Descriptive Index of  Video Cassettes by number

V1 A Small Boys Big World

Columbian Fathers, 20 min. GS

The dream of a pagan boy in Korea to become an altar boy and the fulfillment of that dream after his baptism.

V2 Christian Formation for Catholic Educators

Fr. Alfred McBride, 60 min. ea., 2 tapes, Adult

Columbian Fathers, 11 min., Grades 5-8

In a small village in Japan’s timber-rich mountains, a strong Christian community pulses with life...and love. A unique story of how God found His people here.

V 4 Community at Banana Tree Forks

Columbian Fathers, 15 min., Grade 9-12

An award-winning film of a missionary and his parishioners who build themselves a church in the middle of Fijian jungle...and discover their strength as members of a Eucharistic community...The Eucharist is the basis, the center and the heartbeat of their lives.

V 5 Effective Adolescent Religious Education
St. Mary College Press, 2 hr. ea., Adult

This is a four-session videotaped workshop for religious educators dealing with youth. Presented by Tom Zanzig.

V 6 Families
Argus, 30 min. ea. seg., Adult

John Powell’s practical insights help family members explore ways to deepen relationships and better meet each other’s needs and aspirations. Three segments entitle MESSAGES, MEMORY AND MEANING OF LIFE.

V 7 Kibbutz on Tall Grass Mountain
Columbian Fathers, 28 min., Grade 9-12

To break the terrible bonds of slavery in the Philippines sugar cane fields, a young missionary comes up with a revolutionary idea.

V 8 Little Prince
Billy Budd Films, 27 min., All ages

A wise, enchanting fable by Antoine de Saint Exupery. Through the marvelous medium of clay animation, children of all ages are moved by its exquisite and tender sadness.

V 9 Loyola Religion Series Teacher Training

Loyola University Press, Adult

Planning, preparing and teaching.

V 10 Martin the Cobbler
Billy Budd Films, 30 min., All ages

The story of a Russian shoemaker who discovers new meanings in life by meditating on old truths. A film for all seasons based on Leo Talstory’s folktale, "Where Love Is, God Is."

V 11 Never Be Lonely

Columbian Fathers, 28 min., Grades 9-12

A quiet missionary finds himself the only outsider in the Zambale Mountains of the Philippines where he serves the primitive Negrito people.

V 12 Ordination of Bishop John J. McRaith
30 min., All ages

The Ordination of Bishop John J. McRaith. (Diocese of Owensboro, December 15, 1982.)

V 13 Scripture
Sr. Cheryl Clemons, OSU, 50 min., Adult

A talk on Scripture by Sr. Cheryl Clemons at Brescia College.

V 14 Teacher Training Workshop Series

Twenty-Third Publication, 30 min. ea., Adult

Columbian Fathers, 19 min., Grades 9-12

A young missionary faced a problem: how to reach the Indian people who form a majority of the population in the Fiji islands. His unusual solution will surprise and delight you in this beautiful film.

V 16 We Celebrate Baptism
Silver Burdett, 60 min.. Adult

A video on Baptism by Regis Duffy.

V 17 Yasawa: My Island Home

Columbian Fathers, 16 min., Grades 9-12

What do children do on an island that has no roads, no vehicles, no telephones, no television? This film explores village life on the remote Yasawa Islands in Fiji.

As we become increasingly conscious of the invaluable contributions women make to the life of the human community, it is only natural that we reflect on the particular gifts they bring to the religious dimension of that shared life.

V 20 Down on the Farm
PBS Production, 40 min., H.S. - Adult

A look at the current crisis in agriculture.

V 21 Economics and How It Relates to the Farm Crisis

CP Films, Adult

A dynamic and powerful video by Most Rev. John J. McRaith, Bishop of Owensboro, KY on what is happening in the "Farm Crisis."

V 22 Feed My Lambs
Argus, 6 20 min. segments, Adult

These videos introduce catechists to a particular group of skills ranging from storytelling to maintaining discipline. Six coordinated journal sessions allow participants to discuss video, probe their own ideas and feelings, and share the views of other catechists.

A First Eucharist video--a parable of the Love which unites us all in God’s family

V 24 Issues in Sexuality

Wm. C. Brown, 20 min. ea., 8 videos, HS

This program seeks to offer youth a portrait of God as warm, caring, accessible, listening, understanding and concerned about justice. The stories of Creation and Incarnation are rich with images of positive sexuality.

V 24.1 Femininity and Masculinity
V 24.2 Dating 
V 24.3 Cohabitation
V 24.4 Marriage
V 24.5 Family Planning 
V 24.6 Single Lifestyle
V 24.7 Homosexuality
 V 24.8 Sexual Abuse 
V 24.9 Intimacy: No One-Night Stand
V 24.10 Aids: Medical, Moral and Ministerial Dimensions

V 25 Learning to Pray As You Live

Argus, 20 min. ea. seg., 2 videos, Adult

Learn fresh ways to focus the events of life into meaningful prayer.

 26 National Catholic Lay Celebration

CP Films, Adult

Fr. Alvin Illig’s introductory presentation is a comprehensive overview of the basic principles of evangelization.

Prepare ye the way of the Lord! - Sr. Catherine Lee. What must we do in our parishes to develop a dynamic spirit of evangelization.

In our efforts Fr. Brennan urges us to turn in confident prayer to Jesus as we labor with glad hearts to gather in the rich harvest that awaits.

Mrs. Flagel assures us that the opportunities for being the Good News to one another are endless. Through prayer, compassion, and affirmation in our everyday lives, our families can become living messages of faith and hope.

Fr. McKee explores how the inactive Catholic can be helped to rediscover the love of Jesus through the healing power of our compassion.

Marilyn Kramar reflects on how God is called unto Himself a people--reconciling them, healing them, loving them and in-spiriting them to be prophets of the Gospel.

Deacon Paul Carlson’s presentation as he encourages us to proclaim our faith to non-Catholics. Will we recognize ourselves in this revealing profile of the Catholic evangelizer?

V 27 Nature of Drug Dependency

Hazelden, 32 min., Adult

V 28 Preparing for Your Child’s Baptism

Paulist Press, 24 min., Adult

An explanation of the meaning of Baptism through its symbols, theology, and the stories of Christians.

V 29 Preparing for Your First Communion

Paulist Press, 24 min., GS-Adult

Part 1 of this program is to provide important insight into the Eucharist for children making First Communion and those in second through fifth grades. Part 2 is a presentation that brings out the meanings of Eucharist for adults, and provides thought for reflection and discussion.

V 30 Spirituality of Jesus

Peter Henriot, SJ, 60 min. ea. HS - Adult

This tape explores the frameworks which help us build a spirituality of justice, explains the scriptural themes of Covenant and of Reign which provide the foundation for social justice, and then discusses the consequences in our lives of a contemporary following of the Lord. The themes of the Paschal Mystery and of hope provide the focus of this presentation.

This tape begins with a clarification of who the poor are and then probes the theological reasons for speaking of an "option for the poor." It offers a framework for locating the various pastoral approaches to solidarity, should mark every aspect of the life and work of the Christian. The personal implications of this contemporary call are also explored.

V 32 Becoming an RCIA Sponsor

Paulist Press, 45 min., Adult

This video features a dramatic enactment of the sponsor candidate relationship, a talk on the RCIA, the vital role of the sponsor by Rev. James Dunning, and statements by some sponsors on the joys and struggles of their role.

Don Bosco, 25 min.

Julia Ceravolo interviews Vincent Zaniewski, SDB. A thorough and up-to-date explanation of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Perceptive questions of a teenage audience are answered warmly and vibrantly by Fr. Vince.

V 34 Christmas Gift, A

Billy Budd, 8 min., All ages

It is Christmas eve and a young boy looks into the gleaming windows where tables are laden with turkey, ducks, geese and cherry pie. Then he peers in a window lit only by candle-light. He sees a grey-haired lady sitting in front of a bare table with tears in her eyes. He reaches into his pocket and takes out a bit of cheese and bread and offers to share his Christmas dinner with her.

V 35 Christmas Letter, The

CP Films, 30 min. Intermediate - Adult

Karen wants...Mark wants...decorations...shopping...not enough time...not enough money...the frustrations of Christmas descend upon Tom and Sally Hoffman. A lonely forgotten old man...a child’s letter...a risky invitation...all provide a deeper meaning for Christmas.

V 36 Come Celebrate Christmas with the Christophers

Christophers, 30 min. Primary-Intermediate

This video program invites children of all ages to celebrate the love and excitement of the Christmas season. Five stories are told using animation, actors and puppets. "The Shepherd’s Story," "The Gift of the Magi," "The Juggler of Notre Dame," "Nannette and the Christmas Gifts," and "The Elves and the Shoe Box."

V 37 Confirmation - It’s Your Choice

Liguori Publications, 20 min. H.S.

Jennifer, a Confirmation candidate, talks her friend Mike into coming along with her to her service project. Mike challenges her commitment, but Jennifer gives witness to the value of her preparation for Confirmation. Along the way a bishop explains the meaning of Confirmation and its rituals. Scenes of an actual Confirmation ceremony are shown.

V 38 Eucharist - A Gift For Life H.S. - A.

Twenty-Third Pub., 15 min. HS-Adult

The most common occasion for using this program will be during those times when the involvement of parents in Eucharist preparation is encouraged by the parish. Another important occasion would be during the training of those teachers and other staff members who will take part in First Eucharist preparation. A third occasion would be for adults, instructions on the sacraments.

20 min., Adult

A review of the current farm programs with interviews of people experiencing the crisis.

Adult

This video discusses what it’s like to grow up poor and what professionals do to care for these children. Includes profiles.

V 41 God and Money

43 min., HS-Adult

A video documentary focusing on the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ pastoral letter on the economy. It is a primer on the origins of the pastoral; a brief overview of the U.S. economy; and a portrait of how the Church is living up to its own call for all Catholics to work with the poor and the unemployed. Excellent conscience--raising resource.

A video of all-day workshop sponsored by the KY Task Force on Hunger and the Louisville & Owensboro Rural Life Offices. The Conference was designed to help church and community leaders understand and respond to the rural crisis on Ky. Video includes:

--Keynote Address: The Crisis of Agri-Culture: Turning Point for our Church and Communities" - (45 min.)

--Panel: Personal Perspective from Community Members Affected by the Rural Crisis (50 min.)

--Churches Caught in the Middle: Ministering to all Sides - Joseph Fitzgerald, Director, Rural Life Office, Archdiocese of Louisville (60 min.)

--Stress and Tension in Rural Communities: What’s Happening and How you Can Respond - Kathy Miles, Certified Family Therapist & Counselor

V 43 Let Us Walk in the Light of the Lord

NCEA -(Sharing the Light of Faith), 30 min., Adult

This is Part 1 on the National Catechetical Directory. It takes the Directory chapter by chapter explaining the most important elements of each section.

NCEA - narrated by Father Alfred McBride -30 min.

Part II of the National Catechetical Directory. Both of these videos are important for catechist training.

V 44 Let’s Talk About You

The Christophers, 30 min., JH-HS

This video is geared primarily to encourage vocations. It is rooted in the theology of the Holy Spirit’s universal call to holiness. Useful for raising the awareness of parents to the holiness. Useful for raising the awareness of parents to the importance of being open to the mystery of God’s grace.

Fear destroys peace of mind and undermines our changes for happiness. In this cassette, Rev. John Catoir explores the danger of basing one’s security on materials things. Wanting to much guarantees future disappointments. The central idea is taken from the words of Jesus, "Seek first the Kingdom of Heaven and all things shall be added to you." Mother Teresa of Calcutta is featured as a prime example of fidelity to this gospel teaching.

This video is all about Jesus and the love He engenders in his followers. The viewer is invited to listen to the testimony of young and old about the Lord of their life. Jesus presented as a man for others. Surrender to the Father’s will is the central idea emphasized in this cassette.

This video is intended to strengthen the resistance of teens and pre-teens to the drug and alcohol sub-culture in which they are now living. It explores the psychological causes of teenage involvement in drugs with leading experts. Young people with family members who are drug or alcohol depended are urged to seek help through the Alateen program by a nationally-known psychiatrist.

The wonders of creation speak of the mystery of God. For those who have eyes to see "A single mouse is miracle enough to convert a trillion infidels. "Walt Whitman. The mystery of God is unlocked by Jesus Christ who taught us to call God our Father. He said to Philip, "To see Me, is to see the Father."

Three things are necessary for a happy, balanced life: prayer, self-respect and unselfish love. In a down-to-earth fashion prayer is explained. It is not in pious thoughts or feelings, rather prayer is in the will to cling to God. Self-respect means you never put yourself down. Drugs are one sure way to do that. Young teenagers discuss the drug subculture and how it can destroy a life.

V 45 Millers’s Secret

Billy Budd, 13 min., All ages

The old miller refuses to abandon his wind-mill when the steam driven mills take over the job of grinding the wheat. His secret is one we all can share. Animated.

V 46 Option for the Poor-The Southern Hearings: A response to the Bishop’s Economic Pastoral, 45 min., Adult

People from Rock Hill, S.C., Birmingham, AL, Raleigh, NC, Norton VA and Hazard, KY giving testimony about the effect of nation’s economy on their lives.

V 47 Our Catholic Faith (Fr. Ken Roberts)

Pax Tapes, Inc., 20 min. ea., 4 tapes, Adult

Our Catholic Faith is an ideal teaching tool for pastoral work in convert classes, parish schools of religion, discussion groups, bible study groups, high schools and for anyone who wants to know more about the Catholic Faith. Fr. Roberts teaches each lesson in a clear, direct manner that appeals to all ages.

V 48 Our Friends on Wooster Square

Teleketics (Series 1), 15 min. ea., Preschool-grade 3

V 48.1 Teaches the basic religious values of love, trust, faith and Jesus as friend and brother, by introducing works and faith concepts that become the foundation for later religious instruction. Basic concepts of love of God and sharing is presented in Volume 1.

Segment 1. Love of God 
Segment 2. Feelings
Segment 3. Share
 Segment 4. Joy

V 48.2 Volume II - A progression from basic concepts of Love of God (Volume I) to the more intense situations of being special and love of neighbor.

Segment 1. Special 
Segment 2. Give 
Segment 3. Honest
Segment 4. Love Your Neighbor

V 48.3 Volume III - Follows the same format as Volume I and II, but deals with the more abstract ideas of peace and faith.

Segment 1. Friends
Segment 2. Help 
Segment 3. Peace
 Segment 4. Faith

V 48.4 Volume IV - Series II - 30 min. ea.

Segment 1. Being Spiteful Is a No-no

Segment 2. Loving You is a Promise

Segment 3. Say You’re Sorry When You’re Wrong

Segment 4. The Importance of Saying Thank-You

Segment 1. Making Fun of Others Isn’t Fun at All

Segment 2. Love a Special Gift

Segment 3. Grownups Can Be Friends Too

Segment 4. Imagination

Segment 1. The Love In My Heart

Segment 2. It’s Okay to Cry

Segment 3. Jealousy Is No Fun

Segment 4. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers

V 49 Our Friends on Wooster Square

Franciscan Communications (each volume - 30 min.), Primary

Series III

V 49.1 Please Don’t Tease V 49.3 A Pat on the Back

Zip Your Lip Don’t Be Selfish

Like Who You Are Rattle Tattle Tail

V 49.2 The Kid Inside of You V 49.4 Gertie, The Hungry Goldfish

Hurt Feelings I Think I’m Dumb

A Present for Gramps Don’t Be Selfish

The Flower that Cried

V 50 Preparing for Christmas

Franciscan Communications, All ages

An Advent program for the family. Features four themes for the weeks of Advent:

II

Franciscan Communications, 56 min., Adult

This video features a charming series of four separate programs; each one developing a special aspect of God’s promise to send us a Savior and of the wonder of Jesus’ coming. Through music and drama and narrative, Father Anthony Scannell draws adults and children into the experience of hope and joy that mark the Advent season and the glory of Christmas.

V 52 RCIA: The Journey Through Easter

W.C. Brown/Roa Media, 30 min. Adult

This video introduces the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults by sharing stories of actual catechumens, in the context of the Easter Vigil.

V 53 Society, Values and Teen Pregnancy

Wm. C. Brown, 20 min., JH-HS

Teen pregnancy and teen sex are major concerns among parents and other adults today. This video presents current statistics. The efforts, especially by sex-educators, to help meet these concerns are outlined, and the disappointing results are noted.

V 54 Song of Life: The Link Between War and Abortion

Catholic Communications, 30 min. Adult

The link between abortion and nuclear war as issues in the Pro-life movement is made by Bishop Coctello of Syracuse who urges a wholistic approach to being pro-life as presented in Joseph Cardinal Bernardin’s consistent life ethic. The Bishops’ Peace Pastoral and Economic Pastoral are both related to this link. Two other speakers present their "Songs of Life" in the video, on a biblical scholar, the other a pro-life activist. The tape was made during a National Gathering of Pro-Lifers in the Diocese of Syracuse in 1985.

V 55 Three Questions

Billy Budd Films, approx. 20 min., All ages .

A short story about a king who wants to rule wisely. His jester suggests he visits a hermit who helps the king to find answers to his question.

V 56 To Try Again...And Succeed

Bosustow Productions, 8 min. JH-Adult

In this parable for present times, a little eagle fears to fly, but yearns to soar. With the help of one who cares, the eaglet tries, and finally succeeds. Use with catechists, teachers, parents...any group interested in sharing their own faith or values.

V 57 Twelve Months, The

Billy Budd Films, 13 min. All ages

This is a Czech folk-tale reminding us that sharing is always in season. Animated.

V 58 Valuing Values (Reverence for Life and Family II)

Wm. C. Brown, 30 min. ea., 3 videos, HS

A family life curriculum for young teens and their parents that presents basic information and promotes the sharing of beliefs and values between parents and their children. This video deals with sexuality in the context of values, relationships, and decision making in the Catholic tradition.

Lesson 1. Self-esteem

Lesson 2. Nine Basic Values

Lesson 3. Physical and Emotional Changes in puberty, human reproduction

Lesson 4. Sexual Attraction, Homosexuality

Lesson 5. Male/Female Roles and Expectations, Sexism, Stereotyping

Lesson 6. Decision Making

Lesson 7. Dating, Criteria and Guidelines

Lesson 8. Saying No, Positive Peer Pressure

Lesson 9. Pregnancy and the Birth Process

Lesson 10. Choice and Chastity

Lesson 11. Teen Pregnancy and Parenting

Lesson 12. Choices Facing Pregnant Teens

Lesson 13. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Lesson 14. Good, Bad, and Confusing Touch; Sexual Abuse

Lesson 15. Values Review

V 59 A Child’s First Communion

Liguori, 20 min. GS

This video gives children a deeper understanding and appreciation of Jesus in the Eucharist. Adam, a second grade First Communion candidate, is confused about what it means for Jesus to be "The Bread of Life." Father Joe Kempf, using simple analogies, explanations, and Adam’s own imagination, responds to his questions in a way that is easily grasped by all who view this tape.

V 60 A Child’s First Penance

Liguori, 20 min. GS

Set a positive tone for First Penance classes with this uplifting look at the Sacrament. Join Father Joe Kempf and a class of second graders as they learn about God’s love for us--and how the Rite of Reconciliation is a very good way to show God that we love Him, too. This video offers a sound well-rounded presentation that will help children understand the basic concepts of sin and forgiveness, realize the importance of the Sacrament of their lives, and view Penance as a positive experience. The video also includes helpful instruction on how to participate in the Rite of Reconciliation.

V 61 Aids: Can I Get It?

Light Video, 30 min., HS-Adult

Through a series of interviews with top medical experts, Friends With Aids (FWA’s), and people on the street, this video gives you a better understanding of AIDS. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who heads up AIDS research at the National Institute of Health, answers many of your questions, among them:

* Can I get AIDS from drinking glasses?

* What about dining out?

*Does the virus live in swimming pools?

*Is it safe to share a razor?

V 62 Between the Times: The Catholic Bishops and the U.S. Economy

Ethnic Comm./Outlet/Chicago, 67 min. Adult

This video program is a musical theater presentation of the major themes of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ 1986 Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy. The show draws heavily on the actual text of the Pastoral, often quoting it verbatim. The show also incorporates actual stories told by American Catholics at hearings conducted by the bishops in preparation for their Pastoral on the economy. In sum, the video isn’t saying anything different from the Pastoral itself.

V 63 Catholic Church in the Real World: The Synod on the Laity

28 min., Adult

Catholic Commun. Campaign & Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon

The program examines the 1987 Synod of Bishops on the Role of the Laity in the Church and in the World. Comparisons are made between the expectations and experiences of United States Catholics and Catholics from other countries of the world, especially those from developing nations. Interviews are included with representatives of the Curia as well as national representatives and laity gathered at the Synod in Rome.

V 64 Catholic Community Experience in Aging

Third Age Center, 1998, Adult

A teleconference on the aging and parish outreach to them. Each tape contains four segments. The teleconference is divided into four main topics: It’s never been this Way Before; Parish and Service; Spirituality and Pastoral Care; Rights and Responsibilities. Excellent resource for parish groups organizing to address the needs of their aging parishioners.

V 65 Catholic Education: Gift to the Church: Gift to the Nation

NCEA, 29 min. Adult

This video is an overview of the Pope’s visit to New Orleans talking to Educators.

V 66 Celebrating Our Call

Frank Frost Productions/Archdiocese of San Francisco 30 min., J.H. - Adult

Through the sacrament of baptism, all people receive a vocation or call. All receive the call to holiness and to service--to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ. This call or vocation can be lived out in various ways or lifestyles.

The purpose of this video was to present a picture of religious life in the United States to Pope John Paul II during his visit to this country in September of 1987.

The video presents a wide variety of women and men who have committed themselves to live religious life. They share their reflections on the value of religious life today, community life, ministry, prayer, collaboration and the future of religious life.

V 67 Creative Catechetics - Storytelling

Diocese of Dallas, TX , 30 min., Adult

The first in a series on Creative Catechetics being developed by the Diocese of Dallas, Texas, this program looks at the storytelling process, coupling this examination with live examples of storytellers at work.

Mary Edmund first leads the viewer through a thorough exploration of the effective use of storytelling in catechesis, then helps you examine the use of dramatization, character portrayal and role-playing in catechesis.

This is a helpful, practical program, perfect for training new catechists, as well as enriching and enhancing the skills of more experienced catechists.

V 68 Don Kimball and Friends

Tabor Publishing, 30 min. ea. JH-HS

Father Don Kimball, the "disc jockey priest," has a unique gift for communicating with today’s youth. Not only does he produce a syndicated radio music and talk show and publish a newsletter on contemporary music, he travels the country working directly with teens.

Friendship is a central concern of young people, and in this provocative program, teenagers discuss communication and friendship, what friendship is, the qualities that promote friendship, the roles of trust and confidentiality, the need for similar values, making and keeping good friends, and the pain of friendships that end.

In this program teenagers share their ideas about talking and listening to God, the importance of prayer, and the role of religion in their lives.

This program helps young people talk about some of the most sensitive issues in their lives. By discussing how they would change their parents, how they think their parents would change them, and the dynamics of family relationships, teenagers paint revealing portraits of themselves and their families.

Most teens love parties but are not necessarily equipped to deal with the problems that parties can create. In this program young people discuss the social and emotional difficulties of parties and learn how to cope responsibly with the pressures that parties can create.

V 69 Dying to Be Heard...Is Anybody Listening? J.H. - Adult

Ivanhoe Communications, Inc., 30 min. , JH-Adult

"Dying to Be Heard" increases awareness of the rapid rise in teenage suicides and tells viewers how to spot and help troubled teenagers.

V 70 God Bless the Child

GS-Adult

This video is about a single parent who experiences hard times and ends up on the streets with her seven-year-old daughter.

V 71 Harvest of Hunger

Oxfam America, 20 min. Adult

Harvest and Hunger is an unusual and interesting video about eh underlying causes of hunger in the Third World. This video combines music and a creative format with interviews with people who have direct experience in the areas of the world it covers.

V 72 Image of Women in Advertising

30 min., Adult

This video discusses the ideal of self-esteem as it relates to what culture tells us about ourselves. Geared toward women but does talk about men’s roles.

Teleketics, Adult

This video is hosted by Father Anthony Scannell, Capuchin, JOURNEY TO EASTER will make Lent a family faith experience in the very place where faith should be nurtured...the home. Guided by Fr. Tony you will experience Lent as a time of reconciliation when like the father of the Prodigal Son, God receives us with open arms...as a time of renewal when we strive to be again all that God wants us to be...as a time to remember Jesus’ great love for us in laying down his life...and finally as a time to prepare for the eternal promise and joyful hope of Easter.

Week One: A Journey Apart (15 min.)

Finding our way back to God and keeping in touch with God through prayer.

Week Two: A Change of Heart (10 min.)

Looking at how God is present in our lives.

Week Three: Who Are You? (14 min.)

Looking at how God is present in our lives.

Week Four: Lost and Found (12 min.)

Remembering God’s unconditional love for us.

Week Five: The Servant Comes (11 min.)

Treasuring Jesus’ message and his gift of himself at the Last Supper.

Week Six: The Way of the Cross (14 min.)

Recalling Jesus’ suffering and death.

Easter: The Light of the World (14 min.)

Rejoicing in the promise of eternal life.

Adult

This video tape highlights some major events of the Kentucky Rural Women’s Conference held at Western Kentucky University in November of 1987. The tape includes presentations by Sr. Cheryl Clemons who spoke on a theology of the land; Lynn Haydes, who addresses the legal problems facing farmers; Judy Hefferman, a rural sociologist; and Helen Waller, who reports on the lobbying efforts for farmers.

V 75 Lent A Time of Renewal

Franciscan Comm., 105 min., Adult

This 7-part program focused on the Sunday gospels of Lent, will lead you to discover for yourself what your Baptismal Commitment really means. Using true stories, drama, music and visual meditations, Father Anthony Scannell opens up for you the themes of Lent: such as facing temptation, and recognizing Jesus as "living water," "light of the world," and "Resurrection and life."

V 76 Listen...to the Butterfly

Shepherd & Associates, 25 min. 

JH-Adult

This presentation really communicates the beauty, the warmth, the love God has for us. "It’s central theme is trust...letting go. God has used it in individual lives at various stages....from the "letting go" in the initial commitment to Christ, to trusting God with situations which Christians try to "work out" for themselves. People of every age seem to be able to quickly identify which stage they’re in.

V 77 Mary, Our Friend

Wm C. Brown Co./Roa Media, 15 min., K-GS

This video is designed to help children better understand why Catholics have respect and honor for Mary. It also helps young viewers to explore the meaning of Mary in their own lives and Mary as a model for Christian faith. The program presents five different themes on Mary so that children will see Mary from several different perspectives. The five themes are:

(1) Mary Listens (4) Mary Follows

(2) Mary Shares (5) Mary Cares

(3) Mary, the Mother of Jesus

V 78 Heart Has Its Reasons

Journey Communications, 57 min. Adult

A video-documentary about Jean Vanier and the l’Arche community for men and women with mental handicaps.

V 79 Persons, Places, and Practices in the Catholic Church

Liguori Publications, 20 min. Adult

This video is a live-action visual dictionary of many of the "externals" that inquirers and catechumens find unfamiliar and intriguing about the Catholic Church. During this visual tour viewers will become acquainted with the most common Persons...from the Pope to the laity, Places...from the Vatican to the parish sacristy, and Practices...from baptism to burial. An excellent way to help newcomers feel "at home" in the Church.

V 80 Phos

Teleketics, 17 min. I-Adult

Filmed on location in Greece, this story intertwines the customs and life-style of a Greek village preparing for the Easter celebration, with the private, unspoken anxieties and problems of a fatherless boy. Looked down upon by his more fortunate peers, he makes a special effort, and succeeds in being the first to get the "light" in the traditional Easter Vigil ceremony. Afterward, he is pursued by the envious boys, but manages, after a suspenseful, nighttime chase, to bring the new light home so his mother can relight the lamps with the new fire.

V 81 Potter, The

Shepherd & Associates, 28 min. HS-Adult

The music, the narration, the visuals display the redemptive process as we experience it. The Potter illustrates the life, death, resurrection and abiding presence of Jesus.

As you watch the Master Potter take a broken, previously used, somewhat bowl-shaped piece of dry clay and form it into a usable, beautiful vessel, you’ll see the depth of the parable of the potter and the clay. You may recognize the breaking process, the wedging, the "on-the-wheel" experiences of your life...the fire, the glaze, or the second fire...but "through it all" you’ll see the purposeful, creative hand of the Master Potter.

V 82 Project Equality: Making the Dream Come True

Project Equality, Inc., 20 min. Adult

This videotape looks at the issues of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action and how Project Equality assists religious and other non-profit organizations to address these issues.

I. The Witness of Stewardship

How does your spending of money bear witness to what you treasure?

II. Why Equal Employment-Opportunity is Important

How would you define equal opportunity in the workplace?

III. What Employers Can Do

What kind of help does your business, congregation, or church organization need?

IV. What Next?

Suggestions for action and further education about equal opportunity and Project Equality as a resource to address these issues.

V 83 Schools, Clinics and Contraceptives

• Daughters of St. Paul, 30 min., HS

• Throughout the country, growing concern for the rise in adolescent drug and alcohol abuse, suicide and increasing teenage pregnancies have promoted school officials to establish school-based clinics.
• Some community leaders have voiced strong opposition to these clinics. Claiming that the underlying problems are moral issues which require a values-oriented approach. Join these opposition leaders as they discuss their position with Andira Hall.

V 84 The Teaching Church I

Catholic Extension Society, 29 min., Adult

This video is on the Economic Pastoral after the 1984 first draft.

Catholic Extension Society, 29 min., Adult

A revision of the first draft of the Economic Pastoral.

V 86 Vine and the Branches, The

Shepherd and Associates, 30 min. HS-Adult

With only moments left...in fact, most probably on the way to the garden...Jesus talked to His disciples about their relationship to Him by pointing to the grapevines.

Most of us don’t grow up around vineyards, so we may miss the depth of the analogy. Through the music, the narration, the visuals...this video creatively communicates this message. Written as an allegory you’ll surely identify with the branches who want to go off in many directions. Hopefully, you’ll come to a new understanding of what it means to "abide in the vine"! You may even come to see new purpose in pruning. This is a show on comfort, obedience, abiding, belonging, on intimacy...with the Vine and with the Keeper!

V 87 Voices of American Catholics: Preparing for the Synod on the Laity

28 min., Adult

Catholic Commun. Campaign & Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon

This video focuses on the preparations for the Synod in the United States.

V 88 A Tribute to Tim

Ikonographics, 12 min. HS

This video presents a dramatic situation to help teenagers gain understanding about teenage suicide. Viewers are given practical knowledge on how to cope with feelings which may lead to ideas of suicide. The program also shows one how to react to someone who says he or she may be thinking of suicide. This program educates as it entertains, but most importantly it offers skills to people for dealing effectively with the problems of teenage suicide.

V 89 Aids: What Can We Do To Help

ACTA, 120 min. Adult

This videotape is an innovative vehicle for helping the staffs of Catholic parishes, schools and other institutions learn the basic facts about the medical, psychological and pastoral issues involved in the AIDS crisis and to plan their responses.

V 90 All Together

Sheed & Ward, 15 min. GS

Using the fast-paced, entertaining format of a feature news program, this video features three children/"reporters" investigating God’s call to reconciliation and forgiveness, particularly in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Includes a step-by-step explanation of the ritual of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

V 91 Baptism, Sacrament of Belonging

Franciscan Communications, 15 min. All ages

The true story of a scarred and orphaned Mexican boy who finds a home and a family. His story leads to an exploration of Baptism as the sacrament of welcome into God’s family and a sign of our being called from the alienation of sin to oneness in God and each other.

V 92 Barrington Bunny

Ecu-Film, 8 min., All ages

Poor Barrington is a lonely rabbit. He wants to share Christmas with a family of squirrels, but he can’t climb the tree. He can’t join the beavers, because he can’t swim. All Barrington can do is hop and be furry, which doesn’t get him into anyone’s Christmas party! Feeling lonely and dejected, Barrington meets a mysterious silver wolf who teaches him about his uniqueness and self-worth. Feeling a renewed kinship with the rest of the evening finding them helpful gifts and saving the life of a tiny field mouse frozen in a winter storm.

