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Country: Australia Year: 03.07.1979 Dur: 27.04 Archbishop Mannix of Melbourne was a most remarkable Churchman. With the help of early photographs, letters, comments of colleagues and critics. The film builds up a vivid portrait of the man and explains why he is fast becoming a legend in Australia today.
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Country: Australia Year: 12.09.1988 Dur: 39.18 At the beginning of the 20th century white Australians were convinced that the aboriginal race was doomed to extinction. Missionaries were moved to make a last big effort to penetrate the remoter areas and win the remnant over to Christianity. But in their enthusiasm to smooth the pillow of a dying race, some may have been more in tune with white Australia’s racist policy than the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Country: Australia Year: 19.09.1988 Dur: 38.05 Stemming largely from the pioneering work of an Australian Anglican priest begun in the 1930s, there has been a growing fascination in Australia with Aboriginal art, culture and religion. A society which was once thought of as primitive and contemptible is now seen to have been complex and sophisticated, and having something important to say to modern man. People of the Dreamtime explores aspects of Aboriginal art, culture and religion.
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Country: Australia, England, India, Ireland, Sierra Leone, South Africa Year: 1996 Dur: 25.27 Edmund Rice was an unusual man for his time. Having to cope with raising his own handicapped daughter early in his life gave Edmund the challenge for the special outreach programmes to those living on the edge. Not only are the handicapped helped but others are being enabled to work with them. Other Titles in this Series: Ref No: 396 A Brotherhood of Christians Ref No: 397 Education for All Ref No: 398 Lessons and Learning Ref No: 399 Call to the Margins Ref No: 400 New Horizons with Laity Ref No: 401 – mini compilation
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Country: Argentina, Australia, Peru, South Africa, Uruguay, USA, Zambia Year: 1996 Dur: 25.28 The mission of education has been spread all over the world. Many of the areas formerly run by Brothers are now in the hands of the laity. Laity are central to the charism of Edmund Rice. Other Titles in this Series: Ref No: 396 A Brotherhood of Christians Ref No: 397 Education for All Ref No: 398 Lessons and Learning Ref No: 399 Call to the Margins Ref No: 400 New Horizons with Laity Ref No: 401 – mini compilation