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An EWTN Event: Don't Miss "The War of the Vendee"
EWTN ^ | Michelle Laque Johnson

Posted on 09/25/2013 1:54:55 PM PDT by NYer

Navis Pictures Producer Jim Morlino was looking for a story for his next film when a friend gave him a book with a story about a little known war in an area of Western France known as the Vendee - a story that he believed would be especially compelling to modern day Catholics.

"More than just compelling, the magnitude of the story of the French Revolutionary Government's war against the Catholic Church, and the fact that these events were virtually unknown to most of the world, I found shocking," said Morlino. "How could a war which lasted for years, resulted in the deaths of as many as a quarter of a million people, included acts of state-sponsored genocide, and yet ultimately resulted in the restoration of freedom for the Catholic Church in France have been so totally ignored by historians? I was hooked."

You will be too when EWTN airs Morlino's 90-minute film "The War of the Vendee" at 9:30 p.m. ET, Wednesday, Sept. 25, with an encore at 8 p.m. ET, Saturday, Sept. 28. Morlino's films are shot using all child actors! What follows is a short Q&A with the producer. You can hear more when Morlino guests on "EWTN Live" with Fr. Mitch Pacwa at 8 p.m. ET, Wednesday, Sept. 25 - just prior to the World Premiere of this new movie!

How did you research the concept?
Morlino said he researched the War by reading a number of books including "A French Genocide" by Reynald Secher, "For Altar and Throne" by Michael Davies, "The Guillotine and the Cross" by Dr. Warren Carroll, and "Citizens" by Simon Schama.

"The more I read, the more I realized what a timely and pressing issue this was for us here in America. The assault against the freedom of the Church, and the persecution of believing Catholics is not a new story, but one which has been repeated time and again, century after century. But the Faithful deserve to know these stories so as to be inspired by the martyrs, and prepared for whatever may come."

What was the most difficult challenge you faced in making this film?
"One of the greatest blessings we have here in our work at Navis Pictures is, ironically, also one of the greatest challenges: working with children. ... Someone like Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg doesn't often have to contend with things like a family's summer vacation plans, or Johnny's Little League game, like we do, but therein lies one of the greatest satisfactions for me. We have managed to create a piece of unique, and distinctly Catholic art that is much greater than the sum of its parts, and one that is actually quite moving and effective - especially given the minuscule budget."

What do you hope the audience takes away from this film?
"I hope people (especially older folks like me) are inspired by seeing what young, innocent, faithful Catholics are capable of doing when given a chance. I hope also they learn something about a lost chapter of our Catholic history. But I especially hope a few young Catholics who watch the film are inspired to take their God-given talents all the way to Hollywood someday!"

Anything else you want people to know?
"I think sometimes people see that we've produced a couple of nice films and they think we must be rich. The truth is, we need all the help we can get - just to survive! So, if folks like what they see in this movie, I invite them to consider buying a copy of the DVD to have in their home (the special features are really a lot of fun) and maybe a few more copies to give as gifts. [Purchase "The War of the Vendee" here, http://bit.ly/1guV0Jh.] Please keep us in your prayers, too. This is the only way we can continue making more films. God bless you all!"


TOPICS: Catholic; History; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: anticatholic; catholic; catholicchurch; ewtn; france; frenchrevolution; frz; thewarofthevendee; vendee
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To: Salvation

I think this time, salvation, you are in for a BIG surprise!


21 posted on 09/25/2013 4:31:17 PM PDT by jodyel
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To: Salvation

Believers know believers. :)


22 posted on 09/25/2013 4:31:47 PM PDT by jodyel
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To: Salvation

I don’t have a Domincan background. I didn’t write that piece. It was written by a former Domincan priest who came to know Christ and now ministers to Catholics and others about the history and theology of Rome.

I’m a Baptist with lots of very lost Catholic relatives. Telling Catholics the biblical truth about Christ is the precise opposite of anti-Catholicism. If I didn’t care I wouldn’t bother. I know you may not grasp that, but it’s true.


