Title: ALL YOU SIGNS PRAISE THE LORD Catalog Number: F5001001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 6 Language: Description: Words of OUR FATHER represented in a collage of Portland street signs accompanied by the voices of Mount Angel Seminarians. Film produced by Leo Remington for the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, Office of Communication (1973). Subject Cross-Reference: Symbols/Signs; Prayer Title: ANNA & POPPY Catalog Number: F5145001 Audience Level: PIJA Produced: Paulist Productions Length: 13 Language: Description: A sensitive delicate treatment of a young girl's first experience with the mystery of death. Anna loves her grandfather deeply and his death causes her great sadness. She looks back over her fondest memories of Poppy, trying to find some answers to the saddness and loneliness that came with his death. Her grief forces her to ask the question: Why did he die? Why did he have to leave me now? Is their a heaven? Happily she finds an answer in her Poppy's love. Subject Cross-Reference: Bereavement; Death/Dying; Children Title: THE ANTKEEPER Catalog Number: F5002001 Audience Level: A Produced: Lutheran Church of America Length: 27 Language: Description: This film, written and produced by Rolf Forsberg, creator of Parable, takes central actions of the Christian Faith (creation, fall, incarnation, and redemption) and remolds them in a simple myth. In it, a gardner raises ants to beautify his garden. But the ants fight among themselves and disobey the gardner. He decides to send his son to become an ant and live among them to teach to teach them the way of love. The allegory comes to a climax with an Easter-event. Subject Cross-Reference: Loneliness; Family; Faith; Aging; Christian Living Title: BANQUET Catalog Number: F5003001 Audience Level: JA Produced: Pan Films Length: 15 Language: Description: What happens when one gives a party and nobody comes? A mysterious happy-go-lucky fellow goes out to the streets of New York to invite new sorts of guests, an elegant lady, a construction worker, a young girl, an executive, a bored housewife, and a young man in a wheelchair. Over champagne and magnificently prepared dishes, the mysterious host becomes a catalyst, and a fascinating study in group dynamics and human relations begins. The seven guests start on an adventure in warm interpersonal relations in a community of mutual understanding. Subject Cross-Reference: Faith Enrichment; Friendship; Communication, Interpersonal Title: BAPTISM: SACRAMENT OF BELONGING Catalog Number: F5004001 Audience Level: G Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 10 Language: Description: This is the touching story of an orphan named Alfredo. Scared by fire, he wanders from place to place until he discovers an orphanage full of happy and well-cared-for children. He asks the priest in charge if he can be accepted. Fearing the child will be ridiculed and rejected, Father puts the question before the other children. After a dramatic pause, one boy speaks in the name of the others-"He is my brother." Based on a true story and filmed on location. Baptism captures the texture and feeling of Mexico which becomes an intregal part of the simple, but moving drama. Subject Cross-Reference: Sacramental Prep-Baptism; Baptism, General; Parable Title: THE BLAME GAME Catalog Number: F5005001 Audience Level: A Produced: BFA Educational Media Length: 20 Language: Description: This film first exposes man's natural reation: That of projecting failure in an inter-relationship upon the other. The persons involved then attempt to rephrase the problem in terms of their own feeling response and a positive desire to further build the relationship. Excellent for youth growing into communication skills and for married couples. Subject Cross-Reference: Marriage; Marriage Preparation; Communication, Interpersonal Title: BLESSED BE Catalog Number: F5142001 Audience Level: IJA Produced: Paulist Productions Length: 8 Language: Description: A group of exceptional children with learning disabilities are filmed in both lively and pastoral sequences on the beach, in playgrounds and in meadows. They discover the wonder of life in ladybugs, birds and dandelion seeds. They find love in each other. With children's voices intoning the Beatitudes, the film makes a telling impact on audiences, both adult and junior, and is a special gift from the exceptional children of St. Vincent's School in Santa Barbara, California. Subject Cross-Reference: Mental Disabilities; Beatitudes; Disabilities; Values/Morals Title: BREAD & WINE Catalog Number: F5006001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Length: 5 Language: Description: This is a film about making bread and wine and how they are enjoyed in a family setting. It shows the progress through the bakery and winery to the home. We might not be too far off the point if we look at the Eucharistic mystery in terms of the very natural mystery of fermentation. The film is especially effective because of the music; it is designed to the spirit and rhythm of the "Sanctus" from Mozart's Great Mass. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO CASSETTE:V117 001 Subject Cross-Reference: Eucharist; Sacramental Prep-Eucharist; Celebration Title: BUSINESS OF AMERICA Catalog Number: F5136001 Audience Level: A Produced: California Newsreel, 1984 Length: 45 Language: Description: "The Business of America" confronts a critical issue of the 1980's: Can we continue to rely on corporations to reverse our industrial decline and provide economic opportunities for all Americans? The film contrasts two Pittsburgh steelworker's traditional faith in private enterprise within the actual priorities and strategies of a giant corporation, U.S. Steel. It traces their growing realization that, despite conventional business claims, increased profits don't necessarily "trickle down" to working Americans (1984). Subject Cross-Reference: Economics; Social Concern Title: BUTTERCUP Catalog Number: F5007001 Audience Level: G Produced: Length: 11 Language: Description: Symbolizes man's eternal passion for life and death by tracing the path of a golden buttercup as it slips along the surface of a mountain stream, moves past houses in a calm pasture and in a jarring finish is swallowed in the stench, sludge and garbage of an industrial man. Subject Cross-Reference: Symbols/Signs; Death/Dying; Creation; Life Title: THE CHOICE Catalog Number: F5140001 Audience Level: JA Produced: Franciscan Communications/Saint Anthony Messenger Length: 19 Language: Description: Teenage Kim is asked by her widowed father to finish her Confirmation preparation before deciding for certain that she doesn't want to be confirmed. In the ensuing months Kim is befriended by Christine, a young woman, who she grows to love and admire. Christine's lifestyle helps Kim to realize that faith is not simply a matter of do's an don'ts, and that being part of the Church does not make one a "goody goody". Kim learns that service to others is more a blessing than a chore. Excellent for youth ministry, Christian identity, parent-teen conflict and peer-to-peer witness. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VHS: V-0244 Subject Cross-Reference: Responsibility/Discipline; Confirmation; Sacramental Prep-Confirmation Title: CHOICES Catalog Number: F5008001 Audience Level: A Produced: United States Catholic Conference (USCC) Length: 11 Language: Description: U.S. Catholic Conference shows how to help people help themselves. (1974) Subject Cross-Reference: Responsibility/Discipline; Discipline/Responsibility Title: CHRISTIANS & THE CHALLENGE OF CRIME Catalog Number: F5149001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: Language: Description: Brief film depicting Christian possibilities of jail ministry. Subject Cross-Reference: Corrections/Jail Ministry; Social Justice Title: CHRISTMAS IS Catalog Number: F5010001 Audience Level: G Produced: Concordia Publishing House Length: 16 Language: Description: Benji thinks playing second shepherd in the school play is a drag until he and his pooch Waldo are carried back 2,000 years to the first Christmas. Here they meet the real second shepherd and experience the true meaning of Christmas. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO CASSETTE-V-0782 Subject Cross-Reference: Jesus, Birth & Early Life; Christmas Title: CIPHER IN THE SNOW Catalog Number: F5011001 Audience Level: IJHA Produced: Brigham Young University Length: 24 Language: Description: An award-winning story of a boy no one thought was important until his sudden death one snowy morning. The story gives a keen insight into the need to show care for each person, and the need to recognize the value each of us has as an individual. A film to motivate concern for the needs of every child among teachers, students, parents or any group reflecting on the worth of each person, to teach compassion and understanding for each other. