Spring Films P 2011p PLUS: MUSIC, ART, AUDIO BOOKS, AND MORE! The definitive collection on the Shroud of Turin Three award-winning films by acclaimed British film producer and director David Rolfe. SEE PAGE 7 The story of St. Josephine Bakhita, patron of Sudan “A very beautiful film...” Pope Benedict XVI SEE PAGE 3 The award-winning documentary on the SEE Carmelite nuns PAGE 5 Winner of mutiple awards, this British box-office hit is now on DVD in the US for the first time! 1-800-651-1531 • www.ignatius.com New Spring Films Lourdes A Story of Faith, Science and Miracles ernard Guillaumet, a non-Christian French Bjournalist, is assigned the job of doing a story on Lourdes in the late 1990s. Just before he leaves for Lourdes, Bernard learns that his wife is preg- nant. However, he is not told that this pregnancy could put her life at risk—and that doctors are suggesting an abortion. While researching for his report on Lourdes, Bernard comes across the pages of an old family manuscript. The manuscript was written by his ancestor, Henri Guillaumet, a positivist scientist and non- believer who met Bernadette at Lourdes in 1858, a meeting which profoundly affected Henri and forced him to reconsider the miracles performed following the apparitions of the Madonna of Lourdes. One of the most important miracles Giullaumet had to reconsider was the healing of his wife Claire, who had been on her death bed as a result of tuberculosis, and was completely restored by the miraculous waters of the grotto in which Bernadette saw the Our Lady. This intriguing film uses the pages of the manuscript to trace the stories of three lives— Bernadette, Henry and Bernard, three characters whose lives intertwine as they pursue parallel journeys according to the designs of Providence. Directed by Lodovico Gasparini (St. John Bosco, Don Matteo), stars Alessandro Gassman, Angele Osinski, and Sydne Rome, and written by Vittorio Messori (The Ratzinger Report). In Italian SPECIAL FEATURES with English and Spanish subtitles. Includes 16 page Collector’s Booklet j LOU-M . 200 min, $24.95 by Carl Olson and English and Spanish Subtitles TO ORDER, CALL 1-800-651-1531 ONLINE AT WWW.IGNATIUS.COM 2 New Spring Films “A very beautiful film...” POPE BENEDICT XVI Bakhita From Slave to Saint n 1948 Aurora Marin arrives with her family at Ithe convent of the Canossian Sisters of Schio, Italy, where Sister Bakhita has just died. Aurora was hoping to see her before she died. She gath- ers her children around the picture of Bakhita and tells them of the incredible life of the woman that had raised her as her nanny. Born in a village in Sudan, kidnapped by sla- vers, often beaten and abused, and later sold to Federico Marin, a Venetian merchant, Bakhita then came to Italy and became the nanny servant of Federico’s daughter, Aurora, who had lost her mother at birth. She is treated as an outcast by the peasants and the other servants due to her black skin and African background, but Bakhita is kind and generous to others. Bakhita gradual- ly comes closer to God with the help of the kind village priest, and embraces the Catholic faith. She requests to join the order of Canossian sisters, but Marin doesn’t want to give her up as his servant, treating her almost as his property. This leads to a moving court case that raised an uproar which impacts Bakhita’s freedom and ultimate decision to become a nun. Pope John Paul II declared her a saint in the year 2000. Directed by Giacamo Campiotti (St. Giuseppe Moscati, Doctor Zhivago) and stars Fatou Kine Boye, Stefania Rocca, Fabio Sartor, Ettore Bassi, SPECIAL FEATURES and Francesco Salvi. In Italian with English Includes 16 page Collector’s Booklet and Spanish subtitles. by Daria Sockey and English and j BAK-M . 