on-going conversion, exploration of challenges emerging from the Catechumenate and meeting the challenges, and implications of liturgy for life.

Christian Initiation: A Call to Conversion (60 minutes)
This resource by Fr. Richard N. Fragomeni encourages thinking about the dynamics and forms of conversion. Centering his discussion on the importance of the person of Jesus Christ, Fr. Fragomeni offers four modalities of conversion as a reflective framework for discussion and discernment of the gift of transformation.

Church Celebrates the Reconciling God (32 minutes)
This video focuses on the history, theology, and practice of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

God Who Reconciles, The (39 minutes)
The video addresses the topic of reconciliation with a look at the source of all forgiveness, our reconciling God. It retells the parable of the Prodigal Son in contemporary times and in a true account. It also discusses the nature of sin and how we discover the reconciling God.

New Life: A Parish Celebrates Infant Baptism (30 minutes)
This video will open up the meaning of the sacrament for parish staff, baptism preparation team, catechists, parents of children to be baptized, and teen and adult members of parishes.

Planning Your Wedding Liturgy (33 minutes)
This video gives couples a firm foundation for planning their wedding liturgy so that it will be celebrated and remembered as a visual sign of God’s faithful love.

Re-examining Baptismal Fonts (36 minutes)
This video helps clarify the meaning of baptism and the symbolism and use of water in baptism. It guides parishes to see and consider the need for fonts the enable baptism by immersion.

This Is the Night: A Parish Welcomes New Catholics (30 minutes)
Filmed in St. Pius V Parish under the leadership of Father Don Neumann, this video follows the elect and the candidates from the celebration of the third scrutiny during Lent, through their baptisms and receptions at the Easter Vigil, to Easter Sunday morning. These people and the sponsors, the initiation team members, parish staff members and parishioners describe their experience of Christian initiation.

This Sacred Meal: The Eucharist in Our Lives (21 minutes)
This video can help adults to reflect on the deeper questions surrounding the Mass and to deepen their understanding of the Eucharist. This video is intended for adult religious education, RCIA teams, sponsors, catechumens and neophytes.

Living the Gospel

Answering God’s Call: The Experience of Priesthood (57 minutes)
This documentary shows two devoted men bringing God’s love to young and old with human and sensitivity. It interweaves scenes of visits to the sick and parish meetings, revealing the priests’ faith journey as well as the challenges they face.

My Soul Proclaim: Voices of Catholic Women (60 minutes)
A one-hour presentation that captures the historical and contemporary contributions of Catholic women in the Church and in society.

Missions

Mission America – Series
This is a documentary series on the American Home Missions.
Part 1: High Plains, Southwest, Midwest-Northeast, and Appalachia
Part 2: South, Non-Continental U.S., and Far West, Mid-Plains

Out of Darkness (15 minutes)
From the Office to Aid the Catholic Church in Central & Eastern Europe, this video tells the dramatic story of perseverance, devotion, and steadfast faith amidst decades of communist oppression in Central & Eastern Europe and the former USSR.

Ministry Training

Becoming a Successful Catechist: Getting Started – Part One (15 minutes)
This video provides encouragement and guidelines on the practical concerns of a new catechist. It gives clear examples of ways to relate the message to the student’s life experience. It also includes ways to integrate prayer and methods for building community and creating a warm inviting atmosphere.

Internalizing the Faith (3 15-20 minutes segments)
This video is recommended for initial and ongoing training for catechetical ministry, youth ministry, sacramental ministries, and adult ministries. The topics of the three segments are: Segment 1: What is Faith? Segment 2: What is Bottom-Line Christianity Segment 3: Theology/Belief/Religion.

Proclaiming the Word (45 minutes)
This formation for readers in the Liturgy is divided into two parts. Part One: The Faith of the Reader examines the “who,” “what,” and “why” of proclaiming the word – being the troubling, comforting, rousing presence of Christ spreading to the church. Part Two: The Work of the Reader demonstrates the “where,” “when,” and “how” of proclaiming. Segments of the video can easily be used in training sessions to form new readers and to improve the skills and motivation of experienced readers, including priests and deacons.

Training the Eucharistic Minister (24 minutes)
This program explains the responsibilities of the Eucharistic ministers when ministering within the assembly, to the sick and confined, and when leading communion services.

Training the Parish Lector (47 minutes)
This instructional video program is based on the booklet The Ministry of Lectors. It presents the theology of this ministry, demonstrates both right and wrong methods of deliver, and provides a step-by-step approach to preparing for the ministry of lecturing.

Training Ministers to the Sick (40 minutes)
This program is designed specifically for training ministers to the sick at home or in healthcare facilities. It contains 4 segments: story, witness, teaching and reflection.