V 93 Building Partnerships: An Experience of Faith

Campaign for Human Development, 14 min., HS-Adult

This video portrays the work of the Campaign for Human Development through the lived experiences of persons involved in organized efforts of social change. The key themes are: self-help, cooperation, self-determination, traditional values, empowerment, participation, charity and social justice, faith in action, biblical roots of justice/option for the poor.

V 94 Butterflies

Liturgical Press, 14 min. GS-Adult

Using a butterfly as a symbol of metamorphosis and growth, this program treats development and change as natural, desirable elements in life, and self-esteem, especially in children, as necessary to a Christian life.

V 95 Catholic Education Futures Project

V 95.1 Part 1. Catholic Education Futures Project - 15 min ,Adult

This video served to open the symposium on the Future of Catholic Education held at the University of Dayton, May 19-26, 1988.

V 95.2 Part 2. Catholic Education Future Project - 30 min., Adult

This video includes the participants at the symposium. It will cover the what, the why, the how and the wherefore of the Catholic Education Futures Project.

Teleketics, JH - Adult

This video series explains the history and development of the sacraments. Using whimsical cartoons and humorous art to put change into perspective, this video helps Christians learn to live comfortably with the ongoing changes which are part of the Christian experience.

Sinner Sam - 7 min. Worshiping Wilma - 13 min.

Clerical Clarence - 14 min. Ailing Annie - 20 min.

Marrying Melvin - 44 min.

V 97 Children of God

Treehaus Comm., GS

Help your children appreciate the Bible. Develop in them a biblical sense of God as Creator. Jesus as the way to love, and the Holy Spirit as the source of God’s life.

V 97.1 Grades 1-3 1. God With Us Everywhere (6 min.)

2. We Are God’s Helpers (7 min.)

3. Jesus Teaches Us to Love (6 min.)

4. We Are God’s Children (5 min.)

V 97.2 Grades 4-6 5. God Speaks to Us (8 min.)

6. Why Choose God’s Way (7 min.)

7. Jesus Shares His Vision (6 min.)

8. Jesus Sends His Spirit (6 min.)

V 98 Children of Praise

Treehaus Comm., GS

Help your children appreciate the riches of sacramental life and of celebrating the Church Year as you prepare them for the sacraments. Develop in all your children Jesus’ spirit of praise--the foundation for participating and growing in our Christian sacramental life.

1. God’s World (5 min.)

2. God’s Life In Us (4 min.)

3. In Memory of Jesus (5 min.)

4. God’s Peace (5 min.)

V 98.2 Grades 4-6 1. Part 1: Feasts and Seasons (7 min.)

2. Part 2. Part 2: Life in Christ (7 min.)

3. We Celebrate Serving (7 min.)

4. We Celebrate Healing (6 min.)

V 99 Christmas Is

Family Films, 20 min. All ages

Can the events of Christmas cause us to lose sight of its real purpose? For Benji, the season brings disappointment when he finds that he’s to play second shepherd in the school play--again. However, his disappointment turns to joy when a daydream transports him and his lovable pooch, Waldo, back to the very first Christmas. When they join the real second shepherd in the stable with the Christ child, Benji rediscovers the true meaning of Christmas. An animated classic!

V 100 Cipher in the Snow

Britannica, 21 min., All ages

An award-winning true story of a little boy no one thought was important until his sudden death. It is a film to motivate concern, the worth of each individual, and the need to see each individual as a child of God.

V 101 City that Forgot About Christmas, The

Family Films, 20 min., All ages

An animated story that teaches children about the joy of Jesus brings to our lives and how unhappy we would be without Him. Benji’s grandfather shares with him the story of an elderly woodcarver who lived in a small village. It seems the whole village had forgotten about Jesus and Christmas, except the woodcarver. When he teaches the town’s children about Jesus, he helps change the unloving and uncaring village into one filled with the love and joy of Jesus.

V 102 Confirmation: Faith Alive

Twenty-Third Publications, 14 min. JH-Adult

The video covers one of the most important aspects of the Sacrament of Confirmation: the gospel challenge to live as Jesus did. Young people are encouraged to recall the commitment made for them at baptism and to see Confirmation as a movement that celebrates the fullness of that commitment.

V 103 Creative Catechetics: Praying

Sheed & Ward, 30 min., Adult

This program focuses on the uses of prayer in the religion classroom, exploring the various kinds of prayer and using a variety of styles of prayer in catechetical situations.

V 104 Developing Lector Skills

Paulist Press, Adult

Assesses the critical role of the lector, shows common errors a lector might make, depicts model lectors, and concludes with twenty-five of the most commonly mispronounced words.

V 105 Don’t You Love Me?

Brown/Roa, 20 min. HS

This is a program about sexual intimacy.

V 106 F.I.R.E. - An Introduction for Leaders

Sheed & Ward, Adult

F.I.R.E. (Family-Centered Intergenerational Religious Education enables the family to fulfill its task as primary educator, covering, in a four-year cycle, the main truths of the faith enumerated in the National Catechetical Directory.

V 107 Fire in the Pews

Oblate Media & Communication Corp., 29 min. Adult

This video shows the impact of African-American culture on the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. Shot on location all over American, it sees the spirit and commitment of Black Catholics as they influence the Church against a wide backdrop of political and cultural conditions.

V 108 For All the People

USCC, 26 min. Adult

This video is about people as they act in and are acted upon by the economy. It is designed for small group discussion.

V 109 Free to Be Me (3 videos)

Tabor, HS - Adult

This comprehensive video program is specifically designed to help youth and adults develop positive attitudes about themselves, other people, the world, and God.

V 109.1 My Vision of Reality

How My Vision is Shaped

Jesus’ Vision, Our Vision

V 109.2 My Vision of Self

Why Do I tell You Who I Am?

My Worth in God’s Eyes

V 109.3 My Vision of Others

The Secret of Love

My Vision of God

V 110 Gerbert

HSH Educational Media, 30 min. ea., P

Gerbert was created to teach and entertain. He helps kids apply simple truths from God’s word to a variety of real-life situations. Children will learn to explore their minds, their feelings and the world around them as Gerbert makes his way into their hearts.

Everyone experiences sadness and loneliness. Believing his friends have forgotten his birthday, Gerbert is tempted to self-pity. Children will learn from several Bible stories that David, King Jehoshaphat, and others had to wrestle with these same feelings. In the end, Gerbert is surprised, and also learns a deeper meaning of God’s command to "love our neighbor as yourself."

In this video Gerbert begins to understand that we are created to do good works for God’s glory. Kids learn that doing a good work of someone is like giving them a beautiful gift. Doing good, through, doesn’t prevent mistakes, as Gerbert discovers when he loses a gift from his good friend Miles, learning the importance of logical thinking, he retraces his steps. Through the pain of loss, Gerbert reminds us of Jesus the Good Shepherd who seeks every lost sheep.

All of us one time or another have gotten our hopes up for something good to happen, only to be bitterly disappointed. Gerbert is eagerly anticipating a new pet kitten, but is surprised at the outcome. Children experience Gerbert’s sadness and disappointment, but learn that God’s love is constant despite circumstances. Gerbert learns that even in failure that God’s love and acceptance cannot be overcome.

Did you ever get so frustrated that you wanted to quit? Gerbert learns the value of perseverance and experiences the joy of achievement. Good friends are a source of joy, too, and through Gerbert’s telling the story of the Good Samaritan, children are reminded that true love doesn’t have narrow limits.

In this video Gerbert learns the painfulness of deception. He first encounters the deceptiveness of riches, and then the Bible story of Samson teaches that sometimes people, even our friends, can be deceptive too. Gerbert grows through this lesson and joyfully discovers that our heavenly Father never deceives us, and realizes our true treasure is in the Lord.

Children easily believe creation marvelously displays the grandeur and beauty of God. Here Gerbert reads the story of creation and man’s fall. Then Gerbert gets invited to participate in his friends Miles’ wedding, but gets confused and afraid. In the process he learns, like Adam at the fall, that fear causes us to hide. But then, as now God’s love actively reaches to us all.

Children learn to bring God into their lives through exploring their minds and feelings. In this first video, Gerbert helps children grow in appreciation of obedience.

V 110.8 Little Ones to Him Belong

Gerbert shows children that God cares for all of His children...no matter how big or small.

Gerbert learns that bad thoughts can make us feel terrible about ourselves. Children learn that everyone has those feelings at times and that God knows all our thoughts and loves us anyway.

Gerbert is sad when his best friend is going to move. Children learn it is all right to cry and that sadness is passing. They also learn that Jesus is always their friend, forever present.

Gerbert ignores safety rules given by his father when riding his scooter. He does it his way. Children learn to appreciate rules and Jesus’ commands as being for their good.

Gerbert becomes overwhelmed by his feelings of anger. By learning to turn his feelings over to God by forgiving, he helps children learn self-control, to not place blame prematurely, and to forgive.

This tape is a special resource for leaders by giving quick access to the bible stories and songs used in the previous six episodes.

The theme of this video is loyalty conflicts (children caught in the middle of family separations).

The theme of this video is on Peer Pressure.

The theme for this video is adoption.

The theme for this video is adoption.

The theme for this video is wrongfully blamed.

The theme for this video is integrity.

This video contains 12 live action music videos.

V 110.23 Gerbert’s All-Time Favorites

V 111 God’s Game Plan: A contemporary Look at the Ten Commandments

Liguori, 42 min., JH

The Ten Commandments--What are they? Can they be meaningful guidelines in the lives of today’s teenagers? Mauri asks these questions of her soccer coach, Father Joe. Father Joe helps her to realize that these rules have a lot to say about her life today, as they have in the lives of God’s people in al ages. This tape addresses each commandment (commandments 6 & 9 and 7 & 10 are combined) in individual vignettes. The vignettes can be viewed separately or together. Each segment dramatized the real concerns of teenagers and shows them how the commandments can help them make good choices.

V 112 God’s Grandeur

Franciscan Communications, 4 min. HS-Adult

This visual interpretation of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem about the presence of the spirit in creation, is narrated as the camera leads us to contemplate what unfolds before our eyes.

V 113 Great Chastity Experiment, The

Paulist Productions, 23 min.., HS

The importance and free reign of sex today seems to be the norm for so many. Anyone opting for a more conventional relationship, and those interested in this need more than sex to attain it. Knowledge and understanding and love are also necessary components for any relationship to last.

V 114 In God’s Image - Male and Female

Franciscan Communications, JH

This video presents a Catholic perspective on human sexuality in a comprehensive examination of the beauty, sacredness and power of human sexuality. Mrs. Patricia Miller, teacher, wife, and mother, brings many years of expertise as a teacher and trainer to the program. It is a program that focuses clearly on the basic psychological tenets of self image and process. It emphasizes the Catholic teachings of self worth and respect for the marvelous gifts of God to his masterpieces. Mrs. Miller’s love of children is evident in her presence and her process. This program is a response to the many questions and needs expressed by her students over the years, and can be adapted for use with students from fifth through ninth grades. In a very personable and direct way Mrs. Miller addressed in each video program a concern that is part of the overall development of human sexuality. She involves the students in evaluation and decision making in the formation of their personal Catholic perspective. Conscious of the power of peer pressure, the constantly affirms the majesty and mystery of God’s design for each individual.

V 114.1 1. Introduction (10 min.)

2. Sexuality: Something Special (25 min.)

3. God Doesn’t Make Junk (16 min.)

4. The Fabulous Female (16 min.)

5. The Marvelous Male (14 min.)

6. What’s Going On? (14 min.)

V 114.2 7. Getting Help (22 min.)

8. We’re Not Sex Objects (14 min.)

9. Dating Decisions (14 min.)

10. Guy Talk - Girl Talk (18 min.)

11. Sexuality - A Powerful Drive (13 min.)

12. It’s OK to Say No (15 min.)

V 114.3 13. Teens, Babies and Marriage (17 min.)

14. Being Aware (16 min.)

15. Consequences (22 min.)

16. Homosexuality - The Christian Attitude (11 min.)

17. Birth Control/Self Control (9 min.)

18. Abortion: A Serious Issue (17 min.)

19. Your Right to Respect (8 min.)

20. The Miracle of Birth (17 min.)

21. Challenges of the Future (9 min.)

V 115 Jesus As I Know Him

Tabor, 9 20 min. Segments, 3 videos, Adult

John Powell share his feelings about Jesus and what he means in Fr. Powell’s everyday life.

V 115.1 Who Is Jesus

Believing in Miracles

Saying "Yes" to Faith

V 115.2 Thank God For Christmas

Kindness, Encouragement, and Challenge

Twelve Klutzy Guys

V 115.3 Attitudes: The Control Center of Life

What Does Jesus Think of a Sinner

Save Your Heart for Love

V 116 Learning to Teach Sunday School

Concordia, Adult

This video program presents the guidance teachers need--an ideal confidence builder for "the new kid on the block" as well as a refresher course for the seasoned veteran. As participants watch the video, they see teachers interact with students in positive ways, prevent problems in class, and use visual devices to get students involved.

V 117 Living Eucharist J.H. - A

Franciscan Communications, 10 min., JH - Adult

Brief, direct, visually appealing and aimed at the heart, this Eucharist film uses the celebration of Sunday Mass in a typical parish as its framework. Three simple moving stories reveal the Lord’s presence "in the breaking of the bread."

V 118 Love and Life

Ignatius Press., H.S.

Love and Life is a positive, life-affirming presentation of God’s plan for life and love. It si a proven and practical program for teaching chastity to teens. It shows how we learn to live and love according to God’s two greatest commandments and the beatitudes, which are nurtured in us through our lives in Jesus Christ and which are revealed to us through the love and guidance of the Holy Spirit.

V 119 Marriage Challenge Series

Liguori, 25 min. ea., HS - Adult

How do three couples’ views on these vital aspects of marriage live up to the Gospel message? What can the Good News teach couples about good marriages in the 1980's?

In each tape the audience is introduced to a real-life couple whose experiences become the basis for an enlightening look at the Christian perspectives to marriage--and a challenge by Fr. Gallagher for all married couples to find deeper meaning in marriage and life by truly living the Gospel message.

V 120 Married and Enjoying It

Liguori, 25 min. HS- Adult

In this video, Chuck Neff, a former PM Magazine host and newsman, and his wife, Judy, talk candidly about their 15-year marriage, the triumphs and trials, good times and bad, and how they’ve kept their love alive. This thought-provoking, sensitive film shares a vision of marriage that is promising and still realistic. It gives any couple an insightful look at what marriage as a vocation really means.

V 121 Mission to Love

Franciscan Communications, 24 min. JH - Adult

The growth of Jay Todd from an idealistic, adventurous young man to a person of mature responsibility and love, parallels in many ways the personal growth and Christian commitment to which we are called in Confirmation.

V 122 My Father’s House

Franciscan Communications, 10 min., All ages

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.

V 123 Nativity, The

Hanna-Barbera Prod., 30 min., All ages

The miracle of Jesus’ birth comes vividly to life in the newest of Hanna-Barbera’s video Bible stories. Travel with Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem, meet the Magi and the shepherds, experience the evil of Herod. The story of the first Christmas as it has never been told!

V 124 Our Child’s Baptism

Veritas Video Productions, 44 min., Adult

This is a practical and pastoral video. It will be used to a great advantage in the preparation of parents and Godparents for the administration of the Sacrament of Baptism.

The part played by priests, parents, Godparents and the local parish community in the sacrament is explained in a visually exciting way. The video is divided into well-defined sections that go to make up a parish community in the sacrament is explained in a visually exciting way. The video is divided into well-defined sections that go to make up a parish program for the preparation of Baptism.

V 125 Pardon and Peace - Sacrament of Reconciliation J.H. - A

Franciscan Communications, 11 min., JH - Adult

Pardon and Peace is the story of David, a young teenage runaway whose experience of pain and broken-ness makes him long for the lights of home. Simple, moving, eloquent, Pardon and Peace echoes human stories of separation and reconciliation as old as the Prodigal Son, and as contemporary as today’s headlines.

V 126 Penance: Sacrament of Peace

Twenty-Third Publications, 18 min., JH - HS

This important sacrament education program puts reconciliation and penance into perspective for today’s often-alienated adults. Many Catholics feel the need to find inner peace through reconciliation.

V 127 Quigley’s Village

Dallas Christian Video, 30 min., Ages 3-9

These videos teach children biblical values through the adventures of lovable puppet friends. Filled with stories, songs, humor and fun, this captivating new series combines the very best in entertainment with important lessons on values to help children learn and grow.

V 127.7 Fun Aerobics for Kids! - (an exercise program)

V 128 R.C.I.A. Journey of Faith

Sheed & Ward, 19 min., Adult

A beautiful video explanation of the RCIA process from beginning to end--precatechumenate to initiation sacraments and mystagogia. Actual participants--priests, catechists, RCIA directors, sponsors and catechumens--explain what the RCIA is and what it has meant to them and to the life of the Church.

V 129 R.C.I.A. Role of the Sponsor

Sheed & Ward, 28 min., Adult

A look at the role of the sponsor in the RCIA process as seen through the eyes of RCIA directors, pastors, candidates for baptism, and the sponsors themselves.

V 130 Sacred Heart Kids’ Club P - I

Tabor, 30 min. ea., P - I

These videos use puppets, music, dance, art, animation, skits and even pantomime to teach key religious themes through presentations that kids will both comprehend and enjoy.Series I

Series II

V 131 Sacred Heart Kids Club (Sacraments)

Creedence Cassettes, GS

V 132 Sacrament of Confirmation

The Christophers, 30 min. JH - Adult

The Sacrament of Confirmation is seen here as the sacrament of a personal responsibility. Christians see happiness as a byproduct of meaningful life--and a meaningful life is a life of service. As Jesus served, we serve others.

V 133 Shared Praxis Approach to Religious Education

Argus Communications, Adult

Enrich the catechetical experience by synthesizing elements of Scripture, doctrine, and Christian living. The complete set includes one videocassette with three 30-minute segments and a study guide for each segment.

V 134 Single Parenting

United Learning, 20 min., Adult

An excellent presentation for those who have just become or are about to become single parents. The tape defines "single parents. The tape defines "single parent" and recognizes stereotypes attached to single parents.

V 135 Social Volcano - A Compact Justice & Peace Program

Columbian Fathers, two 16-min. segments, Adult

The first segment Social Volcano vividly documents the background story and the impact of the sugar cane industry on the lives of the people of Negros. The second segment is titled Kibbutz on Tall Grass Mountain. This documentary film presents Columbian Father Niall O’Brien’s efforts to surface a justice response to the social evils that emerge in the Social Volcano story.

V 136 Songs of Christmas

Teleketics, 49 min., All ages

This fascinating video tells the stories behind some of our most popular Christmas carols. This is a perfect way for families to get into the Christmas spirit and to brush up on their Christmas caroling as they sing along with these popular and inspiring Christmas carols.

V 137 Survival Guide for Teenagers, The

Priority One, JH - HS

This is a very unique action packed video series. While there are many "celebrities" and "stars" involved in this series...the true "stars" of this program are the young people who share their real life stories. These painful stories of drug abuse, prostitution, stealing, and even suicide...will help keep teenagers from making the same drastic mistakes. In addition, this series will teach young people how to accomplish their goals for the future...and make their dreams come true! Teenagers will also learn to appreciate what they have as we take them on a trip into over 14 countries around the world...to see the big picture.

V 138 Surviving - A How to Series with Clayton Barbeau

Franciscan Communications, Adult

These videotapes provide a unique approach to emotional self-help. Each program features popular lecturer and author, Clayton Barbeau doing what he considers his most rewarding work: individual counseling with you, the viewer, benefiting from his advice and affirmation.

In this program, Clayton Barbeau helps us to come to terms with the signs of depression: from changes in eating and sleeping habits to inattentiveness, a sense of alienation and even thoughts of suicide. Then come the tactics of survival, all enriched by Mr. Barbeau’s use of personal stories and true-to-life examples.

In this program, Clayton examines loneliness as part of everyone’s life, especially in today’s competitive society. He then offers many concrete strategies to counteract those moments when we experience loneliness.

Clayton talks about the anger and pain that follow a broken relationship. He assures us that the feelings we experience at this time are natural. Broken hearts do mend and when they do, they are often more loving and compassionate.

Our ways of thinking, feeling, and being are constantly changing. Change can also be very threatening because of the fear of the unknown. Clayton guides us through the process of change and offers stories and strategies for healthy personal growth.

V 138.5 Surviving Anger: Yours and Others (32 min.)

We face anger from both ourselves and others. In this program Clayton talks about different causes of anger and the various guises that anger often takes. He goes on to show strategies for dealing with one’s own anger and the anger of others.

V 138.6 Surviving Difficult People (40 min.)

All of us are difficult for someone else to deal with at sometime or another. Just because someone behaves in a hurtful, obnoxious or difficult way toward us does not mean we have to respond in any particular fashion. Clayton examines how our response could be aiding and abetting the difficult person’s behavior.

We all experience grief in different ways: tears, loneliness, anger, denial. This program is not meant to "cheer-up" the viewer or offer an instant remedy for grief. Rather, Clayton helps the viewer understand the grieving process and gain some realization that the loss of a loved one can help make one’s commitment to life more meaningful.

V 138.8 Surviving Rejection and Failure (34 min.)

The fear of rejection, for most people, flows out of self-rejection. If we have a low opinion of ourselves and find it hard to accept ourselves, we will expect others to reject us. In this program, Clayton discusses the need to increase our awareness of strengths. The need to appreciate how successful we can be at being ourselves.

V 139 Table of the Lord, The

Ikonographics, 20 min. GS - Adult

Each program has a lively, dramatic situation followed by a Gospel story, an activity for home or school and an explanation of how giving, eating and celebrating are integrated into the Mass.

This video series prepares young students and their parents for the children’s first Eucharist.

V 140 Talents

Brown/Roa, 30 min., GS

Chris may not be able to sing and dance, but his "talent" saves the day for the talent show. The theme is talent and the values is personal worth through self acceptance.

Batesville Management Services, 12 min.

When a young boy’s best friend dies suddenly, he must find the courage to face his loss and the enormity of his grief. With insight, directness and understanding, this video tells how the boy moves from denial, anger and guilt to an acceptance of his friend’s death and the realization that life must go on even in the face of tragedy and sorrow.

V 142 Therese

Circle Releasing Corp., 90 min., Adult

Therese Martin, a fifteen-year old girl from provincial France, has an overwhelming desire to join two older sisters as a Carmelite nun. Both her aging father and the local priest try to discourage her, fearing she is too young to face the harsh realities of convent life. At her insistence, her father takes her to visit the Pope, who intercedes on her behalf, and she is "wedded to Christ." A few years later, she contracts tuberculosis; and battles with cheerful determination against the severe pain and the doubts that assail her faith. Therese Martin died in 1897. Characterized as the greatest saint of modern times by Pope Pius XI, she was canonized in 1925 and became known throughout the world as "The Little Flower of Jesus."

V 143 Tough Questions About Sex

Word LifeWare Video, HS

With television and rock music sending out a steady stream of "if-it-feels-good-do-it" messages, Christian teens today often find their commitment to Christ challenged and threatened--especially as they enter into dating relationships. With a personal style that is both hard-hitting and humorous, Dawson McAllister offers responsible guidelines for dating and explains how premarital sex diminishes one’s commitment to Christ. Teens won’t find here a "preachy" sermon, because Dawson McAllister speaks their language, demonstrating his special ability to communicate to young people the life-changing power of God’s Word.

V 144 Training Eucharistic Ministers

Tabor, 30 min., Adult

A comprehensive training program designed to explore the attitudes and hone the skills of Eucharistic ministers as they participate in this sacred service.

V 145 Understanding the Liturgy of the Mass

Liguori, 30 min. Adult

This video leads you step by step through the various parts of the Mass to help people have a better understanding of each part of the Liturgy--its background, value and meaning. It also helps people become more aware of their role in the Liturgy--and how they can make Mass a more positive, faith-affirming experience.

V 146 Way of the Cross, The

Treehaus Communications, 27 min., Adult

A reflective meditation on the Stations. Suitable for use during Lent.

V 147 We Are One Flock

Catholic Communication Campaign, 15 min. Adult

This video highlights the Pastoral Statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops on Handicapped People, and focuses on the full participation of people with disabilities in the Church community. A video that is also close-captioned.

V 148 Welcome the Stranger

Family Films, 20 min., All ages

This Christmas story shares the Good News that we’re all welcome at the manger. You journey with two homeless children on their way to meet the newborn Savior. An old shepherd guides them to the manger, where they sing songs of welcome to the newborn "Stranger." Here, they find they’re no longer homeless; the old shepherd welcomes them into the family of God. Based on the carol, "What Child Is This?"

V 149 Welcome to the Christian Community

Twenty-Third Pub., 15 min. Adult

This program describes and explains the contemporary rite of baptism using language and symbols accessible to all. It will help parents, godparents, friends, and relatives to appreciate the depth of the baptismal ritual, as it stimulates confidence in their ability to impart Christian values to the new baptized.

V 150 What Happens Now

Ikonographics, Adult

A four-part videotape series on unwanted teenage pregnancy, giving birth and adoption.

Dramatizes the experiences of three families suddenly dealing with the reality of teen pregnancy. Follows a teenage girl through pregnancy and giving birth. Explore the difficulty of making the decision to place a baby up for adoption. Looks at adoption as a way of providing a stable, loving home for a child born to inexperienced, unmarried teenage parents.

V 151 What is the Love of God Like

Tabor Publishing, 30 min. Adult

Father Shea’s six stories make God’s love accessible to contemporary Christians.

V 152 Why Be A Catechist

Iknonographics, 15 min. Adult

This video is designed to help you recruit and motivate catechists for your parish program.

V 153 Widow’s Mite, The

Franciscan Communications, 26 min. Adult

The true experience of a young missionary in Hong Kong, who learns from an elderly convert the real meaning of evangelization. This videotape forms the basis for a practical discussion of the call to mission that is the vocation of every baptized person.

V 154 Aids Alert for Youth

Sunburst, 13 min., JH

Young people have been hearing a lot about AIDS lately, and also asking a lot of questions. Unfortunately, much of the information they are getting is difficult to understand and sometimes misleading. Using a question-and-answer format and anxiety-reducing cartoons, program not only provides students with medically correct facts about AIDS in language they can understand, but gives them the information they need to make good decisions and develop the good health habits that will prevent them from ever contracting AIDS.

V 155 Alcohol Addiction

Films for the Humanities, 28 min., JH- Adult

The program explores the nature of addiction by focusing on alcoholism studies at the Rutgers University Alcohol Research Lab, where experiments with rats show how alcohol consumption affects brain activity. Alcoholics Anonymous has demonstrated that group support can wean the drunkard from the bottle, but this does not provide a cure. Arresting the condition requires total abstinence--a realization share by Phoenix House, a drug abuse center. The conclusion is that addiction is a biochemical disease still best treated by behavioral means.

V 156 Almost Home - Living with Suffering and Dying

Liguori, 30 min., Adult

In this video, Sr. Thea Bowman, a nationally known black Catholic sister, will share her personal experiences of living with the sufferings and uncertainties of a terminal illness.

V 157 Becoming a Confirmation Sponsor

Paulist Press, 40 min., JH - Adult

This tape consists of three parts -- a dramatic enactment of a sponsor-candidate relationship --an inspiring presentation on the meaning of Confirmation and the role of the sponsor --Interviews with sponsors as they relate their frustrations and joys.

V 158 The Bet

Insights, 27 min., JH - Adult

Often in life, it takes a tragic event to make one realize who his true friends are, whether they be rich or poor, black or white, homeless or live in luxury. Survival on the streets is a way of life for thousands in every city. Understanding, concern, compassion are needed for them as well as for each of us. Discovering lessons such as this is part of maturing and becoming an adult.

V 159 The Bible--What’s It All About

TeleKETICS, 180 min., JH

Jim Auer, enthusiastic junior high teacher, and a small group of students delve into how the Bible came to be, its oral and written traditions and literary forms.

V 160 Called to Be Church

St. Anthony Messenger Press, 28 min., Adult

Produced by the Archdiocese of Detroit, this video program shows how various parishes have been changed by the Called to Be Church process. Program testimonials from priests and lay people involved in restructuring their parishes into Small Basic Christian Communities.

V 161 Catechesis-Echoing the Word, Rev. Jim Dunning

Adult

Presentation by Fr. Jim Dunning on catechesis and the RCIA Vision presented. Would be excellent for all involved in religious education and RCIA.

V 162 Choice, The

Franciscan Communications, 19 min., JH - Adult

Moving and authentic in its approach to teenage concerns. This video is an ideal film for Confirmation preparation and youth ministry programs.

V 163 Come Together: An Adult Catechesis on the Eucharist

Tabor, 6 - 6 min. segments, Adult

Six dramatic episodes by Kate Dooley, O.P., and Maureen Gallagher make the connection between our life experience and liturgical celebration, renewing appreciation of the Eucharist.

Through the vision and leadership of the St. Meinrad Alumni Association this six-part series video was developed. This series uses the medium of television to assist pastoral ministers.

Sunburst, 35 min., JH - Adult

Good communication is knowing how to use person-to-person talk to make ideas and feelings clear and to avoid misunderstandings. Program shows students that effective communication helps them build and maintain successful relationships with friends, family and authority figures. Teaches the how-to’s and techniques for good communication, offers solid help and practice in this vital person-to-person skill.

V 166 Confirming the Faith of Adolescents

Tabor (2 videos), 6 30 min. segments, Adult

Sister Kieran helps participants make the connection between the sacrament of Confirmation and living the gift of faith.

V 167 Deadline

Insight, 27 min., J.H. - A

Love of life is innate in all of us. A deterioration of this love is brought about by external forces and succumbing to these forces is a weakness in all of us. To counteract this weakness, it is important to build up within us a strong will and determination to overcome these forces of evil, no matter what the cost. Then, and only then, will be able to live and love life to the fullest.

V 168 Eucharist (Holy Communion)

TeleKETICS, 9 min.,

This film is a beautiful experience which brings all the life-giving elements of our daily lives into the celebration of the Eucharist liturgy. Faith is illustrated as not only a belief in the presence of Christ in the symbols of the liturgy but also an inner realization of Christ presence in every aspect of human life.

V 169 Eucharist Parable, A J.H. - A

Franciscan Communications, 24 min., JH - Adult

This is a moving story of Eucharist as a tale of love and forgiveness. This video portrays how even our deepest failings can be forgiven and how we possess the healing power to forgive others. An excellent resource for sacramental preparation courses, youth groups, family life programs, parent meetings and reconciliation services

V 170 Faith: The Search for God Adult

Tabor, 5 30-min. segments, Adult

Fr. John Powell guides us how to listen, as well as how to speak to God. He suggests ways to deepen faith, by getting in touch with our prejudices, by keeping scripture close to heart, by coming fully above and going beyond ourselves.

V 170.1 Tape 1: The God Connection

A Comfort and Challenge

God’s Gift

V 170.2 Tape 2: A New Vision

A Prelude to Prayer

V 171 Families in Crisis

Don Bosco, 28 min., JH - A

All family members are involved when crisis arise. This presentation tells how one family worked together to overcome difficulties which threatened the stability of their existence as a family unit.

V 172 Family Limits

Don Bosco, 28 min., I - Adult

Once rules have been established within the family, every rupture causes a tension which raises the level of stressful living. Rules must be established for a common good; limits must be set for peaceful coexistence.

V 173 Family Spirituality

Twenty-Third Publications, 30 min. Adult

Dr. Kathleen Chesto, a nationally known speaker and workshop presenter, inspires her audience with her thoughts and ideas on building a healthy faith life within the family. She emphasizes how the commitment we make to a family lifestyle is an important as any "calling" that others may choose.

V 174 Four Gospels, The Adult

Richard Rohr, 5 hrs. 50 min., Adult

Preaching is one thing. Teaching is another. Father Rohr does both extremely well. He goes through each of the gospels and picks out the main themes recognized by contemporary scholarship. He explains the theme in simple terms, then preaches about it. Rohr really preaches on two levels. He addresses individual concerns, duties and possibilities, but he also addresses the larger picture of cultural and ecclesial postures, emphases and values. Ideal for discussion groups, short retreats, staff renewal and personal inspiration.

