The Sound of Music

This week’s film is an iconic classic celebrating its 60th anniversary this month. In pre-World War II Austria, a free-spirited young woman named Maria (Julie Andrews) leaves her abbey as… Read More

One Life

In 1938, young British stockbroker Nicholas Winton travels to Prague where he encounters Jewish refugee families who have fled Nazi persecution in Germany and Austria. Moved by their desperate situation… Read More

Cabrini

“We can serve our weakness or we can serve our purpose. Not both.” This week’s film tells the true story of Catholic missionary Francesca Cabrini (1850-1917), the first U.S. citizen… Read More

The Boys in the Boat

It’s 1936. When college student Joe Rantz has trouble finding the money for his tuition fees, he tries out for the school’s rowing team purely out of necessity, as securing… Read More

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

This week’s film tells the true story of Irena Sendler, a Catholic social worker in Poland who helped save the lives of thousands of Jewish children during World War II.… Read More

The Great Escape

As it was just Memorial Day, here’s a classic film that’s a must-see for any movie lover. During World War II, Allied prisoners from across Europe converge at a new… Read More

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

Here’s a foreign film from the Vatican’s 1995 list of “Some Important Films”. Following four peasant families in an Italian province in the late 1800s, the film does not have… Read More

The Rosa Parks Story

Growing up in the racially segregated Alabama, the young Rosa McCauley does not take for granted that she or her family and friends are somehow inferior to others; she knows… Read More

The Book Thief

This week’s film is a war time drama that’s more appropriate for older viewers. It’s 1938 in Germany when young Liesel is forced to move in with new foster parents.… Read More

Grave of the Fireflies

This week’s film is more appropriate for older viewers. It’s also one of the saddest films ever made, so be sure to have the Kleenex nearby. It’s 1945, and the… Read More

A Bag of Marbles

Joseph is a young boy living in occupied France in the early 1940s. He’s not sure why he’s supposed to wear a yellow star on his jacket. His world is… Read More