"The Inn of the Sixth Happiness The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is a 1958 DeLuxe Color 20th Century Fox CinemaScope film based on the true story of Gladys Aylward, a tenacious British maid, who became a missionary in China during the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War. Directed by Mark Robson, who received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director, the film stars Ingrid Bergman as Aylward and Curt Jürgens as her love interest, Captain Lin Nan, a Chinese officer with a Dutch father. Robert Donat, who played the mandarin of the town in"
"The Mission (1986 film) The Mission is a 1986 British period drama film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America. Written by Robert Bolt and directed by Roland Joffé, the film stars Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi, and Liam Neeson. It won the Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. In April 2007, it was elected number one on the ""Church Times"" Top 50 Religious Films list. Furthermore, it is one of fifteen films listed in the category ""Religion"" on the Vatican film list. The music, scored by"
"The Missionary The Missionary is a 1982 British comedy film directed by Richard Loncraine, and starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. It was produced by George Harrison, Denis O'Brien, Palin (who also wrote the screenplay) and Neville C. Thompson. Church of England Reverend Charles Fortescue (Palin) works as a missionary in Africa for ten years, then returns to England in the spring of 1906. As the ship docks, a fellow passenger, later identified as Lady Isabel Ames (Smith), bumps into him by accident. Charles is to wed Deborah Fitzbanks, the daughter of a fellow clergyman. She was only a child"
"local mission. Christine is blind. She falls in love with Burrows, enjoying his discussions of the spirit and the soul but knowing little of his past. One day she is struck by a streetcar and knocked unconscious, causing Burrows to once again question his faith. He ultimately accepts the Lord's will and is offered a better place to live and preach. Burrows decides he is better suited to the mission, with Christine by his side. Journey into Light Journey into Light is a 1951 American drama film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Sterling Hayden. John Burrows, an ordained minister"
"sentenced to life imprisonment, but was visited in prison every month by O'Flaherty, his only regular visitor. Eventually, the former SS officer converted to the Roman Catholic faith, and was baptized by the Monsignor in 1959. Vatican Officials SS Personnel Allied Personnel Civilians The portrayal of Pope Pius XII is notable. He ""answers questions that the film hasn't even raised. The world, in fact, didn't raise the questions until the 1960's."" Answering protests that came decades later, including by Rolf Hochhuth's play ""The Deputy"" and the writings of Hannah Arendt, the film wrestles with the role of the Holy See"
"follows it, finds in it a friend at last, and he is never alone! ... That is what all great men have acknowledged in their works, all those who have thought a little more deeply and searched and worked and loved a little more than the rest, who have plumbed the depths of the sea of life."" The 1957 Ingmar Bergman film ""Seventh Seal"" portrays the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) returning disillusioned from the crusades (""what is going to happen to those of us who want to believe, but aren't able to?"") across a plague-ridden landscape,"
"Lonnie Frisbee Lonnie Ray Frisbee (June 6, 1949 – March 12, 1993) was an American Charismatic evangelist and self-described ""seeing prophet"" in the late 1960s and 1970s. He maintained a hippie appearance and struggled with homosexuality (according to his own report). He was notable as a minister and evangelist in the signs and wonders movement of the 1970s and 1980s. Frisbee was a key figure in the Jesus movement and eyewitness accounts of his ministry documented in the 2007 Emmy-nominated film ""Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher"" explain how Frisbee became the charismatic spark igniting the rise"
"Lonnie Frisbee Lonnie Ray Frisbee (June 6, 1949 – March 12, 1993) was an American Charismatic evangelist and self-described ""seeing prophet"" in the late 1960s and 1970s. He maintained a hippie appearance and struggled with homosexuality (according to his own report). He was notable as a minister and evangelist in the signs and wonders movement of the 1970s and 1980s. Frisbee was a key figure in the Jesus movement and eyewitness accounts of his ministry documented in the 2007 Emmy-nominated film ""Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher"" explain how Frisbee became the charismatic spark igniting the rise"
