LENT 2009 "Power of Forgiveness" Lenten Film Series: On Wednesdays during Lent, St. Peter's will offer a film series featuring films with a theme of forgiveness. The schedule includes a Lenten service in church at 6:00, followed by a light supper and film, starting at 6:30, with discussion following.
Click for a PDF of the schedule MAR. 4 - Traditional Stations of the Cross / MOVIE: "The Power of Forgiveness" (Documentary - rated G) MAR. 11 - Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary / MOVIE: "The Straight Story" (Rated G) MAR. 18 - Vespers for the Feast of St. Joseph / MOVIE: "The Mission" (Rated PG) MAR. 25 - Stations of the Cross (Eyes of Mary) MOVIE: "Places in the Heart" (Rated PG) APR. 1 - Lenten Penance Service - Sacrament of Reconciliation / MOVIE: "Changing Lanes" (Rated R for language) Click here for Fr. Tom's Movie Discussion Questions
LENT 2008
AMAZING GRACE for LENT
For further reading on the topic of Amazing Grace and William Wilberforce: My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Literature by John Edgar Wideman
The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker
Great Slave Narratives Selected by Arna Bontemps The Global Eighteenth Century edited by Felicity A. Nussbaum
**The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written by Himself. Edited by Werner Sollors
** Equiano the African:Biography of a Self-Made Man by Vincent Carretta
** These titles are available locally at the public libraries.