V 175 From the House of Far to the House of Love

Paulist Press, 53 min., Adult

In this talk Father Nouwen presents his insights into social justice ministry and Christian commitment and calls us to move out of the house of fear into the house of love by leaving the static places in our lives where all is secure.

V 176 First Eucharist

Sadlier, 1 hour, GS - Adult

This video can be used by Catechists, Families, and First Eucharist Children. The sequence of this video follows the outline of the child’s text. It contains suggestions to catechists and families as to how to use the child’s text with the First Eucharist children. Live presentations of The Last Supper and the Widow’s Mite Scripture stories.

V 177 First Reconciliation GS - A

Sadlier, l hour, GS - Adult

This video can be used by Catechists, Families and First Reconciliation children. The sequence follows the outline of the child’s text. Live presentations of The Child Jesus Lost in the Temple, The Lost or Prodigal Son and Jesus and the Children Scripture Stories.

V 178 Genesis II

Intermedia (3 videos), 6 two-hr. sessions, H.S. - A

The major goals of this program are to help either adult or high-school participants realize that spiritual growth is a journey or pilgrimage, evaluate their relationships with other people, examine the role of prayer in their lives, get in touch with their self-image and self-ideal, and achieve spiritual maturity.

V 179 Gifts of Promise

NCEA, 30 min., H.S. - A

This video is intended to introduce parents, students and teachers to the parent-Student Evaluation Process. This process seeks to enable the student to assume greater responsibility for his/her own learning.

V 180 Giving Tree, The

Churchill Films, 10 min., All ages

Unselfishly, a tree offers itself to a boy for climbing, shade and pleasure. As he grows older, the boy wants different things from the tree. Old age brings their relationship full circle.

V 181 Healing Our Hurts

Tabor, 30 min. Adult

Doris Donnelly uses dramatic vignettes to demonstrate how we can learn to put forgiveness into practice.

Franciscan Communications, 21 min., JH - Adult

This video is a touching story of Mary, a widow, in a boring, sterile retirement home, who mails letters to herself, "shoplifts" to gain attention, and visits her husband’s grace for company. She is befriended by Helen, a sympathetic customer relations representative in a department store. Their relationship develops, which eases the frustration of loneliness for the older woman and teaching the younger one much about older people.

V 183 His Name is John

Paulist Press, 55 min., Adult

John XXIII proclaimed a new vision for the world and for the church in his short pontificate twenty-five years ago.

Treehaus Communications, Inc., 34 min.

This video provides a demonstration of a celebration of the Word with Children, supported by a wealth of information on the main components of a celebration, their significance, and the importance of adapting the readings in language children understand. This video not only informs, it communicates the spirit of celebrating the Word with children.

V 185 How to Center Your Life

Tabor, 4 - 30 min. segments, Adult

A penetrating look at prayer and its place in the human heart.

V 186 Learning About Sex Series

Family Films, (2 videos), 7 min.

V 186.1 Why Boys and Girls Are Different 3 to 5 yrs.

"Jimmy is different than me. WHY?" When your three-year-old sits down at the breakfast table and asks a question like this, are you ready to answer honestly, sensitively, and from a Christian point-of-view? This video gives you the help you need. It opens the door to discussion with your preschooler, providing the proper amount of information for this special level of development.

V 186.2 How You Are Changing 8 - 11 yrs.

This video is for ages 8 to 11 and parents. It gives children vital support and encouragement, as well as the accurate, up-to-date information they need. As you watch this video together, it opens a channel of communication with your child that will become even more important as he or she enters the teen years.

V 187 Liking Me: Building Self-Esteem

Sunburst, 27 min., JH

Examines the concept of self-esteem and its importance in school performance, in resisting peer pressure, and in coping with life.

V 188 Living with Trouble: Crisis in the Family H.S.

Sunburst 38 min.

Dramatizes the stories of three teenagers who cope with the task of carrying on their lives despite trouble in their families. Helps young people in similar situations understand the dynamics underlying family crisis. Explains a "process" troubled teens can make use of to survive the stress of a family in crisis.

V 189 Loyal Opposition

Insight, 27 min., JH - A

Popularity and approval by peers is the only thing that matters to some. Furthermore, there is no limit to the steps taken to win these goals. Principles stand for naught when they get in the way of gaining the recognition and support of others. The big question to be answered here is not how popular but how honest am I.

V 190 Me Power: Building Self-Confidence

Sunburst, 38 min., I - HS

Explores the powerful influence of self-confidence--or the lack of it--on the individual’s ability to cope with every aspect of living. Defines self-confidence as a state of mind that gives its possessors a special kind of power --"Me Power." Traces the development of self-confidence. Outlines four specific steps teens can take to build self-confidence.

V 191 Merton, Thomas: A Film Biography

Palisades Institute, 57 min., Adult

As the first comprehensive study of Thomas Merton--writer, religious philosopher and Trappist monk this program includes excerpts from his books and essays, and footage of his address at the Red Cross Camp outside of Bangkok just before his death.

V 192 Superbook - Volume 13

Tyndale House Publishers, 40 min., GS

This video has two segments entitled:

The Best News Yet - From Jesus’ last days with his disciples and His travail in the Garden of Gethsemane to his Crucifixion and glorious resurrection.

The Might Convert - See how Paul, who terrorized Christians more than any other, is called by God to be one of the greatest apostles of the New Testament.

V 193 Mission for Today

Fr. Robert Hunt, 2 hrs ea., Adult

V 194 Quiet Reflections

Oblate Media, 1 hr., Adult

The first video from musical writer and performer, John Michael Talbot is a magnificent combination of song, scripture and breathtaking natural wonders. The program was shot on location at his Little Portion Community in Arkansas.

V 195 Papa, Please Love Me!

Shepherd Ministries, Approx 25 min. ea., J.H. - A

The demands of fast-paced, high pressure-society has increased conflict in even the most stable families. Communication is a lost art. Understanding seems impossible. In this four-part video series Dawson McAllister, with his humorous and hard-hitting style draws his youthful audience into a unique learning experience. In these dynamic "talks with youth," he helps students and their fathers heal and restore the special relationship God intended for them.

Part 4: Forgiving a Father Who Hurt You

V 196 Parish Pastoral Councils

ACTA Publications, 1 - 120 min. videos, Adult

For parish pastoral council to function effectively and efficiently, certain fundamentals need to be agreed upon by all members.

This video offers two principles for the effective organization of parish pastoral councils.

Session 2: Understanding of Church and Meaning of Parish Analyzes the Church as community of believers in light of two significant ideas: shared responsibility and subsidiarity. Given this understanding of Church, the session clarifies the meaning of a parish.

V 196.2 Session 2: Purpose and Functions of Parish Pastoral Councils

Lays the theoretical basis for parish pastoral councils in theology and church law. Session 4: Skills for a Collaborative Model of Decision-Making - Focuses on the skills needed to actually operate a parish pastoral council.

V 197 Priest in Collaboration with Parish Life Coordinators

Sheed & Ward, 60 min. Adult

The four sections of this video explore issues of concern to priests working with Parish Life Coordinators. Featuring John McRaith and Msgr. Andrew Cusack.

V 198 Right Here, Right Now

TeleKETICS, 15 min., J.H. - A

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, a Christ figure, he is a simple janitor whose cheerful love, concern and openness bring an awakening of hope and the beginning of self-acceptance.

V 199 Romero

Vidmark, 105 min., HS - Adult

Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his country.

V 200 Safe Harbor

Paulist Productions, 27 min., J.H. - A

To really live you must say yes to life, embracing both the present and the future. The alternative is spiritual death.

V 201 Satanism, Witchcraft, The Occult

Brown Pub./Roa Media, 30 min. ea., JH

This dynamic two-part video program explores the phenomena of occultic practices in the Western World. Some of the topics addressed are: Occult Games (Ouija Board, Dungeons and Dragons); Fortune Telling (Tarot Cards, Palm Reading, Metaphysical Mediums); Seances; Heavy Metal Music.

V 202.1 Session 1 - Images of God - Dr. Jean Bohr

Session 2 - The Liturgical Year - Fr. Timothy Prasecki

Session 3 - Liberation Theology - Sr. Ann Freiburg, OSF

Tape B

V 202.2 Session 4 - Human Heart of Jesus - Ms. Joan Lopina

Session 5 - Divinity of Christ - Mr. Frank Giangiego

Session 6 - Paschal Mystery Spirituality - Sr. Lorraine Crawford, IBVM

Tape C

V 202.3 Session 7 - Introduction to Scripture - Sr. Kathleen Budesky

Session 8 - Exodus: Our Story - Rev. Paul Hottinger

Session 9 - Why Suffering - Ms. Rosemary Blueher

Tape D

V 203 Seven Circles of Prayer, The

Teleketics, 32 min., Adult

Here is an inspiring combination of photography, dramatic vignettes and commentary...all to help the viewer meet God in prayer. Prayer is shown to be a very personal interior experience and yet, as not escape from the world. Prayer urges us to reach out, to be aware of human suffering and of the hurts and desires to which we can bring a healing touch.

V 204 Sex and Society

Sunburst, 29 min., J.H.

Many pressures compete for the hearts, minds and dollars of teenagers in today’s society. The message being sent -- that image is the only part of personality that counts -- is in direct conflict with the model of effective, authentic adulthood that most of us want our children to aspire to. Acknowledging that the need to fit in is an important part of teens’ emotional development, program gives viewers insight into how their behavior may be manipulated. Helps them judge advertisements and "in" fads in an informed way and recognize that while "being cool" may be fun, self-respect ultimately depends on developing standards and values and being true to yourself.

V 205 Skateboard

TeleKETICS, 12 min., P - Adult

Sandy is an adventurous eight-year old with a brand new skateboard. Bored with coasting on easy hills, she rides down a very steep hill. Unable to stop, she loses control of the board and narrowly escapes a serious accident. Knowing that she has been recognized, Sandy runs and hides. Her parents discover her and they help her to realize that the people who love us make rules because they care and that having broken a rule she must face the consequences.

V 206 Song of Bernadette, A

CBS/Fox Video, 156 min., HS- Adult

A miraculous story of hope, courage and faith.

V 207 Star Child

Billy Budd, 30 min., All ages

The Star Child explores the themes of rejection, realization, repentance and reconciliation. Star Child, a story by Oscar Wilde, is a beautiful story in clay animation. Journey with the Star Child from Slavery to freedom as he discovers his true self through the process of conversion and atonement or AT-ONE-MENT.

V 208 Stories and Parables

Our Sunday Visitor, K - G.S.

Teaches that Jesus loves us even if we stray.

Teaches that God’s kingdom will grow and bear fruit despite obstacles.

Teaches that everyone is invited into the kingdom of God.

Teaches that we should not be greedy for material things since our heavenly Father has given us the Kingdom.

Teaches that all those who recognize their need for salvation will enter the kingdom of God.

V 209 Stray, The

Franciscan Communications, 15 min., P - A

A delightful story about 13 first-graders and their visit to a zoo. It is a happy event until child number 12, the troublesome "tiger" of the group, runs after an errant balloon and gets lost. The gruff and now weary bus driver suddenly finds new energy and searches with single minded concern for his problem child. A modern parable based on the story of the lost sheep.

V 210 Teen-Parent Conflict

Sunburst, 30 min., JH - Adult

Conflict between teens and their parents is almost inevitable, with control at the heart of the issue. Program helps teenagers understand the nature of the conflict and offers specific techniques for dealing with it. Examines the roles teens and parents both play in this conflict. Shows students that the more they act like adults, the more their parents will treat them as adults. Deals with the key issue of trust, teaches the skills of negotiation as a technique for resolving conflict.

V 211 Teens in Turmoil

Films for the Humanities, 26 min. HS

Growing up has never been easy, but in all respects it is becoming tougher. Because of new patterns of divorce and work, parental supervision is at a low just when the pressure on teens is highest--to make the grade in school, to be beautiful, sexually active, to drink, be athletic, be all-American. This program looks at what it’s like to be a teenager in America today, examining a high school crisis prevention program, peer counseling, and two approaches to handling teens--the notion of tough-love, which involves setting limits and clamping down on kids, and the concept of parent’s learning how to demonstrate and communicate their love to their children.

V 212 Through Grandpa’s Eyes

Franciscan Communications, 20 min., P-A

This video uncovers the many ways in which God’s creation and our own senses communicate. It is also an ideal resource for bringing children and adults to an awareness of the many fruitful relationships we can develop with persons who may seem "different" from us and of the rewards of intergenerational sharing.

V 213 Together for Life

Tabor, HS - A

This video is full of practical information that all newlyweds need. In segment one, the couple learns how to nourish and develop their relationship through affection and faithfulness. In segment two, they hear from other couples who’ve "been there," in a series of open and frank interviews. And in segment three, the couple sees a wedding that typifies various choices in ceremonial procedure.

V 214 Touch Life Gently-Spirituality of the 12 Steps of AA

Sheed & Ward 3 videos, 120 min. ea., Adult

This is a 12-part series of reflections on themes of forgiveness, self acceptance and reawakening the spirit based on the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.

V 215 Wake Up! Spirituality for Today

Tabor, 3 - 30 min. sessions, Adult

This program teaches participants how to drop the illusions that interfere with spiritual growth, and reveals the effects that demands and expectations have on love.

V 217 We Want to Get Married

Tabor, 30 min., HS - Adult

This video, while emphasizing the beautiful nature of marriage, also raises tough questions about the future. It also raises the often delicate and difficult questions of church attendance, personal faith, and the readiness of the couple.

V 218 When Things Get Tough

Sunburst Communications, 38 min., HS

The teen years can be full of upsets and disappointments--a relationship break up, an important goal seems out of reach, or life simply seems unfair. Teenagers often think the feelings of low self-worth and helplessness that such emotional crisis generate will last forever. This program helps students understand that feeling bad when something bad happens is normal, and that the crisis will pass. Teaches a four-step technique for coping with crisis.

V 219 Where Is the Church Going?

Tabor, 3 - 20-min. segments, Adult

The time has come to re-imagine the future of the Church. We are approaching the third millennium of the Church’s life and Christians are facing many new opportunities to proclaim the Good News. Father McBrien will challenge your faith community to grow as Church.

Where is Religious Education Going?

Where Are Vocations Going?

Where Are the Social Ministries Going?

V 220 Proud Tree, The

Liguori Publications, 25 min., GS

This inspiring video tells children the story of the Crucifixion from the viewpoint of Rex, the tree that became the cross Jesus carried to Calvary. Rex, proud and ungrateful, learns a lesson from the humble, gentle Jesus. Sadness and sympathy for the suffering Jesus mingle with the joy and exultation of the Resurrection as an old familiar story is told in a new and memorable way.

V 221 We Want Our Baby Baptized

Tabor, 30 min., Adult

Father Champlin describes the riches of birth and Baptism and sketches the responsibilities of those requesting the Church to baptize their new baby.

V 222 Challenging Young People to Think

Tabor, 3 - 20 min. segments, Adult

Father O’Malley provides an opportunity for Catholic schools and parishes to reexamine the difference between education that is endured and education that is valued by staff, students and parents.

Seg. 1: Getting a Diploma Without an Education

Seg. 2: Thinking Isn’t Just Having Ideas

Seg. 3: Searchers Nor Memorizers

V 223 Veleveteen Rabbit

Star Classics, 30 min., All ages

This video is Margery William’s classic story of how the magic of love changed a child’s favorite toy into a living, breathing, real-life bunny. Its magic has delighted children for generations and it is brought to life once again in this enchanting videocassette.

V 224 All/Nothing

Franciscan Comm., 12 min., JH - Adult

This animated video begins by depicting the days of creation. In the Garden, Adam and Eve desire to have the gifts of all the creatures around them. God in his goodness lets them understand what it is like to be fish, animal, bird, but nothing satisfies them. In anger, they desert God. They and their descendants plunder the earth, making weapons and exploiting the world’s resources only to adorn and satisfy themselves. Finally a child recognizes the cruelty around her and seeks to restore harmony to the earth. This is an excellent video for teaching youth about creation and for reflection and discussion on humanity’s relationship to the environment.

V 225 Christmas--Lost and Found (Davey & Goliath)

Our Sunday Visitor, 30 min., GS

Davey and Goliath show us that the spirit of Christmas lies in man’s accepting God’s gift of His son as a guide to personal living.

V 226 Happy Easter (Davey & Goliath)

Our Sunday Visitor, 30 min., GS

Davey and Goliath help us to know the concept of death and resurrection.

V 227 Halloween--Who Did It?

Our Sunday Visitor, 30 min., GS

Davey and Goliath have to make amends for their night of mischief.

V 228 Summer Camp to the Rescue

Our Sunday Visitor, 30 min., GS

Pastor Jack leads outdoor chapel and hymn sing but all the children complain about having to pitch in with chores. Then, while on a camping/canoe outing the group hears a small private plane crash in the woods. When they must go to rescue the crash victims they all learn the importance of working together and being prepared.

V 229 Sacrament of Reconciliation, The

Tabor, 3 30 min. seg., Adult

Participants deepen their appreciation of the sacramental celebration of repentance and forgiveness.

Segment 1: Sin and Guilt

Segment 2: Sacrament of Forgiveness and Growth

Segment 3: How To Go To Confession

V 230 Mary

Tabor, 10 - 20-min. segments, Adult

Marian theology has undergone profound renewal since Vatican II. Anthony Tambasco provides a summary of current Marian theology that will surely renew each participant’s appreciation of the unique role Mary has in the life and ministry of the Church in today’s world.

Segment titles:

V 231 Fifth Gospel, The

Tabor, 90 min., HS- Adult

With imagination and heart, the story of Jesus is retold in a contemporary setting by an accomplished actor and humorist.

V 232 What Is Catholicism?

Tabor, 9 - 30 - min. segments, Adult

Father McBrien deals with basic Catholic beliefs--how they developed and the impact of Vatican II. This program is for everyone--old Catholics, new Catholics, and "soon-to-be" Catholics.

Seg. 3 Catholicism and the Human Person

V 233 Sex Respect

Respect, Inc., 12 min., Adult

This video is a federally-approved program advocating abstinence as a solution to the problems of teenage sexuality, The Sex Respect video features the author in a convincing presentation of the program and its merits. This video is useful for parents, teachers, administrators and school boards, while introducing the Sex Respect curriculum.

V 234 Your Baby’s Baptism

Liguori, Adult

This video presents current Baptismal practices and theology. Parents will find new insights into the meaning of Baptism for themselves and the Church community as they watch Fr. Joe Kempf help several couples understand the significance, the symbols and the celebration of the sacrament.

V 235 Parish Council and Pastoral Leadership

Tabor, 5- 20-min. segments, Adult

Gordon offers a renewed understanding of the parish’s call to ministry, which draws upon the gifts and talents of all parish members. Participants examine practical methods for forming or improving a parish council that ministers with a full sense of Church, empowered with the ever guiding presence of the Spirit. The resulting growth in leadership will express itself in effective parish ministry--ministry formed by planning and spirituality.

Segment titles:

..Vision: What Does It Mean to Be Church?

..Mission Statement: Who Is the Church?

..The Initial Elements of Planning

..The Specific Elements of Planning

..Sustaining the Vision: What is the Spirituality of the Parish Council?

Tabor, 3- 20-min. segments

Sr. Marlene Halpin provides a solid background for catechists, parents, and other parish ministers to help themselves and other integrate prayer into their lives. Segment titles:

..Exploring Your Own Prayer Life

..Praying Together

..Planning New Ways to Pray Together

V 237 Called to Be Church: Celebrating Our Past, Creating Our Future

NCDVD - Rev. Michael Himes, Adult

V 238 Time Travel Through the Bible

Envoy Productions, 48 min.JH-HS

Jonahan Frakes hosts and adds special appeal to teens and young adults. As the "time traveler" he brings the Old Testament to life as ancient mysteries are explored and priceless archeological treasures are revealed.

V 239 Anxious Hearts

Tabor, 3 - 15-min. segments, HS

This video speaks to the real world of young people about the longing of young people to be loved and to love.

V 240 Love’s Awakening

Awakening Heart Productions, 30 min., HS - Adult

This video is a lyrical and visual masterpiece created to celebrate the beauty and joy of life. Orchestrated through nature, the film transcends the experiences of the senses to embrace the spirit within us. Through the harmony of visual splendor and song, the gentle message of "Love’s Awakening" confirms the communion of the heart and soul. This is an inspirational journey presented through the Spirit for the enjoyment of all who yield to love.

V 241 To Us A Child Is Given

Sheed & Ward, 16 min., Adult

A video presentation to enrich pre-baptismal experience of expectant parents, especially those involved in small group pre-baptismal programs. This program encourages deeper questioning and understanding of the Sacrament of Baptism, helping parents of a newborn child answer more fully the question at Baptism: "What do you ask of God’s Church for this child?"

V 242 Faith Development in Early Childhood

Sheed & Ward (6 videos), 60 min. ea., Adult

Major presentations from the National Symposium on Faith Development in Early Childhood exploring faith development in those first crucial years of life.

V 242.1 Strength for the Journey: Early Childhood Development in Selfhood and Faith - Dr. James Fowler

V 242.2 Attitude Education in Preschool Faith Development - Dr. Lucie Barber

V 242.3 The Transmission of Faith to Young Black Children - Dr. Janice Hale-Benson

V 242.4 The Roots of Faith: The Crucial Role of Infant Care-Giver - Dr. Alice Honig

V 242.5 The Public Church as Ecology for Faith Education and Advocate for Children - Dr. James Fowler

V 242.6 A Faltering Trust - Dr. Bettye Caldwell

V 243 Building a Foundation for the Future

NCEA, Adult

A positive video on Catholic elementary and secondary schools you would be able to show parents, board and community meetings.

V 244 Renew: Teacher Training for Small-Group Leaders

Paulist Press, 28 min., Adult

An excellent tool for training small group leaders in the RENEW program.

V 245 Ministries Day 1990 - For God’s Glory: Evangelization and the Parish

Fr. Robert Hater, 1 hr. 15 min., Adult

Evangelization as ‘Sharing Faith’ with special reference to the Kingdom of God. Implications for family, work and parish will be considered.

V 246 Ministries Day 1990 - Are We a Welcoming Church

Sr. Rita Baum, 1 hr. 15 min. Adult

The issue of hospitality in the Church is vital to the topics of evangelization and fidelity to the oldest and most authentic traditions of our faith.

V 247 Children’s Liturgies - 1989

Elizabeth Jeep, 1 hr. 50 min., Adult

Catholic Worship is a treasure of immense value. Catholic Worship is an activity that defines us and sustains us and draws us together as people. It is essential that our children take their place, their rightful place in this worship. How can we celebrate so that "full and active participation" becomes possible for them?

V 248 Called to Vowed Life: Witness of Hope

NCDVD - Sr. Clare Fitzgerald, S.S.N.D., JH - Adult

V 249 Will Our Children Have Faith?

Tabor, 3 - 30 min. segments, Adult

Parents are affirmed in their abilities to pass on the faith to their children. Segment titles: Baptism, Remembering Who We Are, Made Not Born: Life in the Church, Pilgrimate: Living Into Our Baptism.

V 250 Call to Serve: Creating A Successful Volunteer Program

Argus, 4 - 20-min. segments, Adult

Seg. 1: Recruiting - Everyone has a right and a responsibility to serve.

Seg. 2: Training - The last thing I’m doing in a training program is making people comfortable.

Seg. 3: Supporting - The main thing I want to stress about support is to keep it genuine.

Seg. 4: Evaluating - Evaluating is probably the most forgotten element in volunteerism.

Bill Huebsch - Diocese of New Ulm, 6 segments: 7-13 min.), Adult

V 252 And God Said What?

American Video Cassette Educ., 60 min., HS - Adult

In this video people present questions as to how the Bible was written and what it means. Margaret Ralph will respond to these questions with an easy-to-understand and thought-provoking explanation of literary forms, revelation and inspiration. Her educated responses are illustrated by dramatic sequences to help the viewer understand the process by which the Bible was written.

V 253 The Catechumenate for Children

Tabor, 15 min. ea. segment, Adult

This video is a resource for RCIA teams, pastors, deacons, catechists, families, and all who minister with children who have reached catechetical age and are seeking initiation into the Church community.

V 254 Getting to Know Jesus

Tabor, 10 min. ea. segment, Adult

This video enables children to feel they are walking with Jesus and taking part in the action and drama of His life.

Seg. 1. Mary Says Yes

Seg. 2. Shepherds Visit a King

Seg. 3. The Star that Leads to a King

Seg. 4. Jesus Learns about Love

Seg. 5. Jesus in His Father’s Love

Seg. 6. Those Who Follow Jesus

Seg. 7. Jesus Teaches about God’s Love

Seg. 8. Jesus’ Story about a Good Neighbor

Seg. 10. Jesus Loves the Little Children

V 255 Francis, The Knight of Assisi

Creative Communication Center, 30 min., GS

This is a remarkable true story of the founder of the Order of the Minor Friars, and inspirator of three Franciscan orders.

V 256 Satanism: The Devil’s Playground

Videos with Values, 53 min., HS - Adult

This video cuts through the sensationalism which surrounds this topic in the commercial media and provides a basic understanding of cult activities.

V 257 Marketplace Prophets

USCC, 52 min., Adult

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s historical encyclical Rerum Novarum, this video presentation focuses on the Church’s continuing efforts to advance social justice in the marketplace. Includes a study guide for small group discussion. Ideal for parish-level and classroom discussions.

V 258 Cradled by the Hand of God

NCRLC, 30 min., Adult

This video produced by the National Catholic Rural Life Conference that assimilates the highlights, the critical thinking, and the cutting edge insights of the Theology of the Land Conferences that the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and the Virgil Michel Ecumenical Chair of Rural Ministries at St. John’s University have sponsored from 1985-1989. The tasks of these ongoing conferences are:

..to examine and define the current land ethic in our society;

..to look at the ethical framework necessary to create a sound theology of the land; and

..within the context of the first two tasks, to provide practical steps that begin a theology of the land.

V 259 Linkages: Your Role in the World’s Food Connections

Trade and Development Program , 17 min., Adult

The purpose of this video is to arouse interest in the subjects of trade, development, and U.S. agriculture and their linkages. After this program participants should be able to give examples of their personal stake in trade issues; describe ways, including policies, in which U.S. agriculture and Third World development are linked by trade.

V 260 Basic Course for Catechist Formation

Christian Media, 16 sessions, Adult

The diocese of Salt Lake City, in conjunction with Christian Media, has produced this series which not only deals with the methodology and content but help catechists develop in their faith and its expression in daily life.

V 261 Parenting: An Attitude of the Heart

Priority Publishing (4 videos), Approx. 20 min. ea., Adult

This video will focus on how to improve the emotional environment we provide for our children at home by improving out attitudes as parents.

What will the future hold for your child? You really can’t answer that question. However, by knowing how to love your child, you can prepare them for that future--whatever it may bring.

This video will help erase your doubts and eliminate the confusion about discipline and punishment.

We are going to focus on teaching our children values while they are still young enough to look to us for answers.

V 262 Celebrating the Church Year for Children

Paulist Press, approx. 15 min. ea., GS - I

At the first Pentecost, the apostles experienced the power of the Holy Spirit within--a spirit which sent them forth to proclaim the Good News. This video looks at liturgical practices and Christian family customs which convey that spirit.

A time of New Life offered to all through the power of the resurrected Jesus. As a community of believers, we celebrate this event with numerous meaningful liturgical signs and family customs. In this video the dynamism of Easter is communicated to children.

Catholics perform many special actions in Lent. We put ashes on our heads. We fast. We pray the Stations of the Cross. We dedicate ourselves to repentance and turning to New Life. But what do all these actions mean in the life of a child? This video conveys the meaning of lent in a manner children will appreciate.

Thomas Merton once said, "To Love Mary and to know her is to discover the true meaning of everything...in her Christ can be heard and the voice of God becomes an experience." This video helps children to know Mary and her importance in their lives. Marian celebrations and devotions are explained and made meaningful in the experience and language of children.

V 263 The Day the Sun Danced-True Story of Fatima

Creative Communication Center, 30 min., All ages

This is an inspiring true story of Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta, whose great faith and courage brought the message of Our Lady of Fatima to all the world.

V 264 The Holy Rosary

Catholic Communications, Adult

Fifteen decades of the Rosary with Visual Meditations and Holy Music to pray with. This tape was designed to help people of all ages and spiritual levels pray the Rosary of Our Blessed Mother.

V 265 Catechetical Process Special

Adult

V 266 Caring for Ourselves Adult

Hazelden, 50 min., Adult

If you find yourself putting aside your own needs ignoring your strengths, or depressed by low self-esteem, Melody Beattie offers realistic suggestions for learning how to affirm and nurture yourself. Finding a balance between caring for others and caring for yourself is the key to healthy relationships. In this video, Melody and others discuss how you can improve your life by offering yourself the same compassion you willingly give others. Their stories encourage you to accept and respect yourself--to nurture your strengths so you can better care for others.

Kevin and Jessica adjust to living in two different places. They learn to take on new responsibilities and adapt to two different sets of rules. They wish their parents would not put each other down. Ann’s father lives at a distance. When she goes to visit him there is usually a time of awkwardness for them. After they re-establish a comfortable level of communication, they must go through the pain of saying good-bye all over again. Returning to her mother, Ann realizes that she can have a good relationship with both her parents.

V 268 The American Family: It’s Not Dying, It’s Changing Adult

Argus, 3 30 min. segments, Adult

Delores Curran deals with myths in family life, communication problems and values. Small group discussion on marriage, value systems and functions in the family are encouraged.

Segment1 - The Myth of the Dying Family

Segment 2 - Changing Functions of the Family

Segment 3 - Changing Value Systems in the Family

V 269 Traits of a Healthy Family

Harper, Adult

Delores Curran informs and entertains as she reports on her research into the traits of a healthy family. Her hopeful message is that parents who know what their strengths are can then learn to build on those strengths.

V 270 Stress and the Healthy Family

Harper, Adult

Drawing on original research, Curran shows how healthy families effectively deal with the four major areas of family stress--money, time, children, and the couple relationship.

V 271 Man Who Planted Trees

Direct Cinema Limited, 30 min., All ages

A parable for all ages in which one man’s indomitable spirit transforms a desolate land into a thriving garden.

V 272 Family Night (Demo/Explanation)

Abbey Press, All ages

Three families allow a "birds-eye" view as they gather to spend a family night together. The tape demonstrates how families can easily use or adapt the Family Night sessions, which include prayers and activities for different age groups, situations. Books available from Abbey Press.

National Pastoral Life Center Church 1985 90 min.

V 274 AIDS: The Heart of the Matter

Don Bosco, 28 min., HS - Adult

This video on AIDS care shows a Christian approach to understanding and caring for AIDS patients. The video is a basic resource for those interested in addressing this problem.

V 275 Overcoming Barriers for Spiritual Growth

Tabor Publishing, 4 - 30 min. segments, Adult

The purpose of this program is to help us overcome barriers that block spiritual growth. With humor and good sense, Dolores Curran brings the subject of spiritual growth into the tensions and demands of modern daily life. She gives practical guidelines for dealing with negativity, depression, perfectionism, and anger. These guidelines invite us to move forward on our spiritual journey by being authentic with God and one another.

V 276 Healing the Same that Binds You

John Bradshaw, 1 hr., Adult

A light but serious look at toxic shame. Mr. Bradshaw explains the source of shame, how it can consume and destroy a person’s life. He describes in detail the symptoms and signs of a shamed based person.

V 277 Coping with your Parent’s Divorce: A Broken Home

12 min.

Alice is tired of hearing her parents argue, especially when the arguments focus on how to raise her. She wonders if she would behave better, would her parents get along better. No matter what she does things don’t seem to improve. She begins to lose her friends. After the divorce, a friend reaches out to her and things settle down both at home and at school. A school counselor also helps her understand the situation.

10 min.

Ramona has become used to living with her Dad. Then he starts to date someone regularly. Ramona feels slighted and resents Donna. When Dad decides to remarry, Ramona threatens to go back to her mother. After talking with her mother, Ramona decides to stay with her Dad and Donna. Susan lives with her mother. Both of them are upset when her father announces his remarriage. Susan likes her step-mother but feels disloyal to her mother. She realizes that there are different ways to like or love people.

