Sanctity of Life
A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death (Adult) - DVD

While watching this video, learn about Catholic social teaching on this important issue of the death penalty.

Hear from those who have been touched by violence, like Bud Welch whose daughter died in the

Oklahoma City bombing. 15 min.
Almost Home: Living With Suffering & Dying (HS,ADULT)

Sister Thea Bowman, a nationally known Black Catholic sister, shares her personal experiences of living

with the sufferings and uncertainties of a terminal illness. 30 min.
Black Oasis (Adolescent; Young Adults) - DVD

This drama gets to the heart of the difficulites that many post-modern teens are dealing with today: peer

pressure, cutting, and suicide..Emily is a girl struggling with her parents' failed marriage and the dark

temptations of a new friend. 26 min.
Bridging the Tears (HS,ADULT)

This is a compelling video about pregnancy, abortion, reconciliation, and healing with inspiration from Lola

Falana, musicians Bridget & Joseph Hooker, therapist Dr. Theresa Burke, and woman who found emotional

healing 20 years after an abortion.
Choose Life, Choose Love: Sex And Catholic Youth--Part I (JH,HS,ADULT)

Kieran Sawyer, SSND/Part 1 is an inservice for catechists and parents that discusses how to help teens

develop Catholic values in a morally confused world in addition to addressing guiding teens toward positive

choices that lead to healthy relationships.
Choose Life, Choose Love: Sex and Catholic Youth--Part II (JH,HS,ADULT)

Kieran Sawyer SSND/Video is designed for viewing by teens. Covers topics such as love, infatuation,

exploitation, dating choices, contraception, abortion, moral vs legal issues, homosexuality within Catholic

framework. 6-20 min segs
Contraception: Why Not? (ADULT)

Janet Smith encourages her audience to give consideration to questions regarding the relationship

between contraception, divorce, abortion, poverty, and other social ills. 105 min
Disability Ministry: Perspectives On Disability (ADULT)

Mary Jane Owen gives a talk on the following topics: Description of Disabilities; Population Called Disabled;

Mark II: The Paralytic Healed; Theology of Disability;

Value of Life. 30 min.
Family Theater Films: The Choice (HS,ADULT)

Teenage Kim is asked by her widowed father to finish her Confirmation preparation before deciding for

certain she doesn't want to be confirmed. Kim meets someone who helps her realize that service to

others is more a blessing than a chore. 30 min
Final Blessing (HS,ADULT)

This video examines the spiritual dimensions in the lives of the terminally ill. It about understanding suffering

on a different level and looking forward to what lies beyond. 52 min.
First Words (HS,ADULT)

In this video, you will meet four women who handled their unplanned pregnancies very differently

because of the reactions they received from their family and friends. See how first reactions from loved

ones can influence a life/death decision. 21 min
God Knew Your Name (HS,ADULT)

Video shows a baby in the womb, stresses the uniqueness of each individual using Psalm 139 and Isaiah

43, and shows scenes from milestones in a person's life journey, such as teenager, wedding day,

parenthood. 7 min
How Babies Grow (EL GR 3-6, JH)

A simple and beautiful telling of how the baby grows inside of the mother. It does not tell how the baby

"gets in" or "gets out"; it just gives scientifically accurate facts of fetal development. 11 min
In Word and Deed: Show #003 (HS,ADULT)

Cobleskill resident Jack Daniels on pacifism; Schenectady's Quassam Mohammed Yusefee, an Afghan-

American; David Kaczynski on the death penalty w/Sr. Helen Prejean; Bishop Howard Hubbard. 29 min.
Lethal Selection: Americans Speak Out On The Death Penalty (HS,ADULT)

Based on live footage from human rights hearings at Philadelphia City Hall in March 1996, it includes

testimonies from a death row survivor, a DNA expert attorney, a human rights advocate, etc. 37 min
Life Before Birth (JH,HS,ADULT)

This video is a testimony to the miracle of human life as it develops from the moment of conception up to

the time of birth through the use of intra-uterine photography. Consciousness of the Creator sets the

program apart from others like it. 20 min
Making Sense of Christian Morality: Bioethical Issues (ADULT)

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Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Threat to the Gift of Life (ADULT)

The program is intended to raise awareness and stimulate discussion, focusing on several topics:

euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and raising individual consciousness. 15 min.
Political Responsibility (ADULT)

The United States bishops' 1995 statement "Political Responsibility: Proclaiming the Gospel of Life,

Protecting the Least Among Us, and Pursuing the Common Good" is summarized in video format. 16 min.
Power Surge: Abortion (HS)

A discussion-starter video featuring teens Kim, Limore, and Steve who talk about the pain of abortion as

well as experts who offer hope & encouragement to get help and choose life. 16 min
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