23 posted on 09/25/2013 4:37:40 PM PDT by .45 Long Colt (A sinner can't pay for grace that's free, nor add to work that's complete.)
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To: NYer

Saw this at a special screening attended by Jim Morlino (the director) as well as several of the young stars.

What a terrific little picture this is! I highly recommend it — especially for the kids!

Regards,


24 posted on 09/25/2013 4:56:22 PM PDT by VermiciousKnid (Sic narro nos totus!)
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To: NYer
Ann Barnhardt did a lecture on the Vendee and it's posted on her Youtube site.
25 posted on 09/25/2013 5:03:13 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: .45 Long Colt
"Telling Catholics the biblical truth about Christ is the precise opposite of anti-Catholicism. If I didn’t care I wouldn’t bother."

I think I understand -- and appreciate --- the caring you are talking about.

I live here in Upper East Tennessee where Catholics are about 2% of the population, and there's a vast wealth of Baptists and non-denoms. Through homeschooling and pro-life I've come in contact with a number of mission-minded Evangelicals who (a little short on knowledge but by no means lacking in goodwill) wished to earnestly share the Gospel and possibly lead me away from the errors and oddities of Rome.

We get door-to-door Adventists and Mormons, too, all sincerely solicitous for my soul.

I like and enjoy them all, actually. I respect, precisely, their concern, which indicates an impulse of generosity on their part.

We really ought to compete in courtesy and honor, in kindness and prayer. That won't hurt any of us, and will please our Master for sure.

26 posted on 09/25/2013 5:51:46 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("They help each other and say to their companions, 'Be strong!' " — Isaiah 41:6)
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To: Salvation

He is mentioning that Famous Anti - Catholic priest from the bereans.. I think you posted about him. I have seen his videos. He looks like a man who is on prescription pills. He is a spooky looking and talking person. I suspect heavy drugs. From a doctor. I truly believe he had a nervous breakdown especially when he says he never read the bible which is a lie if He was a priest. As you and I know we read the bible at every mass especially a priest for every mass day seven days a week. It is astounding how it keeps going on and on with these lies. It is the infamous Richard Bennet. Rofl. Total joke the way this poor man is used. Cheers!!!


27 posted on 09/25/2013 6:03:07 PM PDT by johngrace (I am a 1 John 4! Christian- declared at every Sunday Mass , Divine Mercy and Rosary prayers!)
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To: NYer

It’s excellent.


28 posted on 09/25/2013 6:11:55 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Pray/Penance. Isa 5:18-21,10:1-3 "Tempus faciendi, Domine, dissipaverunt legem tuam")
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To: Salvation

I did understand perfectly and knew he was born again and so was the former Dominican priest. But I should not have taken such obvious glee in it, so I apologize for that.

Sometimes it is hard not to gloat a little bit when you have a small victory over Satan, and mind you, salvation, it is Satan and his corrupted Catholic doctrine we are aiming at....not you, never you. I hope you understand that.

Ephesians 6:12
King James Version (KJV)

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.


29 posted on 09/25/2013 6:20:51 PM PDT by jodyel
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To: jodyel
Well, I notice your evident good will. I love Catholic doctrine: I love Catholicism in theory and in practice --- and I love Our Lord Jesus Christ --- and I consider it my pleasure to love you, too.

Sounds a little soppy and indiscriminate, I know, but I'm overcoming a few of my lifelong faults a little at a time, by God's grace, and slowly getting the hang of it :o)

30 posted on 09/25/2013 6:35:25 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("They help each other and say to their companions, 'Be strong!' " -- Isaiah 41:6)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I like all my faults and think they stand me in good stead most of the time...can’t remember when now, but must have been sometime. lol

I think therein lies the problem with Catholic doctrine....it would never appeal to me even were I not born again as it is just too friggin’ much work and stuff to remember. No way!

But for those that like that kinda stuff, it must be very appealing....with all it’s love and light and kindness and goodness and such...but all that stuff keeps you away from the real Jesus, and that is exactly what Satan wants.