V 279 Family Problems: Dealing with Problems (filmstrip on video)

Walt Disney Educational Media Company, 9 min., GS

After the Divorce

The narrator identifies the questions and fears that children experience when their parents divorce. He suggests how they can get help to deal with the anger, hurt and guilt they feel. Children see how they can adjust to the divorce and then how they might have to deal with parents’ dating or remarriage and becoming a step family.

When Parents Separate

Children try to understand the meaning of divorce. The narrator explains the divorcing process and how it can affect parents and children. Children express how they feel in words and drawings. They learn it takes time adjusting to the changes in their lives.

V 280 Natural Family Planning: A Special Message

Liguori Publications, 10 min., Adult

An introduction to the basic facts and concepts of natural family planning for those seeking a natural method of achieving or avoiding pregnancy. This video does not teach NFP, but gives an overview of the two most popular methods, the Billings Ovulation Method and the Basal Body Temperature method. It can be used with engaged or married couples or in a high school class.

V 281 Adult Leadership In-Service Sessions

2 45-min segments, Adult

Sr. Kieran discusses with adults their roles in helping youth make sound moral choices in a sexual confused world. The two segments are entitled, "It’s My Decision: and "Moral Confusion."

6 20 min. segments, JH - HS

Sr. Kieran interacts with young people and discusses with them some of the many choices connected with dating and sexuality. She balances frank, open discussion with clear information on Catholic teaching.

..L.I.F.E. Choices--Love, Infatuation, Friendship and Exploitation

..Dating and Moral Ideal

..Contraception and Catholic Youth

..Abortion: Morality vs Legality

..Homosexuality

..Choose Love

V 282 Coping with Your Parent’s Divorce

Learning Tree Filmstrips (FS on video), 12 min., JH

Danny and his little sister feel pulled between their parents as the court date approaches for the custody hearing. Do their parents really love them? Why are the rules changing? Can they do anything they want without being scolded or punished? Danny finds support and understanding through a friend and a school counselor.

V 283 Family Times

Wisconsin Clearinghouse, 47 min., All ages

This video is meant for total family involvement. It is a program designed to build and maintain strong family life. Activities center around the strengths of communication; decision- making; caring and affirmation; community and family ties; and pride and loyalty. Activities are coded by age group. Workbook accompanies video.

V 284 Heart to Heart Series

Franciscan Communications, approx. 10 min. ea., GS

This series depicts stories written by Doris Sandford and illustrated by Graci Evans. Book and video accompanied by discussion guide.

V 285 Trouble At Home: Learning to Cope

Sunburst Communications, 11 min., JH - HS

Facing the Problem - Tim is trying to adjust to the loss and change from his parent’s separation. Amanda’s grandmother who has Alzheimer’s disease come to live with them. Viewers are encouraged to accept "negative" feelings and discover new ways to improve their situation.

V 286 The Gift of Love for Life

Clarescent Communications, 29 min., Adult

Couples who practice Natural Family Planning talk candidly about their experiences with this approach to child-bearing. They discover deeper levels of communication, a stronger spiritual intimacy and a greater appreciation of their love for each other. A general introduction for teachers, parish leaders, married or engaged couples.

V 287 Love and Fertility

Family of the Americas Foundation, Adult

Instruction in the Billings Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning through the use of animation. The video is accompanied by a book and a charting kit.

V 288 Intimacy: The Loving Connection

Franciscan Communications, approx. 50 min. ea., Adult

V 290 Baby’s Baptism: Sacrament

Franciscan Communications, 40 min. ea., Adult

Focuses on belonging to the community of faith. It includes an easy-to-follow history of the sacrament.

Explores the symbols of Baptism and beautifully depicts an infant Baptism by immersion.

Focuses on the concerns and questions of Christian parents. It is an excellent follow-up after Baptism has been celebrated.

V 291 Living Proof (Pope Paul VI Institute)

30 min., Adult

A visual encounter with the unborn.

V 292 Gods of Metal

Maryknoll World Video Library , 28 min.,Adult

The arms race is analyzed from a Christian perspective as the major moral issue facing the global community today. The film documents the economic effects of the arms race on the poor both in the U.S. and overseas. It further explores what people are doing to halt the arms buildup and help create a non-violent world of peace and understanding.

V 293 Hunger and Land at Home and Overseas

Maryknoll World Video Library, Adult

A program examining agriculture both in the U.S. and abroad. Family farms in the Third World and here at home are being acquired and run by expanding agribusiness corporations. This program shows why farmers in different parts of our world are struggling with a common problem. Includes a panel discussion and video clips.

V 294 In Our Name

Catholic Relief Services, 11 min., Adult

This video introduces Catholic Relief Services and its many projects around the world, including disaster relief and development assistance.

V 295 Jimmy and the White Lie

Concordia,25 min., Ages 3-9

When Jimmy tells a lie about breaking Mr. Crankshaw’s window, the lie jumps right out of his mouth and threatens to turn him in. Jimmy tries to hide the lie, but it just keeps getting bigger! Finally he gives in and asks God’s forgiveness. He finds that telling the truth makes the "white lie monster" disappear.

V 296 Inclusive Language (Sr. Cheryl Clemons)

Adult

A presentation on inclusive language explaining its relevance and importance as language gives form to the way we think about our world and each other.

V 297 A Catholic Community Experience in Aging

Third Age Center/1988, Adult

V 298 NonViolence (March 20, 1987)

Sr. Rosmary Radar, 52 min.

Lecture format discussing the reasons for using inclusive language and the scriptural basis for feminine images of God.

V 300 Making the Dream Come True

Project Equality, Inc., 20 min., Adult

This video looks at the issues of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action and how Project Equality assists religious and other non-profit organizations to address these issues.

V 301 It’s Never Been This Way Before/Parish & Service

Third Age Center, Adult

V 302 Wrath of Grapes

United Farm Workers of America, 15 min., Adult

V 303 Gift of Blackness

Adult

V 304 Ministers in Dialogue/Option for the Poor

Catholic Pastoral Center/Owensboro/2/4/89, Adult

Global Horizons, Adult

Excellent resource for use in training sessions on the pastoral circle--a method developed for educating and organizing on justice issues. Divided in six segments.

V 306 Voices for Development

CRS, Adult

This video introduces viewers to the international development process and its strong foundation in Catholic Social Teaching. In this video we hear people from around the world define their perspectives on development and call on us as U.S. American Catholics to support development efforts. This video demonstrates the strong links between faith and social justice. It highlights how our faith tradition calls on us to work in partnership with the people in developing countries as they strive to achieve a life of full human dignity.

V 307 Situation Zero

Catholic Relief Services, 31 min., Adult

A 31 minute adaption of a 60 minute documentary created by Situation Zero Partners, for use with Refugees: A Call to Compassion and Solidarity.

V 308 For Justice

Campaign for Human Development, 30 min., Adult

This video gives some concrete examples of people who are being adversely affected by the economy and who are working together to find solutions to their problems.

V 309 Gentle Angry People

Catholic Charities USA, 30 min., Adult

Examines issues of low-income people and the frustrations they face as well as the ways they have struggled to make it for themselves and their families.

V 310 The Secret Government (and other programs)

Adult

An excellent Bill Moyers special on U.S. covert activities conducted in past decades up to the recent Iran-Contra affair. Raises the concern of the people’s ability to truly govern.

V 311 From Land to Mouth

2nd Annual Diocesan Rural Life Day approx. 75 min., Adult

This video includes the two main speakers from the 1990 Rural Life Day examining our nation’s food system. Mr. John Garland speaks about the workings of that system and the dangers of concentration of ownership. Bishop McRaith speaks about the spiritual aspects of being stewards of God’s creation.

Operation Rice Bowl (Catholic Relief Services) 2 videos, Adult

This video explains and demonstrates the purpose and operation of Catholic Relief Service Rice Bowl collection. It is intended not only as an introduction to Rice Bowl, but also as a resource with new ideas for enhancing existing programs.

V 313 Dear Children

Liguori, 30 min., Adult

The stories of people who have experienced post-abortion syndrome. Also includes commentary by a clinical psychologist discussing the healing process, insights into grief, denial, guilt and reconciliation with God and self.

V 314 The Challenge of Peacemaking

Paulist Press, 51 min., Adult

Through a lecture format, Fr. Hehir demonstrates that from "the Sermon on the Mount to John Paul II, the Catholic Church has the longest continuous history of teaching on the morality of war and peace. He addresses the context, content and contribution of the U.S. Bishops’ Pastoral Letter, "The Challenge of Peace."

V 315 Bring down the Walls

USCC, 14 min., Adult

An excellent overview of the Church’s Social Teaching in honor of 100 years since the issuing of the first social document by Pope Leo XIII. Good for parish councils, high school religious classes and other adult education groups.

V 316 The Following of Jesus

Center for Educational Design & Comm., 60 min., Adult

Peter Henriot describes the call to deepen our faith, and the call to engage in the world around us to bring about justice, are in reality a single call, the call to follow Jesus today in the work of transforming the world. Explores the scriptural foundation for social justice.

ABC Prime Time Life, 60 min.

An interview with Sr. Diana Ortiz concerning her abduction while serving as a missionary in Guatemala.

V 318 Life: Our First Inalienable Right-The Lost Children

St. Louis Missouri, 20 min., Adult

This video centers on the stories of two women who had abortions and reflect on their remorse and how they came to be reconciled with God and with themselves.

V 319 Brothers and Sisters Among Us: Poverty in the Joliet District

16 min., Adult

Explores the lives of low-income people in Joliet, IL. What it is like to live in poverty.

Campaign for Human Development

V 321 The Religious Community Confronts the Death Penalty

Amnesty International , 26 min., Adult

Addresses the moral issues concerning the death penalty and the myths people have been told to justify it. Excellent resource for mature audiences. Some parts may be difficult to watch.

V 322 Bridging the Gap Between Parents and Teens

Tabor, 3 - 14 min. cassettes, HS - Adult

These nine interactive video presentations help youth and adults in your parish communicate with one another openly and honestly.

V 323 Training Volunteers in Youth Ministry

This video provides resources for an ongoing volunteer training program.

V 324 Parenting Teenagers

Group, 30 min.ea., Adult

What Makes Your Teenager Tick

Parenting: How Do You Rate?

Communicating With Your Teenager

Your Teenager’s Friends and Peer Pressure

CTNA , 90 min.

Discussion of faith formation for today’s Catholic youth. A blend of theoretical and foundational information including a combination of presentations, interviews, panel discussions, and live-call in questions.

V 326 Roses in December

Palisades Home Video, 56 min., Adult

The award winning documentary about the ministry of missioner Jean Donovan and three American nuns who were murdered in El Salvador.

V 327 Making Life Choices

Tabor, 3 30-min. segments, Adult

Great dreams give vision to growing up. This program helps teens realize that God calls all young people to greatness. Youth will also identify and be motivated to use their talents so they can make their unique contribution to the world. Segment titles: You Are Gifted, Sharing Your Gifts, Making Choices.

Youth Specialities, 50 min.

Veteran Youth Minister Mike Yaconelli covers the advantages enjoyed by the volunteer youth worker. He discusses five strategies to help volunteers not only survive but prosper, and three principles to help them avoid burnout.

Youth Specialities, 50 min.

Youth worker Mike Yaconelli defines adolescent spiritual growth. He examines its six key characteristics, offers more than two dozen proven strategies that help build faith in high school youth, and outlines an individually tailored spiritual growth program you can use with each of your high school youth.

Youth Specialities, 50 min.

Youth worker and author Les Christie draws from his vast experience in this comprehensive overview of the care and feeding of volunteers. You’ll learn why it’s easy to avoid recruiting volunteers, and ways to find the right volunteers. You’ll also learn how to train, motivate and keep your volunteers.

Golden Dome Productions, 25 min.

This video presents some answers to the problems that plague young people--drugs, dropping out, gangs, etc. The viewer is taken to Covenant House, to Boy’s Town, and to 70001 Training and Employment Institute. Each of these institutions tries to give the troubled youth who find their way to its doors the foundation they need to turn their lives around.

V 332 Junior High Ministry

Youth Specialities, 30 min., Adult

Joanie Schultz presents some general information about early adolescents. She gives samples of activities to do with junior high youth.

V 333 National Catholic Youth Conference - 1991

Santa Fe, 8 min., Adult

This is a promotional video for the National Catholic Youth Conference, to be held in November 1991.

V 334 Why Am I Afraid To Tell You Who I Am? J.H. - A

Argus, 30 min., JH - Adult

Fr. John Powell describes some of the most common "games" people play--games that threaten open communications. Taken from his best selling book. Ideal for high school youth or adult education.

Liguori, 30 min.

The official SADD video. It features former high school hockey coach Bob Anastas, who founded SADD in 1981. Anastas’ one man crusade is designed to make students aware of the dangers that they put themselves and their friends in when they challenge death by drinking and driving.

Liguori, 30 min.

Coleen George encourages youth to make the right choices in how to use their sexuality. Through interviews with Ms. George and several teens, this video will show teenagers that they can choose a morality that respects themselves as persons and allows them to experience and enjoy life to its fullest.

V 337 Youth Ministries Training Network

YMTN, 3 hours, JH - Adult

The YMTN Teleconference are live, interactive events in which there are a number of regular features as well as frequent guest contributors peaking on a wide range of topics critically important to youth, adults, and clergy.

Each video has a 30-min special feature presentation which goes into some depth on the topic for the day.

Sr. Anita Beskar

V 340 The Paschal Mystery Mediated Thru Signs - Fr. Blaise Cupich

V 341 Keynote Address - Rev. M. Fedewa

V 342 Trudee Abel Petersen (Dec. 1982, Chippewa Falls)

Loyola University Press

V 344 Christian Leadership Institute (CLI) - June 5-10, 1988, Brescia College

V 345 God-Views

Gospel-Films, 42 min., JH - SH

It has been said that "We often make God in our own image." But even more significantly, our image of God often ends up making us into what we are. What we think about God determines the way we live out our lives on a daily basis. For example, if we think God is a totally permissive pushover, we’ll most likely respond to God with contempt. If we think God is an ogre, we’ll live fearfully, with no freedom or joy.

V 346 Leadership: Using Your Gifts for God

Don Bosco, 28 min., HS

LIFE is a Catholic centered program open to high school teens of all faiths. It is a total youth ministry approach that responds to the spiritual, emotional, and social needs of teens today. By centering on the faith, and through creative educational and social events. The LIFE TEEN PROGRAM at St. Timothy’s parish in Mesa, Arizona has become one of the largest teen programs in the country.

V 347 Teens & Chastity

Center for Learning, 29 min. ea., JH - HS

This two-part format of Teens and Chastity allows for more meaningful discussion and follow-up activities between sessions, as well as of presentation and time restraints. In a frank discussion of teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, abortion, contraceptives, and the "safe sex" lie, Molly presents the problems facing teens today and invites them to choose chastity as the best means to a happy, healthy life.

V 348 Youth Ministries

National Pastoral Life Center , 1 hr. 45 min., Adult

V 349 A Pastoral Approach to the Issue of Child Sexual Abuse

House of Affirmation, Adult

Child sexual abuse calls for a pastoral response from all who minister in the Church. This presentation examines legal, clinical and pastoral issues surrounding child sexual abuse.

V 350 The Challenge of Change

Maison Bouvrier, Adult

This video is about the philosophy of renewal. It discusses the important role appropriate visuality plays in the Total Church Experience.

V 351 Easter Vigil - Earlington 2/22/89

V 352 Marriage Preparation: What Are We Trying To Do?

National Pastoral Life Center Church 1986 1 hr. 50 min., Adult

V 353 Reading Skills - Fr. Gene Walsh 6/7/87

V 354 Meetings, Bloody Meetings

Video Arts, Adult

This video is about the human side, the skills of handling people in the heat of the discussion, such as: how to calm people down and unite them when they get worked up and aggressive, how to focus them when they are rambling, confused or at cross purposes, how to stop them squashing each other’s ideas and make them work constructively together.

V 356 Cantoring - A Video Notebook

The Pastoral Press (2 videos), Adult

The well-trained cantor can lead, instruct, and inspire...learn the art of cantoring as these videos take the beginner from posture and breathing to encouraging congregational singing.

V 357 A Church Organist’s Primer

Pastoral Press (2 videos), Adult

Professional instruction from one of the most highly regarded organ companies. From basic techniques to advanced mixtures, these cassettes motivate the musician to utilize all resources of the instrument. Suggestions for expanding your music library are included.

V 357.1 Manual and Pedal Techniques - 32 min.

V 357.2 Registration - 56 min.

V 358 Basic Tools for Bible Study

DeSales, 60 min. ea., Adult

These sessions introduce Catholics to the world, persons and thought of the Bible. The fundamental skills for studying and praying Scripture are presented with exceptional clarity and inspiration. Important positions of the Catholic Church on issues like bible interpretation and fundamentalism are especially highlighted. Each presentation is assisted by the use of uniquely creative visual aids and hundreds of colorful graphics which help to make the scriptures even more inviting.

"Introducing the concept of revelation and inspiration"

"History and development of the texts and canon of scripture"

"A tour through the important land and languages of the bible"

"The influence of time and culture on Sacred Scripture"

"The influence of human genius on Sacred Scripture"

"Learning the many ways to approach the words of scripture"

"The intriguing world of apocalyptic literature"

"Developing a contemporary biblical spirituality"

V 359 Our Catholic Creed

DeSales, 60 min. ea., Adult

This video presents a course in the "basics of faith". Each of the sessions has been designed around the faith statements of the Apostles’ Creed. However, each doctrinal issue is presented in a lively and engaging format which raises today’s faith concerns in light of Vatican II. This "video catechism" guarantees participants a challenging opportunity to grow in a personal, prayerful appreciation of our Church’s greatest truths. The entire series has been an invaluable resource for the parish R.C.I.A.

"A look at the foundation of all Christian belief"

"A Judeo-Christian understanding of God"

"A reflection on God’s indispensable gift of the Spirit"

"A reflection on God’s indispensable gift of the Spirit"

"Church--the importance of Christian community"

"The Catholic tradition of Mary and the Communion of Saints"

"The sacramental and healing ministry of the Church"

"A meditation of hope on Christian immortality"

V 360 Priming the Pump

Tabor (2 videos), Adult

A learn-by-doing multidimensional program developed in collaboration with United States Catholic Conference Department of Education and the National Advisory Committee on Adult Religious Education as authorized by the USCC Committee on Education. Its purpose is to help to train members of your program-planning team to develop, design, implement, and evaluate the adult religious education program for the parish.

V 361 Christian Morality and Forgiveness

DeSales, 60 min. ea., Adult

De Sales’ most challenging series presents the critical principles of modern Catholic morality. The Church’s tradition of sacramental forgiveness is also considered from historical contemporary perspectives. Special sessions are devoted to specific moral issues taught with the aid of real-life "mini-dramas".

V 362 Writings of St. Paul, The

DeSales 8 sessions, 60 min. ea., Adult

An exciting video tour of St. Paul’s life and teachings is featured in these engaging sessions. The most important problems and issues of the early Testament Church are skillfully related to modern Christian life.

V 363 Genesis II

Intermedia (6 videos), 6 two-hour sessions, HS - Adult

The major goals of this program are to help either adult or high-school participants realize that spiritual growth is a journey or pilgrimage, evaluate their relationships with other people, examine the role of prayer in their lives, get in touch with their self-image and self-ideal, and achieve spiritual maturity.

V 364 Introduction to Christology

Tabor, 6 2 hr. videos, Adult

This course draws together Scripture, tradition, and human experience in an attempt to clarify the person and meaning of Jesus Christ. Dr. Moore will help participants know more about Jesus Christ. Dr. Moore will help participants know more about Jesus Christ and come to a fuller appreciation of his significance in their lives. The sessions are:

V 365 Introduction to the New Testament

Tabor, 6 2-hour videos, Adult

Dr. Anthony Tambasco explains why the Gospels and Paul’s Epistles are much more than historical accounts of a past age. They are faith documents that help us formulate our faith experience in relationship to the faith experience of the earliest communities. The sessions are:

V 366 Our Baptismal Covenant with Christ

DeSales (8 sessions), 60 min. ea., Adult

Discover the key to much of what has happened in the Church since Vatican II. This is a series which Catholic adults cannot afford to overlook. Special sessions on the RCIA and Lay Ministry demonstrate why baptism is becoming the force that is changing the life of today’s Church.

V 367 Our Celebration of the Eucharist

DeSales (8 sessions), 60 min. ea., Adult

Presenting the heart of Catholic worship, this series leads adults into a better appreciation of the impressive history and meaning of the Eucharist. Half of the eight sessions focus on the various parts of the liturgy as we celebrate them today. Other colorful sessions present related topics such as the Liturgical Year and the place of the Eucharist in today’s spirituality.

V 368 Living Gospels, The

DeSales, 60 min. ea., Adult

The purpose and meaning of the Good News is beautifully produced in this special video bible study. The four unique gospel portraits of Jesus will be presented in order to help adults develop a more personal and prayerful relationship to Christ.

V 370 Church and Ministry

Greer Gordon (Tabor Pub.), Adult

Learn how you can develop a sound understanding of the Church, clarify your own relationship and involvement with the Church, and expand your ministry and service to others.

V 371 Rainbows for All God’s Children

Rainbows for All God’s Children, 1 hr. 25. min., Adult

A workshop for educators and other caring adults who touch the hearts of grieving children conducted by Susz Yehl. She discusses the five stages of grief and the outside signs of grieving that the children express. She includes ways to deal with the feelings and how to help them process in a healthful manner. Included is a brief description of how to set up a Rainbow support group.

V 372 You Can Paint A Rainbow!

Rainbows for All God’s Children, 15 min., Adult

A history of Rainbows for All God’s Children and how it works in action.

V 373 Communicating Christian Sexuality to Children

Our Sunday Visitor, Approx. 45 min., Adult

This video can be used with parents of children from infancy through adolescence. The goals are to help parents feel more comfortable and confident when discussing sex with their children and to stress the parent’s role as the primary educators of their children.

V 374 Only Love

That’s the Spirit Productions, Inc., 40 min.,Adult

A guide to a "happy marriage." By interviewing couples of various ages the tape discusses some misconceptions and the realities of what marriage is.

Fr. James Flosi, 2 hrs. 5 min., Adult

Part 1. Fr. Flosi begins with a description of the adult divorce adjustment process of a relationship. Four stages are discussed.

Part 2. Father defines annulments in the Church. Also what is required in order to meet the requirements of an annulment. He also addresses the divorce process as seen by a child. They follow basically the same process as the adult. However, they may go through the process many times before it can be put to rest.

V 376 Half A Million Strong J.H. - H.S.

CCC Productions, 33 min., JH - HS

An inspiring video documentary on Pope John Paul II’s historic rally with 500,000 youths!

V 377 Columbus: Adventures to the Edge of the World

Creative Communication Center, 30 min., GS

From his first sea voyage as a boy to his first step ashore in the Americas, Columbus, Adventures to the Edge of the World is the thrilling story of how one man’s vision and courage brought continents together and changed history forever.

V 378 Nicholas: The Boy Who Became Santa

Creative Communication Center, 30 min., GS

Here is the fascinating story of the boy whose love and care for others make him one of the most popular figures of all times. Today, more than sixteen centuries later, the entire world celebrates the kindness and generosity of the man we call Santa Claus.

V 379 Bernadette, the Princess of Lourdes

Creative Communication Center, 30 min., GS

This video is the exciting true story of a visit by the Queen of Heaven that left all the world a source of health for body and soul.

V 380 Scripture from Scratch

St. Anthony Messenger, 2 hrs. ea., Adult

The program contains eight two-hour videocassettes for a total of 16 hours of basic Bible study. Each videocassette contains two one-hour sessions. Each session lasts about 60 minutes and includes a 15-minute period of questions and answers.

Unit 1: An Overview of the Bible

Unit 2: An Overview of the Old Testament

Unit 3: An Overview of the New Testament

Unit 4: An Overview of the Gospels

V 381 Crystalstone

Creative Communication Center, 91 min., All ages

Two orphaned children embark on a fabulous adventure in search of a mystical gem that holds the key to happiness in the harrowing and heartwarming Crystalstone. With the cross as their guide, they embark upon a perilous journey. A journey that leads them into danger...a journey that will change their lives forever.

V 382 Lord of Light - Confirmation

Brown/Roa Publishing, 15 min., Adult

This video touches briefly on each of the seven sacraments as an opportunity for God to enter our lives in a special way. Through Scriptures (Acts 2:38, 1 Cor. 6:9-11) history, theology, and celebration, the viewer is brought to a clearer understanding of the sacrament of confirmation.

V 383 Reconciliation: Closing the Gap

Brown/Roa, 13 min., Grades 4-12

Through role playing, this video helps adolescents make the connection between conflicts in their lives and the need to celebrate the sacrament of Reconciliation. A brief history of how the sacrament has changed through the ages is also presented.

V 384 Lord of Life - Baptism

Brown/Roa, 19 min., Adult

This video touches briefly on each of the seven sacraments as an opportunity for God to enter our lives in a special way. Through scripture (Matt. 28:18-20 and Acts 2:36-41), history, theology, and celebration, the viewer is brought to a clearer understanding of the sacrament of confirmation.

V 385 Lord of Mercy - Reconciliation

Brown/Roa, 19 min., Adult

This video touches briefly on each of the seven sacraments as an opportunity for God to enter our lives in a special way. The message of God’s mercy is entrusted to the people of God...it is through others that we learn about forgiveness, healing, reconciliation, conversion and mercy. This video presents the sacrament of reconciliation in the context of history, theology, scripture and a review of how to celebrate the sacrament and pass along an appreciation of it to children and others.

V 386 Lord of Love - Eucharist

Brown/Roa, 25 min., Adult

Through scripture (Jesus feeds the 5,000; the story of the Last Supper) history, theology, and celebration, the viewer is brought to a clearer understanding of the sacrament of the Eucharist and how to pass along that appreciation to children and others.

V 387 Women of Compassion

KSDK News Archives, 59 min., JH - Adult

This is a tape of history of the Carmelites.

Dennis J. O’Leary, Adult

This video helps pastoral councils know what they should be about.

V 389 Bradshaw on: The Family

KUHT-TV, Adult

V 389.1 The Family in Crisis

Gives an overview of what constitutes a family in crisis.

V 389.2 The Healthy Family

Examines how a healthy, functional family operates.

V 389.3 The Unhealthy Family

Analyzes the characteristics of the dysfunctional family and how the cycle of emotional disease is passed from generation to generation.

V 389.4 The Compulsive Family

Explores how incorrect belief about the self leads to compulsive behavior, the core of all addictions.

V 389.5 The Persecuted

Emphasizes that the problem of incest and violence within the family affects the lives of 50 million Americans - at a price all of society much pay.

V 389.6 The "Bad" Child

Looks at the moral and emotional abuse children suffer from parents who are uninformed about the role of shame and guilt in growing up.

V 389.7 The Most Common Family Illness

Reveals America’s most common and unrecognized addition - co-dependency, the giving up of one’s own wants and needs to live for others’ wants and needs.

V 389.8 Help for the Family

Details the positive community resources available for helping families heal their wounds.

V 389.9 Health for the Family

Shows how to overcome denial of problems, and how to intervene successfully to lead a family member or friend to help and health.

V 389.10 Hope for the Family

Outlines the dynamics of specialty groups that create "them vs. us" attitudes which negate the human healing process. Bradshaw defines hope as the power to heal ourselves, therefore the world.

V 390 Only Love II

Tapper Productions, 1 hour, Adult

Another guide to a "happy marriage." This tape is similar to the tape "Only Love" in that it uses couples’ testimonies to give direction toward realizing a more complete relationship. It discusses and offers instruction regarding four intimate aspects of marriage: money, sexuality, family planning and handling conflict. This tape is easy to understand and quite informative.

V 391 Natural Family Planning

Care Video Productions, 15 min., Adult

Couples discuss their reasons for choosing natural family planning versus other methods of birth control. A complete explanation of a woman’s reproduction system and how a couple can recognize when they are fertile.

V 392 Wonderworks: Two Daddies

Public Broadcasting Service, 1 hour, GS

Molly’s parents are divorced. She fantasies how they might get back together. Then her mother begins to date. She brings her worry to her clubhouse and her friends help her plot how to deal with this new wrinkle. When marriage is mentioned, Molly rebels. She runs away to her Dad’s and finally has to face the fact that her parents are not going to get back together. Gradually she also accepts her new stepfather.

V 393 Drug Danger

Brown/Roa (2 videos), 13 min. ea., Gr. 3-7

V 393.1 Part 1. In the Body focuses on three gateway drugs--tobacco, marijuana and alcohol (including beer) -- discusses their effects on various organs in the body.

Part 2. In the Brain focuses on how "psychoactive drugs" can change the way the brain works.

V 393.2 Part 3. Easy to Start, Hard to Stop explains the stages of addiction and focuses on ways to help young people refuse the pressure to take drugs.

V 394 Back on the Street

Brown/Roa, 26 min., JH - Adult

Speaking from the teens point of view, this program reveals the consequences of drug and alcohol abuse.

V 395 Psalms of Thanksgiving

Treehaus Communications, 30 min., HS - Adult

This is a video celebration of God generosity. A variety of visual images brings the psalms to life...and serves as an entry to deeper reflection.

V 396 Casey’s Revenge-Fights Between Brothers and Sisters

Kids’ Media Group, 25 min., P - GS

Casey and his sister Theresa, learn about positive alternatives to fighting. This video shows kids why revenge doesn’t work and how everyone wins when brothers and sisters respect one another.

V 397 Earning Money - A High Price to Pay

Kid’s Media Group, 25 min., P - GS

Teddy learns valuable lessons about money and possessions. This video shows kids how they can find satisfaction in the choices they make and also encourages them to respect the choices of others.

V 398 Aging Parents

Liguori, 30 min., Adult

When we were growing up, we depended on our parents to be there when we needed help. But what happens years later when our parents need us? This video is designed to help adult children understand the emotional and physical needs of their aging parents and realize their own emotional and physical limits as care givers.

V 399 Jesus Still Builds on Rock

Tabor, 30 min., Adult

In a straightforward, yet warm and personal way, Fr. Don Kimball and noted youth minister Anna Scally reveal a simple strategy guaranteed to reach young people. They offer a model for spreading the Gospel to youth, present seven practical attitudes for reaching young people through their music, and explain how to use the youth ministry resources. This is a video not youth minister will want to be without!

V 400 Sister Thea: Her Own Story

Paulist Press, 53 min., Adult

This video is just what the name implies, a video memoir of Sr. Thea Bowman made at her home in Mississippi just months before her death. She speaks of her childhood, family, her calling and her aspirations for "God’s Children" with candor and sensitivity.

V 401 Images of Grace

Paulist Press (4 videos), 15 min. ea., HS - Adult

Written and hosted by Patrick McCormck, C.M. Popular preacher and theologian, Fr. McCormick will inspire parents of newborns in their role of raising their children of faith. The insights of Fr. McCormick and the touching video images of family portray a clear connection between loving a child and providing an atmosphere of faith.

Fr. McCormick unfolds the meaning of the Eucharist as a meal which transforms us into the living body of Christ. High school and college students, RCIA participants, and all involved in Eucharistic ministry will come to appreciate another of the many dimensions of the mystery of the Eucharist.

Maria Harris, acclaimed religious educator, narrates this presentation on how the desire for eternal life has manifested itself in philosophy, world regions and literature. But when faced with the ultimacy of death, how does one believe?

Does God act in particular events? Is there any basis for asking God for specific interventions? Or is the transcendent God simply a "horizon" to our life? Religious educator Gaynell Cronin takes us on a journey which asks the touch questions and which might provide some glimpses at answers.

V 402 Celebrating Christian Symbols

Paulist Press, 30 min., Adult

Christianity is filled with symbol-oil, water, fire, light-to name just a few. But for many of our young people these symbols lack meaning. This video presents these symbols to children in a way they can understand and appreciate their great religious worth.