Saints/Mary

Claire of Assisi (65 minutes)
This is a play of the life of St. Clare of Assisi adapted for video. It is written from historical documentation of Claire’s life and transforms the exquisite poetry of her letters and writing into a living presence of the saint.

Saint John in Exile (92 minutes)
Dean Jones portrays the apostle, John, while he is imprisoned. Through his eyes we relive the events in which Jesus Christ changed the course of human history.

Mary: A Word A Prayer (32 minutes)
This film traces a journey, which covers 20 centuries and looks at the wonder and devotion of the faithful through Marian art.

Maximilian Kolbe (21 minutes)
This documentary/drama profiles the life and heroic offering of Father Maximilian Kolbe. Francis Gajowniczek, the man whose place he took, tells the actual account of his last days at Auschwitz. Scenes from Pope John Paul II’s visit to Auschwitz and the canonization of St. Maximilian Kolbe are included.

Once on a Barren Hill-The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe (27 minutes)
This film dramatizes the story of Juan Diego, a simple Aztec Indian who lived in sixteenth-century Mexico in the aftermath of the Spanish conquest.

Thérèse of Lisieux - My Vocation Is Love (21 minutes)
This story of Thérèse’s life contains footage of her birthplace, childhood, and the convent at Lisieux.

Scripture

Biblical Fundamentalism: A Catholic Response (84 minutes)
In three 28-minute segments, the video presents a profile of fundamentalism and the Catholic approach to Scripture.

Evangelists Speak for Themselves, The (Series)
Original, dramatic monologues in which the author/actor attempts to get behind the words of each Gospel and imagine the person who might have written them.
Part 1: Mark and Matthew (75 minutes - 2 segments)
Part 2: Luke (45 minutes)
Part 3: John (58 minutes)

Exploring Bible Stories (40 minutes)
This program explores four dramatic forms so that biblical stories can shed light on our struggles, our choices, and our concerns. It is recommended in adult ministries with Bible study groups, prayer groups, or on retreats; as well as catechetical ministries with RCIA teams, for catechist training, or during diocesan workshops.

Exploring Biblical Humor (40 minutes)
This program explores four sources of biblical humor: the humor of chasms, contradictions, the unexpected, and the impossible, inviting the viewer to develop a “good eye” to see and experience the liberating power of the Good News. This resource could be used to enrich catechetical programs.

Good News According to Mark, The (Series)
Rev. Richard Rohr presents a thorough and modern exegesis on the Gospel of Mark. Each of the 5 videos contains 2 sessions.
Part 1: Mark Lessons 1 & 2
Part 2: Mark Lessons 3 & 4
Part 3: Mark Lessons 5 & 6
Part 4: Mark Lessons 7 & 8
Part 5: Mark Lessons 9 & 10

Introduction to the New Testament: A Video Course Series (1 hr each video)
This course presents a comprehensive look at what modern biblical scholarship has to say about the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith by highlighting the response of New Testament authors to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Through this program, participants will have the opportunity to experience a graduate course of New Testament theology from Georgetown Theological Studies. The series of six video presentations include the following:
Part 1: How to Read a Gospel - Topics include: recognizing difficulties in the Gospels, Gospels as faith proclamation, and oral tradition of the Gospels.
Part 2: The Jesus of History - Topics include: principles of finding the historical Jesus, understanding the Kingdom, and understanding parables.
Part 3: The Meaning of the Resurrection - Topics include: faith and the resurrection, resurrection as presence, and resurrection as empowerment.
Part 4: The Mystery of Redemption: Paul’s Letters to the Romans - Topics include: God’s justice, what faith is, and the gift of the Spirit.
Part 5: Mark’s Gospel: The Suffering Messiah - Topics include: literary characteristics of Mark, oral tradition, audience and purpose, the messianic secret, and the miracles.
Part 6: John’s Gospel: Jesus as the Revelation of God in Our Midst - Topics include: John’s Gospel as meditative reflection, John’s purpose, the book of signs, and the book of glory.

Israel Becomes a People: Paulist Bible Study Program (15 minute each section)
Each section of this video is designed to introduce the viewer to the Old Testament. The sections are:
Session 1: An Introduction
Session 2: Geography, History, and Culture in the Ancient Near East
Session 3: Archaeology in the study of the Old Testament
Session 4: The Meaning of Myth
Session 5: The World of the Patriarchs
Session 6: Remembering the Exodus
Session 7: The Covenant and the Law
Session 8: The Importance of the Land of Israel

New Media Bible - Genesis, The
A dramatization of sections of the Book of Genesis.
Part 1: The Beginning
Part 2: Abraham
Part 3: Isaac, Esau, and Jacob
Part 4: Joseph

New Media Bible - Luke, The
A dramatization of sections of the Gospel of Luke.
Part 1: Christmas
Part 2: Early Ministry
Part 3: Parables
Part 4: Easter

Scripture From Scratch Preview (15 minutes)
This brief overview assists those interested in presenting a video based scripture study program.