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO CASSETTE: V19 001 Subject Cross-Reference: Self-Esteem; Suffering; Parenting, General; Death/Dying; Confirmation; Compassion; Communication, Interpersonal Title: THE CLOWN OF FREEDOM Catalog Number: F5012001 Audience Level: IJA Produced: Paulist Press Length: 27 Language: Description: In the capitol of San Ordo, Latin America, mass arrests accompany a military coup. Bobo and his street theater troupe are charged with political subversion. Bobo pokes fun at his arresters, calls the junta a circus and turns the prison into a stage for his antics. The junta finds Bobo's humor unamusing and tries to quell his boisterous spirit. While Bobo is being given an ultimatum by the leader of the junta- propagandize for the junta or be shot. Bobo's three friends deny him. His choice is: It's better to die with a free and laughing heart than to live under oppression. Subject Cross-Reference: Freedom; Serving God. . . .; Parable; Clowns/Clowning; Resurrection Title: COMING OF CHRIST Catalog Number: F5013001 Audience Level: JA Produced: Films, Incorporated Length: 25 Language: Description: Narrated film on the Life of Christ, from his birth through his ministry. Subject Cross-Reference: Jesus, Birth & Early Life; Jesus, History of Life Title: CONFERENCE Catalog Number: F5014001 Audience Level: JA Produced: Pyramid Films Length: 10 Language: Description: Six people meet for a conference. A radical, a cowboy, a businessman, a young girl, a clown, a Christ figure. Each places a symbol of him/herself on the table. As the table revolves, the screen goes black. Five shots ring out--five people emerge from the room. A highly symbolic film and an excellent tool for discussions ranging from stereotypes to religion. (1972) Subject Cross-Reference: Group Building; Faith Enrichment; Symbols/Signs Title: CONSCIENCE IN CONFLICT Catalog Number: F5016001 Audience Level: JA Produced: Learning Corp. of America Length: 34 Language: Description: This edited version of the film "A Man For All Seasons" probes a recurring theme of literature: To what extent should a man hold fast to his principles? Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England and friend of King Henry VIII, must choose whether to support the tenets of his conscience or accede to the pressures of his King, who seeks to divorce his wife, and marry Anne Boleyn, and wrest control of the Church away from the Pope. More is urged to condone the King's acts, but More believes that to ignore his own beliefs is to deny his existence as a man. Subject Cross-Reference: Conflict; History, Catholic Church; Denominations; Europe; Saint Thomas More; Ethics Title: CONTACT Catalog Number: F5017001 Audience Level: JA Produced: Length: 15 Language: Description: A documenary in which both lay people and clergy of a church community in Stockton, California, express their beliefs and concerns about the involvement of the Church in social and political matters. Subject Cross-Reference: Politics; Serving God. . . .; Social Teaching; Social Concern; Social Justice Title: THE CREATION Catalog Number: F5018001 Audience Level: G Produced: Billy Budd Films Length: 9 Language: Description: This film is based on a black spiritual poem written by James Weldon Johnson in 1919. The Creation is an inspirational piece in the tradition of the old-time black preacher. The poem reflects the awesome power of God, recorded so vividly in the Genesis account of creation. The glowing imagery in this thunderous sermon is as much a part of American folk tradition as the Spirituals and the Blues. The poetic rhythms captured by Mr. Johnson are a faithful revival of the sermons he heard as a youth. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO CASSETTE: V-0485 Subject Cross-Reference: Genesis; Creation; Old Testament Title: THE CURB BETWEEN US Catalog Number: F5019001 Audience Level: JA Produced: Barr Films Length: 16 Language: Description: Terry Kelly was a healthy young man until the accident. Then, he became one of the thousands of disabled persons in our society. As Terry struggles to rebuild his life, he shares his thoughts about how it feels to be disabled, the prejudices directed against anyone who is different, his personal problems and needs and how the able can help the disabled. A film that helps us discover the real meaning of life and the true value of health and friendship. Subject Cross-Reference: Disabilities; Friendship; Prejudice Title: DANCING PROPHET Catalog Number: F5020001 Audience Level: JA Produced: Length: 15 Language: Description: A documentary about a black dancer, Doug Crutchfield. Destined by his father to become a minister, he rebelled and found his own ministry in dance. He uses his skill and free time to bring spirit, life and use to the limbs of the aged and crippled children. Interviews with Doug and his father reveal the struggle between two interpretations of ministry and also the deep love and growing sympathy between father and son. The performance of a dance interpretating Christ's healing of the sick in the gospel is the culmination of Doug's combining ministry and art. (1971) Subject Cross-Reference: Faith Enrichment; Dance/Liturgical Dance; Serving God. . . .; Vocations Title: THE DAY GRANDPA DIED Catalog Number: F5022001 Audience Level: G Produced: BFA Educational Media Length: 12 Language: Description: "Grandpa went to sleep last night, David-and he didn't wake up." In this vignette of a boy's first experience with the death of a loved one, we watch David's struggle with the reality, from outright denial of the fact to gradual acceptance of death as a part of life. This film is a sensitive and understanding treatment of a subject often considered by children but seldom discussed with them by adults. Subject Cross-Reference: Bereavement; Death/Dying; Aging; Chronically Ill; Children Title: EARTH'S PAIN & HELL Catalog Number: F5024001 Audience Level: JA Produced: Maryknoll Length: 27 Language: Description: This moving film contrasts America's influence to the world's poor with narration by Bishop Sheen. "Hard sell" approach of film might be acceptable to a more sophisticated viewer. Subject Cross-Reference: Hunger; Poverty; World Issues; Social Concern; Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Title: THE EFFORT Catalog Number: F5025001 Audience Level: G Produced: Length: 5 Language: Description: Friends and neighbors have gathered to watch the balance beam performances of two sisters. The older sister masters the balance beam with ease, but the younger girl fails in both her attempts. She experiences discouragement and failure as her friends leave. Then she sees a severely crippled older girl struggle alone to climb into her wheelchair from wooden stands. That kind of effort and courage impress the young girl and she begins a successful performance on the beam. A short film that narrates the human experience of renewed determination. Subject Cross-Reference: Growth & Development; Relationships; Values/Morals; Competition Title: EMPEROR'S NEW ARMOR Catalog Number: F5026001 Audience Level: JA Produced: Pyramid Films Length: 6 Language: Description: An animated fable about consumerism, stupidity and the arms race, could also be used in discussion of how people build walls around themselves. (1970) Subject Cross-Reference: Growth & Development; Morality; Fable/Folktale; Values/Morals Title: EUCHARIST: A CELEBRATION OF LIFE Catalog Number: F5028001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Franciscan Communications/Saint Anthony Messenger Length: 10 Language: Description: "Let us celebrate the mystery of faith." This film is a beautiful experience which brings all the life-giving elements of our daily lives into the celebration of the Eucharist liturgy. It illustrates that faith is not only a belief in the presence of Christ in the symbols of the liturgy, but also an inner realization of Christ's incarnational and redemptive presence in every aspect of human life. Compact, well-edited, a powerful film that helps Christians experience the meaningfulness of ritual and pattern, especially that of death and resurrection. Subject Cross-Reference: Eucharist; Symbols/Signs; Mass, The; Eucharist, Liturgy; Sacramental Prep-Eucharist Title: EVERYDAY PEOPLE Catalog Number: F5029001 Audience Level: JA