V 403 Training the Eucharistic Minister

Liturgical Press, 24 min., Adult

This clear, concise video for training Eucharistic ministers lets them hear and see their role in liturgy and how they can best perform it. The program explains their responsibilities when ministering to the sick and confined in the assembly and enacts correct and incorrect methods of distributing the Bread and Wine. Ministers will see which habits to practice and which to avoid. The theology behind the ministry is also explained.

V 404 Effective Teaching Methods I

Paulist Press, 60 min., Adult

This video was written by Jim and Gaynell Cronin, the first in a series of "Ho-To" tapes in effective religious education teaching. Covers: #1. Creating the environment, 2. Asking the question, 3. Inviting to pray.

 

V 405 Effective Teaching Methods 3

Paulist Press, 50 min., Adult

Gaynell Cronin explores two topics: Discovering Faith which will help explore the faith dimension of their lives through an in-depth look at faith development and faith as journey and Exploring Scripture -- how to discover new ways to prepare students to hear scripture, how to proclaim it, respond to it, and pray the power of the Word.

V 406 Reflections on Faith and Life

Sheed and Ward, 20 min., Adult

Five short "reflections" on the life of faith. Perfect prayer starters for classes and for small group gatherings.

 408 VMcGee and Me - Take Me Out of the Ballgame

Don Bosco, 30 min., P - GS

Nick learns the importance of keeping things in the right perspective and putting faith in God.

V 409 Youth Ministry Alive: It Can Happen In Your Church

Tabor (2 videos), 6 30-min. segments, Adult

This thoroughly researched program has been presented in 60 dioceses. It is a complete training program to help you start or enhance youth ministry in your parish.

V 409.1 Seg. 1. What is Youth Ministry?

Seg. 2. Who Are Young People?

V 409.2 Seg. 3. How Do You Plan a Youth Ministry?

Seg. 4. How Do You Develop Leaders for Youth Ministry?

Seg. 5. How Do You Design Programs?

Seg. 6. How Do you Put It All Together?

V 410 Catholic Values and Sexuality

Brown/Roa (4 videos)

V 410.1 Lesson 1. Made in God’s Image

Lesson 2. Valuing Values

Lesson 3. Male and Female God Created Them

Lesson 4. Feelings of Attraction

Lesson 5. Homosexuality

V 410.2 Lesson 6. Making Decisions

Lesson 7. Developing Relationships

Lesson 8. Saying No

Lesson 9. Pregnancy

Lesson 10. Giving Birth

V 410.3 Lesson 11. Making the Heart Grow Fonder

Lesson 12. It Takes Two

Lesson 13. There is No Easy Answer

Lesson 14. Staying Healthy

Lesson 15. Some Touch Hurts

V 410.4 Lesson 16. Being an Askable Person

(Review Tape for Students & Parents)

V 411 A Time to Build

U.S. Catholic Conference, 60 min., Adult

The fall of the Berlin Wall brought tremendous change to those who lived behind it. After years of restrictions brought on by Communist rule, undeterred public display of political and religious beliefs is becoming once again a reality. Poland, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary are four countries currently bringing their strong Catholic faith back out into the world. This video presents a brief history of these countries and shows how courageous men and women have kept their beliefs alive in times of darkness and fear.

V 412 Training for Hospitality

The Liturgical Press, 49 min., Adult

Designed to train parish greeters and ushers--singlely or in groups--this video will also help parish administrators create a far reaching parish program of ministry through hospitality.

V 413 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

HBO Video, 79 min., Adult

Common Threads tells the dramatic story of AIDS in North America. Through stories of five people, it shows the human face behind the cold statistics of the epidemic.

V 414 China Cry (A True Story)

TBN Films, 2 hrs., Adult

China Cry is set in China some thirty years before the recent bloody events of Tian An Men Square. It is the true story of Sung Neng Yee, now known as Nora Lam, who escaped from Communist China to Hong Kong, and now lives in the United States. This video is Lam’s gripping story of love, struggle and flight to freedom.

Paraclete Press

Jamie Buckingham, a great storyteller tells the story of ten Bible people on location in Israel.

1. Abraham - Genesis 12,13,22

2. Joshua - Joshua 6, 10; Numbers 13-14

3. Deborah - Judges 4-5

4. Gideon - Judges 6-8

5. David - I Chronicles 13-15

6. Elijah - I Kings 17-19

7. John the Baptist - Matthew 3:1-17

8. Mary and Elizabeth - Like 1:26-56

9. John Mark 14:51-52

10. Simon Peter- Matthew 16:13-20

V 416 Joy in Parenting

Franciscan Communications , 120 min., Adult

Jo Schlehofer addresses the concerns all parents have about raising children developing self-esteem, discipline, siblings, and spiritual values.

V 417 Tell It Like It Is

Sheed and Ward, 90 min., Adult

Creative lesson planning ideas for religion teachers (K-8). Three 20-min. programs: Basic Theological Foundations; How to Use the Bible in Religion class; and Creative Response in Prayer. Full of ideas for anyone teaching religion classes, whether experienced or new to the ministry of catechesis.

V 418 OK to Say No: The Case for Waiting

Sunburst, 30 min., JH - HS

This video gives young people an opportunity to explore the ways in which sex can affect their relationships, education, and future plans, and stresses abstinence as a viable alternative.

V 419 If You Love Me...Show Me!

Sincro Communications, 37 min., JH - Adult

This video is a rollicking story about two teenagers as they struggle with sexuality: How do they know they’re really in love? How do they show it? How about sex? Yes? No? Maybe? How far is too far?

Fast-paced and funny, this is an engaging story about convictions and the courage to stand by them. Its fresh, realistic approach challenges teens to see sexuality in its natural context of love and life, and sets them on the road to success and happiness in all their relationships.

V 420 Preview of a Birth

Human Development Resource Council, 16 min., Adult

This video utilizes the latest in prenatal film and photography. It chronicles the journey from conception to birth. Good educational look for high school, health and science classes, youth groups and pregnancy counseling.

V 421 Choices and Consequences (The Rick Nunes Story)

Franciscan Communications, 27 min., JH - Adult

This powerful video is the personal testimony of a young 24-year old man with AIDS. His story is one of teenage choices wrongly made, and the consequences they have brought him. He graphically describes his experiences with drugs and the life of petty theft which is developed to support his drug habit. Most importantly, he looks squarely at the unhappiness which his decisions brought to his family and loved ones, at the injustice he inflicted on the strangers from whom he stole, and at the irreparable damage he did to his own physical health.

V 422 Portraits

Franciscan Communications, 14 min., JH - Adult

The video describes the quandary of a teenage girl who has been asked to submit a self-portrait as a class assignment. As she tries to choose among the different versions she has drawn, she struggles to uncover which of these portraits reveals her true self. A series of flashbacks to her everyday life illustrate different aspects of her developing personality.

V 423 Exploring Bible Stories

Tabor, 40 min., Adult

Storytelling is one important way families remember who they are and what they value. Similarly, biblical drama is an effective way to help children, youth and adults share faith.

V 424 Exploring Biblical Humor

Tabor, 40 min., Adult

Fr. Michael Moynahan gives workshops on mime, clowning, and storytelling throughout the United States and around the world. In this program, he examines four sources of biblical humor: the humor of chasms, contradictions, the unexpected, the impossible. He then demonstrates various techniques that help children, youth or adults develop a "good eye" to see and experience the living Word of God.

V 425 A Teleconference for Teens on Friendship

Tabor, 60 min., JH - HS

Featuring Don Kimball and Anna Scally, this new series consists of four separate teleconferences. Each teleconference includes lively discussion with a studio audience of junior-high teens, as well as call-in questions from teens across the country. Popular music is also an important element in each teleconference. The four teleconferenes are designed for use with Tabor’s "Youth and..." series.

V 426 Bursting With Joy--UNA Celebracion!

Franciscan Communications, 33 min., Adult

This video is a music resource for teachers who work with students and are both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking. This video teaches and trains. The songs are performed with children and accompanied with gestures.

V 427 The Initial Contact

By Vicki Thorn, Adult

Vicki Thorn, founder of Project Rachel, a program of healing and reconciliation for those experiencing post-abortion trauma, talks on basic information for people training to be counselors.

V 428 The Catechumenate: What Are the Challenges Parishes Face

Tabor, 30 min., Adult

Father Richard Fragomeni opens up the RCIA as a total parish ministry that welcomes and nurtures new members of the Church. RCIA calls the entire parish to rediscover the ministry of hospitality, faithfulness to the cross, and service to the world.

 430 Out of Darkness

USCC, 15 min., Adult

This video tells the dramatic story of perseverance, devotion, and steadfast faith amidst decades of communist oppression in Central & Eastern Europe and the former USSR. Under communism, the Church and the centuries-old faith of a people martyrdom within the "silent church" echo through all the countries of this region.

V 431 Bread for the World

Columbian Fathers, 16 min., HS - Adult

Sr. Monica Lachcik organizes a small group of poor women to alleviate starvation in a Lima, Peru, barrio. This film shows what one person’s faith and vision can accomplish. It challenges us to bond together to change unjust structures that cause hunger anywhere in the world.

V 432 Charo of the Barrio

Columbian Fathers, 22 min., HS - Adult

Charo, a young Peruvian girl growing up in a poor dusty barrio of Lima, tells her story. It is the challenging story of the struggle of the young people of Peru. Faced with poverty and rejection, they somehow find hope and faith.

1. V 433 Messages from the Barrio

Columbian Fathers, 21 min., HS - Adult

Do the poor of Peru have anything to share with us? What does option for the poor mean? These messages from the barrio will challenge some of our assumptions and ideas. Columbian missionaries, living with the poor in Lima, Peru, witness a faith that does justice.

V 434 Teaching Global Awareness

Columbian Fathers, 15 min., Adult

An in service presentation for teachers and catechists introducing ideas and concepts about mission in the changing world of today.

V 435 Last Day of Jesus

Alba House, 30 min., All ages

Photographed and recorded in Jerusalem, this video is a moving and reverent video which retraces the footsteps of Jesus form the Mount of Olives to the Way of Sorrows to Calvary, stopping at each Station of the Cross.

 

V 436 Abortion Issues (Molly Kelly)

Center for Learning, 30 min., HS - Adult

Molly Kelly reveals the often hidden facts about abortion including:

**abortion statistics and teens

**the abortion business and those who profit from it

**legal rights and responsibilities

**possible medical complications and side effects.

Her message: abortion doesn’t solve the problem of teenage pregnancy, and people who practice chastity never have to make difficult, dangerous, risky choices about this subject.

V 437 Music, Medleys and Celebrations

Carol Landry & Carol Jean Kinghorn, GS - Adult

This video can be used directly in the classroom or in Teacher/Catechist - Training Programs. Carol Jean Kinghorn and Carey Landry involve children in actual classroom settings and teaching moments. Gestures and signs are used with song to enable prayerful and joyous celebrations..

V 438 Bishop Austin Vaughan & Joan Andrews 2/12/93

A video on Right to Life, Adult

V 439 God in the Dock

Insight, 27 min., HS - Adult

A dramatic exploration of the age-old mystery: "Why does God permit so much suffering?" The plaintiffs in the case - Gary Schneider, a widower left with three children; Dr. Sally Carlin, who works with starving children; and Donald Quinlan whose 17 year old daughter is a prostitute. All blame God for permitting such evil. The results are surprising.

V 440 Jesus B.C.

Insight, 27 min., HS - Adult

The Father orchestrates a beautiful symphony in creating the universe, but he perfection of the piece is wrecked by man. A beleagued angel brings back field reports on the moral decline of the human race as we sweep through salvation history: the fall of Adam and Eve, the murder of Abel by his brother Cain, Abraham and Moses. A crisis conference is called as Son and Spirit join the Father to ponder the human dilemma. The desperate situation calls forth a bold decision: the Son will become man to reconcile action among them until the end of time.

V 441 Family Perspectives

45 min., Adult

A family perspective for church and society manual to have an impact on a contemporary family. Great challenges on a contemporary family. Great challenges for a strong marriage for Americans.

V 442 Confronting Today’s Pastoral Issues "The Church and the Family" -

Archbishop O’Connor, 90 min., Adult

Latest writings on marriage and family life. Discussion on Bishop’s effort to address the economy of this country. Questions on aging and education.

V 443 AA The Inside View

CTNA, Adult

Get a new understanding of what life is about. Meet people who have gone through the same paths.

V 444 Marriage Preparation, What Are We Trying to Do

National Pastoral Life Center, 1 hr. 50 min., Adult

Confronting today’s pastoral questions. George Spillman a guest from Springfield, MO, Mary Helen Leal, Corpus Christi, TX, Sr. Barbara Marhey, Omaha, NE.

V 445 Hidden Keys to Loving Relationships

The Gary Smalley Seminar, 6 30-45 min. segments, Adult

This video will give you more insights and a greater understanding about the keys to building close and intimate relationships than any book you have ever read. Men and women from every walk of life have given "rave reviews" about Gary’s entertaining style, his life changing insights, and his ability to convert truth and insight into practical, easy to apply steps of action that can be incorporated into any relationship.

V 446 Hidden Keys to Successful Parenting

The Gary Smalley Seminar, Adult

This video teaches parents how to discover their child’s personality type, their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. He teaches how to move out of the two parenting styles that can produce devastating long range consequences, and move into the parenting style that produces the most stable and fulfilled children. Parents will learn how to motivate their children; how to remove walls between them and their children and keep the lines of meaningful communication and love flowing both ways. These are just a few of the areas Gary covers in this seminar.

V 447 The Journey to Spiritual Maturity

Paraclete Press, All ages

Jamie Buckingham, in addition to being one of America’s leading authorities on the Sinai, is also one of the most widely read Christian writers of this generation. Jamie takes you on a spectacular trip through the Sinai Desert retracing the footsteps of Moses. You actually go where Moses and the children of Israel went, making stops along the way as Jamie teaches the particular lesson learned in each place on the journey and spiritual maturity.

V 448 Come and See

Columbian Fathers, 18 min., Adult

A complete mission education program. This information will affirm catechists in their ministry, challenge catechists to a new vision of mission and help catechists to "re-echo" mission.

V 449 Upon this Rock

Apostle Rosiland Video, 6 segments, GS - Adult

An analysis of the spiritual and physical issues affecting your life today. Excellent for Bible School, Bible Study, CCD, RCIA, and Religious Education

Seg. 1: Who Is Christ - 58 min. Seg. 4: Sacraments - 28 min.

Seg. 2: The Liturgy - 58 min. Seg. 5: Sin - 28 min.

Seg. 3: Mary and Family - 28 min. Seg. 6: The Mass

V 450 Celebrate Life! (Judie Brown)

CDR Communications, Inc., 22 min., HS - Adult

In this video you will visit a Hope House in Savannagh, George where volunteers turned a vacant building into a family style home for young mothers and their babies. Hope House is not just a shelter--it is a place where young mothers learn to be good parents and start new lives where God’s love turns despair into hope.

V 451 The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus

Liturgical Press, Adult

This study’s commentary compares the particular insights found in the passion and resurrection accounts of the Gospels. Examining these events, the core of our faith, will challenge you to incorporate both the pain of the cross and the hope of the resurrection into daily living. Ideal as a Lenten/Easter study.

V 452 The Gospel According to Mark

Liturgical Press, Adult

This earliest account of Jesus’ life focuses on the Paschal events and will draw you into an examination of what it means to follow Jesus, even in his suffering.

V 453 Becoming A Successful Catechist: Getting Started

Catechist Magazine, 16 min., Adult

This video provides encouragement and guidelines on the practical concerns of a new catechist, at the same time it helps refresh the veteran on some basics. It offers a clear explanation of how elements of lectionary-based catechesis can help your instruction be more in tune with the movement of the Church year.

V 454 Life - The Way of Champions

Pro-Life Athletes, Inc., 12 min., JH - Adult

A Pro-Life video featuring members of the Washington Redskins and the Buffalo Bills Super Bowl XXVI with a special introduction by Redskin head coach Joe Gibbs.

35 min., Adult

This video presentation has two limited but important purposes. It is intended first of all to raise a basic awareness about three challenges to the integrity of the pastoral work of churches.

V 456 Speaking of Love

PBS Home Video, 54 min., Adult

"When human love was invented," says Dr. Leo Buscaglia, "it didn’t come with an instruction manual."

But with Speaking of Love, Dr. Buscaglia takes a step towards writing one himself. Through warm, revealing stories, this best-selling author explains the idea of love in its many meanings. His passionate speaking style is so compelling, it arouses people to try and nurture more love in their lives.

V 457 Together With Leo Buscalgia

PBS Home Video, 52 min., Adult

"Your relationships are as vital as you are," says Dr. Leo Buscaglia, and they are constantly in the process of change.

V 458 What Catholic Believe About...

Liguori, 30 min. ea., Adult

V 458.1 What Catholics Believe About the Bible

V 458.2 What Catholics Believe About the Church

V 458.3 What Catholics Believe About Jesus Christ

V 458.4 What Catholics Believe About The Mass

V 458.5 What Catholics Believe About Baptism

V 458.6 What Catholics Believe About Confirmation

V 458.7 What Catholics Believe About the Eucharist

V 458.8 What Catholics Believe About the RCIA

V 459 Everyone, Everywhere

Franciscan Communications, 11 min., JH - Adult

In this short film, the video of Mother Teresa brings depth and compassion to the camera’s impressions: first, of India’s poor and the Sisters of Charity who share their lives with them and second, of our own destitute and elderly in the West.

V 460 Prayer in Your Home

Franciscan Communications, 30 min., Adult

This video presents the enriching possibilities of family prayer within five symbolic home activities. Sharing a meal, preparing for sleep, sharing our stories, experiencing consolation, and celebrating a special even can all be settings for prayer.

V 461 In Our Neighborhood Series

Franciscan Communications, Approx. 9 min. ea., GS

V 461.1 Brian Was Adopted - A child tells of his feelings about being adopted.

V 461.2 Lisa’s Parents Fight - A child’s story of parental anger and rejection.

V 461.3 David Has Aids - A child’s story about coping with aids.

V 461.4 Maria’s Grandmother Gets Mixed Up - A child learns to understand and help her grandmother, an Alzheimer’s Patient.

V 462 Nights at the Round Table

Sheed & Ward, 15 min., Adult

The mission and ministry of the Parish Pastoral Council, showing councils in action while explaining the "round table" theory of council membership.

V 463 Bread and Wine/They Shall See/Water and Spirit

Teleketics, 17 min., JH - Adult

Bread and Wine (5 min.) shows the processes of making bread and wine combined with scenes of their ultimate use. It is a non-narrated film designed to the spirit and rhythm of the Sanctus from Mozart’s Great Mass.

They Shall See (6 min.) a visual journey using a microscopic lens to probe the mystery of the life process. The closeup photography inspires wonder at the evidence of God in even the tiniest of created things.

Water and Spirit (17 min.) a visual and poetic montage taking its theme from the water images of Exodus. It illustrates the power, beauty and life-giving attributes of water.

V 464 Way Home, The

Franciscan Communications, 23 min., JH - Adult

A contemporary retelling of the Prodigal Son who returns to the family business invites questions about forgiveness and reconciliation.

V 465 The Temptation

Twenty-Third Publications, GS

Set in history, this video examines the torment Jesus experienced in the desert--a situation children can relate to their own lives as they are coming to realize the good and bad in themselves and others.

The Transfiguration

Twenty-Third Publications, GS

The historical Peter, John and James are shown as they experience the moment when Jesus’ true identity was revealed to them--an event later to be relived by Peter and John.

V 466 The Woman at the Well

Twenty-Third Publications, GS

Told in a modern-day setting that’s easy for children to relate to, the video stays true to the original story, revealing the depth of Jesus’ compassion and the meaning of his mission.

The Man Born Blind

Twenty-Third Publications. GS

This video shows children how people might react today were Jesus to visit and reenact his miracles. It also reveals how difficult it must have been for Jesus’ followers to overcome doubt and fear.

V 467 Raising of Lazarus

Twenty-Third Publications, GS

Focuses on the two sisters, Mary and Martha, and their grappling with their brother’s illness, death and raising from grave.

The Betrayal

Twenty-Third Publications, GS

Shows the historical Peter and Andrew as they painfully relive the events leading to Jesus’ trial and crucifixion.

V 468 Man Who Planted Trees

Direct Cinema Limited, 30 min. All ages

The story of one man’s effort to change his part of the world, a story of hope.

V 469 St. Francis Xavier and the Samurais’s Lost Treasure

Creative Communications, 30 min., All ages

This video captures the true spirit of a daring man who braved the pearl coasts and jungles of India, and the forbidding castles of Japan, in amazing adventures of courage and faith.

V 470 God And Your Children

Franciscan Communications, 23 min., Adult

How and when do you communicate your understanding of God to your children? This is the question explored by the young parents interviewed in this film. As they talk of family prayer, experiences of forgiveness, and everyday living, we see them interacting with their children and learning a few lessons of their own as parents.

V 471 The Gift of Love for Life

Our Sunday Visitor, 29 min. Adult

This video is an excellent introduction to the benefits of natural family planning. Narrated by Bishop James McHugh, this video is ideal for teachers, parishes, married or engaged couples, and diocesan offices.

Treehaus Communications , 48 min., Gr. 4-8

While working out on a neighborhood basketball court, John Paxon teaches several young people basic personal values: self-esteem and selflessness. Discipline and dedication. Physical and mental well-being. John draws his lessons from his personal experience.

V 473 Proud Moments

Treehaus Communications, 57 min., Gr. 5 - Adult

This is the remarkable story of a Boston Irish Catholic nurse, a Navajo woman, and the Navajo people, working together to serve special Navajo children. A story of every person’s struggle to nourish self-worth and to sustain traditional beliefs in a changing world. A story of healing where, even when there is no hope for cure, the spirit of harmony makes people whole again.

V 474.1 History of the Eucharist 14 min.

V 474.2 What the Eucharist Really Means 18 min.

Brown/Roa

Mike and Olivia are two teens with some questions about the Mass:

. Why do we have to go every week?

. What are we really doing?

. Why do we repeat the same thing over and over?

. If I can feel close to God when I am alone, Why do I have to go to Mass?

This two-part program answers these questions and more. Part 1: The History of the Mass explains in dialogue style how the Eucharist has developed form the Last Supper to the present. Part II explains the parts of the Mass in a way that helps teens relate to it more personally. Each of the parts is followed with a topic development segment to further unfold the previous presentation.

V 475 The Reign of God

Fisher Productions (Richard Rohr), 20 min., Adult

The Reign of God. We use the term constantly in preaching and teaching. But take away the pious language and what is it? In this program Father Richard Rohr defines it with stories and images which demand a response from the viewer. Rohr tells us that we cannot say "thy Kingdom come" until we can also say "my kingdom go". The words and the powerful visuals of this program will challenge the viewer to reflect on his/her own kingdoms and will invite him/her to be open to what is Real, to be open to a world where charity is possible. This program is sure to provoke discussion in RCIA groups, adult education meetings and in small Christian communities.

V 476 Living From the Center (How to Pray)

Fisher Productions (Richard Rohr), 20 min., Adult

Why do we do what we do in ministry? What are we trying to achieve? Are we trying to convert people, or save them, or lesson their pain? Richard Rohr has some definite answers and they are none of the above.

V 478 How to Pray As A Family

Fisher Productions, 20 min., Adult

Do you want to pray as a family but just don’t know how to do it? How do you get children (and adults) of a variety of ages to do more than awkwardly mouth prayers together? What do you do with the kids who think any kind of prayer together is ridiculous?

V 479 The Mass for Children

Liguori, 40 -45 min., Grade 4-7

This video provides a tremendous opportunity to send a direct message to children in an entertaining way: the celebration of the Eucharist is a life-giving and joyous experience.

V 480 Sacraments for Children

Liguori Publications, 60 min., Gr. 4-7

This video features Fr. Ray Hain and 11 middle-grade friends in a camp setting as they take young viewers on a "learning adventure" to discover the meaning behind the symbolism of the sacraments.

V 481 Circle of the Spirit

USCC, 60 min., HS - Adult

A Saga of Native Americans in the Catholic Church.

35 min., Adult

V 483 Babette’s Feast H.S. - Adult

Don Bosco, 102 min., HS - Adult

Two religious spinsters discover a hidden gift when their maid prepares a feast the village will never forget. A discussion starter.

V 484 Celebrating the Lectionary

Resource Publications, Inc., 10 min., Adult

This video explains the importance of lectionary-based catechesis and provides a graphic picture of how such a program can impact a parish. It is intended for parish curriculum committees, catechists, parents--whoever needs to know more about this exciting new approach to religious education.

V 485 Temptation

Brown/Roa, 12 min., GS

Alone in the desert for forty days, weary from hunger and frustration, Jesus is tempted by the Devil. Three times the Devil tempts Jesus first with food, then with power, then mortality. But Jesus refuses to put God to the test, and thus banishes the Devil. Viewers are challenged to reflect on the meaning of evil and the manner in which the Devil appeared to Jesus. They are invited to consider the words of Jesus: "You shall not put the Lord your God to the test."

V 486 Woman At the Well

Brown/Roa, 10 min., GS

Do you see people hate or mistrust each other in our time? We need God’s love today, too, the kind of love that breaks down walls and lets people get to know each other.

V 487 Raising of Lazarus

Brown/Roa, 15 min.GS

The death of a loved one always causes grief. In this story, a very good friend of Jesus dies while Jesus is away. Upon his return, Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead to give us a vision of eternal life.

V 488 The Transfiguration

Brown/Roa, 11 min., GS

Peter and John, two of Jesus’s disciples, are remembering an incident that happened long ago on a mountain top. Jesus had invited Peter and John, along with the disciple James, to accompany him to Mount Tabor. There the three disciples have a spiritual experience that convinces them that Jesus is God’s son. Viewers are challenged to enter into the transfiguration experience, and consider these words from the Gospel: "This is my Son, my Chosen One, Listen to him."

V 489 Man Born Blind

Brown/Roa, 13 min., GS

When a blind beggar is cured and declares that the healing must be from God, he is challenged by the skeptics to prove it. They see themselves as protectors of the people and the only ones competent enough to recognize God’s work in the world. Blind hearts are much worse then blind eyes in the important work of sharing God’s love.

V 490 Betrayal

Brown/Roa, 16 min., GS

Judas was one of Jesus’ disciples and one of his friends. But for thirty silver coins he sold information about Jesus to the authorities so that they could find him and arrest him. Judas failed to be a faithful disciple. Jesus also experienced betrayal from Peter and Andrew.

V 491 Ben-Hur - A Race to Glory

Creative Communication Center, 30 min., GS

Young Ben-Hur and Messala were the best of friends. They loved to race chariots. One day, Messala had to leave Jerusalem and his Jewish friend, to study in Rome and become a Roman officer. When Messala came back, the boyhood friends were now men, but friends no longer. Messala falsely imprisoned Ben-Hur’s family and sent him to the galleys. But Ben-Hur survived.

V 492 Gospel According to Luke

The Liturgical Press, 2 videos - 13 video lectures, Adult

Marked by the compassion of Jesus, the Gospel stories of Luke demonstrate the universal nature of Jesus’ mission. Luke’s focus on God’s faithfulness encourages us today.

V 494 Isaiah

The Liturgical Press, 3 videos-13 video lectures, Adult

Isaiah’s words to Israel emphasize God’s holiness and care for those oppressed in society. Allow the greatest of Israel’s prophets to challenge you to greater holiness and compassion in our own day.

V 495 When Love Gets Tough

In-Sight Books, Inc., Adult

This was taped in Nashville, TN and captured Doug Manning’s presentation on video. Each year thousands of people hear him as he walks through the process of caring for elderly loved ones. Each tap covers a part of this process.

V 495.1 Making the Decision - Doug explores the issues that make the decision both necessary and complicated. This tape is a must for families facing the decision.

V 495.2 Living Without Guilt - Doug explores the issue of guilt. The series was born when an administrator said, "If the family feels guilt there is nothing we can do that will please them." This tape helps reduce the guilt.

V 495.3 The Discovery of Purpose - This video helps all of us find a sense of purpose in life. This is especially helpful for the residents as well as their families.

V 496 Edge TV

Navpress, 45 min., HS

Edge TV is the high-quality video you’ve been waiting for--it not only keeps kids’ interest, but it gets them to talk honestly about what’s going on in their lives. Filled with 45 minutes of MTV-like visuals, startling interviews, great music, and lots of humor, Edge TV is guaranteed to grab your kids’ attention. These videos will get your kids thinking and sharing about their lives and their faith. Edge TV is a video magazine. Each six or twelve-min. segment is a discussion starter.

V 497 Shadowlands

Palisades Home Video, 73 min., Adult

Shadowlands is both a great love story and Lewis’ triumphant response to what would ultimately be a Job-like test of his faith.

V 498 Amahl and the Night Visitors

Palisades Home Video, 60 min., HS - Adult

Rejoice in the simple story of the crippled boy Amahl and his devoted mother who live in poverty among the shepherds of Jerusalem. Then one starlit night, some strangers appear at their door: Three kinds who are on their way to Bethlehem.

V 499 The Chronicles of Narnia

Palisades Home Video, 165 min. ea., All ages

Welcome to the magical world where animals speak, mythical creatures roam the land, and four children fight an epic battle between good and evil. Now you can enjoy C.S. Lewis’ classic fantasy series.

V 500 Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

Mystic Fire Video, Adult

An exhilarating journey into the mind and spirit of a remarkable man, a legendary teacher, and a masterful storyteller, conducted by TV journalist Bill Moyers in the acclaimed PBS series.

V 500.1 The Hero’s Adventure - Long before medieval knights charged off to slay dragons, tales of heroic adventures were an integral part of all world cultures. Campbell challenges everyone to see the presence of a heroic journey in his or her own life.

V 500.2 The Message of the Myth - Campbell compares the creation story in Genesis with creation stories from around the world. Because the world changes, religion has to be transformed and new mythologies created. People today are stuck with myths that don’t fit their needs.

V 500.3 The First Storytellers - Campbell discusses the importance of accepting death as rebirth as in the myth of the buffalo and the story of Christ, the rite of passage in primitive societies, the role of mystical Shamans, and the decline of ritual in today’s society.

V 500.4 Sacrifice and Bliss - Campbell discusses the role of sacrifice in myth, which symbolizes the necessity for rebirth. He stresses the need for every one of us to find our sacred place in the midst of today’s fast-paced technological world.

V 500.5 Love and the Goddess - Campbell talks about romantic love, beginning with the 12th century troubadours, and addresses questions about the image of woman--as goddess, virgin, Mother Earth.

V 500.6 Masks of Eternity - Campbell provides challenging insights into the concepts of God, religion and eternity, as revealed in Christian teachings and the beliefs of Buddhists, Navajo Indians, Schoepenhauer, Jung and others.

V 501 Gospel Attitudes

Franciscan Communications, 249 min. total, Adult

Rooted in the Beatitudes, these sessions focus on perennial gospel questions and attitudes that underlie good mental, emotional and spiritual health. Topics include the purpose of life, coping with suffering, and the call to justice. Outstanding contemporary speakers such as Richard Rohr, Gerald May, Patricia Livingston and Mary Luke Tobin share what they have seen and heard as they have tried to help others to live the Gospel.

V 502 Life Crossroads

Franciscan Communications, 234 min. total, Adult

Based on solid insights from the Christian spiritual traditions and contemporary social sciences, these sessions portray life as an on-going process of growth and development. The Good News is heard as an invitation to face more confidently life’s transitions and challenges. James Fowler, Dolores Curran, Evelyn and James Whitehead and Joseph Donders bring their considerable expertise to the interviews developed for these sessions.

V 503 Cultural Blessings

Franciscan Communications, 200 min. total, Adult

A celebration of North American spiritualities, each colorful session highlights another face of the continent’s unique racial, cultural, and spiritual diversity. Here is an opportunity to appreciate how a variety of gifts and faith perspectives can enrich not only society at large but the individual as well. The sessions are enhanced by the views of people like Thea Bowman, Jose Hobday, Henry Greenidge, Margo LeBert, and Richard Montes.

V 504 Mother Teresa H.S. - Adult

Petrie Productions, Inc., 82 min., HS - Adult

This powerful and inspiring film is considered the definitive portrait of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mother Teresa. Shot on the run over a period of 5 years in 10 countries on 4 continents, this film follows Mother Teresa into the world’s most troubled spots. From the war in Beirut to Guatemala under seize, from the devastated streets of Calcutta to the ghettos of the South Bronx the film is an experience of the way Mother Teresa transcends all political, religious and social barriers with her works of love.