You guys are so busy running and doing and all the other stuff Catholics do and trying to remember all they need remember that there is no time for truth.

I always say unless you only want Jesus and are willing to give up everything you hold dear outside of Him, then you really don’t love Him. And that means people (mother, father, sister, brother), religion, anything at all. If Jesus revealed to you the truth of what I am saying, would you/could you leave Catholicism behind? Because that would be exactly what you’d have to do. Think about it.

God bless,
Jodyel


31 posted on 09/25/2013 7:11:28 PM PDT by jodyel
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To: NYer

I saw it. Children and young people playing adult roles. Molino was aiming at drama, not realism. AS you get into it, you forget the ages of the players. But would you not if high school kids put on a Shakespeare performance? The Bard would approve. The play’s the thing!


32 posted on 09/25/2013 8:56:34 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: LovedSinner

The camera work and editing are quite good. The concept is the same as Bugsey Malone, a gangster movies with an all-child’s cast. The novelty will catch the attention of many. Some will ask: what the heck was the Vendee?


33 posted on 09/25/2013 9:03:04 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: jodyel

Make sure that the “real Jesus” is not your own air-brushed photo.


34 posted on 09/25/2013 9:06:31 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: NYer

The book “The Last Crusade” (about the Spanish Civil War) refers to the Vendee and the religious persecution of the French Revolution. Many of the Carlist volunteers from Navarre wore the Sacred Heart patches on their uniforms; those militias secured much of the north while Franco was moving his troops across the Mediterranean in the south.

Viva Cristo Rey!


36 posted on 09/26/2013 3:18:13 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (The talking heads have admitted is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: jodyel
JOydel,

It is the Catholic Church which taught me to listen to Jesus, and Jesus who taught me to listen to the Church.

37 posted on 09/26/2013 5:36:31 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("If they refuse to listen even to the Church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.")
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To: .45 Long Colt; Salvation; Heart-Rest; Mrs. Don-o
I’m a Baptist with lots of very lost Catholic relatives. Telling Catholics the biblical truth about Christ is the precise opposite of anti-Catholicism. If I didn’t care I wouldn’t bother. I know you may not grasp that, but it’s true.

As a Catholic who shares your love for Christ and His Word, recall Paul's letter to the Romans 15:20-21

Thus I aspire to proclaim the gospel not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on another's foundation, but as it is written: "Those who have never been told of him shall see, and those who have never heard of him shall understand."

Your Catholic relatives are saved through the Sacrament of Baptism. If you desire to win souls for Christ, you should consider evangelizing secularists, atheists, agnostics and muslims. There are plenty of fish in the sea in need of your zealous preaching.

38 posted on 09/26/2013 5:45:26 AM PDT by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

As I said before Mrs. Don-o, the Catholic church is so riddled with errors it is not to believed under any circumstances!

And I am not telling you to believe me but to get down on your hands and knees and beg God to show you His truth.

Do you really want to bet your eternal soul on something infallible man has taught you, or do you want to go straight to the Source and ask HIM???

From now on, it is a take no prisoners, no holds barred format for me. I am going to start telling it stronger than I ever have and you can listen or you can turn away...and I hope that I offend every single one of you because if I do that means I am doing exactly what Christ has called me to do.

So get ready!!


39 posted on 09/26/2013 6:26:48 AM PDT by jodyel
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To: jodyel
Lord have mercy! Who micturated in your processed grain breakfast food?

Mrs Don-o is a good Catholic and a good Christian, why are you attacking a fellow believer?

Before you launch on the Church founded by Christ (and which taught its doctrines through the successors of the Apostles from the very beginning, John 20:21 et seq.) you need to *prayerfully* do some reading in the Early Church Fathers, many of whom knew Christ's Apostles personally. There you will find, already present, that which is taught by the Church.

And, by the way, I was raised protestant, but got down on my knees with my family and asked God to show us His Truth. He very clearly led us to His Church, and we all said, "Thank you!" (I might add that Our Lord has a wonderful sense of humor, may His name be praised!)

40 posted on 09/26/2013 9:58:00 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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