RELIGIOUS SIGHTINGS MEN WITH HOPE TO BRING
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FILMMAKER BROTHER NICH PEREZ, C.S.C. (third from left) with his crew: Khiry Hollowell, Michael Schultz, and Kiefer Szumlas.
ILM INSTRUCTOR and filmmaker Brother Nich Perez, C.S.C. is director, writer, and editor of a full-length independent documentary about Catholic brothers that is intended to inform and inspire people about this vocation. Perez and his collaborators have started showing Bro: Men With Hope to Bring at high schools and colleges connected to Catholic
POPE’S SCHEDULE Tuesday, Sept. 22 Arrival in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, Sept. 24 Visit to the White House Address to Congress Thursday, Sept. 24 Arrival in New York City Friday, Sept. 25 Address to United Nations Saturday, Sept. 26 World Meeting of Families Prayer Service, Philadelphia Sunday, Sept. 27 World Meeting of Families Mass, Philadelphia
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brothers around the United States, and they hope to do the same in Latin America. “I asked myself, what can I do as a young religious with a film background? How can we use that tool [of film] to make God known?” Perez says. The film “looks at what a brother is and why these men give up their lives to be brothers.” In 2009 he started shooting footage of the men in his own congregation, Brothers of Holy Cross, and over time he branched out, although Holy Cross men remained a focal point. He and several volunteer collaborators had amassed 200 hours of video interviews involving 150 Catholic brothers in 25 congregations in the United States, India, and Brazil. His own film students at Holy Cross College in Notre Dame, Indiana, donated time, as did former students now working in the film industry. A Kickstarter campaign helped them raise some of the $100,000 of project costs. Learn more at brofilmhope.com.
Pope’s U.S. visit includes attendance at World Meeting of Families
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OPE FRANCIS IS SCHEDULED to visit the United States Sept. 22-27, with stops in Washington, D.C. and New York City, before arriving in Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families, during which families from around the world will gather to pray, learn, and celebrate the gift of the family. The Holy See’s Pontifical Council for the Family organizes the World Meeting of Families and describes it as “a triennial global event that seeks to strengthen the sacred bonds of family across the globe
POPE FRANCIS is scheduled to visit the U.S. in September for the World Meeting of Families.
and highlight the value of families to the good of society.” This is the first time it will be held in the United States. The official theme for the 2015 World Meeting of Families is “Love is our mission: the family fully alive.”