V 505 Happiness Is An Inside Job Adult

Tabor, 30 min. ea. segment, Adult

"Expectations have a lot to do with our happiness. It is one of those life lessons that is hardest to learn. To the extent that we think our happiness will come from outside things or even other persons, our dreams are destined for death. The true formula is, H = IJ. Happiness is an inside job."

Seg. 1. Introduction

Seg. 2. Self-Acceptance

Seg. 3. Full-Responsibility

Seg. 4. Relaxation

Seg. 5. Acts of Love

Seg. 6. Stretching

Seg. 7. Goodfinding

Seg. 8. Growth, Not Perfection

Seg. 9. Communication

Seg. 10. Enjoyment of Life

Seg. 11. Prayer

Seg. 12. Conclusion

V 506 RCIA Starter Stories

Liguori (2 videos), 50 min. ea., Adult

Encourages RCIA participants to share their faith stories by "breaking the ice" with various short features of real people sharing their own faith stories and dramatic vignettes that portray pivotal life experiences.

V 506.1 Volume 1 - Topics include: search for God, questioning and doubt, attitudes, hope, the problem of evil and more.

V 506.2 Volume 2 - Topics include: temptation, guilt, fear, love, commitment, lifestyle and more.

V 507 Sacrament of Reconciliation/Past and Present

Twenty-Third Publications, 39 min., Adult

This video provides parents with an understanding of the way the sacrament of reconciliation has developed and changed within the history of the church.

V 508 Internalizing the Faith (William J. O’Malley, S.J.)

Tabor, 39 min., Adult

Faith is a free gift from God. But that freedom goes both ways. We are free to refuse the gift of faith. Parents and catechists can pretzel themselves into knots explaining the faith, but that in no way compels any listener to accept the message. How do we pass not only knowledge of Christianity but faith as well?

Seg. 1: What Is Faith - 17 min.

Seg. 2: What Is Bottom-Line Christianity - 20 min.

Seg. 3: Theology/Belief/Religion - 17 min.

V 509 Spirituality for Today’s Woman (Maria Harris)

Tabor, Five 20 min. segments, Adult

Throughout the church, women are coming together to explore and integrate the meaning of what it is to be a woman of faith in today’s world. New understandings of adulthood are deepening these explorations. Woman of faith are often asking themselves this question: "What kind of spirituality is needed today not only for ourselves but for our children, our church, and for the whole world"? This program is one response to this question and to the situations of women today.

Seg. 1: Silence Seg. 3: Ritual Mourning

Seg. 2: Remembering Seg. 4: Artistry

Seg. 5: Birthing

V 510 Penance

Franciscan Communications, 11 min., GS - Adult

A young business man, after drinking with his friends, accidentally hits a little girl with his car. She 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 makes him morally, if not legally, responsible. After a confrontation with her parents, he finally manages to see the little girl, and because of her immediate understanding and forgiveness ("You hurt, too," she says.) He finds -- a meaningful peace.

V 511 Aids: The Heart of the Matter

Don Bosco, 28 min., JH - Adult

This video on AIDS care shows a Christian approach to understanding and caring for AIDS patients. The video is a basic resource for those interested in addressing this problem.

V 512 Primary Colors: The Story of Corita

PBS Video, 58 min., Adult

V 513 Inactive Catholics - Why They Leave, Why They Return

Liguori, 30 min., Adult

This video takes a personal look at why some Catholics choose to "leave the Church" and why many have chosen to return.

V 514 Buttercream Gang

Feature Films for Families, 90 min., All ages

Summer for 14 year-old Scott, Pete, Eldon and Lanny means having fun and helping those in need around town. The boys become known as "The Buttercream Gang", a term coined during the early days of Elk Ridge when the local minister asked boys to help widows church their cream into butter. Then Pete makes some new friends and forms a very different kind of gang. But Scott, Eldon and Lanny won’t give up on their friend, and they strive, with help from their community, to bring Pete back to his former values. Will they succeed? This is a moving story of love and devotion to friendship.

V 515 Teens in Crisis - Relationships

Priority 1 Publishing, 20 min. ea., JH - Adult

This video series is geared to capture the hearts and minds of young people.

V 516 Paul’s Captivity Letters

Liturgical Press, Adult

In these letters of encouragement, correction, instruction written from prison, Paul lovingly pastors the young communities of Asia and Macedonia. These letters inspire and challenge us to greater discipleship. 13 weeks

V 517 Were You There?

Videos with Values, 22 min., Ages 10-Adult

This devotional video brings the Stations of the Cross to life. Pontius Pilate; Simon of Cyrene; Mary Magdalene; Mary, The Mother of Jesus, and others tell what they saw and felt, giving new depth to this most pivotal event in Christian history.

V 518 Tales of Wonder

GIA Publications, JH - Adult

A musical of storytelling by Marty Haugen.

Teen Services/Atlanta, Georgia, 39 min.

V 520 World Food Day Teleconference 10/16/89

CTNA, Adult

V 521 Starvation Awareness

Catholic Relief Services, HS - Adult

30 min., All ages

V 523 Gift of Katherine Drexel

Franciscan Communications, 28 min., JH - Adult

This is the dramatic story of a dynamic American woman whose work for the recognition and personal fulfillment of Native Americans and African Americans was far ahead of her time. The film provides a moving insights into the evolution of a religious vocation.

V 524 Children’s Video Bible Primary - G.S.

Franciscan Communications, 5 min. ea., Primary - GS

The Oxford Vision Children’s Video Bible is unique and have been especially produced to bring alive favorite Bible stories in a refreshing and absorbing way. Each story is based upon a book from the Lion Story Bible. Simply told and richly illustrated with the original text and drawings.

V 524.1 The Beginning - Creation/Adam and Eve Noah/Abraham/Issac/Jacob and Esau/Joseph the Dreamer/Joseph as King of Egypt/The Birth of Moses/The Escape from Egypt.

V 524.2 The Promised Land - Journey to the Promised Land/the Battle of Jericho/Gideon/Samson/Ruth/Samuel/A King for Israel/David and Goliath/David as King/Solomon and the Temple.

V 524.3 Kings and Prophets - Elijah Asks for Bread/Elijah and the Prophets of Baal/Naaman’s Secret/Enemies All Around/Jeremiah/King Nebuchadnezzar’s Golden Statue/Daniel in the Lions’ Den/Queen Esther Saves Her People/Nehemiah’s Greatest Day/Jonah.

V 524.4 The First Christmas - A Baby Called John/The First Christmas/When Jesus Was Young/Jesus’ Special Friends/Jesus the Teacher/Jesus Gives the People Food/Secrets Jesus Told/The Story of the Good Samaritan/The Story of the Sower/The Story of the Two Brothers/The Story of the Great Feast.

V 524.5 Jesus and His Kingdom - The Story of the Lost Sheep/Zaccheus/Mary, Martha and Lazarus/People Jesus Met/Jesus the King/Jesus on Trial/The First Easter/Good News to Everyone/Paul at Damascus/Paul and Friends/Paul the Prisoner.

V 525 Magic Fishbowl All ages

Videos with Values, 23 min., All ages

Some people easily change their lives and expand their horizons but most of us find change threatening to our comfortable world, our "fishbowl." Fr. Hays shows that change is not only natural, but within our faith, it’s our destiny.

V 526 Little Tin Box

Videos with Values, 24 min., Ages 14- Adult

As Tom and Mary see their farm and all their possessions go on the auction block, it looks like they’ve lost everything...or have they? Fr. Hays’ poignant story of triumph and tragedy will leave you with a clearer appreciation for what’s really valuable in your own life.

V 527 Twas the Fight Before Christmas

Videos & Values, 30 min., Ages 6-12

When chosen to present the story of Jesus in the school play, Nicholas learns the meaning of the story in a run down apartment building.

V 528 Eddie’s First Christmas

Videos & Values, 34 min., All ages

With no real family of his own, Eddie experiences the "Christmas Blues," Ben helps Eddie discover the true joy of Christmas by preparing a "manger" in his heart for the baby Jesus.

V 529 A Star for Jeremy

Videos & Values, 30 min., Ages 5-10

When God was assigning places in the sky for all the stars, Stan, the tiniest star, was left behind. Unbeknownst to Stan, God had big plans for him on the night Jesus was to be born. It will be the little star’s chance to shine--can he do it? A Christmas story the kids will love and remember whenever they look up at the night sky.

V 530 Timmy’s Gift

Videos & Values, 25 min., All ages

Little Timmy the angel is given the greatest honor in all of Heaven--to deliver the jeweled crown to the Newborn King. But he’s sure they’ve made a mistake. He’s much too little for such a journey and who knows what frightful things lie ahead?

V 532 Little Drummer Boy

Videos & Values, 30 min., All ages

The famous song inspired this touching "clay-mation" style animated tale of an orphaned drummer boy whose gift of music for the Christ Child is repaid with a miracle. Greer Garson and Jose Ferrer supply the voices along with a stirring rendition of the title song by the world-famous Vienna Boys Choir.

V 533 I Am Only A Child

USCC, 14 min., HS - Adult

This video offers an attractive promotion of Catholic social teaching, introduces the Bishops' 1991 statement Putting Children and Families First, and inspires viewers to take part in the bishops' ongoing Catholic Campaign for Children.

V 534 Parable

Council of Churches of New York, 22 min., Adult

This video with the theme, "The man who dared to be different." was prepared by the Council of churches of the City of New York for the 1964 World's Fair. It is an allegory depicting a mimic or clown as he takes the place of circus members in difficult or dangerous tasks, taking upon himself their toll and degradation, suffering, finally dying for his actions. In his life and death he brings about redemption and change. There is no dialogue. Imaginative, exciting, and thought provoking, the film makes a strong impact on viewers, challenging them to reappraise the meaning of the Christian life.

V 535 Stableboy’s Christmas

Family Films, 27 min., All ages

This video is a fictional account of events surrounding the birth of Jesus. The story of the first Christmas is told through the eyes of a 9-year-old girl. The chronology of some of the events may not be accurate, but the main emphasis of the story is not on what happened when, but on the meaning of Christ's birth for us. It is this emphasis that will be the focal point of this study.

V 536 Split Infinity - A Gift from the Past

Feature Films, 84 min., HS-Adult

A gift from the past that will change a young girl's life. Although 14-year-old "fashion plate" and entrepreneur A.J. Knowlton loves her family, her behavior toward them often reflects irritation and embarrassment. One night A.J. falls from a hayloft and awakens to find herself transported back in time to the year 1929, where she discovers the loving secret her grandfather has kept for so many years, until the day she would be ready to understand.

V 537 Understanding the Sacrament of Reconciliation for Children

50 min., Grade 4-6

An interplay of scenes from children's lives, scripture, and reflection to help children learn and appreciate both the meaning and the spirit of the Mass.

V 538 Understanding the Mass for Children

Paulist Press, 40 min., Grade 3-6

This video, written for levels three through six, will help children learn and appreciate both the meaning and the spirit of the Mass.

V 539 Understanding the Mass for Children

Paulist Press, 55 min., HS - Adult

In this video each section of the Mass is enacted, followed by a lively explanation of what it means, with the emphasis on the perspective of the laity. This video is to be used with RCIA candidates, returning Catholics, high school classes, parish liturgy committees and adult education groups.

Paulist Press, 30 min., Adult

Father Aurelio, parish priest and popular author answers questions frequently asked by parents and godparents in baptism preparation classes with imaginative stories from the scriptures. Christian tradition, and daily life.

V 541 He Will Send You the Holy Spirit

Paulist Press, 60 min., JH - HS

In this video narrated by Bishop Kenneth Untener of Saginaw, and performed by the renowned Fountain Square Fools, the meaning of Confirmation is expressed in an inspiring, entertaining and at times, humorous manner. Conveys the "spirit" of Confirmation to youth.

Paulist Press, 30 min., Adult

An inspirational program showing how parents convey the love of God to their children and are, therefore, sacraments. Parents will be challenged and motivated by these insights into their grace-filled roles. This video is perfect for parent meetings connected to the sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist, Reconciliation and Confirmation.

V 543 Preparandose Para El Bautismo De Su

Paulist Press, 40 min., Adult

An entirely new production in Spanish featuring the witness of Hispanics, a baptismal preparation session, and an actual baptism at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Austin, Texas.

V 544 An Introduction to Catholicism

Paulist Press, 60 min., Adult

A broad, dynamic, but non-comprehensive introduction to some key topics and themes in Catholicism. Perfect for R.C.I.A.

V 545 Patrick: Brave Shepherd of the Emerald Isle

CCC of America, 30 min., All ages

Kidnaped and enslaved by pagans as a child, Patrick makes a daring escape home only to return and lead his captors and the Irish people to Christianity.

V 546 Journey to the Mount Top

Liguori, 25 min., JH - Adult

This video is the story of World Youth Day 1993, but more importantly it is the story of young people from around the world, all looking and searching for hope as they struggle to balance what they are taught.

Liguori, 30 min.

This video will introduce the viewer to some of the fundamental Catholic beliefs about Mary and the Saints in an enjoyable, challenging, and participatory way.

Liguori, 30 min., Adult

This video will introduce the viewer to some of the fundamental Catholic beliefs about the Sacraments in an enjoyable, challenging, and participatory way.

V 549 Teaching and Religious Imagination

Tabor, 5 - 30 min. segments, Adult

The subjects of this motivational video are the importance of imagination and teaching and their vital role in religious education.

V 550 Right Choice, The

Adult

This is a story of one teen's journey from the despair of the abortion clinic to the hope of new life. And the unexpected voice that guides her on this journey is that of her own unborn child. The Right Choice is perfect for helping families, educators, crisis pregnancy counselors and others reach young people with the pro-life messages.

J. H. - A.

Paraclete Press, 12 min. ea., JH - Adult

A video that challenges and encourages anyone who sees it. Jamie Buckingham has a way of making the parables apply to the situations we all find ourselves in today. The parables of Jesus were not just for yesterday, they are for us and the lessons learned will change your life. Travel along the Jericho road and watch the rabbis at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. This video includes these parables: THE TABLETS, UNMERCIFUL SERVANT, TWO HOUSES, FIVE FOOLISH MAIDENS, GOOD SHEPHERD, SOWER AND THE SEED, GOOD SAMARITAN, RICH FOOL, TWO MEN IN THE TEMPLE, PRODIGAL SON.

Brown/Roa, 12 min., JH - Adult

Witnesses are left wondering about this man Jesus who has the courage to challenge the money changers in the Temple.

Brown/Roa, 10 min., JH - Adult

In this story a black family in the 1940s is threatened by an angry mob. The viewer is challenged to let go of what impedes growth to new life.

Brown/Roa, 12 min., JH - Adult

When the Johnson family travels to the mountains for a weekend of hiking, they discover the meaning of faith and trust.

Brown/Roa, 14 min., JH - Adult

Simon the Leper has invited Jesus for dinner and it is interrupted by a woman who greets Jesus by anointing Him with oil.

V 556 Because We Are Disciples

USCC, 12 min., Adult

A superb introduction to the meaning of evangelization: the sharing of faith, personal account of being loved by God. An exceptional tool for discussion groups, adult education, schools, and all those desiring to be witnesses to the Good News.

Acta Publications (2 videos), 50 min. ea., Adult

This video uses hundreds of provocative artistic images to demonstrate the dynamic influences between Christian faith and art throughout the ages.

Video Images of Jesus 

Video Images of God, Mary and the Saints

Introduction Images of God

Images of Jesus in History Images of the Mother of God

From Birth to Jerusalem Images of the Madonna

From the Last Supper to Golgotha Images of the Mothers of Us All

From Death to Resurrection Images of the Canonized Saints

Images of Everyday Saint

Liguori Publications, 40 min., JH - Adult

Explains the deeper meaning of each commandment using vignettes and examples.

V 559 Let the Children Come to Me

Liguori Publications, 71 min., GS

A series of 12 five-minute vignettes that make Scripture come alive for children.

Liturgical Press, 46 min., Adult

Helps lectors gain both the knowledge and the skill necessary to bring forth the message of God clearly and convincingly.

V 561 The Catholic Lector

Sheed and Ward, 30 min., Adult

A step-by-step approach to becoming an effective "proclaimer of the Word." Includes a study guide with helpful hints for preparation and presentation of the Sunday readings.

V 562 Parables From Nature

EcuFilm, 30 min. each series, GS

V 563 A Fuzzy Tale

EcuFilm, 12 min., JH - HS

Adapted from the well-known story by Claude Steiner. "A Fuzzy Tale" is an animated parable which celebrates human relationships and the "good news" that there are not substitutes for caring and sharing.

V 564 Destructive David

EcuFilm, 25 min., K - GS

This contains a lesson about respecting and caring for God's creation.

V 565 The Selfish Giant (animated)

EcuFilm, 25 min., All ages

Oscar Wilde's allegory about selfishness and sharing is recreated in this film.

V 566 Last Leaf

EduFilm, 25 min., All ages

Celebrating the love and sacrifice of the human spirit, this Easter parable tells a hopeful story of renewed faith, appropriate for viewing throughout the year.

V 567 Questions of Faith I - Who Is God?

Ecu-Film, 17 min., Adult

What's your image of God? When do you think of God? How does it affect your belief in God?

Ecu-Film, 25 min., Adult

What is prayer? What happens when you pray? Does prayer change God's mind?

Ecu-Film, min., Adult

How can a good God permit evil? Why doesn't God stop innocent suffering? Is God all powerful, all loving? Who's in charge?

Ecu-Film, 17min., Adult

What is a good person? Does religion have anything to do with it? If I'm good, can I expect rewards? Are there any absolutes for behavior?

Ecu-Film, 26 min., Adult

What good is organized religion? How do you deal with religious differences?

Ecu-Film, 21 min., Adult

What gives your life meaning? What sustains your faith? What does it mean to be fully human?

Videos with Values, 30 min., All ages

Dramatic, live-action story of a boy with disabilities who is moved to faith in Jesus by a dream experience in which he becomes a magician's helper in Jerusalem, where he meets Jesus on the road to Golgotha.

Videos with Values, 30 min., Ages 5-11

From Hanna-Barbera's Great Adventures From the Bible series comes the dramatic story of Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, his persecution, crucifixion and resurrection.

Twenty-Third Publications, 20 min., All ages

Family activities, such as Christmas shopping and card writing, reveal a spirituality that can teach us about Advent. We live in a hectic world, and Christmas is a busy time, but God calls us from within this world to witness to the presence of Christ. Family life can provide signs and symbols of hope as we wait for the coming of the Kingdom of God.

V 576 Jesus and His Times

Reader's Digest Productions, 60 min. each, HS - Adult

These richly textured, highly enjoyable programs combine film of the present-day Holy Land with maps, scale models, and dramatic re-enactments of Jesus's life from the New Media Bible series to provide a fascinating glimpse at the life of Christ and the world in which he lived.

As the story of Christ unfolds, we learn about ancient Jewish customs of betrothal, marriage and divorce. Village life is re-created and the political climate is examined in detail.

V 576.1 The Story Begins - From the betrothal of Mary and Joseph, through the birth of Jesus, Daily life in Nazareth where Christ grew up and the 12-year-old Jesus in the Temple at Passover.

V 576.2 Among His People - Christ's baptism by John the Baptist, his traveling ministry, parables, the raising of Lazarus and teaching the Lord's Prayer.

V 576.3 The Final Days - Jerusalem as it was and is today. Christ's triumphant entry into the Holy City, driving the merchants out of the Temple, the Last Supper, Crucifixion and resurrection.

Family Films, 30 min., Ages 4-11

Discover how Nanny and Isaiah become a family--and how together they discover the real meaning of Christmas!

Twenty-Third Publications, 10 min., GS

This video explains the whys and wherefores of the Mass to children.

Twenty-Third Publications, 8 min., GS

The story of a boy who learns about reconciliation after a school-yard fight and how his selfish actions can affect his future decisions.

V 580 Faces on Faith - Rosemary Radford Ruether

Ecu-Film , 6 min., Adult

This theologian has challenged a whole generation of scholars to break through the patriarchal mindset of the Bible to discover new Christian symbols of universal meaning.

Ecu-Film, 25 min., All ages

Actor James Stewart creates a delightful story of a lonely man whose Christmas fantasies finally come true. As he decorates his Christmas tree in his tiny basement apartment, Mr. Krueger dreams about directing the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He invites some real carolers inside for warmth and refreshment. After they leave, his fantasies take hold and he finds himself among the now living Biblical figures of his creche. In a moving monolog, Krueger thanks Christ for being with him as a friend. The carolers return and invite him to join them in singing and to share their Christmas dinner.

Ecu-Film, 27 min., All ages

1. A small village in a remote mountain gorge is so isolated that there is only a hint that life might exist elsewhere. No one has ever dared to climb the outer rim to find out. In the dead of winter on the Day of Gifts. Varin the bellringer brings a document about a stranger who once came and brought a gift to the people. The reactions to this news range from skepticism to a new hopefulness. This film is appropriate for Christmas and any celebration of faith and hope.

Franciscan Communications, 23 min., JH - Adult

An intergenerational drama exploring the relationships between a mother, her college age son and her ailing father. Can be used for themes of reconciliation, self-identity, and family life.

Paramount Pictures, 120 min., HS - Adult

This video focuses on the early years of Francis of Assisi, who sought communion with the natural world by renouncing his family's riches to seek his own destiny unencumbered by material possessions. Francis was, in a sense, history's first "drop-out"; he left a life of comfort to seek a spiritual union with the world.

Family Films, 30 min., Ages 3-9

This is an animated children's story. Your favorite youngsters will love discovering the real meaning of Easter with Benji and Waldo. Benji is chosen to draw an Easter poster for a contest. He knows Easter is more than eggs and rabbits but, what should he draw.

V 586 Music Box

White Lion Pictograph, 28 min., All ages

A man trudging home form work through a dreary, snowy city is surprised by a joyous group of gospel-singing, tuxedoed angels. They give a special gift of love and life to the man: a magical box and the wondrous story of a loving king. This video is a modern parable of the joy-filled life in Christ, and our responsibilities to share that joy.

V 587 Christian Year, The

Cathedral Films, 60 min., All ages

The Christian Year is a calendar of hope, for it is based on the story of the life of Jesus. The origins, themes and personal significance of the Christian Year are highlighted in this lavishly photographed videostrip. The interdenominational approach is both fact-filled and richly poetic. Each ten-minute segment can be used separately at various times during the year to highlight the seasons.

1. OVERVIEW OF THE CHRISTIAN YEAR - its history and development and a brief summary of the major seasons.

2. ADVENT- the themes of this season of anticipation, its customs and personal meanings.

3. CHRISTMAS/EPIPHANY - a perspective on this joyous season as one part of the great story of the Christian year.

4. LENT AND HOLY WEEK - the themes of preparation and passion lead us to experience Christ's life in our own lives today.

5. EASTER - why the power and meaning of the Easter season transcend the creative force of nature and what this means to us.

6. ORDINARY TIME - the time outside the church's formal seasons has a real place and purpose in our experience of the Christian yearly cycle.

EcuFilm, 47 min., Youth, Adults

A stirring recreation of the Last Supper and the events surrounding it. This video is a classic that dramatically portrays the lives of the disciples on their last night with Jesus. It is an unforgettable story of the men who chose to follow a young teacher from Nazareth and of the night that would change their world forever. The disciples reflect on memories of Jesus' inspiring teachings, His humility and gentle example, and His boundless compassion for the multitudes. It is a story about real people who felt as we feel--the fears, doubts, loves and loneliness that are the common bonds of all humanity.

EcuFilm, 20 min., Youth, Adults

This program is about persons who are poor. For those of us who are economically comfortable," it is also about our perceptions of the poor. Frequently held misconceptions about the poor are addressed; "If they wanted to, they could get a job," "Welfare is ruining the economy," "Most poor people live in the inner city." "Poor people are satisfied to live off welfare." This video provides an opportunity for viewers to get to know some persons living in poverty through interviews and minicase histories. The poor are revealed not as objects of our compassion but as our neighbors--indeed, as our brothers, sisters, and children.

V 590 See Dick & Jane Lie, Cheat & Steal

Pyramid Films, 47 min., HS - Adult

This highly acclaimed video hosted by Tom Selleck contrasts horrifying portraits of kids who are growing up with no values, no conscience, and no shame, with "pockets of hope"--special educational programs all across America where children are learning the difference between right and wrong

Advent Videos, 50 min. ea.3 videos, HS - Adult

Exploring the greatest of all mysteries, these three programs bridge the gulf between modern science and faith, asserting that the price of knowledge is not spiritual emptiness. SOUL shows how progress leads many scientists to see the hand of God in the cosmos.

V 591.1 Soul of the Universe - New theories questioning the traditional scientific view that life was created by the "Big Bang" are presented along with evidence that the processes which brought forth conscious human beings were too miraculous to be accidental.

V 591.2 The Evolving Soul - While science can tell us which living things are composed of which elements, this segment focuses on the classic human riddles: Where does creativity come from? Why do we have a sense of self? What is the source of life?

V 591.3 The Silicon Soul - Though some scientists assert that the mind can be understood and someday even copied by computers, knowledge regarding human consciousness beyond computation is remarkably primitive. This segment focuses on our more enigmatic senses of self and personhood.

Moody Institute of Science, 60 min. ea.3 videos, All ages

Science and faith come together to celebrate all that God has created on planet earth. Marvelous for inquisitive minds, the spectacular photography in this series takes the viewer from the farthest reaches of the universe to the smallest cell on the tip of the human finger to gain a deeper appreciation for God's infinite power, wisdom and everlasting love.

V 592.1 Planet Earth: Sanctuary Life -Unforgettable tour of our planet which shows how it creates an ecosystem of water, land and sky which is vital to our survival.

V 592.2 The Animal Kingdom: Great Are Thy Works - You'll visit honeycombs to see how bees communicate, how bats "see" with sound waves, and watch spiders spin webs stronger than steel. God's profusion and craftsmanship are vividly displayed throughout this remarkable film.

V 592.3 Human Life: The Crown of Creation - God's creative powers are evidenced throughout this examination of the complexity and potential of the human brain, the architectural masterworks of the skeleton and the durability of the heart. Awe-inspiring viewing for everyone.

Resource Publications, 126 min., Adult

This edition is for Catechists working with Elementary-Aged Children. The vignettes on this new video give you plenty of ideas about how to make your teaching more exciting and more effective.

Resource Publications, 126 min., Adult

This edition is for Catechists working with Youth. The vignettes on this video give you plenty of ideas about how to make your teaching more exciting and more effective.

V 595 My Soul Proclaims: Voices of Catholic Women

U.S.C.C., 60 min. , JH - Adult

This is a collage of women's experiences ministering in the Church. They are responding to the needs of the Church and society in varied ways, especially in spiritual formation, social justice, and human services.

ACTA Publications,120 min., H.S. - Adult

John Shea, master storyteller and theologian, reflects on the true meaning of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday/Easter Sunday. Divided into four half-hour segments with questions for discussion and reflection after each.

ACTA Publications, 30 min., Adult

A video story designed to be used both with couples for immediate preparation for marriage and with high school and young adults for more long-term marriage education. This video focuses on communication issues within marriage.

St. Luke Productions, 55 min., JH - Adult

Catholic actor Leonardo Defilippis brings to life St. Francis, 'the little poor man of Assisi,' in this inspiring oneman television drama. Well known throughout the U.S. for his highly acclaimed dramas on lives of saints and the Gospels.

V 599 Shua 

ACTA Publications, 60 min., HS - Adult

The story of the life of Jesus as seen through the eyes of a childhood friend.

Franciscan Communications, 25 min., Adult

Looks to Catholic parish history as a means of understanding the Church's future. The influences of local cultures in rural areas and small structures are considered for their creative alternatives and strategies in parish planning.

(USCC), 14 min., Adult

A timely video resource for parish social ministry, outlining the challenges of the bishops's statement and ways parishes can respond.

Liguori, 57 min., Grades 9-12

Join the popular Fr. Joe Kempf and a group of high-school students as they prepare for--and learn about--confirmation. In a series of video vignettes, these young Catholics face the same problems and doubts as other adolescents--issues of sexuality, peer pressure, relationships and commitments, doubts about themselves and their faith.

V 603 Teens and Sex II : What Teenagers Really Say about Sex and Sexuality H. S.

Liguori, 30 min., HS

A video emphasizing teen chastity.

Reunion Records, 38 min.

Musical video featuring Rich Mullins, Renee Garcia, Rick Cua, and Michael W. Smith.

V 605 The Evangelists Speak For Themselves: Mark & Matthew

ACTA Publications, 75 min., Adult

Theologian and storyteller William Burke appears on video tape before a live audience as evangelists Mark and Matthew in these two original dramatic monologues. The author/actor attempts to get behind the words of each Gospel and imagine the person who might have written them. He portrays Mark and Matthew coming to explain the context of their separate Gospels and the relevance of each to today's Christians.

Center For Media and Values, JH - Adult

This video provides step by step lessons and learning units to help young people (and adults, too) understand how the addiction merchants are using the media to manipulate them.

Center for Media and Values,25 min., J.H. - A.

This is a 30 minute documentary video exploring myths and claims behind cigarette and alcohol advertising. Format includes community interviews, ads and TV commercials, statistics to heighten awareness of the problem. Hosted by Michael Learned.

17 min., Adult

Program #1: MEDICARE AND ADVANCED DIRECTIVES - explains The Patient Self-Determination Act which allows patients to choose the type of care they would want if they were unable to communicate those wishes for themselves.

Program #2:MEDICARE AND YOUR PHYSICIANS' BILL - explains payment of claims under Medicare Part-B which is the medical insurance part of Medicare as opposed to Medicare part-A which covers hospitals visits.

V 609 Truth, Tubas and George Washington

Broadman & Holman Publishers, 30 min, Ages 4-13

The values highlighted in this video are honesty and truth. Proverbs 12:19 is the key Bible verse.

Broadman & Holman Publishers, 30 min., JH

The value highlighted in this video is responsibility.

V 611 How to Survive Junior High By Really Trying

Broadman & Holman Publishers, 30 min., JH

The values highlighted in this video are cooperation and teamwork.

Twenty-Third Publications, 10 min., GS

Video designed to convey to children an appreciation of the uniqueness of all creation.

Twenty-Third Publications, 10 min., GS

This video is intended to show children how the various gifts shared in community enrich our lives and our world.

Twenty-Third Publications, 12 min., GS

This video teaches children to face the future with confidence and optimism, even in the face of temporary setbacks.

V 615 Priscella Tadpole

Twenty-Third Publications, 9 min., GS

This video focuses on the inevitability of change and that, frightening though it may be, to trust in the beauty of creation.

Twenty-Third Publications, 10 min., GS

This video implants in children's minds that true worth comes from the heart and not the purse.

Twenty-Third Publications, 12 min., GS

The video shows the power of small acts of caring and love to change the lives of even the most lonely people we meet.

Twenty-Third Publications, 10 min., GS

This video reveals how we can have faith that the future will provide promising new life options.

Twenty-Third Publications, 12 min., GS

This video introduces children to the concept of keeping alive in our hearts and minds those loved ones who are no longer present to us.

Family Entertainment Network, approx. 25 min. ea., GS

Favorite Bible Stories brought to life through the miracle of animation.

V 620.12 The Ministry of Paul

V 623 Surviving Divorce - John Bradshaw

Sagebrush Productions, 90 min., Adult

Life after divorce. For many people, it's far more painful than it has to be. Now, in this ground-breaking new video best-selling author John Bradshaw shows you the pitfalls to avoid on the road recovery while giving you the tools you need for SURVIVING DIVORCE.

V 624 World Youth Day 1993 - Five Extraordinary Days

CTNA, 60 min., HS - Adult

Denver, Colorado, August 11 to August 15, 1993. The world looks on as Pope John Paul II meets and prays with an international gathering of young adults and youth.

V 625 On Our Own

Feature Films for Families, 2 hours, All ages

This video tells the moving story of four children abandoned by their father and left to themselves when their mother dies. Learning they are headed for state foster homes, they run away, hoping to find their Uncle Jack and start a new life.