190 min, $24.95 Spanish Subtitles TO ORDER, CALL 1-800-651-1531 ONLINE AT WWW.IGNATIUS.COM 3 New Spring Films The Early Christians The Incredible Odyssey of Early Christianity ow did the religion of Love survive pagan- Hism and barbarianism? The Empire perse- cuted the Christians and was eventually con- verted. The Barbarians sacked Rome, but were converted too. How did the religion of Love manage to sur- vive against paganism and barbarianism? How did the first Christians live? Who were their most terrible enemies: idols, lions, Jews... or her- etics? How did they defend their faith? How did they propagate it? The blood of the martyrs was the seed for new Christians. But after the persecutions of the Romans and the barbarian invasions came another grave danger for the new religion: here- sies… They would not be lethal. On the contrary, they provided the opportunity to define the essential truths of Christian faith, consolidating the roots of a millennial Church. This in-depth new film series produced in Europe explores this amazing story of the witness of the early Christians and the spread of Christianity. In English and Spanish languages. Nine half-hour programs: 1. THE SCANDAL OF THE CROSS 2. THE EMPIRE’S CONVERSION 3. PERSECUTION AND DEFENSE 4. THE THREAT OF THE HERESSY 5. CONSTANTINE AND THE END OF THE PERSECUTIONS 6. SAINT AUGUSTINE, A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS 7. MONKS, VIRGINS AND HERMITS 8. BAPTIZING THE BARBARIANS 9. BYZANTIUM, THE NEW ROME j ECH-M . 270 min, 2 Discs, $29.95 TO ORDER, CALL 1-800-651-1531 ONLINE AT WWW.IGNATIUS.COM 4 New Spring Films No Greater Love A Unique Portrait of the Carmelite Nuns fter ten years of correspondence, filmmaker AMichael Whyte was given unprecedented access to the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, in London’s Notting Hill. The monastery, found- ed 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 through- out 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 this closed world of these nuns where the modern world’s materialism is rejected; they have no television, radio or newspapers. The film inter- weaves 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 SPECIAL FEATURES the heart of the community. A beautifully filmed • 16 page Collector’s Booklet and deeply inspiring production. In English • Introduction by Fr. Anthony Doe with English and Spanish subtitles. • Interview with Sister Susan Marie • The Stations of the Cross “Courageous, compelling and deeply moving.” • Sister Luke’s party piece for the Empire celebration of St. George’s Day • Film Trailer “Haunting Vermeer visuals.” The Guardian j NOGL-M . 100 min, $19.95 TO ORDER, CALL 1-800-651-1531 ONLINE AT WWW.IGNATIUS.COM 5 New Spring Films God’s Doorkeeper St. André of Montreal n January 6, 1937, the death of a humble doorkeeper Ofor a boys’ college drew over a million people to Montreal for his funeral. For 40 years, Brother André Bessette of the Congregation of Holy Cross welcomed peo- ple at the door and became known as a miraculous healer. God’s Doorkeeper looks at the heart and legacy of Brother André —as a man of prayer, of hospitality, and of compas- sion; a man who draws people in to experience a God who is love. On October 17, 2010, Brother André became the first male Canadian-born saint and the first saint for the Congregation of Holy Cross. He is living proof that “it is with the smallest brushes that the divine artist paints the most beautiful pictures.” The film features interviews from Montreal, Rome, and the United States—with people who knew him and others who continue Brother André’s work today. It also includes footage of the Beatification and Canonization ceremonies in Rome and the celebrations in Canada, with footage of the unforgettable events of Brother André’s road to sainthood. SPECIAL FEATURES Closed captioned. Catholic FOCUS about St. j GDO-M . 60 min., $19.95 Andre • Fr. Tom’s reflection The Nun The Story of a Carmelite Vocation his is an award-winning documentary that tells the beautiful story Tof 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. Marta comes from a large Catholic family, one of nine children, a close-knit family who live on a farm in Sweden. Marta lived a very happy family life, and had an active social life with many friends in school, but yet felt the call to leave all that for the challenging life of a cloistered contemplative Carmelite nun.