Scripture From Scratch II: The World of the Bible Series (50 min each video)
A Bible Study Program presents contemporary Catholic biblical scholarship in a clear, easy-to-follow manner. The 8 videos cover the world of the Bible – its geography, history, and archaeology; the religious concepts of the Hebrew people; the religious life and political climate of Jesus’ day; and the human identity of Jesus.
Part 1: On the Road Again: Geography in the Hebrew Scriptures discusses the importance of geography in understanding the events of Hebrew Scriptures, covering the area linking Mesopotamia to Egypt, spotlighting Canaan, the Promised Land.
Part 2: The Vocabulary of Faith: Religious Concepts in the Hebrew Scriptures examines terms as covenant, sacrifice, altar, priest, prophet, and king in their context in the religion of Israel and explores the religious celebrations of the Jews.
Part 3: Tracing Our Family Tree: The History of the Hebrew People highlights the most significant events and person of the time periods of pre-history, 2000 BCE to the birth of Christ.
Part 4: Piecing It Together: What Archaeology Can Tell Us About Biblical Times looks at archaeological sites and artifacts to show how people lived in biblical times. It also discusses whether the findings of archaeologists support what is written in Scripture.
Part 5: Diverse Expressions of a Common Faith: Religious Life in Jesus’ Day features religious institutions such as the Temple and synagogues, religious figures such as the Pharisees and Sadducees and religious observances such as the Sabbath and Passover in order to understand the religious atmosphere in which Jesus was raised and in which he ministered.
Part 6: Understand the Roman Boot: The People and Politics of Jesus’ Time considers the various groups and persons of power and prominence in Palestine at the time that Christianity started.
Part 7: Bed, Bread and Business: Daily Life in First-Century Judea discusses such commonplace topics as food, clothing, housing, health card, education, and travel which were the facts of everyday life for Jesus and provided the imagery from which he spun his parables.
Part 8: Carpenter, Rabbi, Messiah: Jesus in His Own Times examines the milieu in which Jesus worked, his relationship with Gentiles and women, and his run-ins with authorities. It traces Jesus’ life from a “master builder” working in and around Nazareth to his baptism by John and from his teaching in and around Capernaum and in Gentile territory to his death in Jerusalem.

Vision of the Gospels, The (Series)
Part 1: The Gospel of Matthew (28 minutes) explores the Gospel of Matthew as the Christian book of wisdom and invites the viewer to become wise scribes of the new law. It also explores the meaning of church and community that excludes no one.
Part 2: The Gospel of Mark (28 minutes) examines the central questions that occur in the Gospel of Mark: “What do you want of us?” “Who do you say that I am?”; “What do you want me to do for you?”
Part 3: The Gospel of Luke (28 minutes) explores how God is at work in unexpected places and so calls for a revolution in which the poor are raised up and the rich are sent away empty.
Part 4: The Gospel of John (30 minutes) helps us to see the cosmic vision of John by looking at some of the details of the gospel.

Second Vatican Council

Third Millennium Vatican II Series (29 minutes each video)
This series of videos explores the Second Vatican Council and highlights individual topics and documents.
Part 1: Vatican II in History addresses the development of the impetus to the convening of the council.
Part 2: Liturgy looks at the changes in worship as called for in the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy.
Part 3: Laity considers the active participation and rightful of the layperson in the life of the church as called for in the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church.
Part 4. Evangelization considers the role of culture as an important factor in preaching the message of Christ and emphasizes the counter-cultural dimension of the Church’s message through the lenses of the document Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World.
Part 5: Ecumenism discusses the promotion of unity among the Christian churches and the broader sense of ecumenism that extends to non-Christian religions.
Part 6: Religious Freedom considers the emphasis of Vatican II on the role of conscience and touches on pluralism and liberty within the church itself through the words of the document Declaration on Religious Liberty.
Part 7: Mary reflects the church’s understanding of the role of Mary in the life of the church as reflected in the document Lumen Gentium.
Part 8: The Word relates the emphasis on the Holy Scriptures as being at the center of the life of the church as stated in the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.
Part 9: After the Council reviews the change and conflict in the church during the transition after Vatican II.

Social Issues

Dead Man Walking (122 minutes)
This movie is based on the relationship between a death row inmate and Sr. Helen Prejean. It explores the issues of faith and the death penalty.

Helping People Help Themselves (15 minutes)
The video employs the powerful biblical imagery of water in chronicling the spirit of Catholic social teaching. It shows how lives have changed as a result of self-help programs sponsored by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

Love One Another (30 minutes)
This video will take you on a pilgrimage to discover Christ in the Poor. It follows a group of Food For the Poor benefactors and hears their reactions and reflections as they witness first-hand extreme poverty and destitution.

Marketplace Prophets: Voices for Justice in the 20th Century (60 minutes)
This documentary reviews 100 years of Catholic social teaching. It examines how that teaching has developed and been implemented since 1891 when Pope Leo XIII issued his encyclical Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Workers).

On Television: Public Trust or Private Property (58 minutes)
This video challenges the viewer to be involved in the debate over the meaning of “serving the public interest.”

On Television: The Violence Factor (59 minutes)
This is designed as a public forum for national assessment of television social, psychological, cultural, economic, and political implications for the viewing audience.

Renewing the Mind of the Media (12 minutes)
The video is a guide to overcoming the exploitation of sex and violence in communications. The video serves as a companion piece to the U.S. Bishops document of the same name.

Universe Drama in Three Acts (15 minutes)
This video narrates the drama of creation through the ages. Part 1 “creation” looks as the spirit of God active from the start in the unfolding of life on this planet. Part 2 “corruption” recounts the violence done by humans to the earth and its inhabitants. Part 3 “rebellion for life” is a call to treat the earth as sacred and to a commitment to heal this wounded creation.

Spirituality/Prayer

Antique Watch and Other Tales, The (45 minutes)
This video is recommended for prayer groups, retreats and days of reflection, spiritual direction, and individuals seeking to explore storytelling as a tool for spiritual growth.

Free to Be Me Series (Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3)
Three inspirational videos by Rev. John Powell, SJ exploring personal spirituality.

God’s Grandeur (4 minutes)
This video is a visual interpretation of Gerard Manley Hopkin’s poem about the freedom of the Spirit in creation. It captures the majesty of the earth, sea, sky, still life, and contemporary city scenes, helping the viewer see the ordinary in an extraordinary way.

Man on the Ox and Other Tales, The (49 minutes)
This video contains 9 timeless tales performed in a reader’s theater format, followed by reflection and discussion by John Shea. It is recommended for RCIA, spirituality programs, bible study and faith sharing groups.

Overcoming Barriers for Spiritual Growth (4 30-minute segments)
The purpose of this program, presented by Dolores Curran, is to help the view overcome barriers that block spiritual growth. With humor and good sense, she brings the subject of spiritual growth into the tensions and demands of modern daily life. The video offers practical guidelines for dealing with negativity, depression, perfectionism, and anger.

Potter, The (28 minutes)
This is an illustration of the life, death, resurrection, and abiding presence of Jesus through music, narration, and visuals using the image of potter and clay.

Questions of the Soul (Series)
Part 1: What Is Prayer? (25 minutes) answers questions about prayer in a warm, engaging, sometime humorous, and always thought-provoking manner.
Part 2: What Can Suffering Teach Us? (25 minutes) addresses suffering as a part of life and how to draw invaluable life lessons from suffering.
Part 3: What Is Spiritual Discipline? (25 minutes) shows that Christians are called upon to eradicate poverty in the world and looks at the value of voluntary Christian asceticism.
Part 4: Do I Really Need Community? (25 minutes) demonstrates that there is no spirituality without community.
Part 5: What Is Spirituality? (30 minutes) looks at unbelief and how that by loving others, God’s creation, we can come to believe in the living God.

Restless Hearts - Devotion for Xers by Xers
Through music, poetry, stories, and prayers young adults share how, in their darkest moments, they found love, forgiveness, and hope.

Seven Circles of Prayer, The (30 minutes)
This presentation describes the journey of four individuals in real life situations, as they pass through seven circles of prayer, which lead to Christ as the center. This video can be viewed as a whole or broken down into the seven sections, each one studied separately. It is ideal for small group discussions and sharing.

Spirituality for Today’s Woman (5 20-minute segments)
This video helps women explore and integrate the meaning of what it is to be a woman of faith in today’s world.

Theology/Psychology

What to Do with Your Anger (30 minutes)
This video explores feelings of anger and suggests practical ways to express anger as a positive energy that contributes tot he development of life-giving human relationships.

When Bad Things Happen to Good People (1 hour)
The video is a source of comfort and insight for anyone confronted by tragedy and suffering. It is a practical and theological reaffirmation of belief in God and offers compassionate directions for those in pain.

Last Update January 20, 2004