V 626 Secret of Treasure Mountain

Feature Films, 2 hours

Discovering part of an ancient Spanish treasure map, young Eldon Flowers dreams of finding gold. He could be rich, and he could also help Mr. Fraff who is about to lose his home. Eldon secretly hopes this valiant deed will make him the hero he longs to be. With help from the other ButterCreamers, he embarks on a quest that will lead him to a concealed crypt in an old monastery, a deep cave hidden high in a mountain, and face to face with three greedy characters who will stop at nothing to find the treasure first. Eldon must often make difficult decisions that help him discover much more than gold. He finally sees himself as others do and begins to understand what being a hero really means.

Adult

V 628 Straight At Ya

Scott Newman Center, 30 min., J.H. - H.S.

A Drug Abuse Prevention film starring Kirk Cameron and Dan Frischman, as Waldo.

V 629 Mission America - Part I

Catholic Church Extension Society, 60 min., Adult

A documentary series on the America Home Missions - High Plains, Southwest Midwest-Northeast, Appalachia.

V 630 Mission America - Part II

Catholic Church Extension Society, 60 min., Adult

A documentary series on the American Home Missions - South, Non-Continental U.S. Far West, Mid-Plains.

V 631 USDA - "Your Hometown"

Adult

Treehaus, 50 min., HS - Adult

This video is a symposium on evangelization that provides a perceptive analysis of the anticipated needs of the church in the South. The speakers draw upon a wealth of experience in exploring future challenges in serving the multi-cultured peoples of the southern United States.

Human Relations Media, 31 min., Grade 7-12

This video is designed to help teenagers see their own problems in a new light through the experiences of other teenagers. By viewing the program, your students will understand that they are not helpless, and that their problems, while uniquely theirs, are neither unprecedented nor insurmountable.

V 634 Sexual Abstience: Making the Right Choice Grade 7-12

Human Relations Media, 23 min., Grade 7-12

This documentary program presents candid, thoughtful, and persuasive commentary by individuals and groups of teens from around the country. Nationally recognized sex educator Mary Lee Tatum talks with teens in several cities, asking questions that bring their thoughts into crocodile focus.

V 635 Friends Raping Friends

Human Relations Media, 36 min., Grade 8 - College

This video uses dramatized scenes from dates, on-camera rape experts, and sights and sounds from real college and high school teens to highlight and define acquaintance rape. It presents several helpful steps that arm young people (both men and women) with new skills to prevent acquaintance rape. This video also give women advice on what to do if a man tries to commit rape as well as how to seek help in a rape occurs.

V 636 Behind Closed Doors: Crisis at Home

Human Relations Media, 23 min., Grade 7-12

You may not know which students they are. Family problems are secret problems. Children feel isolated and stigmatized. They may feel they have nowhere to turn for help. They may feel like running away.

This gripping video presents the real stories of teens who have lived through these situations--and found ways to make them better. A teenage girl relates her efforts to break up the new family when her mom remarries. Another family talks frankly about the problem of sexual abuse and the steps they finally took to change. These are stories that can help viewers in need break out of their isolation and show them a path to recovery.

Priority 1 Publishing, 23 min., J.H.-H.S.

This episode of FAST FORWARD goes on the road to Mexico with a group of young people who discover how to beat the "Summer Blues".

V 638 Persuasive Power (Fast Forward)

Priority 1 Publishing, 26 min, J.H.-H.S..

You can't always avoid the pressure but some tips in this video will help you learn how to handle it...And how to protect your future by making the right choices now.

V 639 The Independence Thing (Fast Forward)

Priority 1 Publishing, 23 min., JH - HS

In this video you will discover how to deal with your parents and how to survive the battle for your independence.

V 640 Learning to Hate (Fast Forward)

Priority 1 Publishing, 25 min., JH - HS

In this video we look at prejudice as it relates to race, AIDS, and Christianity.

V 641 New and Living Way, A

Paraclete Press, 45 min., HS - Adult

Sitting on a curb in the old city of Jerusalem, Jamie begins at the beginning of Christian life with the meaning and method of "Born Again." He discusses how each new believer can lay the foundations to immediately experience the joy of a walk with Jesus.

V 642 Living the New Way

Paraclete Press, 45 min., HS - Adult

Jamie uses a typical Israeli vineyard to demonstrate the concept of "tenant living." He discusses the exciting possibilities in sharing our lives because God has given us the privilege to become contributing partners in His kingdom here on earth.

V 643 Knowing Your Power

Paraclete Press, 45 min., HS - Adult

Jamie sits on a parapet overlooking the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem as he addresses the controversial issue of Satan. What power does Satan still have? How do we get Jesus' power to overcome the evil in ourselves? If Jesus defeated Satan on the Cross, why am I still so weak? Jamie's strong teaching on Kingdom authority, provides amazing insight into the daily problems we all face.

V 644 Personal Insights Into Jesus

Paraclete Press, 45 min., HS - Adult

Jamie begins on Mt. Meron, the highest in Israel, where the old Jews believed the Messiah would appear. As he travels to other sights, he shares personal insights from his experiences of walking with Jesus. He speaks about Jesus' realization of His coming death. Jamie's thoughts are particularly poignant because they came less than a year before his own death.

V 645 Living Your Power

Paraclete Press, 45 min., HS - Adult

At Banias, an ancient place of heathen worship near Caesarea Phillipi in northern Israel, Jesus brought His disciples to reveal His identity to them. He then shared the spiritual authority they received through Him, and the power over evil. He has given all believers. This moving series of studies defines the practical applications of all we have inherited from Jesus.

V 646 How to Overcome Death

Paraclete Press, 45 min. HS - Adult

Standing outside the home of Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the dead, Jamie speaks of victory over "the last enemy, Death" that Jesus won for us on the Cross. Already facing the possibility of his own death a year later, Jamie conveys the reality that for the Christian there is nothing to fear because Jesus has given us the power to pass freely from this world to Heaven.

V 647 Say Amen! To What You Are

Liturgy Training Publication, 30 min., Adult

This video is a documentary of the communion rite and how it is celebrated each week by one Roman Catholic parish, St. Henry Church in Cleveland, Ohio. The core of this program focuses on the communion rite; therefore, the entire Mass is not shown. We see the worshipers pray the Our Father, greet each other with a sign of peace, prepare the holy gifts and themselves during the Lamb of God litany and its procession, and come forward rejoicing to the table. There they reverently receive as they say their "Amen" to the proclamation of the bread and wine and themselves as the body of Christ. We also hear how this week-after-week experience nourishes the parishioners so that they can then go out and feed others.

Our Sunday Visitor & CTNA, 108 min.

This introduction to the Catechism of the Catholic Church is provided by the Bishops' Committee on the implementation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church through a generous grant from Our Sunday Visitor, Inc.

Dr. Mary Hazzard, 2 hrs.

Basic steps on how to handle a person that is bleeding from injury. How AIDS came about and what the medical profession is doing to educate the public.

V 650 Teen’s Guide to Living the Mass, A

Liguori, 45 min., Adult

This video is designed for use as a teaching tool. The tape will challenge teens to consider what value the Mass has in their lives, to discuss this value, and finally, to act on that value. The video is divided into eight sections, which are listed below with their running times. Also included are questions designed to spark class discussion.

V 651 Landings

ITP. Paulist Communications, 12 min., Adult

Landings is a process of welcoming returning Catholics into the faith community. This video offers a brief introduction to the development of the process. It also allows the audience to get a taste of how the process works and the experience of some who have been involved.

V 652 Choice, The

Family Theater Films, 29 min., JH - Adult

A series of vignettes highlighting human choices in difficult contemporary situations reflects the critical choices made by a young Jewish girl which changed the course of history.

V 653 Visit, The

Family Theater Films, 29 min., JH - Adult

Just as Mary reached out to lepers and visited Elizabeth, a steadfast woman stands by a young mother with AIDS.

V 654 Search, The

Family Theater Films, 29 min., JH - Adult

Analogous to the search for Jesus in the temple by Mary and Joseph, a modern-day couple struggles to find their runaway daughter.

V 655 Journey, The

Family Theater Films, 29 min., JH - Adult

Paralleling the plight of Mary's and Joseph's seeking a place for Jesus to be born, a homeless couple struggles to find food and shelter for their child.

V 656 Hero, The

Family Theater Films, 29 min., JH - Adult

Connected thematically to the sorrowful journey of Jesus to his cross, this saga tells a modern-day tale of a young man's struggle to free himself from alcoholism.

V 657 What Catholics Believe About the Catechism

Liguori, 31 min., Adult

This video give viewers the where's, how's, and why's of the new Catechism. Fr. Michael Tueth leads the viewer through by posing often-asked questions to several "persons in the pew." After hearing their response, Fr. Tueth give the correct answer and turns the explanation over to various Church personalities. He covers the history of the Catechism,

talks about the purpose of it, and indicates just how it is to be used most effectively.

V 658 What Catholics Believe About Reconciliation

Liguori, 31 min., Adult

Reconciliation is one of the greatest and yet one of the least understood of the sacraments.

This video gets to the bottom of some misconceptions which have plagued Catholics, and gets to the heart of the joy in celebrating reconciliation. Father Michael Tueth discusses forgiveness, who it applies to, how it offers us the opportunity of growing closer to God, and why we should go to confession. In addition, he helps the viewer understand the reasons for penance, and the part the priest plays in leading them through.

V 659 History of the Church, The

Ikonographics, 12 - 20 min., HS - Adult

Rich and inspiring, the history of our church offers students and teachers alike an opportunity for reflection by examining the lives and values of Christians of other eras. This videostrip encompasses the development of ritual, doctrine, the arts, government and morality. Without denying the difficulties and divisions that have plagued our church, it highlights the great diversity of spiritual paths available to us. A marvelous aid in reading the new universal Catechism.

V 659.1 Part I: The Foundation of the Church:

1. Pentecost to St. Paul

2. Era of the Fathers

V 659.2 Part II: The Church in the Middle Ages:

1. A Light in the Dark Ages

2. The Church in an Age of Faith

V 659.3 Part III: Renaissance and Reformation:

1: The Church Confronts a Secular World

2: Rebels Question the Roman Catholic Tradition

V 659.4 Part IV: The Church in the Modern World

1: The Church Responds to the Scientific and Social Revolution

2: Vatican II: The Church Finds the Way in Today's World

V 660 Haunted by God

Corpus Video, 60 min., Adult

This one actress performance of the life of Dorothy Day has been acclaimed by audiences throughout the nation. This passionate and powerful performance conveys the spirit of the woman who lived "solidarity with the poor" and who used civil disobedience to protest social evil. Haunted by God is a compelling dramatic portrait of a woman sure to challenge you and your community to live the gospel with renewed zeal.

V 662 An Introduction To Feminist Spirituality - Kathleen Fischer

Corpus Video, 20 min., Adult

People who study theology know all about the impact of our new found appreciation of the tradition that is aware of the feminine dimension of God. But most people only have a vague notion of it or dismiss it as some fringe movement. In a video filled with creative and powerful images, Kathleen Fischer introduces such people to the wisdom and the freedom of feminist spirituality. The video will set the viewer, both male and female, free to see God, the community and self in a new way.

V 663 Your Role on a Better Religious Education Team (Part 1)

National Catholic Catechists Society, Adult

This program explains the components of a religious education team, explores the responsibilities of team members and leaders, and examines how everyone can work together to reach commonly held goals. The special focus of this video is leadership. What is a leader? What special abilities does a leader have? Does a leader influence others to do what he or she wants, or is leadership a subtler process? Examples of leadership in both the religious education classroom and the wider parish provided.

V 664 Beatitudes, The Middle School

Paulist Press, 20 min., Middle School

The message of Jesus is clear. When we live the Beatitudes we live in happiness, in freedom and without fear. We free ourselves from anger, from unfriendly words, from obsessions. We live in harmony with God, others and self.

In this lively video, Gaynell Cronin, renowned religious educator, examines each of the Beatitudes in detail and how they are evident in the lives of middle school children. As the viewers see the meaning of the Beatitudes lived out in scenes from the typical experiences of middle school kids, they will realize that the Beatitudes offer a different vision of the world than they receive from their culture and from television, but a vision which can really lead to happiness.

V 665 Liar, Liar Pants on Fire! (Fast Forward)

Priority One Publishing, 24 min., JH - HS

This episode not only gives a surprising look at how teenagers feel about lying. It also demonstrates that friendships suffer severely when trust has gone out of the relationship.

V 666 Rejection Connection, The

Priority One Publishing, 25 min., JH - HS

This video deals with rejection as it relates to friends, unrealistic expectations and depression.

V 667 Guatemala Is Not a Dip

Priority One Publishing, 24 min., JH - HS

The TV crew tags along with missionaries Phil and Jana Disney as they fly into the remote mountain region known as the Ixil Triangle...travel by boat across mysterious Lake Atitlan...and climb ancient Mayan ruins in the jungles of Tikal. But there is more to the story than active volcanos and exotic locations. Find out what makes the Disneys tick! Why would Phil and Jana leave the comforts of the United States to live in Central America? And do they get free passes to Disney World?

V 668 Home Is Where the Hurt Is

Priority One Publishing, 25 min., JH - HS

This video teaches young people to learn how to cope with problems in the home that are beyond their control.

V 669 Why Do Bad Things Happen?

Priority One Publishing, 26 min., JH - HS

Sooner or later, personal tragedy strikes all of us...and we start asking questions.

- Why did this have to happen?

- Who's responsible?

- Where was God?

We begin to blame ourselves...our parents...our friends...the doctors...or society. We may even blame God. This video explores those questions...and brings a message of hope for troubled teens.

V 670 Proclaiming the Word

Liturgy Training Publications, 43 min., Adult

This two-part foundational and formational video is for new as well as experienced readers/lectors and gospel readers.

V 671 Godparent Gussie

Franciscan Communications, 20 min., JH - Adult

A whimsical and informative presentation on the history and development of the rites of initiation.

V 672 Let the Rain Settle It

Franciscan Communications, 13 min., I - Adult

Unforeseen circumstances throw two boys, one white, one black, together for twenty four hours during which time they discover the beginnings of a friendship.

V 673 A Walk Through the New Catechism

My Father's House, 5 - 2 hr. videos (20 ½ hr. segments), Adult

This 20 part video series are the best, most comprehensive practical guide you can find on the New Catholic Catechism.

National Association of Pastoral Musicians, 4 - 1 hour tapes, Adult

This video instruction will delight as well as educate. Sr. Carol Perry, herself a gifted storyteller, shows how the Good News according to Luke (Gospel of Acts) primarily a story whose concluding chapter is to be written by ourselves. For Ministerial formation, Scripture study groups, Days of reflection, CCD and adult education programs and Homily preparation.

V 675 Training For Leaders of Small Groups

Serendipity House, 6 - 30 min. videos, Adult

Lyman Coleman, one of the architects of the small group movement, has been captured on video. Thousands of pastors and small group leaders have been trained through his popular one day Serendipity Seminar. Now you can recruit, train, and equip your small group leaders as often as you need, at your convenience. This video is packed with stories and experiences which will change the people and ministry of your church.

Six entertaining sessions will teach you:

1. Small Groups..."where everybody knows your name."

2. Fundamentals..."the method behind the madness."

3. Lifecycle of a Group..."a play in 3 acts."

4. Principles of Bible Study..."leveling the playing field"

5. Problems..."keeping the elephants off your air hose."

6. The Next Step..."if we build it, they will come."

V 676 God’s Trombones - A Trilogy

Billy Budd Films, 30 min., All ages

This video consists of three African-American spiritual poems: The Creation, The Prodigal Son and Go Down Death. Narrations are by James Earl Jones and Dorian Harewood. The Trilogy sums up man's human condition from beginning to end, never forsaking the spirit of hope.

V 677 Creation, The

Rabbit Ears Productions, 30 min., Ages 5 and up

The story of how God created the universe in seven days and gave life to Adam and Eve.

V 678 Joseph and His Brothers

Rabbit Ears Productions, 30 min., Ages 5 and up

The story of Joseph, who is sold into slavery by his brothers yet later forgives their betrayal by saving them from famine.

V 679 Noah and the Ark

Rabbit Ears Productions,.30 min., Ages 5 and up

This video tells the story of how Noah built an ark to save his family and two of every kind of animal from a flood that destroys the world.

V 680 Moses the Lawgiver

Rabbit Ears Productions, 30 min., Ages 5 and up

This is the miraculous story of how Moses receives God's commandments atop Mt. Sinai and leads the Israelites on their forty-year journey to the Promised Land.

V 681 Moses in Egypt

Rabbit Ears Productions, 30 min.

The unforgettable story of Moses and how he is summoned by God to deliver his fellow Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

V 682 The Saviour is Born

Rabbit Ears Productions, 30 min., Ages 5 and up

This video delivers a poignant re-telling of the first Christmas according to the gospels of Matthew and Luke. The awe-inspiring score performed by The Christ Church Cathedral Choir of Oxford, England, perfectly dramatizes the power and beauty of the story of the birth of Jesus.

V 683 David and Goliath

Rabbit Ears Productions, 30 min., Ages 5 and up

This is the inspiring story of how David, armed only with great faith and a shepherd's slingshot, miraculously defeats the Philistine giant Goliath.

V 684 Jonah and the Whale

Rabbit Ears Productions, 30 min., Ages 5 and up

Jason Robards masterfully tells one of the world's most compelling stories, in which Jonah is swallowed by a whale and learns a lesson of forgiveness and obedience.

V 685 It Ain't Worth It

A.C. GREEN Programs for Youth, 35 min., JH - HS

This is a long-form music/documentary video with some of today's hottest athletes talking straight about the potential hazards of pre-marital sex and the advantage of abstinence. Its' exciting style and informative contents make it the perfect tool for young people in the fight against AIDS and other problems they face.

V 686 Capital Punishment: The Death of Morality

Catholic Conference of Kentucky 1994, 12 min., J.H. .- Adult

The focus of this video is specifically Life vs. Death when capital crimes have been committed. This video is talking about the death penalty in Kentucky. Ten years ago our Bishops in Kentucky wrote a pastoral Letter, Choose Life: Reflections on the Death Penalty, because they were, and still are, convinced that the death penalty should be abolished. Many of the issues which they surfaced then are included in this video.

V 687 Good Goats: Healing Our Image of God

Corpus Video, 40 min., Adult

This video is based on the popular and critically acclaimed book of the same name. It is filled with thought-provoking images, tackling touch questions of hell, sin and vengeance in such a way that viewers are led to transformation and healing in the midst of a relationship with the loving, merciful and saving God.

V 688 Religious Education Convocation - October 29-30, 1994

Clips of people in the diocese involved in different ministries.

Liguori, 25 min., Adult

Fr. Michael Tueth fields the most often question about the New Age Movement. Multiple choice questions at the end of video.

Liguori, 29 min., Adult

Fr. Michael Tueth fields the most often asked questions about the Church with additional comments from theologians, teachers and DREs.Multiple choice questions at the end video.

V 691 Freedom to Dump Losers

Franciscan University Press, 67 min., Adult

Mary Beth Bonacci has been giving talks on love, relationships and chastity to audiences across the U.S. and internationally since 1986. In 1993, she spoke to 75,000 youth at World Youth Day in Denver, Colorado. She is currently director of The Future Project, a chastity education program based in the San Francisco Bay area.

V 692 Empowering the Catechist - Skills and Techniques for Effective Teaching Twenty-Third Publications, Approx 25 min. each, Adult

Here's the answer to a DRE's prayers--a practical, economical video program effective for both in-service and pre-service catechist training. The emphasis in this exciting new six-session video is on development of practical skills and techniques, which allow catechists to achieve teaching goals and enjoy doing it.

V 693 Maria’s First Communion

Twenty-Third Publications, 10 min., GS

An 8-year-old girl names Maria encourages children to look to their homes and families as the center of their personal preparation for first communion.

V 694 Baptism, Communion and Confession

Family Films, Approx. 25 min., Grade 6-9

V 695 The Apostle’s Creed

Family Films, Approx. 25 min., Grade 6-9

This video will help supplement your regularly planned lesson about The Apostles Creed..

V 696 The Ten Commandments

Family Films, Approx. 25 min, Grade 6-9.

This video will help supplement your planned lesson about The Ten Commandments. Use this video to help students explore life application through interactive learning.

V 697 The Lord’s Prayer

Family Films, Approx. 25 min., Grade 6-9

This video will help supplement your regularly planned lesson about The Lord’s Prayer. Use this video to help students explore life application through interactive learning.

Center for Media Literacy, 5 videos

V 698.1 Introductory/Overview 90 min.

How to organize effective programs in your schools and community. Background articles, bibliography and audiotape, "Issues and Answers." This video-based "Town Hall" presentation to introduce teachers, parents, religious and community groups to key concepts and strategies for action.

V 698.2 Elementary School Lessons (Grades 4-5)

Eight lesson plans, 17 worksheets; eight video segments. Explores the missing consequences of media violence and challenges Hollywood's heroes and heroines. Kids discover how much violence they regularly see on TV and its impact.

V 698.3 Middle School Lessons (Grades 6-8)

Eight lesson plans, 22 worksheets; eight video segments. Helps older kids create peaceful endings to stories; teaches about violent "jolts per minute" and inspires ways to make a difference.

V 698.4 Teen/Adult Lessons

Seven session outlines, 11 handouts, five video segments. Explores deeper issues of violence in sports and the news as well as sexual violence in music videos and movies. Includes dozens of action advocacy activities.

V 698.5 Parent/Caregiver

Seven session outlines, 21 handouts, four video segments. Taking the "Movie Ratings Quiz" is revealing; challenging the "Six Myths of Media Violence" is informative; learning the "Four Effects of Viewing Violence" is enlightening. An ideal curriculum for groups of parents, grandparents and care givers of young children.

V 699 Bubba’s Big Banana Cream Crime (Quigley's Village)

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

Everyone is tempted in one way or another, and Bubba can hardly resist one of his mom's fresh banana cream pies. Meanwhile, Danny is tempted to cheat when he can't think of anything to write for the poetry contest. (Resisting Temptation)

V 700 The Wonder Kid's Colossal Cash Caper

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

Learning to be courageous is fun when Danny, Bubba and Spike imagine themselves as the Wonder Kids looking for adventure. On "assignment" from Mr. Quigley they find a money purse in the park and are faced with the dilemma of keeping it or giving it back. (Courage)

V 701 Spike and the Silly Mixed-Up Sleep Over

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

Learning to listen is a very important part of growing up. When Spike goes over to Lemon's house for a SLEEP OVER, she doesn't listen to her day and forgets to bring some essential things--with frustrating (but very funny) results! (Listening)

V 702 Scary Sounds In The Campground

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

In this episode, Mr. Quigley takes the guys camping and they have a wonderful time eating and telling stories until bedtime when Bubba hears strange noises. The noises get louder and Bubba's imagination runs wild until he confronts his fear and discover the culprit! (Overcoming fear)

V 703 The Great Treehouse Disaster

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

In this episode, building a treehouse turns into a disaster when nobody cooperates. Mr. Quigley teaches the kids that "when there is a job to do, when we cooperate it will soon be through"--and working together is a lot more fun too! (Cooperation)

V 704 Shakeups and Showdowns

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

When Spike and Bubba can't agree on what color to paint the clubhouse sign, trouble arises. The "case" goes to trial and Judge Quigley shows the kids how to work things out. (Working Things Out)

V 705 The Super Shoot-For-The-Stars Space Ship

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

The Quigley's Village kids want to buy a Super Shoot-for-the-Stars Space Ship for their treehouse, so they decide to have a lemonade sale to raise money. But when Bubba accidentally breaks Mr. Quigley's glass pitcher, they have to decide the responsible thing to do. (Responsibility)

V 706 Danny Buys a Blobit

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

Danny decides to buy a toy with the money Mr. Kyogle gives him to buy party decorations. To cover his actions he has to lie and finally decides to bury the toy. Everything is going great until it rains and Danny's deception is found growing out of the ground!

V 707 Lemon and the Kite Flying Catastrophe

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

Lemon learns the importance of thankfulness when her doll is swept away during a windy day of kite flying. The gang tries to find Mrs. Toddy without success until she is found on top of a flag pole and only Bubba can save the day!

V 708 Spike's Big Blue Babble Balloon Machine

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

Danny, Spike and Bubba each enter a contest to win the Big Blue Bubble Babble Balloon Machine, and all promise to share it--no matter who wins. But when Spike wins, she decides to keep it for herself, balloons and all, and then has a very, very big sneeze!

V 709 Kyolge's Village Sing -Along

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

This video includes some of the favorite songs from Kyogle's Village:

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU (Thankfulness); TOGETHER WE'LL GET THE JOB DONE (Cooperation); IT ISN'T REALLY FAIR (Fairness); LOOK AWAY (Temptation) BEDTIME PRAYER. (Teaches Christian Values)

V 710 Rabbi's Gift, The

Ecu-Film, 7 min., HS - Adult

This is an extraordinary fable about one community's yearning for new life and vitality. Set in the time-forgotten world of an isolated monastery, a visiting Rabbi's parting words, "The Messiah is one of you", penetrates the walls and towers, unleashing a surprising discovery. This video tells a deceptively simple and powerful story about the rebirth of a dying monastic order. In the telling, it evokes thought and discussion about the power of imagination, the nature of community, and the crucial nature of respect for others and oneself.

V 711 You and Your Aging Parents

Ecu-Film, 30 min., Adult

When we were growing up, we depended on our parents to be there when we needed help. But what happens years later when our parents need us? This video is designed to help adult children understand the emotional and physical needs of their aging parents and realize their own emotional and physical limits as care givers. This video addresses the problems adult children encounter when faced with the physical and psychological care of their parents. It also helps adult children identify and deal with their own frustrations.

V 712 Understanding the Bible

Ecu-Film, 25 min., Grade 6- Adult

This informative video provides a valuable foundation for Bible study by reviewing the major steps in the formation of the Bible. This indispensable prelude to the study of the Old and New Testaments contains four seven minute segments:

V 713 Understanding Christian Symbols

Ecu-Film, 25 min., J.H. - Adult

Cross and crown, wheat and grapes, the difference between signs and symbols -- these are just a few of the images and ideas explored in this video. Using photography and graphic illustrations, the video enriches the viewer's understanding of traditional Christian symbols with an exploration of their origins and theological significance. Excellent for Confirmation and Adult Classes.

V 714 Discovering Everyday Spirituality

Ecu-Film, 25 min. each, Adult

This six-part series profiles ordinary people who seek to reclaim and nurture the sacredness that can be found in everyday life. Thomas Moore, best selling author of Care of the Soul and Soulmates, reflects on how, by following their example, we can all gain greater satisfaction in our lives and come to a deeper knowledge of what it means to be human.

V 714.1 Story (Parts 1 & 2) - Stories have the power to heal and set free, particularly the stories of our own lives. Segments include:

..Mothers and daughters tell intimate family stories of birth, marriage and death

..Dan Wakefield leads a spiritual autobiography workshop

V 714.2 Place (Parts 3 & 4) - By paying attention to our homes and neighborhoods we discover the spiritual geography of our lives. Segments include:

..Poet Kathleen Norris unearths the mystical pull of the Dakotas

..A mother revisits her childhood home and makes a startling discovery

V 714.3 Activity (Parts 5 & 6) - All our activities--work, art or chores-- can enhance and deepen our spiritual lives. Segments include:

..Jeff Smith (The Frugal Gourmet) whips us a theology of cooking

..Robert Fulghum irons his shirt as a form of contemplation

V 714.4 Ritual (Parts 7 & 8) - Rituals give order and meaning to our lives, linking our inner and outer worlds. They form the vary fabric of our lives. Whether reenacted daily, seasonally or every once in awhile, they point to a deep desire for meaning and stability. In these two episodes, the ordinary rituals of daily life are profiled. By anchoring us to a deeper part of ourselves, these everyday acts enable us to confront the continuing unpredictability of life. Segments include:

.. A Professional writer, mother and wife carves out daily domestic rituals to keep chaos at the edge of modern life

..The Sunday afternoon meal, a tradition stretching back several generations, becomes a ritual of strengthening connections for a busy family in Brooklyn

..A country-born urban professional recreates a sense of home through the ritual of horseback riding

..A sudden and tragic death confronts a father with the challenge of moving forward and creating simple rituals to commemorate a life

Franciscan Communications, 15 min.

Ten year old Randy learns that making good decisions requires looking at possible choices. Best substance abuse prevention program.

V 716 The Hardest Job - Leading a Parish to Live from its Liturgy

Liturgy Training Publications, 19 min., Adult

A video for the presiders and others who prepare the liturgy. Priests and members of the assembly speak of the consistent work done week by week that leads to full, conscious and active participation by all.

V 717 Gregorian Chant - The Monks and Their Music

Paraclete Press, 30 min., HS - Adult

In 1994, interest in Gregorian chant exploded like never before. This video tells why. In a spectacularly medieval setting of the cloisters in New York City, this take takes viewers on a fascinating journey through the rich history of Gregorian chant.

V 718 Praying the Beatitudes: A Meditation Through Art

Corpus , 12 min., Adult

The Beatitudes have been called the "Magna Carta" of Christianity. This video provides a prayerful way of meditating on their deep meaning. The visuals consist entirely of the dramatic mandalas of artist Geri Hable. Mandala means "possessing one's essence or wholeness". This video of mandalas focused on the Beatitudes invites viewers to reflect quietly, seek healing and pray about whatever strikes them as they "listen" to the colors, shapes, symbolic forms and powerful words.

V 719 The Message of St. Francis For Today

Corpus, 40 min., Adult

In this video shot on location in Assisi, Franciscan priest Michael Crosby applies the deep insights of St. Francis to the Church and society of today while inspiring the viewer to live the joyful and prophetic spirit of St. Francis in the modern world. Compelling visuals make Fr. Crosby's profound presentation of St. Francis a program you will want to use in RCIA, catechist formation and small Christian communities.

Corpus, 20 min., Adult

One of the great insights of the Christian tradition is the Communion of Saints - outstanding people who have made the God of Jesus Christ incarnate in our world. This video is both educational and prayerful, the viewer will be introduced to numerous saints and 20th Century heroes and heroines. This video provides hope to any who doubt that God acts in our world and will gladden the heart of all who believe that we are part of the great circle of Saints. Video was written by William Cleary. For RCIA, small Christian communities.

V 721 Praying the Psalms

Corpus, 20 min., Adult

This video will help the viewer apply the Psalms to his/her own life, making these prayers one's own. Compelling visuals bring the Psalms to new life, even for those familiar with them. The insights of Sr. Joan Chittister touch the soul. You will learn the historical context of the Psalms, why the Psalms were written, how the Psalms challenge us today as a society, as a church, and as individuals.

V 722 Reimaging the Parish

Corpus, 20 min., Adult

Father Patrick Brennan is known for his innovative vision for parish ministry. Here he conveys those insights in a video which provides fresh images of ministry and a new way of thinking about parish. Every parish staff will be inspired, challenged and given much to discuss by a video which asks us to consider how we may best convey the Good News today. Useful for parish staffs, parish councils, small Christian communities.

V 723 How to Raise Your Child With Faith

Paulist Press, 25 min., Adult

In a video perfect for pre-Baptism classes, parent meetings in religious education programs or as a gift to parents, this program explores practical ways to "pass on the faith" to children. Realizing that faith is "caught" more than it is "taught", this video inspires parents to manifest their own faith to their children in everyday situations. Viewers will come away with a new understanding of what it means to convey faith and with numerous practical tips.

V 724 How to Start a Small Christian Community

Paulist Press, 25 min., Adult

Father Patrick Brennan offers useful advice on how to start a small Christian community, what growing pains to expect and how to deal with them creatively.

V 725 Eucharist: Breaking Bread in Thanksgiving and Hope

Corpus, 15 min., Adult

Most videos about the Eucharist are simply explanations of the ritual. This video takes a different approach. In the poetic, inspirational words that we have come to expect from Anthony Padovano, here is an appreciation of the beauty and power of Jesus' gift to us. With imagery from classic art and from contemporary scenes, the spirit of the Eucharist comes through in a new, inspiring way. Perfect for use in educational or prayer settings.