"alcoholism, which threatened to destroy his marriage. The film focuses on Zamperini's life after the war, including his violent nightmares and alcohol addiction. The film covers Zamperini's reluctant visit to evangelist Billy Graham's 1949 Los Angeles Crusade, which changed the trajectory of Zamperini's life. Zamperini said the message Billy Graham preached led him to enter into a relationship with Jesus Christ and to forgive his Japanese captors. Zamperini dedicated the rest of his life to sharing the gospel with others. He spoke at the 1958 Billy Graham crusade in San Francisco and maintained a lifelong friendship with Billy Graham. Captured"
"in the War at multiple points. During the conclusion of the film, Pope Pius XII tells O'Flaherty 'In my heart I honor you'. The character of General Max Helm was based entirely on the real life of ""SS-Obergruppenführer"" Karl Wolff, who served in 1944 as the Supreme SS and Police Leader of Italy. The film was unable to use Wolff's real name, since the SS General was still living when the film was in production; he died in 1984. Herbert Kappler converted from Protestant to Catholic in 1949, however that fact only became known in 1959. Herbert Kappler was instrumental"
"lighting (particularly at the Home for the Dying) was thought unlikely to be usable by the crew. In England, the footage was found to be extremely well-lit and Muggeridge called it a miracle of ""divine light"" from Teresa. Other crew members said that it was due to a new type of ultra-sensitive Kodak film. Muggeridge later converted to Catholicism. Around this time, the Catholic world began to honour Teresa publicly. Pope Paul VI gave her the inaugural Pope John XXIII Peace Prize in 1971, commending her work with the poor, display of Christian charity and efforts for peace, and she"
"opportunities decrease and salaries remain unpaid. We see poor workers laboring from the dawn of the day far into the night, hardly earning enough for their bread and that of their children"". In the middle of the night on 31 May 1856 a great storm caused flooding. He rescued several victims despite the danger to his own life. On Christmas Eve in 1856 he meditated before the crib and it was there and then that he realized his true mission as a priest was to evangelize to the poor but also to tend to the poor on the streets while"
"a mere beggar. He became popular as time went on and people approached him for advice and to talk with him. He was invited to visit hospitals and provide comfort to the sick. Sudden healings started and so his fame increased. In World War II he cared for the displaced and those separated from their families. He ensured each person was fed and looked after. On 1 June 1958 he was exhausted and approached the Father Superior. He asked to be relieved from his duties and the superior allowed this. He was admitted to the clinic and required an operation"
"about the plot to have Him killed. He is finally converted to Christianity after hearing the story of Christ's Resurrection from the apostle Thomas. The film shows the Last Supper, the trial of Christ, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, and the appearance of Christ to Doubting Thomas and the other Apostles. Christ is played by the otherwise unknown actor Robert Wilson, who virtually made a career out of playing Him. Wilson appeared in the role on several church-sponsored films such as ""Day of Triumph"" (1954), which starred Lee J. Cobb as the High Priest Zadok and was one of the first"
"a Mass Cardinal Mindszenty said there in December 1974. Mindszenty's life and battle against the Soviet domination of Hungary and communism were the subject of the 1950 film ""Guilty of Treason"", which was, in part, based on his personal papers, and starred Charles Bickford as the cardinal. The 1955 film ""The Prisoner"" is loosely based on Mindszenty's imprisonment, with Alec Guinness playing a fictionalized version of the cardinal. He was reported as disliking the fictional version of his situation. The two-part 1966 episode, ""Old Man Out"" of television's """" was loosely based on Mindszenty. The episode's premise was that a"
"Journey into Light Journey into Light is a 1951 American drama film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Sterling Hayden. John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide. Burrows travels to Los Angeles for a fresh start, but ends up on skid row and arrested for apparent public intoxication. A skid-row con man, Gandy, finds him a bed at a flop house, while a street preacher, Doc Thorssen, and daughter Christine take him to a"