Produced: WHA-TV University of Wisconsin Length: 30 Language: Description: Features rehabilitative, and educational programs sponsored by the Catholic Church, although the film's overall viewpoint is non-sectarian. But it's not really about programs; it is about people. Mentally disabled persons are given a rare opportunity to speak for themselves. Their message is clear. They want a chance to live more independently, and take more responsibility for their own lives. Emphasizes how public misconceptions often deny this minority the chance to live like "Everyday People." (1979) Subject Cross-Reference: Mental Disabilities; Disabilities; Individuality Title: EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE Catalog Number: F5030001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Length: 11 Language: Description: "Do we really know the poor in our own house...in our family, in our own community?" With this question, Mother Teresa challenges us to reconize the poor in all those who are abandoned, unwanted, alone. In this short film, the words and the voice of Mother Teresa bring depth and compassion to the camera's impressions: first, of Indias's poor and the Sisters of Charity who share their lives: second, of our own destitute and elderly in the West. Mother Teresa reminds us that we are all called to be missionaries of charity right where we live and work. Subject Cross-Reference: Hunger; Poverty; Nuns; Social Concern; Convent; Sisterhood; Mother Teresa of Calcutta Title: THE FACE OF HUNGER Catalog Number: F5031001 Audience Level: A Produced: Maryknoll Length: 5 Language: Description: A discomforting but important look at the continuing and worsening world hunger problem. In the brief five minutes, we are shown the magnitude of the problem and some of the attempted solutions. This film is especially valuable for alerting the rich nations, such as ours, to the problem that belongs to all of the human family. Subject Cross-Reference: Hunger; Poverty; Social Concern Title: THE FATHERS Catalog Number: F5033001 Audience Level: JA Produced: Length: 23 Language: Description: A documentary film for an in-depth cultivation of vocations to the priesthood. A film studying the thought, feelings and lives of six men- a seminarian, an ordained, and four priests. One priests was instrumental in integrating his parish and we see how this experience changed his life and the life of his church. Subject Cross-Reference: Vocations; Priesthood/Priests Title: FEELINGS: DON'T STAY MAD Catalog Number: F5034001 Audience Level: G Produced: BFA Educational Media Length: 15 Language: Description: It's OK to get mad; everybody does sometimes and it's really necessary to express your anger- get it out- so that you can be free to go on having fun and enjoying your friends. There are always ways you can do this safely-without hurting others. Subject Cross-Reference: Relationship, Interpersonal; Conflict Management/Resolution; Friendship; Communication, Interpersonal Title: FREDRICK Catalog Number: F5035001 Audience Level: PI Produced: Connecticut Films Length: 6 Language: Description: An animated fable of five field mice who busy themselves when fall comes in gathering food for winter. Instead of gathering food, Fredrick gathers colors, words and the rays of sun. When winter comes, Fredrick shares what he has gathered. With his words he can make the others remember the feel of summer sun and see the bright exciting colors of fall and then imagines what must bring this about. Subject Cross-Reference: Faith Enrichment; Faith; Fable/Folktale; Awareness Title: GENESIS II MANUAL Catalog Number: F5036001 Audience Level: HA Produced: Intermedia Foundation Length: Language: Description: The manual is for the entire series and includes six audio cassetes. Subject Cross-Reference: Title: GENESIS II INTRODUCTION Catalog Number: F5036002 Audience Level: HA Produced: Intermedia Foundation Length: 18 Language: Description: An overview of the entire series. Subject Cross-Reference: Title: UNIT I- THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY Catalog Number: F5036003 Audience Level: HA Produced: Intermedia Foundation Length: 20 Language: Description: Purpose is to help the participants discover that human growth and spiritual growth are closely interwoven and that both involve risk. Subject Cross-Reference: Title: UNIT II- SPIRITUAL GROWTH & SELF-CONCEPT Catalog Number: F5036004 Audience Level: HA Produced: Intermedia Foundation Length: 20 Language: Description: A good self-image is very important for spiritual growth. The practice of affirming others. Subject Cross-Reference: Title: UNIT III- THE RISK OF BEING MYSELF Catalog Number: F5036005 Audience Level: HA Produced: Intermedia Foundation Length: 20 Language: Description: General relationships and spiritual growth. The natural growth. The nature of relationships. The origin of relationships. Relationships as the bases of the Christian life. The critical importance of listening. Blocks to listen. Degrees of relationships with people. Being fully present to people. Boxes into which I put people. Subject Cross-Reference: Growth & Development; Individuality Title: UNIT IV- THE ADVENTURE OF SELF-DISCOVERY Catalog Number: F5036006 Audience Level: HA Produced: Intermedia Foundation Length: 20 Language: Description: In-depth relationships and spiritual growth. Jesus needed people. Jesus and women. The need to express care. Responding to the overtures of others. Subject Cross-Reference: Growth & Development; Individuality Title: UNIT V- THE MANY PATHS TO PRAYER Catalog Number: F5036007 Audience Level: HA Produced: Intermedia Foundation Length: 20 Language: Description: Prayer is listening presence. When am I praying? Practice silence. Practice listening. Practice being present. SIMPLE prayer. How our viewpoint of God directs the way we pray. Subject Cross-Reference: Title: UNIT VI- SPIRITUAL MATURITY & PLAY Catalog Number: F5036008 Audience Level: HA Produced: Intermedia Foundation Length: 20 Language: Description: Regaining childhood qualities. The qualities of a child. The person I would like to be. Subject Cross-Reference: Title: THE GIFT Catalog Number: F5037001 Audience Level: PI Produced: Barr Films Length: 10 Language: Description: Carol must find a beautiful birthday gift for her mother, but soon learns that her 75-cent budget won't buy the gift of her dreams. When her older sister offers to get the gift if Carol promises not to look at it until it's opened, Carol is ecstatic. She lovingly fashions a masterpiece of a birthday card and tries to imagine what the secret gift will be. Subject Cross-Reference: Family; Responsibility/Discipline; Values/Morals Title: THE GIFT OF LIFE Catalog Number: F5038001 Audience Level: G Produced: Pyramid Films Length: 20 Language: Description: A poetic view of life from birth to death emphasizing Christian perspective with scripture text from "The Living Bible." (1972) Subject Cross-Reference: Jesus, Death & Resurrection; Creation; Life; Scripture, New Testament Title: THE GIVING TREE Catalog Number: F5039001 Audience Level: G Produced: Bosustow, Stephen Length: 10 Language: Description: This poignant story about the relationship between a boy and a tree illustrates some truths about the meaning of giving, receiving and love. The tree unselfishly offers itself to the boy for climbing, for shade and for pleasure. But as the boy grows up, he wants different things from the tree- money from its apples, and lumber from its limbs. The boy's life takes him farther and farther from the tree. But old age brings their relationship full circle. The ending fittingly demonstrates that giving does not necessarily mean things. Subject Cross-Reference: Loneliness; Faith; Parable; Commitment; Relationships; Friendship; Values/Morals Title: GLASS HOUSE Catalog Number: F5040001 Audience Level: JA Produced: Length: 12 Language: Description: An allegory about a wealthy man surrounded by working peasants. When the crop fails, the peasants become hungry and unable to cope. The man builds a glass house in order to protect himself. Imprisoned by his house, he finds himself literally being suffocated by the accumulation of wealth and its resulting debris. The house finally begins to cave in and one of the peasants tries to save him. A film that makes a point about the destructive nature of unrestrained and unshared influence. Subject Cross-Reference: Conscience; Hunger; Poverty; Conscience Formation; Ecology Title: GOD MOMENTS Catalog Number: F5042001 Audience Level: A Produced: Length: 5 Language: Description: Five short stories of how persons find God in their day-to-day human