V 726 What Mary Taught Jesus

Corpus, 40 min., Adult

In a dynamic presentation which blends music, art and staged performance, the viewer will experience the story of Mary - woman of faith and social rebel. What Mary taught Jesus was a passion for a world where "princes would be pulled down from their thrones and the lowly would be exalted." Watch this video and appreciate Mary, the Mother of Jesus, as one who said "Yes to a Spirit filled world."

V 727 Sacred Stories

Ecu-Film, 1 hr. 20 min., Adult

Three master storytellers--Frederick Buechner, Maya Angelou, and James Carroll--share their personal stories and give insights into the use of story in revealing God's presence in our lives. These three novelists lead the viewer to discover the power of memory to heal, the value of telling secrets and the possibilities of changing the future by forgiving the past. This video is divided into four segments:

The Man in the Gray Slacks - Frederick Buechner uses the story of his father's suicide to explore themes of pain, the sharing of secrets and the power of forgiveness.

A Father and a Son - James Carroll shares a memoir of his parents in which he deals with questions of identity, family and parental reconciliation.

The Cowardly Lion - Frederick Buechner describes a time when "a lot of sad and scary things were going on in our house" and discovers God's presence in the midst of darkness.

Mama and Uncle Willie - Maya Angelou conjures up the people and images of childhood to comment on the strength of family attachments, the value of community and the power of love over death.

V 728 Imagination: New Approaches to the Bible

Ecu-Film, 1 hr. 30 min. Adult

In this four-part (2--25 min. segments) videotape, internationally acclaimed scholar, lecturer and author Walter Brueggemann uses biblical texts as a source for imagining a world "quite unlike the world we ordinarily take for granted." As one critic claims, Dr. Brueggemann "listens to the scripture and the human condition and then develops a lively conversation between the two."

V 729 Who Is Jesus?

Ecu-Film, 24 min., Youth, Adult

What role does Jesus play in your faith? What does one have to believe about Jesus to be a Christian?

V 730 What’s the Use of the Bible?

Ecu-Film, 26 min., Youth, Adult

What kind of authority does the Bible have for you? What role does the Bible play in your faith? How do you approach reading the Bible?

V 731 Who’s Got the Truth?

Ecu-Film, 21 min., Youth, Adult

If you really believe you are right, how do you deal with people who believe very differently from you?

V 732 How Do We Right the Wrong?

Ecu-Film, 26 min., Youth, Adult

What are the most pressing social issues of our times? How does your faith affect the way you view those issues? What should religious institutions be doing about them?

V 733 What Gives You Faith?

Ecu-Film, 23 min., Youth, Adult

How did you come into your faith? What sustains your faith? How do you share your faith?

V 734 What Happens After Death?

Ecu-Film, 27 min., Youth, Adult

What is your attitude toward death? What does immortality or life after death mean to you? If you've lost someone you love in death, how do you think about them?

V 735 This is the Night

Liturgy Training Publications, 30 min., Adult

Can a whole parish be involved in initiation? Are the public rites of welcoming, scrutiny and dismissal embarrassing for the catechumens? Is immersion baptism only for the avant-garde parishes? In the vision of the order of Christian initiation, the Easter Vigil crowns the many celebrations that have marked the journey a parish makes with those who wish to join it in faith. This video follows the elect and the candidates from the celebration of the scrutinies during Lent through their baptism and reception at the Easter Vigil to Easter Sunday morning.

V 736 My Secret Friend: A Guardian Angel Story

CCC of America, 30 min., All ages

Little Angie was so sure she had a guardian angel, she even gave him a name--Mikey! Everyone else knew the angel was all in her imagination or, was he? An eventful family vacation in the mountains provides the unforgettable answer in a captivating blend of comedy and suspense for children.

V 737 The Mystery of Faith: An Introduction to Catholicism

Paulist Press, 25 min. each

V 737.1 Incarnation - Shows how incarnation tells us as much about humanity as it tells us about God.

V 737.2 Tradition - Rev. Michael Himes explains what tradition is and how it is a dynamic reality within contemporary Catholicism.

V 737.3 Trinity - Fr. Himes shows why the doctrine of the Trinity is not simply one doctrine among many but rather is the whole of the Christian doctrine.

V 737.4 Eucharist - Explores several of the many dimensions of Eucharist, including "Real Presence," with emphasis on Eucharist as the "self gift" of Jesus Christ.

V 737.5 Grace - Grace is woven throughout our lives. Fr. Hides helps us appreciate the presence of grace in all we do.

V 737.6 Salvation - Fr. Hides renews the meaning of this traditional term and shows why social justice is essential to our salvation.

V 737.7 Church - What does it mean to be Church? How does the Church continue the presence of Christ in our world? These reflections of Fr. Hides are sure to challenge and inspire.

V 737.8 Sacraments of Vocation- This video will show how Matrimony symbolizes the deepest dimension of the God-human relationship. Here, too, is a new appreciation for the meaning of Holy Orders.

V 737.9 Baptism - This video is unique in its exploration of the awesome and mystical depth of this sacrament and for its insights into Original Sin.

V 737.10 Reconciliation - Fr. Hides demonstrates the power of this sacrament for living the truth of the God-creature relationship.

V 738 Building Shalom Families: For the 1990's and Beyond

Institute for Peace and Justice, 45 min., Adult

This six-session program written by Wendy Bauers Northup and James and Kathleen McGinnis focuses on key issues confronting families in the 1990's. The video includes a segment on Trevor Ferrell, the youth who created an incredible program for the homeless of Philadelphia, in addition to the best segments from the original Building Shalom Families.

V 739 Teaching the Faith

Augsburg, 90 min. each, Adult

This series shows teachers how to teach. See experienced teachers at work, demonstrating the methods they use. Learn how age-level development affects student earning.

Ave Maria Press, 28 min., Adult

This program looks at these controversial issues involving who should live and who should die, and who should make the decisions--the individual, or the family, or the government? Explores the questions in a context of a consistent ethic of life.

Hallel Communications, 30 min. each, HS - Adult

Award-winning director, Fr. George J. Torok was there. The Council, its excitement and its vision come to life in these nine milestone videos.

V 742 After You Say "I Do"... Adult

Center for Media Literacy, 30 min., Adult

A fast-paced introduction to the fundamentals of media literacy by some of the field's leading proponents, including producer/host Renee Hobbs, PhD., Associate Professor at Babson College and director of the Institute on Media Education at Harvard University. In three 10-minute segments, viewers learn media analysis using news reports of the Los Angeles riots, cover core principles of media literacy, and visit classrooms to see media literacy in action!

V 744 The American Sign Language

Sign Media, Inc. (Lou Fant), l hour each, JH - Adult

This videotape series has been specially designed to accompany the unique text of the same name. The special presentation, sequencing, and pacing of items allows viewers to check their comprehension skills and practice their expressive skills. Also, each item on the video is keyed to an exact page in the textbook. Each video tape contains over 200 phrases, expressions, or sentences organized by commonly occurring themes.

V 744.1 ASL Phrase Book 1 - Everyday Expressions, Signing and Deafness, Getting Acquainted, Health, Weather

V 744.2 ASL Phrase Book 2 - Family, School, Food and Drink, Clothing; Sports and Recreation

V 744.3 ASL Phrase Book 3 - Travel, Animals, Colors, Civics, Religion, Numbers, Time, Dates, Money

V 745 Come and See

Brown-Roa, 45 min., JH - Adult

Three dramatizations inspired by the Gospel of John: The Woman at the Well; The Man Born Blind; The Raising of Lazarus. This video is ideal for Scripture study, RCIA, adult enrichment, retreat, and classroom

V 746 Evangelization, the Catholic Way of Life

ITP Paulist Communications 20 min., Adult

This video gives three portraits of Catholics living out their faith and a brief picture of the beliefs of the Church in action. Good for welcoming persons interested in returning to the church or those interested in taking a look at the Catholic Church.

V 747 Go Forth Together For An Abundant Harvest: The Spirit and Ideals of the New Evangelization Adult

V 748 Preparing For the Great Jubilee Year 2000 Through Equipping the Entire People of God Adult

V 749 Evangelizers Must Be Holy: The Call to Personal Integrity in Evangelization Training Adult

V 750 Now’s the Time! Responding to the Urgent Call for New Evangelization Adult

V 751 Teaching Children in the Church

GROUP, Five 2-hour tapes, Adult

This series of training videos is packed with practical ideas from respected professionals. These videos will give teachers working with pre-school to sixth-grade children proven skills for teaching children by specific age group.

V 751.1 Children’s Ministry Essentials

Prepare lessons that work; develop relationships with kids; model your faith; use appropriate discipline

Teach in terms kids understand; help kids overcome self-centeredness; make lessons come alive.

Relate lessons to kids' lives; build young people's self esteem.

V 751.4 Teaching Third and Fourth Graders

Teach kids to accept others; capitalize on this group's developing curiosity; shape these kids' new found sense of independence.

V 751.5 Teaching Fifth and Sixth Graders

Help kids through the ups and downs of early adolescence; handle developmental differences between boys and girls; overcome boredom and apathy toward church.

V 752 What Catholics Believe About Prayer

Liguori, 30 min., Adult

The great prayers of the Bible and the Church are featured here, along with other practices that help viewers experience the biblical ideal: "always be in a state of prayer."

V 753 What Catholics Believe About the Holy Spirit

Liguori, 30 min., Adult

Here the Holy Spirit is presented not just as a doctrine, but as a Power and a Presence that can transform everything in nature, in the Church, and in each individual life toward love.

V 754 What Catholics Believe About Rights, Freedoms, and Responsibilities

Liguori, 30 min., Adult

God has granted us many freedoms and rights, but they were not made solely for human pleasure. They are precious gifts from God that allow us to live in peace and made decisions so we become closer to Him. With these gifts also come responsibilities.

V 755 What Catholics Believe About Lifestyles

Liguori, 30 min., Adult

The last 25 years have brought great changes. Many new lifestyles have come from this change. But where does the Catholic Church stand on these issues, and more importantly, why?

V 756 The Dancing Church

Paulist Press, Adult

An entertaining way to educate parish liturgy committees to imaginative developments in worship. Liturgical dance has been "talked about" for years--now see it done well-as a genuine act of praise to God.

V 757 Silent Witness, The

Mass Media Ministries , 55 min., HS - Adult

An amazing, real-life detective story which traces the known history of the Shroud and reviews the results of scientific testing. Scientists from JPL,Interpol and the U.S. Air Force examine the possibility that the shroud was once Christ's burial cloth.

V 758 Holy Darkness: Prayers of Consolation

OCP Publications, 28 min., Adult

You’re hurting. Spend time with Dan Schutte's moving and inspirational music. Small Groups find this video perfect for a meeting, and you will find questions and topics for discussion.

V 759 Creativity - Touching the Devine

Catholic Comm. Campaign, 60 min., Adult

The spiritual dimension of the creative process is represented through a variety of creative people. This video illustrates that creativity is not just producing something but an attitude. It is a way of living life, a way of connecting with the divine.

V 760 For the Living

WETA, 57 min., HS -Adult

This video follows the creators of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as they journey from the nation's capital to the death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the forests of Poland, and the streets of Warsaw in their efforts to create a permanent,

Wilderson Video 60 min.

V 762 Adam and Eve

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 763 Noah’s Ark

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 764 The Tower of Babel

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 765 Abraham the Forefather

CCC of America, 30 min, GS - JH

V 766 Sodom and Gomorrah

CCC of America, 30 min, GS - JH

V 767 Isaac and Ishmael

CCC of America, 30 min, GS - JH

V 768 Abraham’s Sacrifice

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 769 Joseph in Bondage

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 770 Joseph’s Triumph

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 771 Moses the Egyptian

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 772 The Burning Bush

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 773 Moses and Pharaoh

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 774 The Exodus

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 775 The Ten Commandments

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 776 The Golden Calf

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 777 Journey to the Promised Lands

CCC of America, 30 min.. GS - JH

V 778 The Fall of Jericho

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 779 One King for Israel

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 780 David and Goliath

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 781 King David

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 782 The Wisdom of Solomon

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 783 The Exile of Israel

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - HS

V 784 Release from Babylon

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 785 Prophets in the Desert

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 786 The Birth of Jesus

CCC of America, 30 min., GS - JH

V 787 Overcoming Stress in 5,000 Easy Steps

Priority 1 Publishing, 30 min., HS - Adult

This video will explore the causes of stress and provide practical tips to overcome the pressure.

V 788 Why Do Bad Things Happen

Priority 1 Publishing, 32 min., Adult

This video explores those questions...and brings a message of hope for troubled times.

V 789 When Anger Hits Home!

Priority 1 Publishing, 30 min., HS - Adult

This video looks at the causes of anger; how to deal with it; and ways to respond.

V 790 He Said/She Said

Priority 1 Publishing, 28 min., HS - Adult

This video will take an entertaining look at the differences between men and women...married and single...and encourages an attitude of acceptance from all sides.

V 791 Making a Difference

Priority 1 Publishing, 26 min., HS - Adult

This video follows two families who have finally found what they were looking for. One moved to Guatemala...the other remained in the States. But they both found a greater purpose for their lives.

V 792 Culture in Search of Spirituality -Paul Philibert-Panel Discussion

V 793 Culture in Search of Spirituality-Mary Johnson-Panel Discussion

V 794 Culture in Search of Spirituality -Michael Downey-Panel Discussion

V 795 Isaiah: The Message, The Vision

Paulist Press, 120 min., Adult

This video consists of 8 15 min. sessions designed to offer insights into the culture, history, political milieu, and traditions that influenced the writing of the Book of Isaiah.

V 796 Jesus and the Gospels

Paulist Press, 120 min., Adult

This video consists of 8 15 min. sessions designed to introduce the viewer to the New Testament.

V 797 Angel's Lenten Lesson

Twenty-Third Pub., 14 min., Gr. 1-7

Lenten practices such as receiving ashes, washing of the feet, stations of the cross, fasting and others are reviewed and explained in this entertaining and informative video for children.

V 798 Last Supper, The

Brown/Roa, 33 min., I - Adult

Jesus met with his twelve disciples in the "upper room" where they shared the meal that history knows as the "Last Supper". This video depicts Passover and the events from Palm Sunday through Holy Thursday.

V 799.1 Come Journey with Me: Journey of Faith

Brown-Roa, 30 min., HS - Adult

We are introduced to the land, people of the Bible and to the Bible.

V 799.2 Come Journey with Me: Biblical Archeology

Brown-Roa, 60 min., HS - Adult

A look behind the scenes shows how archeology helps us understand the historical and cultural setting of the Bible.

V 799.3 Come Journey with Me: Covenant

Brown-Roa, 60 min., HS - Adult

We become familiar with the prophet Jeremiah who proclaims a new covenant built on those which have preceded it.

V 799.4 Come Journey with Me: Exodus

Brown-Roa, 60 min., HS - Adult

The Exodus theme is explored as a process of becoming, i.e., of coming to fullness of life.

V 799.5 Come Journey with Me: Kingdom

Brown-Roa, 60 min., HS-A

The kingdom theme is rich in the symbols of Ancient Near Eastern rulers. We review the history of Israel's short-lived monarchy, the exile and Maccabean era.

V 800 We Shall Go Up With Joy

LTP, 30 min., Adult

This video is a documentary on the entrance rite and how it helps gather the Catholic community to celebrate the Eucharist on Sunday.

V 801 The Word of the Lord

LTP, 30 min., Adult

This video is a documentary about the liturgy of the word as it is prepared for, participated in and lived by the parish of Christ the King in Las Vegas, Nevada.

V 802 Lift up Your Hearts

LTP, 23 min., Adult

This video shows how a rite done well each Sunday--gracefully, deliberately, unhurriedly --forms people as Christians and empowers them to live thankful, grateful, giving lives.

V 803 Re-examining Baptismal Fonts

Liturgical Press , 36 min, Adult.

The design of most fonts diminishes the role of water, and thus the rich biblical meaning of baptism is lost. This video will help parishes see & consider the need for fonts that enable adult and infant baptisms by immersion.

LTP, Adult, 76 min.

Part 1 - Non- Verbal Elements; Part II Verbal Elements. A primer for beginning presiders, this presentation also serves well as a review for priests wishing to improve their presidential skills.

V 805.1 Canticle of the Cosmos - The Story of Our Time

New Story Project, Adult

At the end of his life, Albert Einstein concluded that, "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." This program introduces the new mode of consciousness Einstein's own work opened up.

V 805.2 Canticle of the Cosmos - The Primeval Fireball

New Story Project, Adult

From its very beginning, the universe is an elegant creative event. Fifteen billion years ago the universe sprang into being with the order and delicacy of a developing embryo.

V 805.3 Canticle of the Cosmos - Feast of Consciousness

New Story Project, Adult

The Milky Way galaxy gave birth to exploding stars, which brought about a planet with molten lava, which became living flesh and singing humans. Consciousness is an intrinsic to the universe as the gravitational dynamic.

V 805.4 Canticle to the Cosmos -Fundamental Order of the Universe

New Story Project, Adult

The powers of the universe sweep the Earth around the Sun,swirl the winds about the planet, awaken the intelligence rooted in genetic codes. In this program we identify and reflect upon the inherent meaning of these primal powers.

V 805.5 Canticle to the Cosmos - Destruction and Loss

New Story Project, Adult

From the beginning of time and throughout the galaxies,creativity has required energy that comes from collapse and chaos. By attending to the drama in cosmic birth we begin to identify creative possibilities that hover in the bitter experiences of life.

V 805.6 Canticle to the Cosmos - A Magical Planet

New Story Project, Adult

In all of the wild discoveries of astrophysics collapsing black holes,exploding galaxies warped space and time-nothing compares to the wild creativity of our planet. Earth is that cauldron where the heart of a cosmic imagination shows its deeper reaches.

V 805.7 Canticle to the Cosmos -Sex, Death and Dreams

New Story Project, Adult

The greatest epic in the known universe is the story of life on Earth. Here are the major events in this drama, and the central principles governing billions of years of biological creativity.

V 805.8 Canticle to the Cosmos - The Nature of the Human

New Story Project, Adult

Recent work in mathe-matical cosmology and evolutionary biology offers a fresh vision on the purpose and role of human beings on Earth, yet a vision similar to those original insights inherent in our ancient wisdom traditions.

V 805.9 Canticle to the Cosmos - Fire in the Mind

New Story Project, Adult

Human language, art, culture is the most powerful and dangerous invention in the last one and half billion years of Earth's adven-ture.The fundamental relationship between DNA and human codings shows how the planet's destiny is now woven into human decision.

V 805.10 Canticle to the Cosmos - The Timing of Creativity

New Story Project, Adult

The universe is a sequence of creative transformations, each with its own intrinsic timing and its own store of energy. Human fulfillment rests on identifying and participating in the creativity inherent in our moment in the cosmos.

V 805.11 Canticle to the Cosmos - The Human Story

New Story Project, Adult

A comprehensive view of the entire 50,000 year human journey, with attention given to the three major hinge moments when humans "reinvented" themselves. Focuses on humanity's fourth and greatest transformation-the one taking us out of our present destructive mode and into a renewal of the Earth community.

V 805.12 Canticle to the Cosmos - A New Prosperity

New Story Project, Adult

How to live so that one's work contributes to terrestrial and cosmic advance. The crucial orientations for leadership roles in economics, education, agriculture, medicine, the healing arts, technology, commerce and governance.

V 806 Sense of Justice-Catholic Education the Law and You

NCEA , 25 min. ea., Adult

Narrated by Sr. Mary Angela Shaugnessy. This series provides information for board members to create policy, make decisions and direct and lead with fairness and authority. These videos are excellent resources for workshops and in-service programs.

V 806.1 Introduction -18 min.

V 806.2 Schools - 27 min.

V 806.3 Religious Education-23 min.

V 807 Enriching the Catechist

Twenty-Third Publications, 6 30 min. videos, Adult

Gospel Values; The Mystery of God; Jesus Christ - Human and Divine; The Church-Gathering of God's People; Sacraments-Initiation into the Life of Christ; Sacraments-Jesus: Healer, Forgiver, Bread of Life.

V 808 Infant Baptism: A Gift to the Community

St. Anthony Messenger, 30 min., Adult

This video offers insight and imagery to parents about to have their child baptized.

V 809 First Communion: Taking Your Place at the Table

St. Anthony Messenger Press 30 min., Adult

This video provides help for parents who are preparing their children to receive the Eucharist for the first time.

V 810 Eucharist: Celebrating Christ Present

St. Anthony Messenger Press 30 min., SH - Adult

This video offers keys to understanding the Eucharist Catholics celebrate each Sunday.

V 811 Becoming Catholic: An Adult's Faith Journey

St.Anthony Messenger 33 min., SH - Adult

This video allows individuals to reflect on their personal faith experience against the backdrop of the Church's RCIA.

V 812 Understanding the Sacraments

St. Anthony Messenger Press 30 min., Adult

This video shows both RCIA participants and Catholics how the sacraments, celebrated in the liturgy, express the Church as the visible Body of Christ in the world.

V 813 Adult Baptism: Exploring Its Meaning

St. Anthony Messenger Press 31 min, Adult

This video looks at the imagery surrounding the Sacrament of Baptism, part of the Church's rite of initiation for adults and infants.

V 814 Saints' Gallery

Videos with Values, 35 min., All ages

This video introduces 4 -6 min. profiles of Biblical and historical figures using original and classical works of art: Joan of Arc, Martin of Tours, Martin de Porres, Joseph the Worker, Elizabeth of Hungary, and Elizabeth Baley Seton.

V 815 Quigley's Village

Cornerstone Video, Ages 3-8

V 816 Quigley's Village -Spike and the Terrible Tripped-Up Tap Dance

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

This is the day for the Quigley’s Village talent show! Everyone is hard at work preparing their performances except Spike who is going to tap dance. She sees no point in practicing even though she has never tap danced before. The show is a big success for everyone except Spike who learns that tap dancing isn’t all it is "cracked up" to be--especially when you don’t prepare.

V 817 Quigley's Village - Trundle and the Big City Bungle

Cornerstone Video, 30 min., Ages 2-7

After spending most of his life on Mr. Quigley’s porch, Trundle the Toucan tires of life in Quigley’s Village and unexpectedly flies off to discover the Big City--making sure that Mr. Quigley doesn’t know he is leaving. His dreams are shattered as he realizes the difficulty of caring for himself away from friends and family. He eventually returns to an unexpected homecoming. (Forgiveness)

V 818 Rosary for Little Children, The

Videos with Values, 35 min., Ages 3-8

In the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary your child will join a lively chorus of children in a heartfelt journey to Jesus. Children learn about the mysteries of Christ's life and how to pray for their families, Church and children with special needs.

V 819 How Welcoming Is Your Parish

Archdiocese of Omaha, 10 min., Adult

This video looks at parish life and asks how friendly and welcoming you really are. It begins before you even enter church...looks at the liturgy and other areas that can send a message to visitors. It is designed to begin a process of self-examination in which a parish can evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. Excellent for parishes who are beginning, or are in the process of implementing the U.S. Bishops’ Plan on Evangelization GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES.

V 820 Passover, The

Gospel Films, 30 min., Adult

Zola Levitt welcomes you into a Jewish home for the traditional festival meal, making this Old Testament tradition meaningful to New Testament Christians. He reveals the meal’s symbols and the true Messiah to who these symbols point.

V 821 When We Sing

LTP, 30 min., Adult

Well-known authors, composers, lyricists, poets and practitioners of church music from many denominations discuss why we sing in church Sunday by Sunday and what we expect of a text, a tune and ourselves when we sing. Singing is more than selecting hymns to go with the readings. This video will get you excited again about singing.

V 822 Seventeen Going on Nowhere

Insight, 28 min., JH - Adult

Rock music, girls and marijuana have become the new priorities in teenager Pat Moore’s life. His parents attempt to communicate with him but he has built up walls around himself. He is like a stranger in his own home. He allows himself to feel only the surface pleasures, but beneath it all he feels his present life, and his future, are unbearable. His troubled father seeks to reconnect with his rebellious son to try and show him that he is love.

V 823 Contraception--Why Not?

One More Soul, 92 min., Adult

In this video Janet Smith provokes her audience to give serious consideration to questions regarding the relationship between contraception, divorce, abortion, poverty, and other social ills. In contrast, she presents compelling evidence that couples who accept children as a gift from God, using natural family planning if needed, tend to be individuals of strong character and have happier marriages with dramatically lower divorce rates than the general population.

V 824 Walk and Talk Through the Seasons, A

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington 20 min., Adult

An invitation to seek and celebrate with the Roman Catholic Church. Water- Birth in Spring; Seed - Planting in Spring; Bread - Harvesting in Summer; Fire - Transformation in Autumn. Ice - Isolation in Winter.

Fr. Larry McBride (Diocese of Owensboro), 12 min.

V 826 Questions of the Soul

Paulist Press, Adult

This series is written and hosted by Fr. Michael Himes. Fr. Himes looks at the deep issues of spirituality and provides unique insights in his warm, often humorous, and always engaging, style. Enacted scenes, spectacular and serene nature shots, and lively graphics make these programs visually appealing. Perfect for RCIA, small Christian communities, college courses and retreats.

V 826.1 What is Spirituality? 27 min.

After telling the story from Nietzsche of the "madman" in the marketplace who declares "God is dead" and the story form The Brothers Karamazov of the "woman with no faith," Himes examines what is means to be a believer today and shows how that faith must involve all of life in all its dimensions.

V 826.2 What is Prayer? 27 min.

What are you looking for in prayer? If you are not praying now, how do you begin? Why are we tempted to "lie" to God in prayer? What difference does it make to pray for someone? These are just a few of the questions which Father Himes addresses.

V 826.3 What Can Suffering Teach Us? 27 min.

If you are looking for an answer to why we suffer, this is NOT the video for you. But if you are looking to discover how suffering can lead you deeper into the God-human relationship, this video will provide much material to reflect on.

V 826.4 What is Spiritual Discipline? 27 min.

Asceticism has a long and rich tradition within Christianity. But what does it mean, if anything, in today’s world? What is the real motivation for spiritual discipline and how can it lead us closer to the Mystery which is God?

V 826.5 Do I Really Need a Community 27 min.

Oftentimes spirituality is seen as a private journey, a solo flight to God. Father Himes demonstrates clearly that there can be no true spirituality without a community.

V 827 John, The Beloved Disciple

Paulist Press, 120 min., Adult

This video consists of eight 15-min. Sessions designed to introduce the viewer to the Community, message and witness of JOHN, THE BELOVED DISCIPLE. Hosts Lawrence Boadt, C.S.P. and Maria Harris bring together the best of contemporary scholarship with the challenge of personal growth in faith.

Session 1: The Community of the Beloved Disciple

Session 2: The Writing of the Gospel

Session 3: John’s Prologue and Understanding Jesus’ Identity

Session 4: The Book of Signs

Session 5: The Climax of the Book of Signs

Session 6: The Last Supper

Session 7: The Passion Narrative

Session 8: The Resurrection Appearances of Jesus

V 828 Visit, The

American Bible Society, 8 min., HS - Adult

Alone, a young girl named Mary makes a dangerous journey to visit her older cousin. Could anyone possibly believe the news she has to share? From Luke 1:39-56, Mary’s visit to Elizabeth is given beautiful new expression in this contemporary "Song of Praise."

V 829 Christian Moral Living: The Challenge and the Possibility

Corpus , 25 min., Adult

This video explores the possibility of objective truth and the role of conscience.

V 830 Bioethical Issues: Ethics at the Edge of Life

Corpus, 25 min., Adult

Here are the core values that are at the heart of a Christian approach to the complex and rapidly changing issues of Bioethics. Included is practical advice about "living wills".

V 831 Human Sexuality: Wonderful Gift, Awesome Responsibility

Corpus, 25 min., Adult

Issues in human sexuality are treated within the context of the dignity and goodness of all of us as sexual beings.

V 832 Gospel is a Social Message: Justice in the Christian Tradition

Corpus, 25 min., Adult

What is the "common good" and what are the different types of justice? Here is a balanced approach which will challenge us all.

V 833 Family: The Road to Healing

Paraclete Press, 4 30 min. sessions

Modern day life, with its fast pace and economic and cultural stresses, has put so many strains on the family that it often fractures. Can families survive this pressure? Is there help for people who suffer the distress that leads to divorce? How can single parents face the struggles of raising their children alone? Can the members of step families learn to accept each other? In this four part video, we hear the personal stories of men and women who have faced these questions, and who reveal the sorrows and joys of their walk along the road toward healing.

V 834 An Overview of Discipleship in the Catholic Tradition

Center for Learning 27 min., Adult

This video provides an in-depth look at this new secondary religion series. The coordinators of Discipleship in the Catholic Tradition discuss the concepts, philosophy, strengths, and specifics of the series. The discussion is intended for principals, theology department chairs, theology teachers, and religious education staffs in archdiocesan and diocesan offices.

V 835 Baptism: Celebration of Baptism Meaning of the Baptismal Ceremony

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 45 min., Adult

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 45 min., Adult

V 837 Confirmation: Meaning of Confirmation; The Effects of Confirmation

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 30 min., Adult

V 838 Penance: The Sacrament of Penance--Its Nature; Conversion & Reconciliation; Contrition & Confession

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 45 min., Adult

V 839 Penance: The Minister and the Effects of the Sacrament

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 45 min., Adult

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 45 min., Adult

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 45 min., Adult

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 45 min., A

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 45 min., Adult

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 45 min., Adult

V 845 Matrimony - Virgins for the Sake of the Kingdom Complement Marriage (30 min. tape with music)

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 45 min., Adult

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 45 min., Adult

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 30 min., Adult

Apostolate for Family Consecration, 60 min., Adult

V 849 Roman Catholic Mass Today, The

LTP, 30 min., Adult

Four parishes from four very different parts of the Catholic Church in the United States. And they know so well what to do when Sunday morning comes! From preparation in the home to the procession and singing of the entrance. From attentive listening to God’s word to the setting of the table and acclamations of praise in the eucharistic prayer. From their Great Amen to their communion procession and their busy visiting after Mass.

V 850 Midlife, Invitation to Intimacy (1st video)

Daughters of St. Paul, 3 30 min. segments., Adult

For some, midlife can be a time of trauma and pain, while for others it is a time of gentle opportunity for remarkable inner transition. This transition is an invitation to intimacy with self, others and God. Whatever you walk of life, this video will help you understand the midlife transition. It invites you to being your journey with positive steps to achieve healing and growth. That journey continues through the gift of self-understanding, sharing with others, and developing new approaches to prayer.

Part 1.--Introduction and Stages of Life

Part 2.--Midlife--Separation and Endings

Part 3.--Midlife--Betwist and Between

V 851 Midlife, Invitation to Intimacy - (2nd video)

Daughters of St. Paul, 3 30 min. segments, Adult

Part 4.--Reintegration and Midlife

Part 5.--A View of the Mountain

Part 6.--Healing at Midlife

V 852 Daniel (Old Testament)

Nest Entertainment, GS

V 853 Moses (Old Testament)

Nest Entertainment, GS

V 854 David & Goliath (Old Testament)

Nest Entertainment, GS

V 855 Elijah (Old Testament)

Nest Entertainment, GS

V 856 Elisha (Old Testament)

Nest Entertainment, GS

V 857 Samuel, the Boy Prophet (Old Testament)

Nest Entertainment, GS

V 858 Esther (Old Testament)

Nest Entertainment, GS

V 859 Ruth (Old Testament)

Nest Entertainment, GS

V 860 Joseph in Egypt (Old Testament)

Nest Entertainment, GS

V 861 Abraham and Isaac (Old Testament)

Nest Entertainment, GS

V 862 Solomon (Old Testament)

Nest Entertainment, GS

V 863 Joseph’s Reunion (Old Testament)

Nest Entertainment, GS

V 864 St. Joseph Seminary--Answering the Call 13 min.

V 865 Look What God Made!

Kids International, Inc., 25 min., K - GS

Go back to when time began and the world was created. God makes fish, birds, and animals and the first man and woman, named Adam & Eve. Stories include:

V 866 David, God’s Champion K - G.S.

Kids International, Inc., 25 min., K - GS

Follow the life of David from a shepherd boy protecting his sheep from a lion, to his victory over the giant Goliath and becoming the King. Stories include: