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1) Broken
Language
English
Description
Father Michael, a Catholic priest presiding over a Northern urban parish who is Modern, maverick, and reassuringly flawed; must be confidant, counsellor and confessor to a congregation struggling to reconcile its beliefs with the challenges of daily life.
4) Liam
Language
English
Description
The story of Liam, a seven-year-old boy growing up in Liverpool during the 1930s. As he prepares for his First Communion, young Liam tries to make sense of the complex and unsettled world around him, a world that is about to change forever due to economic, political and social upheaval.
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English
Description
Three characters and their guardians will be the focus of this inspiring story which illustrates hope and faith. The story revolves around Monica, a widow and the mother of a nine year old child, doing everything to keep her house; DonChema, a public transport driver who receives the news of a disease which can eventually lead to the death of his son; and DonaCata, an adult woman who feels her mission in life has already concluded.
6) The nun
Language
Français
Description
In 1760s France, Suzanne is a beautiful young girl with a natural talent for music, enjoying a quietly privileged life. Inexplicably sent off to a convent, she resists structure at every turn until she discovers that she is an illegitimite child. Left with no other option, she pronounces her vows and suffers the consequences of her mother's sin. Still uncertain of her path and oppressed by aggressive and inappropriate Mother Superiors, Suzanne continues...
7) Conflict
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English
Description
A priest is sent to an Irish monastery by the Pope to demand that they stop celebrating the Mass in Latin.
9) Stella days
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English
Description
A small-town cinema in rural Ireland in the 1950s becomes the setting for a dramatic struggle between Rome and Hollywood, and a man and his conscience. Father Daniel Berry and the townsfolk find themselves on the cusp of the modern, but still clinging to the traditions of the church and a cultural identity forged in very different times.
Language
English
Description
Charles is from a family with little money. Sebastian's family is wealthy. The two become friends at Oxford. When Sebastian invites his friend to dinner, Charles becomes involved with Sebastian's family. After Charles becomes an officer in the British Army he and his company are moved to an English country house that he realizes is Sebastian's family home. Here he discovers memories of his youth and young manhood, his loves, life, and a journey of...
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of the seven million Irish who emigrated to America in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries including the causes of the exodus and the immigrant experience in the United States. Uses photographs, archival footage, manuscript material and interviews with Irish immigrants to describe their experiences and the profound influence they have had on American culture.
Language
English
Description
In 5th-century Britain, a teenager named Patrick was living a prosperous life until he was kidnapped by pirates and taken to the edge of the known world - Ireland. It was there that he turned to his Christian faith and after years of slavery made a miraculous escape home. Then God called him back to Ireland to help the very people who had taken him captive. Answering that call cost Patrick everything: his family, his friends, his inheritance and even...
19) Camino
Language
Español
Description
Camino Fernandez is a sunny young Spanish fifth-grader from Madrid. She is a typical pre-teen: constantly daydreaming, chatting with her best friend Begoña during choir practice, wanting to join the local theatre group so she can star as Cinderella in their final production, and beginning to be intrigued by Begoña's cute cousin Cuco. But her mother Gloria--a fervent member of Opus Dei--controls the family's daily lives, which are strictly regulated...
Language
Français
Description
Claude and Marie Verneuil, a Catholic upper middle class couple from a French province, are quite conservative parents who have always been forced to have an open mind. However, his tolerance has reached the limit when his first daughter marries a Muslim, the second, a Jew and the third, a banker of Chinese origin. His hopes of finally seeing one of his daughters married in a Catholic church focus on his youngest daughter, who - Hallelujah - has just...
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