relationships; a child waiting in delightful expectation for his father to come home from work; a young boy helping his Oriental grandmother thread a needle eye that eludes her; a young couple lovingly putting their children to bed and sharing tender moments when they finally, have time for each other; a woman visiting and comforting her elderly mother in a hospital; two young girls helping each other out on a hiking trip. Subject Cross-Reference: Relationship, Interpersonal; Family; Christian Family; Relationships; Communication, Interpersonal Title: GOD'S GRANDEUR Catalog Number: F5043001 Audience Level: HA Produced: Franciscan Communications/Saint Anthony Messenger Length: 4 Language: Description: This visual interpetation of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem is narrated as the camera leads us to contemplate what unfolds before us: "This world is charged with the grandeur of God." This lyrical film sings of the earth...the breath and presence of the Spirit. Spectacular photography captures the majesty of the earth, sea, the sky, still life and contemporary city scenes. Our attention is called to the ordinary, in an extraordinary way. A moving and heartwarming visual experience. Subject Cross-Reference: Creation; Art; Ecology Title: GOOSEHILL GANG & THE MYSTERY OF HOWLING WOODS Catalog Number: F5045001 Audience Level: PI Produced: Family Films Length: 20 Language: Description: One of a series of mystery-adventure films for older elementary boys and girls (about 8 to 12 years old) that teach basic Christian values and proclaim the Gospel message. "The Goosehill Gang" are five attractive, eleven-year-olds, two girls and three boys- who live in the town of Oak Grove and who have a tree house in an old oak tree for a clubhuouse. They sincerly try to live according to the teachings of Jesus but, at the same time, they are 100% full-of-life kids! Subject Cross-Reference: Growth & Development; Self-Esteem; Faith; Values/Morals Title: GRANDMA'S BREAD Catalog Number: F5141001 Audience Level: G Produced: Franciscan Communications/Saint Anthony Messenger Length: 15 Language: Description: A story of a friendship between Grandmother and Grandson, about tradition, about family, church, Easter and the Eucharist. It uses the simple image of toasty-brown, freshly baked bread to symbolize how we ourselves die and rise, as Jesus did, every day of our lives. Our deepest understanding of the Eucharist is felt and comprehended not by our mind but in our heart, so the full depth of meaning may be difficult to put clearly into words. A story to be experienced and felt, yet which gently and powerfully touches the essence of the Eucharist. Subject Cross-Reference: Eucharist; Family; Sacramental Prep-Eucharist; Easter; Relationships; First Communion; Lent Title: GREENHOUSE Catalog Number: F5047001 Audience Level: IJHA Produced: Barr Films Length: 11 Language: Description: It is late evening, an old man gently closes his greenhouse for the night. Suddenly, the silence is shattered by breaking glass and a young boy is revealed senselessly throwing at the glasshouse. The man agrees that the boy can work in the greenhouse to pay for the loss. Awkwardly and grudgingly a boy replaces the glass panes, attempts to re-pot some of the plants, and wonders about the sanity of the old man who claims that plants talk to him. Slowly, the boy is won over by the beauty in the greenhouse and finds that the plants have a meaning for him too. Subject Cross-Reference: Reconciliation, Jr. High/H.S./Adult; Penance; Values/Morals; Sacramental Prep-Penance Title: THE HAPPY PRINCE Catalog Number: F5050001 Audience Level: G Produced: Pyramid Films Length: 25 Language: Description: An Oscar Wilde children's tale about a swallow, late flying south, finds the statue of the town's beloved Happy Prince crying. On his pedestal, the Prince can see what he never did before- poverty and suffering. Directed by the Prince, the swallow distributes the jewels and gold leaf on the statue to the needy. When the townspeople see how dull the statue has become, they throw it on the trash heap along with the now frozen swallow. God asks his angels to bring him what is most valuable in the city. They return with the Prince's heart and the swallow. ALSO IN VHS-V38001 Subject Cross-Reference: Suffering; Death/Dying; Serving God. . . .; Compassion; Values/Morals Title: HUNGERS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY Catalog Number: F5051001 Audience Level: IJHA Produced: Crosspoint Communications Center Length: 15 Language: Description: Produced for the 41st Eucharistic Congress. This film looks at the hungers for God in the human family. It helps us be aware of some of the ways we are indifferent by looking into the lives of some people after receiving the Eucharist. In living the Eucharist we must help satisfy the hunger for acceptance, love and understanding of our human family. It poses questions of conscience about the Eucharist and the response of those professing befiefs in the sacrament. (1975) Subject Cross-Reference: Family Oriented Resources; Eucharist; Commitment; Christian Living Title: IT'S ABOUT THIS CARPENTER Catalog Number: F5054001 Audience Level: HA Produced: New York University Length: 15 Language: Description: A modern-day carpenter fashions a large cross and carries it across town. People react to him and the cross he carries in various ways. Subject Cross-Reference: Suffering; Death/Dying; Confirmation; Sacramental Prep-Confirmation; Lent Title: JOHNNY LINGO Catalog Number: F5057001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Brigham Young University 1969 Length: 24 Language: Description: One of the all-time best selling films based on the true story of a young Polynesian man who courts his bride at a time when customs dictated that he pay the parents for the right to marry their daughter. He insists on paying "eight cows" when only "one cow" was expected for their "homely and unattractive" daughter. His offer has a lasting effect not only on their marriage but also on her attitudes and feelings about herself. Subject Cross-Reference: Self-Esteem; Cultural/Ethnic Awareness; Family Title: THE JUGGLER OF NOTRE DAME Catalog Number: F5058001 Audience Level: PIJ Produced: Pyramid Films Length: 30 Language: Description: Through a series of misfortunes a juggler is left homeless. Kindly monks give him shelter and lodging at their monastery but he feels very out of place there. He cannot sing, cook, garden or paint like the monks; all he can do is juggle. He creeps into the chapel late one night and juggles for the statue of Our Lady. The monks, awakened by the noise, watch shocked and scandalized but are amazed when the statue nods and smiles at the humble juggler. Based on the story by the same name, this film can be a delight to all who view it. Subject Cross-Reference: Self-Esteem; Community; Commitment; Claymation; Confirmation; Mary Title: LET THE RAIN SETTLE IT Catalog Number: F5060001 Audience Level: IJHA Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 15 Language: Description: The story of a salesman who, when his car breaks down, must leave his son in the rural, isolated home of a black couple and their grandson. The two boys become acquainted and any tentativeness in their friendship is resolved when a sudden rainstorm breaks the heavy drought and they prance, joyfully and spontaneously through the cornfields while the grandfather dances and sings his praises to the Lord for the life-giving rain. A natural, low-profile film that keeps the feel of land as it relates an important contact between two persons from two worlds. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VHS V544001 Subject Cross-Reference: Cultural/Ethnic Awareness; Awareness; Friendship Title: THE LITTLE PRINCE Catalog Number: F5061001 Audience Level: G Produced: Billy Budd Films Length: 27 Language: Description: This is a Will Vinton film- creator of Martin the Cobbler. The Little Prince is a wise, enchanting fable. Children of all ages are moved by its exquisite and tender sadness. He lived on a tiny planet watching over his three volcanoes (two active and one extinct) and tending a single rose of great beauty. His interplanetary travels eventually took him to earth where he made friends with a fox who shared with him the secret of happiness. Can be enjoyed and appreciated by all ages. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO CASSETTE: V482001 Subject Cross-Reference: Will Vinton; Fable/Folktale; Claymation; Love; Caring Title: LIVING FOR HIS BROTHERS Catalog Number: F5062001 Audience Level: HA Produced: Length: 24 Language: Description: A young man, searching to find his role in life, is guided through various interactions with people by road and billboard signs. After observing various activities of priests as he progresses, he ends up at a rectory asking, "What's it like, being a priest?" Subject Cross-Reference: Vocations; Priesthood/Priests Title: MAN FROM INNER SPACE Catalog Number: F5066001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Paulist Press Length: 27 Language: Description: A witty and incisive parable of god-man interaction. Hundreds of people watch a black man emerge from a spaceship which has just landed on earth. He moves among them working wonders and teaching them to love and trust each other. His following grows. He tells them he can help them solve their problems, only if they let go of all else so that he can take over within them. The black man is Jesus. At issue on one level is the nuclear stockpile. Yet on a deeper level is the loving, trusting surrender we call faith. Events of Good Friday are re-enacted. Subject Cross-Reference: God; Holy Week; Faith; Parable; Commitment; Last Supper; Lent Title: MARTIN THE COBBLER Catalog Number: F5067001 Audience Level: G Produced: Billy Budd Films Length: 35 Language: Description: This film done in the beautiful art of Will Vinton's clay animation explores the teachings of seeking and finding Christ in all those around us and to find his God and joy in the simple surroundings of his village and the simple actions he performs each day. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE: V483001. Subject Cross-Reference: Loneliness; Faith Enrichment; Self-Esteem; Will Vinton; Claymation; Awareness; Compassion; Values/Morals; Caring Title: THE MARTYR Catalog Number: F5068001 Audience Level: HA Produced: Paulist Press Length: 25 Language: Description: Traces the life of Padre Pio, a Mexican priest who felt the displeasure of his totalitarian government and was finally executed because he refused to submit. Gilbert Roland and John Gavin star. (black and white) Subject Cross-Reference: Martyrs; Padre Pio; Central America/South America Title: MCGOEY SEX EDUCATION SERIES Catalog Number: F0005069 SERIES Audience Level: JHA Produced: Gerresten, Peter Productions Length: 25 Language: Description: Fr. John McGoey and a group of high school students discuss in a series of eight film programs: true loving, emotional maturity, going steady, teenage sex, pregnancy and marriage. With numerous side trips to such topics as: loneliness, our guilt feelings, self-esteem and peer pressure. Films are packed two per case. Subject Cross-Reference: Family Oriented Resources; Rev. John McGoey; Teenage Problems; Adolescence; Values/Morals; Sex Education Title: EMOTIONAL MATURITY I & II Catalog Number: F5069001 Audience Level: Produced: Gerresten, Peter Productions Length: 24 Language: Description: Part I and II- Only a truly loving and thinking person can lead a wholesome well-adjusted life. In order to achieve this goal, we should strive to become emotionally mature. Understanding our emotions and what they tell us (part I), and learning how to live with them, deal with them, and act upon them intelligently (part II) is the key towards gaining emotional maturity. Subject Cross-Reference: Title: LOVE & SHOULD WE OR SHOULDN'T WE? Catalog Number: F5069002 Audience Level: Produced: Gerresten, Peter Productions Length: 25 Language: Description: "There is nothing loving about sex", says John McGoey. "Sex is something two people do. Love is something one person does. Love is not a sexual thing, but a personal thing". Only a loving person can bring love to his or her sex life, marriage and relationships make them truly loving! A loving person does "what is best for the other person even at the cost of denying oneself what one wants in some cases." Subject Cross-Reference: Title: GOING STEADY & TEENAGE SEX Catalog Number: F5069003 Audience Level: Produced: Gerresten, Peter Productions Length: 23 Language: Description: Peer pressure; self-respect; attitudes of the older generation; learning to relate to other people; developing your own identity; growing up emotionally; making intelligent choices- all these aspects of "going steady" and "teenage sex" come sharply into focus in these programs. Throughout, dramatic scenes effectively underscore the lively McGoey student debate. Subject Cross-Reference: Title: TEENAGE PREGNANCY & TEENAGE MARRIAGE Catalog Number: F5069004 Audience Level: Produced: Gerresten, Peter Productions Length: 21 Language: Description: The ramifications of abortion, adoption and sigle parenthood from the Christian perspective are examined in depth. All students immediately agree that a teenage mariage for the sake of pregnancy is out of the question in this day and age. However, the dilemma of a single parenthood vs. adoption makes everyone realize that nothing in life is of more consequence than bringing another human being into the world. Subject Cross-Reference: Title: MISSION TO LOVE Catalog Number: F5070001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 23 Language: Description: This film is based on the true story of Jay Todd, Peace Corps volunteer, whose adventures in Latin America lead him to a deeper involvement that he could ever have imagined. It traces the growing relationships between Jay and a 6-yr. old orphan Tino, a relationship that leads Jay to understand the meaning of true personal commitment, and to acceptance by the native people. Jay adopts Tino, only to lose him in death, and to find himself the battered victim of anti-American violence. Jay decides to return to Latin America as a missionary. Subject Cross-Reference: Christian Witness; Missionaries; Responsibility/Discipline; Commitment; Relationships; Values/Morals Title: MY FATHER'S HOUSE Catalog Number: F5143001 Audience Level: G Produced: Franciscan Communications/Saint Anthony Messenger Length: 10 Language: Description: This film for young children and/or their parents follows a seven-year old girl as she explores her parish church as God's house and sees in her mind's eye all that she has been told about the celebration of the Liturgy. Her father's descriptions trigger flashbacks of the key moments of the Mass as she recalls seeing them on Sunday. The contrast of the contemporary Liturgy with a very traditional church offers an opportunity for adult audiences to relate to their own experience in changing from the old ways of worship to the new. (Also available in Video - V 933 001) Subject Cross-Reference: Liturgy; Mass, The; Children; Worship Title: NEUMANN Catalog Number: F5072001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Crosspoint Communications Center Length: 28 Language: Description: This film on America's third saint gives the viewers an opportunity to meet John Neumann in a way they have never met a saint before. The dramatic, sensitive, portrayal of the 19th century immigrant shows a different perspective of this Redemptorist priest- a self-effacing man who said he would rather die than be ordained bishop. He was a simple man who cherished his role as a servant of the poor and immigrants in upper New York, Western Pennsylvania, Maryland and Philidelphia. (1977) Subject Cross-Reference: Missionaries; Saint John Neumann Title: ON THIS ROCK Catalog Number: F5074001 Audience Level: IJHA Produced: Journey Communications Length: 12 Language: Description: A historical travel-log on Rome: The Vatican; Papal Tomb and Peter's burial place. (Italian production) Subject Cross-Reference: Vatican; Popes; History, Catholic Church; Saint Peter Title: OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Catalog Number: F5076001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 30 Language: Description: Guadalupe is an ancient story of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin to the impoverished Indian, Juan Diego. Throughout history, God has used the poor, the powerless to act as social critics. Juan Diego, in his time, not only helped reverse attitudes of political and church authorities toward native people, but he also initated and experience of Faith that has survived over four centuries. Subject Cross-Reference: Christian Witness; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Saints; Values/Morals; Blessed Juan Diego; Mary Title: PADRE PIO Catalog Number: F5148001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Length: 20 Language: Description: A moving and inspirational film on the life of Padre Pio, the Capuchin monk who had the stigmata for 50 years. It gives an overview of his childhood and family life, with the main focus on his priestly life. Contains