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Below is a selection of media resources* you may find useful.
If you would like to recommend a suitable book,
DVD or CD to be listed on the website, please use the contact
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recommendation as possible.
Relationships:
Shawshank Redemption.
Babettes Feast (Eucharistic symbolism).
Watership down (Team leadership).
Nicholas’ gift (Family).
Little Man Tate.
David and Lisa.
Stand By Me - an old 80's one on Friendship.
Rain Man - Family friendship.
Dances with Wolves - a man finding himself and nature.
Life is Beautiful - about not compromising convictions or beliefs.
Its a Wonderful Life - superb film about valuing your existence.
Life Transitions:
About Smidth. (Growing old).
A beautiful Mind (Fidelity in illness).
Tuesdays with Morrie (illness, need for purpose in life).
Billy Elliot (identity).
Forest Gump (Mother child).
Walkabout (coming of age).
What dreams may come. (death and suicide).
Whale rider (Maori Identity).
Religious Characters:
Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus of Montreal.
Jesus Christ Superstar.
Time Life series THE BIBLE (only by subscription).
Greatest Story ever told.
The Miracle Maker.
The Passion of the Christ (Adult ).
The Robe.
The Ten Commandments.
Prince of Egypt.
Bro Son Sister Moon (Francis and Claire of Assisi).
Ghandi.
Kundun (Dalai Lama).
Romero.
I have a Dream - the life of Martin Luther King.
Therese (French language life of St Theresa).
Life of John Paul II.
Kurelek’s St Matthews Passion of Christ.
Moral Choices.
Cry Freedom.
Chariots of Fire (Stick to what you believe).
Moral Choices:
Cry Freedom.
Chariots of Fire (Stick to what you believe).
City of God.
Elephant man (Exploitation).
The Mission (Exploitation, forgiveness).
A man for all seasons (St Thomas Moore, conscience).
Hotel Rwanda.
The Pianist (staying alive).
Schindler’s List (Holocaust).
Salvador (human life).
Saving Private Ryan (war & life).
Sophie’s Choice (Holocaust).
Leon (Revenge and murder).
Rabbit proof fence (Racism).
Lord of the flies (Breakdown of morality).
A Place for Annie (children with AIDS).
Lord of the Rings - great on good and evil and the temptation of man.
The Crucible, Arthur Millar adaptation- self righteousness & religious fanatics.
Darrow (Darwin).
Hiroshima (War – nuclear option ).
Gataca (bioethics).
Philadelphia (AIDS victims prejudice).
Matrix (Parallels John Gospel Themes).
Bowling for Columbine (Politics/gun control causes of alienation/poverty).
Creation and Ecology:
The Blue Planet (Life).
The Bible (In the Beginning).
The Emerald Forest.
Microcosmos (Miracles of nature).
Baraka – a blessing.
Prayer and Meditation:
A guide to meditation techniques.
Instant Calm.
Yoga for absolute beginners.
Charlotte Church in the Holy Land.
* Whilst The Prayer and Spirituality Commission
and the Archdiocese of Armagh cannot be held responsible for the contents
of each book, DVD and music CD listed on this
site, we always endeavour to ensure it is safe as a public resource. The media resources listed on this site are not suggested recommendations by The Prayer and Spirituality Commission or the Archdiocese of Armagh. |
