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Pilgrimages of Europe : Vol.
III : Amsterdam, Holland, Fatima, Portugal. |
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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.
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands
The history of Amsterdam as an ancient place of pilgrimage dates to the
Middle Ages. In the 13th or 14th centuries, Amsterdam was nothing but a
small settlement at the mouth of the river Amstel. It was also called
Miracle City, and it owes that name to the Miracle of the Holy Sacrament. On
March 13th, 1345, a dying man was given the Sacrament of the Sick in his
house on Kalverstraat. He confessed and received Holy Communion. Afterwards
he ate and was sick. He vomited and the bowl was emptied in the fire. The
sacred host floated above the flames, unscathed. The priest was called, who
took the host back to the church, but twice the host returned inexplicably
to the house of the sick man. The priest saw the hand of God in this and
decided to return the host in a solemn procession. A chapel was built on the
site of the miracle. Medieval Amsterdam grew into an important place of
pilgrimage. And every year still, on the 3rd Saturday in March, thousands of
pilgrims from all over the Holland take part in the procession. Most arrive
by bus or train. But in many of the smaller towns surrounding Amsterdam the
entire journey is made on foot, some pilgrims walking as many as 40 miles to
reach Amsterdam.
FATIMA, Portugal
The history of Fatima can be traced to the beginning of the 20th Century.
Three children witnessed the sudden appearance of the Holy Virgin beneath an
oak tree. They described her as a “lady of white light.” Mary instructed the
children to recite the rosary every day. She appeared to them five times
again that summer, her last appearance marked by a miracle, the miraculous
“solar phenomenon” of Fatima. Several years after the appearances, two of
the three children died. Lucia, ten years old at the time of the appearance,
joined the Carmelite order of nuns. Her mission was to proclaim the message
she had received from the Holy Virgin to the world. Fatima has become the
most important destination for pilgrims in Portugal, attracting over a
million and a half travelers yearly. The trek to Fatima is usually done in
exchange for a favor received. Pilgrims often make a promesa, a personal vow
to do penance as a sign of their gratitude to the Virgin. For many, this
means covering the last 500 yards on the marble floor to the Chapel of the
Apparitions on their knees.
Including previews of the following ten pilgrimages, available on the other
five DVDs in the collection:
Volume I: CROAGH PATRICK, Ireland & IONA, Scotland
Volume II: LOURDES, France & LES SAINTES MARIES DE LA MER, France
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:JM20244DVD
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