What price would you pay for freedom?

Andy Garcia Eva Longoria as Velarde as Tulita

“The age of martyrdom has not passed.” – from “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty” A statement on religious liberty from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Ruben Blades Peter O’Toole as President Plutarco Elias Calles Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty as Father Christopher

“For Greater Glory vividly depicts the difficult circumstances in which Catholics of that time lived – and died for – their faith. It is a top-flight production whose message of the importance of religious freedom has particular resonance for us today. It is my earnest hope that people of faith throughout our country will rally behind For Greater Glory, and in doing so, will highlight the importance of religious freedom in our society.” – Most Rev. José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles Eduardo Verástegui Mauricio Kuri as Blessed Anacleto Gonzalez Flores As Blessed José Sánchez del Rio “This deeply moving account of the Cristeros’ fight for the free- dom of religion in is very much a story for our own times. “Every person of faith should draw courage from the tragically The faith and courage of the Mexican martyrs -- clergy and laity heroic witness of the Cristeros. Their sacrifice reminds us that unless we learn from history, we risk repeating it. Besides being -- makes us proud to be Catholics.” an important movie, it is extremely well done.” – Most Rev. Michael J. Sheridan, Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado ForGreaterGlory.com – Fr. Andrew Small, National Director, PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES - Positive

“FOR GREATER GLORY” Catholic Brochure 8.5” x 11” trifold (FRONT SPREAD) What price would you pay for freedom? In the exhilarating action epic FOR GREATER How can you support… For Greater Glory? GLORY (formerly titled CRISTIADA), an impassioned group of men and women each make the decision to risk it all for family, faith and the very future of their country, as General Goros- Visit the official website – www.ForGreaterGlory.com – and use the share Work with your local State Catholic Conference to distribute promotional tieta (Academy Award® nominee Andy Garcia), the retired military man who at first thinks he tools to connect with all of your contacts. posters, flyers and brochures. Find your conference online at has nothing personal at stake as he and his wife (Golden Globe winner Eva Longoria) watch http://www.nasccd.org – click on Directory. Mexico fall into a violent civil war. Yet the man who hesitates in joining the cause will soon Like the official Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/forgreaterglory become the resistance’s most inspiring and self-sacrificing leader, as he begins to see the cost of Contact your Knights of Columbus council to spearhead a group screening Contact your pastors and request permission to place posters and flyers in local religious persecution on his countrymen . . . and transforms a rag-tag band of rebels into a heroic of the film. churches. force to be reckoned with. The General faces impossible odds against a powerful and ruthless Alert local Religious Freedom Rally Captains about the film and how impor- government. Yet it is those he meets on the journey – youthful idealists, feisty renegades and, tant its message is in today’s religious-liberty landscape. Find Rally Captain most of all, one remarkable teenager named Jose – who reveal to him how courage and belief information online at http://standupforreligiousfreedom.com/coalition/ are forged even when justice seems lost. Organize “Viewing parties” to see the film with friends, family and co- Shooting on historic locations throughout Mexico, the equally accomplished behind-the-scenes workers. team includes director Dean Wright, whose credits include TITANIC, the LORD OF THE If the film is not scheduled to open in your city, organize a group and purchase RINGS trilogy and CHRONICLES OF NARNIA; director of photography Eduardo Martinez the tickets necessary to assure For Greater Glory comes to your town. Solares (BAD HABITS; Oscar®-nominated editor Richard Francis-Bruce (THE SHAW- SHANK REDEMPTION, SEVEN, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE); Work with church-sponsored men’s groups or other fellowship organiza- production designer Salvador Parra (VOLVER); and Oscar®-winning composer James Horner tions to organize movie nights on opening weekend. (AVATAR, TITANIC, BRAVEHEART). For more information on ticket purchases – including getting posters, flyers and other promotional materials – please contact The Maximus Group at 1-877-263-1263, or by email at [email protected]

The Calles adminis- In early August, The day after the St. Luis Bátiz Sainz, The formal Cristero tration begins an 400 armed Catho- shootout in Guada- a priest and member rebellion began on aggressive attack on lics shut themselves lajara, Mexican of the Knights of Jan. 1 with release The Cristero fighters and religious freedom, in the Church of troops stormed the Columbus, died of “A la Nación” (To U.S. Ambassador to the government reached especially against Our Lady of Guada- Catholic church in when Mexican the Nation), a Mexico Dwight agreement to end the the Catholic lupe, in Guadala- Sahuayo, in the troops raided his document written Whitney Morrow conflict. The government Church. Mexican jara, in the Michoacán state. home and executed by René Capistrán Catholic women St. Rodrigo Aguilar José Sánchez del begins a series of agreed to permit resump- bishops suspend state. A shootout The pastor and his him and three Garza, leader of the form the Feminine Alemán, a parish Rio convinces his meetings with tion of public worship, Brigades of St. Joan priest and member mother to let him President Calles and Catholic bishops public worship. with federal troops vicar died in the members of the Mexican Associa- On Nov. 20 – Christ of Arc in support of of the Knights of join the Cristeros. during which the agreed to cease calls for left 18 dead and 40 violence. Mexican Association tion of Catholic the King Sunday – Mexico adopts a the Cristero fighters. Columbus, was The youngster is was a elimination of constitu- In May, after formal injured. of Catholic Youth. Youth. It decried Pope Benedict XVI Constitution that tortured and mar- accepted and serves primary topic. tional language against validation of a 1993 the attack on beatified another contains strong tyred by Mexican as a flag bearer. religious freedom as long miracle attributed religious freedom Blessed Pope John group of 13 Cristero anticlerical troops. as the government to the martyrs, and urged organized Paul II beatifies a martyrs, including language, setting resistance. adopted a lenient Blessed Pope John the stage for a On Feb. 10, José is group of 25 Cristero Paul canonized the Blessed José martyred after approach to enforcement. potential assault Plutarco Elias Calles martyrs. 25 as saints. Sánchez del Rio. refusing to on religious free- becomes President renounce his faith. dom. of Mexico.

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