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| Maximilian Kolbe award |
Very honoured to receive the Maximilian Kolbe award -
for EWTN and Lux's communication's The
Crusades many thanks to all at EWTN and Lux for making this possible.
Friday, 29 May 2015
Saturday, 2 May 2015
Broadcast Dates and Times for EWTN’s
In Search of Christendom – The Chartres Pilgrimage
EWTN
are to Broadcast In Search of Christendom
– The Chartres Pilgrimage on Whit Sunday May 24th at 3:30 pm in
the UK and Ireland. Or watch it on line at: http://www.ewtn.co.uk/
In
the USA it will be broadcast on Whit Sunday, May 24th at 2:30 pm
Eastern Time. Or watch it on line at: http://www.ewtn.com/tv/
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| Notre Dame Cathedral Paris |
The
documentary tells the story of the three day walking pilgrimage to Notre Dame
Cathedral Chartres from Notre Dame Cathedral Paris over the Pentecost weekend.
This is the 2013 pilgrimage for which we filmed all three days including the
main Masses.
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| Young Pilgrims sing hymns around the campfire |
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| Young pilgrims witness to the faith through the French countryside. |
We
did a number of interviews with pilgrims from France, England, USA, Middle
East, and Ireland. A number of themes emerged, one
of the most important being that the young people (who make up the majority of
the pilgrims) want orthodoxy. They love the Traditional Latin Mass, they are
strongly pro-Life and the natural family, and that marriage can only be between
a man and a woman, anything else is just plain wrong.
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| Filming the Mass at Chartres Cathedral |
Perhaps
what shone through more than anything else was the sheer joy expressed by the
thousands of young pilgrims as they took part in this most arduous of
pilgrimages. They sang hymns and prayers all day long as they carried their colourful banners and flags through Paris and the French countryside,
witnessing to the faith and proving that Christianity is alive and well in
Western Europe – at least among the young!
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| Chartres Cathedral - The rain could not dampen the spirits of the young pilgrims as they approached Notre Dame Cathedral Chartres |
To
see these straight-talking,
joyful,
young pilgrims, tune into EWTN on Pentecost
Sunday, unless you are actually taking part in this year’s pilgrimage at the
time!
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| Our Lady of Chartres |
Here
are the full dates and times of the Chartres pilgrimage broadcast:
In the USA ET (Eastern Time) Pentecost Sunday 24
May at 3:30pm, Monday May 25, 3:00am, 6:30 pm, (30mins) or watch on line at: http://www.ewtn.com/tv/
Friday, 24 April 2015
EWTN's The Crusades wins the Grand Prix Niepokalanow Poland
EWTN’s The Crusades wins major award
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| Map showing the extent of Muslim conquest by 732 |
EWTN, the global
Catholic television network has won the Grand Prix of the 30th
Niepokalanow International Catholic Film Festival Poland. http://www.festiwalniepokalanow.pl/ The competition to win this award was
considerable with entries coming from 18 different countries, and included 117
feature films, documentaries and TV programs.
The production was
filmed in seven counties across Europe and the Holy Land and included
interviews with four major Crusades historians from Britain and the USA. They
were able to bring to the production some of the very latest scholarship
regarding the Crusades and have dispelled many of the myths.
The Crusades was an international co-production between EWTN
-Global Catholic Network (USA), St Clare Media – EWTN (UK), Buckfast Abbey (UK)
and Lux communication (Slovakia). We hope that people will take a fresh look at
the Crusades instead of following the tired old dated theories.
Links to clips
Sunday, 12 April 2015
Now in Production for EWTN a four part docudrama
The Inquisition
After months
of Pre-Production, the production phase of EWTN’s The Inquisition is now underway. There is still of course much planning
and research to be done and the scripts need to be finalised.
The first
filming sessions have now taken place with an 11 day trip to Spain. We kicked
off in Spain mainly because I wanted the film the Semana Santa (Holy Week) penitential
processions.
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| One of the Penitential Brotherhoods Process in Salamanca |
Just like EWTN’s The
Crusades I wanted a binding element as sort of background link to history
that I could use in various places in the documentary. For the Crusades, I used
the Chartres Pilgrimage, which not only takes place in the heartland of the
Franks but also emphasises the pilgrimage element of the Crusades. For the
Inquisition I wanted to film during Semana Santa (Holy Week) and the penitential
processions in Spain. This gives us a pictorial view of the penitential link
between Auto de fe, the inquisition, and today.
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| The Brothers carry a float depicting Christ and Roman solider.
Superb workmanship on the figures.
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On 26th March I flew into Madrid and met the team, Michal Benko Camera/Editor and Paul Kadlecik second Camera/Technician. Michal and Paul picked up hire car and we then started a gruelling eleven day, 1500 mile trip around major inquisition sites and cities of Spain. Not to mention filming the Holy Week processions which are accompanied by massive crowds: there were 300,000 they tell me lining the streets in Seville, which made filming very challenging, however, luckily we already had processions at Avila and Salamanca in the can.
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Typically
ornate Spanish Church
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Like The Crusades for The Inquisition we are attempting to get to the truth of the matter. Why for example has the Inquisition become a byword for terror, cruelty and religious fanaticism? A black legend has been created with most of the fingers pointing at the Catholic Church and in particular, Spain. However, most these myths and Black Legends are false, created by the ancestors of the modern secular media. And just like the today’s Black Legends, they are, and continue to be created by those with an agenda yes they were created for a reason. If you want to find out the full story of the Inquisition we hope to finish the series by the late autumn of this year.