lots of live footage of Padre Pio, including his last Mass. Subject Cross-Reference: Revelation; Padre Pio; History, Catholic Church; Priesthood/Priests Title: THE PARABLE Catalog Number: F5077001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: National Council of Churches 1964 Length: 22 Language: Description: The setting of this film is a traveling circus. The major characters in the film are each confronted by a clown, a Christ figure, who challenges them to make a decision. The purpose is to explore what it really means to be a member of Christ's Body in the world; what it means to enter into the lives of others; what is the nature of sacrifice; and what is accomplished in a community where concern for one another motivates what is done. The whole film is a parable, told through actions rather than diologue, a parable that provokes discussion and has rich theological impact. ALSO AVAILABLE ON VIDEO V430001. Subject Cross-Reference: Christian Witness; Symbols/Signs; Serving God. . . .; Easter; Parable; Values/Morals Title: PARADOX Catalog Number: F5078001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 10 Language: Description: This is a dramatization of a true incident of Witness. It explores the efforts of three poverty workers to challenge and to change a situation which is ignoring a basic human need. Such was the witness of Jesus: to question and even confront structured and institutionalized evil- is this true also for those of us in the 20th century? Subject Cross-Reference: Christian Witness; Responsibility/Discipline; Poverty; Serving God. . . .; Commitment; Confirmation; Values/Morals Title: PENANCE Catalog Number: F5079001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 11 Language: Description: A business man, after drinking with his friends, accidently hits a little girl with his car who is seriously injured and in danger of being paralyzed. The film traces the attempts of the man to convince himself and others that because he was cleared by the police, he is not responsible. Tormented by remorse, he finally realizes that his intemperance and carelessness make him morally and legally responsible. After a confrontation with her parents, he finally manages to see the little girl, and because of her immediate understanding and forgiveness he finds peace. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VHS V309001. Subject Cross-Reference: Reconciliation, Jr. High/H.S./Adult; Penance; Responsibility/Discipline; Forgiveness; Conscience Formation; Sacramental Prep-Penance Title: POPE JOHN PAUL II Catalog Number: F5081001 Audience Level: A Produced: National Catholic Education Association Length: 10 Language: Description: Pope John Paul II is giving an address to the National Catholic Educational Association. Subject Cross-Reference: Religious Education; Education; Pope John Paul II Title: PRIEST MAN Catalog Number: F5083001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: CCF - Madison, Wisconsin Length: 20 Language: Description: This is a superb portrayal of the ambiguities, the heartaches, the frustrations, but also the joys, the rewards and happiness of priestly life. Plenty of human emotion without sentimentality- holiness mixed with humanity. It is a sensitive, warm, honest and challenging portrait of the priesthood. Subject Cross-Reference: Serving God. . . .; Holy Orders; Vocations; Priesthood/Priests Title: PROMISE Catalog Number: F5084001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Ikonographics, Inc. Length: 14 Language: Description: This sensitive, warm film shows how the promise is used among people. As a young woman looks back in her life and tells how the promises of others to her have given her a fuller life, she realizes that her own promises to others have enriched her life as well as theirs. This film clearly shows that God too has used the promise to further enrich our lives. Subject Cross-Reference: Pentecost; Faith; Sacramental Prep-Baptism; Commitment; Confirmation; Sacramental Prep-Confirmation; Values/Morals; Sacramental Prep-Penance Title: REACHIN' Catalog Number: F5085001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Length: 4 Language: Description: This short animated film featuring the title song would be an excellent lively opener for a workshop, discussion group or activity involving young people and illustrates how. Subject Cross-Reference: Youth Ministry; Music; Christian Living Title: REMEMBER EDEN Catalog Number: F5086001 Audience Level: HA Produced: Barr Films Length: 10 Language: Description: This film is a visual and verbal poem. Against the moods and colors of the changing seasons, young adults express a variety of viewpoints related to the man/woman relationship. Their stream of consciousness explores values which range from exploitation and conquest, to a meaningful relationship of life-long love and fidelity. This film is excellent for reflection and discussion, for pre-marriage or married couples retreats and for family education. Subject Cross-Reference: Engaged Couples; Marriage Encounter; Marriage Preparation; Retreats Title: RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW Catalog Number: F5087001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 15 Language: Description: A run-down tenement is occupied by several persons who live on the fringes of society, and who see themselves as social outcasts. Each is isolated in his own world of rejection and misery. Then Josee arrives. He is a simple janitor whose cheerful love, concern, and openness bring an awakening of hope and the beginning of self-acceptance. Only after his death, however, do the tenants realize not only what he meant to them, but what they can now mean to each other. Their initial sorrow turns into a quiet joyful peace. Subject Cross-Reference: Alcohol Abuse; Gospel Message; Healing; Community; Death/Dying; Conversion; Relationships; Friendship; Love; Caring Title: THE SAME INSIDE Catalog Number: F5137001 Audience Level: PI Produced: March of Dimes Length: 13 Language: Description: Meet four children with birth defects. Talking about themselves- what they like to do and how they cope with their handicaps- they demonstrate that feelings can transcend external differences. Lucky Simon narrates and sings. An "Educators Guide" accompanies the film. Subject Cross-Reference: Self-Esteem; Disabilities Title: SEASHORE Catalog Number: F5089001 Audience Level: G Produced: Pyramid Films Length: 10 Language: Description: A beautifully photographed film of the Pacific Northwest coast- a visual poem used in Ecology Studies, Meditation, Prayer Groups. (1972) Subject Cross-Reference: Environmental; Meditation; Nature; Prayer; Ecology Title: THE SELFISH GIANT Catalog Number: F5090001 Audience Level: G Produced: Pyramid Films Length: 27 Language: Description: An animated interpetation of the Oscar Wilde allegory about selfishness, sharing and Christian love. A beautiful garden is beset by perpetual winter when a greedy giant forbids children to play there. Then, one day after being compelled to help a mysterious child who has entered the garden, springtime suddenly returns. Years later, at the giant's life's end the mysterious child (the Christ child) returns and leads the giant to another garden...paradise. Recommend for religion, entertainment and as a discussion starter on love and sharing. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO CASSETTE: V91001. Subject Cross-Reference: Beatitudes; Parable Title: THE SILENT WITNESS Catalog Number: F5091001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Pyramid Films 1986 Length: 55 Language: Description: This is a dramatic documentary which traces the Shroud of Turin's known history and reviews seventy-two years of research by art historians, scientists and theologians. It reveals the fascinating results of modern scientific testing: The image is a surface phenomenon containing no trace of any known pigment; pollen samples embedded in the cloth indicate that it was once physically located near Palestine; the image can produce a 3-dimensional picture on a computer screen, something no ordinary photograph or painting can do. Scientist from JPL, Interpol and the U.S. Air Force examine. Subject Cross-Reference: Shroud of Turin; Art; Resurrection Title: SKATEBOARD Catalog Number: F5139001 Audience Level: PI Produced: Franciscan Communications/Saint Anthony Messenger Length: 12 Language: Description: Sandy is an adventurous 8-yr-old with a brand new skateboard. Bored with coasting on easy hills and her driveway she decides to ride in the street (face down) on a very steep hill that she has been told never to ride on. Unable to stop, she losses control of the board and goes darting between the front and back wheels of a moving fire truck. Knowing that she has been reconized, Sandy runs and hides. Her parents discover her there and they help her to realize that the people who love us make rules because they care and having broken a rule she must face the consequences. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VHS (V-0220) Subject Cross-Reference: Reconciliation, Jr. High/H.S./Adult; Responsibility/Discipline; Reconciliation, Primary/Intermediate; Sacramental Prep-Penance Title: A SLIGHT CHANGE IN PLANS Catalog Number: F5093001 Audience Level: HA Produced: Paulist Press Length: 28 Language: Description: In South Amereica on a business trip, John Hopkins joins a team of priests working in a Lima barrio and experiences God as he never has before. Returning to the United States, John's new values bring him into direct conflict with his businessmen father, and with the company for which he works. He sees firsthand the spiritual hunger of many of his associates. He feels called by God to help these people bring meaning and joy to their lives. He begins to consider the priesthood, but how does he work that with his parents and girlfriend. (1979) Subject Cross-Reference: Christian Witness; Vocations; Priesthood/Priests; Values/Morals Title: SOLO Catalog Number: F5094001 Audience Level: IJHA Produced: Pyramid Films 1972 Length: 15 Language: Description: A lone mountain climber sets out in the misty pre-dawn to climb his mountain, up past thundering water-falls, along thin crevasses, across glaciers and snow fields, clinging to a sheer rock face, feeling for a handhold on an overhanging rock, swinging joyfully from a rope above the world that most of us inhabit. The soundtrack is composed of music, waterfalls, wind and other natural sounds-and silence. An exhilarating film that emphasizes the positive aspects of human aloneness, individual accomplishment and spiritual achievement. ALSO AVAILABLE ON VHS V475001. Subject Cross-Reference: Spiritual Growth/Development; Commitment; Confirmation; Values/Morals; Competition Title: ST. VINCENT DE PAUL- WHERE DOES IT ALL GO? Catalog Number: F5088001 Audience Level: HA Produced: Length: 17 Language: Description: A young couple after making a donation to St. Vincent de Paul are shown through their workshop and store while an employee describes the purpose and function of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. This film also illustrates the Society's many social service agencies throughout the Portland area. Subject Cross-Reference: Serving God. . . .; Saint Vincent de Paul Society; Social Concern Title: THE STOPPED CLOCK: DAVEY AND GOLIATH Catalog Number: F5021001 Audience Level: G Produced: Lutheran Church of America Length: 15 Language: Description: These delightful animated puppets, Davey and his dog Goliath, family and friends contain valuable character-building lessons for all children in urban and small town situations. Davey decides he doesn't need friends or family. But a nightmare of an empty world makes him appreciate those around him. Subject Cross-Reference: Growth & Development; Family; Parenting, General; Children; Claymation Title: THE STRAY Catalog Number: F5097001 Audience Level: G Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 15 Language: Description: A delightful story about twelve first-graders and their visit to a zoo: a happy event until child number 12, the troublesome "Tiger" of the group, runs after an errant balloon and gets lost. The gruff and weary bus driver suddenly finds new energy and searches with single-minded concern for his problem child. All ends well, with balloons, popcorn, and celebration all around. ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO V547001. Subject Cross-Reference: Self-Esteem; Responsibility/Discipline; Parable; Friendship Title: TAKE OFF Catalog Number: F5099001 Audience Level: G Produced: Pyramid Films Length: 10 Language: Description: A tightly edited mosiac of mid-air acrobatics, fast motion shenanigans and slow motion sommersaults which shows the beauty, fun and danger of snow, mountains and skiing. A great film for those certain times that call for celebrating, relaxing and fun. (1969) Subject Cross-Reference: Teens/Teenagers; Celebration Title: TALEB & HIS LAMB Catalog Number: F5100001 Audience Level: IJ Produced: Barr Films Length: 16 Language: Description: A good family education film on the topics of right and wrong, discipline and responsibility. A Bedouin folk tale about a shepherd boy who watches over his father's small flock and learns to love one male lamb. When the lamb is taken to the market-place to be sold, Taleb steals the lamb and hides in the desert. Taleb's father finally finds them and some say that he sells the lamb to make Taleb grow wise and strong. But it is also that he gives the lamb to Taleb to begin his own flock. Which way should it end?- you must decide, for true wisdom is born of hard but just decisions. Subject Cross-Reference: Family Oriented Resources; Holy Land; Responsibility/Discipline; Values/Morals Title: TALENT FOR TONY Catalog Number: F5101001 Audience Level: PIJ Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 15 Language: Description: An artist-father tries to keep his children "Out of his hair" while he is getting ready to display his work at an art festival by giving them paper and crayons to make their own pictures. Directly parallels the Biblical story of the talents. Contains a delightful fantasy sequence in connection with each of the children's pictures.ALSO AVAILABLE ON VIDEO V931001. Subject Cross-Reference: Self-Esteem; Family; Parable Title: THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM Catalog Number: F5102001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 5 Language: Description: Two boys set out to put into practice their ideals by traveling across the border into Mexico with boxes of food and groceries. The resulting publicity coupled with the "Deep dawn" knowledge of how inadequate and condescending the gesture really was, leads one boy to rethink his values and make a decision based on humility and compassion rather than arrogance. (1972) Subject Cross-Reference: Responsibility/Discipline; Poverty; Serving God. . . .; Social Concern; Values/Morals Title: THERE'S MORE TO ME THAN WHAT YOU SEE Catalog Number: F5103001 Audience Level: IJHA Produced: Length: 33 Language: Description: This film reveals the ways in which the human spirit struggles to confront and overcome the limitations imposed by a disability and the reactions of others to it. Through the film, we begin to reconize that we all face limitations or disabilities, many of which are not visible. These invisible disabilities are somehow more acceptable to us than the visible ones. Jeremiah, Irene and Sharon share their stories for a purpose and help the viewer understand what living with a disability really means. Subject Cross-Reference: Growth & Development; Disabilities Title: THIS SIDE OF EDEN Catalog Number: F5105001 Audience Level: HA Produced: Paulist Productions 1977 Length: 30 Language: Description: Adam and Eve, guilt-stricken over being thrown out of Eden and appalled at Cain's murder of Abel, are visited one day by God. They complain how unhappy they are and tell Him if He only had a Son, He'd understand their plight. God lets them know that the guilt they feel is not of His making, that they are forgiven and that they must learn how to forgive Cain. God leaves them a gift and they decide to visit Cain for the first time in many years. Subject Cross-Reference: Growth & Development; Guilt; Genesis; Insight Film; Forgiveness Title: TO HAVE A VOICE Catalog Number: F5115001 Audience Level: HA Produced: United States Catholic Conference (USCC) Length: 14 Language: Description: A film about grass-roots people, ordinary people who, through the process of organizing together, have discovered that they have extraordinary powers. Subject Cross-Reference: Social Justice Title: UNCLE BEN Catalog Number: F5116001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Brigham Young University 1978 Length: 27 Language: Description: Nearly everyone has something in their lives they want to change. But to really alter your life takes a certain determination, a dedication towards a seemingly impossible goal. Uncle Ben is the story of one man's courageous battle to change his life. Struggling with alcoholism, Ben is now faced with the responsibility of taking care of his sister's three children because of her death. It is a moving account of how profoundly a person