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Pilgrimages of Europe :
Vol. I : Croagh Patrick, Ireland, Iona, Scotland. |
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This DVD features two half-hour documentaries and ten previews.
Pilgrimages are as old as mankind. The mystical and spiritual nature of a
pilgrimage holds an eternal, mythic appeal to the imagination of many
people. Every year millions of pilgrims of all nationalities, young and old,
set out on these voyages of the soul. The twelve documentaries in the
Pilgrimages of Europe collection are experiential journeys to some of the
most sacred routes and holy places throughout Christian Europe.
Each half-hour documentary, richly filmed, looks at the spiritual, cultural
and historical background of an important pilgrimage sites throughout
Europe. However, the people, the pilgrims themselves, are at the heart of
these stories – their purposes and desires, their motivations, and the great
sense of the holy and the sacred which they find on their journeys of faith.
CROAGH PATRICK, Ireland
In the 4th century A.D. the monk Patrick travelled to pagan Ireland to
convert the Irish to Christianity. Patrick won the population over by
integrating venerated pagan symbols, like the sun, into the Christian faith.
Croagh Patrick, a mountain on Ireland’s wild western coast, is such a
symbol. During a dispute with the druids, Patrick was challenged to fast for
forty days and forty nights on their holy mountain. “Our gods will destroy
you,” they threatened. Patrick accepted their challenge. After forty days
and nights on the mountain, he made his descent, none the worse for wear.
From then onward, his influence grew by leaps and bounds. To this day Saint
Patrick remains the patron saint of Ireland. Every Irishman climbs Croagh
Patrick at least once in his life, as his ancestors did even before the dawn
of the Christian era.
IONA, Scotland
A small island off the western coast of Scotland was of vital importance to
the earliest years of the Christianization of England and Northern Europe.
An Irish monk named Columba came to Iona in the 6th century to spread the
Christian faith. Right up to the present day, many pilgrims have followed
and continue to follow in Columba’s footsteps. The journey to Iona is a long
one. Since there is no direct connection by boat from the mainland, one must
travel via the island of Mull. As Iona comes into view, one can also see the
outline of the old abbey, which is where the present community of Iona is
housed. Hundreds of people stay at the abbey during their visit, and it is
an ever-changing population, an ecumenical community. Most of the guests
stay here for a week, to study, to talk and to pray and meditate amidst the
peace and quiet of the island.
Including previews of the following ten pilgrimages, available on the other
five DVDs in the collection:
Volume II: LOURDES, France & LES SAINTES MARIES DE LA MER, France
Volume III: AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands & FATIMA, Portugal
Volume IV: EL ROCIO, Spain & SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain
Volume V: KALWARIA ZEBRZYDOWSKA, Poland & SCHERPENHEUVEL, Belgium
Volume VI: MEDJUGORJE, Bosnia & KEVELAER, Germany
LENGTH: 90 minutes of content
ORDER CODE:JM20242DVD
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