Twin Cities Annual Winter Gathering
Please also note our Winter Gathering will be a film festival this year:
Pax Christi Twin Cities is showing two short inspirational films about peacemakers with discussion on Saturday, Jan. 9th , 1-4 PM, at the Basilica of St. Mary, 88 N. 17th St. Mpls. in The Teresa of Calcutta Hall. There is free parking on the west side of the church under the freeway, and this event is free. FYI Lynn at 651-645-1611.
Franz Jagerstatter-A Man of Conscience
An Austrian farmer and father of four, Franz Jäggerstätter had to make a terrible choice: to serve in Hitler’s army or to face execution. A devout Catholic and loving husband and father, Franz struggled with his responsibilities to his family and to state authority, but in the end felt he could not betray God and his faith by serving the Third Reich.
He was executed on August 9, 1943, at the age of 36. In 2007 he was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI. Simple yet powerful, this documentary explores this modern martyr’s life and death, and its meaning for today. Franz’s letters from prison are read by Martin Sheen.
They Killed Sister Dorothy
On February 12th, 2005, Sister Dorothy Stang, a Catholic nun from Dayton, Ohio, was shot six times and left to die on a muddy road in the Brazilian Amazon. Who was this woman? Why was she killed? And what will be done about it? The answers may hold the fate of the rainforest itself.
They Killed Sister Dorothy is a ground-breaking documentary feature and a true courtroom drama that follows the trial of Dorothy’s killers and examines her life’s work in the rainforest of Brazil
Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
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