Thursday, 19 February 2015
EWTN to show The Crusades again
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| Crusaders Pray before battle |
THE CRUSADES
EWTN are to show the mini-series The Crusades from
Tuesday 24th to Friday 27 February click here http://www.ewtn.co.uk/
Here is the schedule for the UK and
Ireland
EWTN Gallery.
Combining epic dramatic sequences with insights from leading
historians, this mini-series clears up the many myths and distortions
surrounding the Crusades. Filmed in the Holy Land and Europe.
Ep 1 Journeys of Faith
Tuesday 24, 02:00, 10:30, 21:00.
(30 mins)
Ep 2 The Crusader States
Wednesday 25, 02:00, 10:30, 21:00.
(30 mins)
Ep 3 Christendom Responds
Thursday 26, 02:00, 10:30, 21:00.
(30 mins)
Ep 4 Failures and Successes
Friday 27, 02:00, 10:30, 21:00.
(30 mins)
EWTN Gallery
THE CRUSADES - JOURNEY’S OF FAITH
A look at the history and reasons for the Crusades, which
originally was called an 'armed pilgrimage', aiding safety for pilgrims
visiting the Holy Land against Muslim conquerors.
Tuesday 02/24 at 3:00 AM ET, 6:30 PM ET
CC TV-PG
EWTN Gallery
THE CRUSADES - THE CRUSADER STATES
After the miraculous success of the First Crusade, the Crusader
hierarchy set up the Crusader States, along with the rise of Saladin and his
conquest of Jerusalem.
Wednesday 02/25 at 3:00 AM ET, 6:30 PM ET
CC TV-PG
EWTN Gallery
THE CRUSADES - CHRISTENDOM RESPONDS
King Richard the Lionheart of England, King Philip of France and
the German Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa embark on the Third Crusade; the famous
meeting between St Francis of Assisi and sultan Al-Kamil.
Thursday 02/26 at 3:00 AM ET, 6:30 PM ET
CC TV-PG
EWTN Gallery
THE CRUSADES - FAILURES AND SUCCESSES
A look at the failures and successes of the Crusades and its
legacy.
Friday 02/27 at 3:00 AM ET, 6:30 PM ET
CC TV-PG
Thursday, 5 February 2015
In Search of Christendom
Slovak Premier tonight (5th February 2015) of EWTN’s
In Search of Christendom – The Chartres
Pilgrimage
Our latest documentary is to
be premiered tonight on the Slovak Catholic TV channel, TV Lux.
Their production house, Lux
communication are co-producers and EWTN have given them permission to show it
first in Slovak. The reason for this is to show solidarity with our Slovak
brothers and sisters for their coming referendum on the family on Saturday. The documentary has strong pro-life and
pro-traditional family storylines.
The other themes I wanted to
bring out in the documentary are that an impressive number of young people are
craving orthodox Catholic values and teachings. There are other surprising
elements to this pilgrimage like the Muslims who join it for they respect true
Christianity. There are even a number of Muslims converts here, and a young Chaldean
Catholic talks movingly about the plight of his home land, Iraq.
Young people talk freely
about Tradition in the Church and traditional family values. This pilgrimage is
a great act of witness in the face of the militant secularism of the west. They
are not afraid to proclaim their faith with hymns and prayers all day long. It
was a privilege to witness to this spectacular event and to make a documentary
on it. The documentary is being aired at
18:45 European time at please click http://www.tvlux.sk/nazivo/ that is 5:45pm GMT.
Much thanks should be given
to EWTN for their support of this project and to Lux communication for screening
it at this vital time.
The referendum questions:
Marriage: Do you agree that
no other cohabitation but the union between one man and one woman should be
called marriage?
Adoption: Do you agree that
neither same sex couples nor groups shall be allowed to adopt children and
subsequently raise them?
Sex Education and Euthanasia:
Do you agree that schools cannot require the participation of children in
classes dedicated to sexual behavior or euthanasia if their parents or the
children themselves do not agree with the content of the lessons?
Please support the referendum
petition http://citizengo.org/en/16935-support-slovakian-family-referendum
Please note: this is an independent petition and not anything to do with EWTN
or Lux communication.
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Young Catholics want orthodoxy 2
In Search of Christendom – The Chartres Pilgrimage
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Series title and logo
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Coming soon EWTN’s documentary In Search of Christendom – The Chartres Pilgrimage, dates yet to be
announced but we are now in the final stages of mixing the sound. Keep checking
this blog for dates and times and EWTN. It will be broadcast in the usual ways and will
also be shown live on St Clare Media’s site at www.ewtn.co.uk
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| Young people gather at Notre Dame Cathedral |
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Camp fire pilgrims sing hymns
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Here is a short description:
On the day before Pentecost Sunday thousands of young people
gather at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris France. They are there for a
Traditional Latin Mass before they set out on a three day walking pilgrimage to
Notre Dame de Chartres Cathedral. As they march through Paris praying and
singing hymns it is clear that this is a great act of witness. This shows that
despite the wishes of secularists, Christianity is still alive in Western
Europe, especially among the young.
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The Sacred Heart in National Flags
One of the documentary's themes
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Pentecost Mass in field
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Many of the chapters are made up of scouts, there are also
other groups and chapters that come from all over Europe, some as far afield as
the USA and the Middle East. There can be between 12 to 20,000 people on this
pilgrimage. We asked the question why do so many young people come on this pilgrimage?
It became clear they have rejected
secular values with all its hedonism and materialism they are searching for a
deeper meaning for their lives, and they are looking for orthodox Catholic
values – they are searching for Christendom.
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| High Mass with bishop at Chartres Cathedral |
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