can change if he really wants to. (1979) Subject Cross-Reference: Alcohol Abuse; Growth & Development; Responsibility/Discipline; Values/Morals Title: UP IS DOWN Catalog Number: F5117001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Pyramid Films Length: 6 Language: Description: His classic animated tale about a boy who walks on his hands illustrates, with wit and clarity, the conflict between conformity and creative growth. Experts reprogram the boy into an upright position, where he learns that the opposite of love is hate, that beauty is ugliness, that individuality is conformity. "If you want me to stand on my feet," he says, "You'll have to make some big changes first." and he walks away-on his hands once more. (1970) Subject Cross-Reference: Growth & Development; Parable; Values/Morals Title: THE VELVETEEN RABBIT Catalog Number: F5118001 Audience Level: G Produced: L.S.B. Productions Length: 19 Language: Description: This classic story is about nursery magic. We learn how a boy's love and friendship transforms a toy rabbit into a real bunny. It is through imagination that a child makes his most significant contacts with the world about him, that he learns tolerence, pity, understanding and the love for all created things. Film may be effectively used in preparation for the Sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation; excellent for adult discussions on self-worth. (1976) ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO CASSETTE: V484-001,(IN SPANISH: V501-001); FILMSTRIP: S1061-001. Subject Cross-Reference: Self-Esteem; Eucharist; Faith; Baptism, General; Commitment; Relationships; Confirmation; Friendship; Love; Values/Morals Title: A VERY SPECIAL DAY Catalog Number: F5119001 Audience Level: G Produced: Universal Education & Visual Arts Length: 15 Language: Description: Having the day be special "Even though your friends may not understand," Tom and Claudia discover life, responsibility and friendship on a summer day at the seashore. Subject Cross-Reference: Happiness; Responsibility/Discipline; Life; Friendship Title: WALTER FISH Catalog Number: F5120001 Audience Level: g Produced: Alba House Communications 1974 Length: 5 Language: Description: An animated film presentation which calls us to re-evaluate the "Good Samaritan" story. The viewer will feel real empathy for Walter, who, finding himself "beached" is unable to secure from passers-by the necessary help to get him back into the water. Their excuses, indecisions, superficial bureaucratic defenses and lack of concern reflect a lot about ourselves and our society. Subject Cross-Reference: Parable; Social Concern; Values/Morals; Caring Title: THE WAY HOME Catalog Number: F5123001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 23 Language: Description: A contemporary version of the parable of the Prodigal Son. A rebellious son repentantly returns to his family. His father is joyful at the reunion, but the older son- who stayed home and worked hard along with his father in the family business- feels slighted and cheated. The father's act of forgiveness fails to bring a happy-ever-after ending. While everyone else celebrates the homecoming, the dutiful older brother deals with his conflicting feelings at what on the surface seems to be unfairness or paradox of life. Also on videotape--V545-001. Subject Cross-Reference: Family; Conversion; Parable; Relationships Title: WE ARE ONE Catalog Number: F5124001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Length: 25 Language: Description: Similar to but more subtle than "Earth's Pain and Hell" this film spreads the message of brotherhood and responsibility in a very visual and modern photographic approach. Although the main topic is contrasting man's affluence with man's poverty many themes are possible: positive as well as negative. Subject Cross-Reference: Responsibility/Discipline; Poverty; Brotherhood Title: WEEKEND Catalog Number: F5125001 Audience Level: HA Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 12 Language: Description: A married couple spends an isolated weekend sending out feelers on how to rebuild a failing marriage. A husband and wife, on the verge of estrangment, go away for a weekend and find themselves marooned by rain in their motel room. Bored, they begin to play games which become a means to express themselves with brutal honesty. In doing so, they find some reawakening of communication, interest, and possibly love, along with the realization that they have a long way to go to rebuild understanding. This film concerns the later years of marriage. Subject Cross-Reference: Marriage; Relationship, Interpersonal; Commitment; Communication, Interpersonal Title: WE'RE DOING OKAY Catalog Number: F5126001 Audience Level: HA Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 5 Language: Description: Shows how a bit of creative communicating and a lot of concern make a neighborhood far more caring that it appears. A young woman's anxiety about her aging mother who lives alone in a deteriorating neighborhood, is diminished as she sees the elderly neighbors ever-present awarness of each other. Subject Cross-Reference: Relationship, Interpersonal; Family; Community; Aging; Caring Title: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A PRIEST Catalog Number: F5127001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Length: 15 Language: Description: Excellent film showing the impact made upon many peoples lives by individual men in the priesthood. A marriage is performed by a priest who many years previous had married the parents of the bride and subsequently has been a member of the family ever since. The film leads many people to reflect upon what the priesthood means to them. Subject Cross-Reference: Family; Vocations; Priesthood/Priests Title: WHERE HER GIFTS ARE RESPECTED Catalog Number: F5128001 Audience Level: HA Produced: Length: 28 Language: Description: An ecumenical film documentary, summerizes and interprets the result of a survey on the presence of women in ministry in Protestant and Catholic churches and seminaries in Portland, Oregon. The survey, as the film shows, reveals a typical example of a common reality-male/professional dominance in religious institutions. These provocative film interviews and on-location scenes candidly reveal what a waste of human and spiritual talent is involved. Subject Cross-Reference: Self-Esteem; Documentary; Church; Ministry; Serving God. . . .; Commitment; Women's Issues; Social Concern Title: WHY MAN CREATES Catalog Number: F5129001 Audience Level: JHA Produced: Pyramid Films Length: 25 Language: Description: A series of explorations, episodes and comments on creativity, by a master of conceptual design. Humor, satire and irony are combined with serious questions about the creative process and how it comes into play for different individuals. A fascinating cornucopia of trenchant ideas and important truths, it is stimulating and enjoyable for a very broad spectrum of ages and ideas. The film is organized into eight major sections: The Edifice, Fooling Around, The Process, Judgment, A Parable, Digression, The Search, The Mark. Subject Cross-Reference: Growth & Development; Awareness Title: WILLIAM Catalog Number: F5131001 Audience Level: G Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 15 Language: Description: An enchanting and fantasy-like tale of a community picnic as seen through the eyes of a rather out-of-place six-year-old boy. Too young to play with the other boys, and too old to play with the younger children, he wanders off into a world of "special seeing". Peering through his glasses, he finds beauty and entertainment in the minutest of floral and fauna; he also finds something special- a diamond lost from a woman's valuable ring. Now a hero, he finds himself accepted into the "Gang." ALSO AVAILABLE IN VIDEO- V110 001 Subject Cross-Reference: Self-Esteem; Parable; Friendship; Values/Morals; Competition Title: WORKOUT Catalog Number: F5133001 Audience Level: HA Produced: TeleKETICS Length: 15 Language: Description: The immediate incident on which the structure of this film rests is simple: a father's visit to his son at college. But the emotions which motivate the visit are complex emotions which have been dormant and which burst into action when the father discovers that his son has been participating in campus demonstrations. The father accepts the son's offer to "take him on" in physical competition, and the "Workout" becomes a symbol of the mental and emotional contest in which they are engaged. Subject Cross-Reference: Politics; Parenting, Adolescence; Family; Teenage Problems