Session PFL1: Being a parent today (Taster)
This is a taster film for the “Parenting and Family Life” series. The full series of nine films is available to all SycamorePlus subscribers.
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Session V1: How do I know what my vocation is? (Taster)
This is a taster film for the “How to Discover Your Vocation” series. The full series of eight films is available to all SycamorePlus subscribers.
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Session P1: Prayer for Beginners (Taster)
This is a taster film for the “Ways of Praying” series. The full series of twelve films is available to all SycamorePlus subscribers.
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Session 20 – Mary and the Hope of Heaven
Christianity helps us make sense not just of life in this world but also of life after death. It gives us the hope of living forever with God, but also makes us realistic about what we will face at the end of our lives. This Sycamore film looks at the traditional “Last Things”: death, judgment, heaven, purgatory, and hell. It shows how we are called to holiness and to heaven – to follow the example of the saints. And it finishes with a meditation on the Blessed Virgin Mary, on what Catholics believe about her, and how we can come to know and love her more.
Part 20A – Death, judgment, and our longing for eternal life. 20B – Holiness, the saints, and our hope for heaven. 20C – What Catholics believe about the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Session 19 – How to Pray
Prayer is an incredible adventure. It’s also a big challenge. Sometimes it’s hard to make the time, or we don’t know how to start, or it doesn’t seem to be working. This Sycamore film helps you appreciate the wonder of prayer and how it can help you in your daily life. It gives you four basic ways of praying that you can try at home, and suggests some prayers and devotions that Christians throughout the ages have found helpful.
Part 19A – The amazing adventure of prayer. 19B – Four basic ways of praying. 19C – Prayers and devotions to help you through the day.
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Session 18 – The Social Teaching of the Church
The Christian faith has important implications for how we treat others and how we live together in society. This Sycamore film opens up beautiful message of the social teaching of the Catholic Church. It looks at the themes of human dignity, the right to life, Christian teaching about the family, how we live together in society and work together in political life, and how we are called to speak the truth and follow our conscience. It gives some inspiring examples from Christian history.
Part 18A – The dignity of the human person and the right to life. 18B – Christian teaching about family and society. 18C – Speaking the truth and following conscience.
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Session 17 – The Christian Vocations
What is God calling me to do with my life? What is my true vocation? There are so many ways for us to live our Christian lives, and so many ways that God speaks to us. This Sycamore film explores the idea of vocation, and speaks about the special vocations of marriage, family life, ordination, religious and consecrated life, and the call to holiness within the single life.
Part 17A – The meaning of vocation. 17B – Marriage and family life. 17C – Ordination and consecrated life.
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Session 16 – Forgiveness, Healing and Mission
There is so much suffering in the world. We are all looking, in different ways, for peace and healing. This Sycamore film explains how we can find forgiveness in the Sacrament of Confession. It looks at the different graces that come when we are anointed in the Sacrament of the Sick. And it explores different ways that we can share our faith with others and become part of Christ’s great mission to the world.
Part 16A – Forgiveness and the Sacrament of Confession. 16B – Healing and the Sacrament of the Sick. 16C – Christian mission and the call to share our faith.
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Session 15 – The Holy Eucharist
The Mass, the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, is at the very centre of Christian worship. We meet Jesus Christ through the prayer of the Christian community, through the bible readings, through the ministry of the priest, and above all through his Real Presence in Holy Communion. This Sycamore film explores the meaning of the Mass. It looks especially at how the Mass is a Holy Sacrifice that unites us with the death and Resurrection of Jesus.
Part 15A – The meaning of the Mass. 15B – The Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. 15C – The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
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