"of the Church in Hungary, Poland and Romania, improved during his pontificate. Pope Paul VI became the first pope to visit six continents. He travelled more widely than any of his predecessors, earning the nickname ""the Pilgrim Pope"". He visited the Holy Land in 1964 and participated in Eucharistic Congresses in Bombay, India and Bogotá, Colombia. In 1966, he was twice denied permission to visit Poland for the 1,000th anniversary of the introduction of Christianity in Poland. In 1967, he visited the shrine of Our Lady of Fátima in Portugal on the fiftieth anniversary of the apparitions there. He undertook"
"Denise Blessitt""; ""Arthur a Pilgrim""(1988), was his first documentary feature. Blessitt is the subject of a 2009 documentary feature, ""The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story"", directed by Matthew Crouch. He made a failed bid for the 1976 Democratic nomination for President. After, he said, ""we need a born-again, soul-winning witness in the White House"". ]] Arthur Blessitt Arthur Owen Blessitt (born October 27, 1940 in Greenville, Mississippi, United States) is a traveling Christian preacher, most known for carrying a cross through every nation of the world. Blessitt was born in Greenville, Mississippi, and grew up in northeast Louisiana, where his"
"about Charles's unusual methods. He gives Charles two choices: leave the mission or the Church. Charles chooses the latter, and is joined by Isabel. Photos at the end of the film show that they have two children together. The Missionary The Missionary is a 1982 British comedy film directed by Richard Loncraine, and starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. It was produced by George Harrison, Denis O'Brien, Palin (who also wrote the screenplay) and Neville C. Thompson. Church of England Reverend Charles Fortescue (Palin) works as a missionary in Africa for ten years, then returns to England in the spring"
"Mission"" received mixed to positive reviews from critics. The film currently holds a 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 24 reviews. Academy Awards BAFTA Film Awards Cannes Film Festival Golden Globe Awards The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The Mission (1986 film) The Mission is a 1986 British period drama film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America. Written by Robert Bolt and directed by Roland Joffé, the film stars Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi, and Liam Neeson. It won the Palme d'Or and"
"in a God. Following his health ailments in the latter stages of his life, he came around to his own form of Christianity, and began wearing a cross necklace. In his memoir, he stated: ""As long as you have spirituality, you're never alone. It's sort of like my mother said all those years ago: now I have my own kind of faith, just like other people. They take what they want of faith, and they leave the rest alone, and I do the same. That's the way it should be."" He credited his sixth wife, Stacey Fountain, with helping him"
"Birmingham, Alabama; died 19 April 2006 in Marion, Indiana), a former US Army chaplain who had been awarded the Philippine Liberation Medal, and the pioneer Nazarene missionary to the Philippines, and Marciano Encarnacion, a Filipino layman, who had begun the Church of the Nazarene in the Philippines at Cabanatuan in May 1946, and most of the pastors and members left the Church of the Nazarene over concerns the denomination was too accommodating to the world (especially in relation to allowing women to ""bob"" their hair), and desires for more autonomy for local leaders. In 1957 Pitts was recalled from the"
"also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 89th Academy Awards. ""Silence"" is the third of Scorsese's three films about religious figures struggling with challenges of faith, following ""The Last Temptation of Christ"" and ""Kundun"". The film begins with a prologue of the young Portuguese Jesuit priest Cristóvão Ferreira witnessing the mortal torture of five missionaries. The priest is helpless in the presence of Japanese authorities conducting the torture to try to assist his colleagues in any way. A few years later, at St. Paul's College, Macau, an Italian Jesuit priest, Alessandro Valignano, receives news that Ferreira"
"movement, especially in its early stages, was typically associated with the impoverished and marginalized of America, especially African Americans and Southern Whites. With the help of many healing evangelists such as Oral Roberts, Pentecostalism spread across America by the 1950s. International visitors and Pentecostal missionaries would eventually export the revival to other nations. The first foreign Pentecostal missionaries were A. G. Garr and his wife, who were Spirit baptized at Azusa and traveled to India and later Hong Kong. The Norwegian Methodist pastor T. B. Barratt was influenced by Seymour during a tour of the United States. By December 1906,"
"1959, he ends the decade by holding Nowa Huta's first ever mass on Christmas Eve, then leads a public religious procession of the Black Madonna's empty picture frame through Krakow, attends all Vatican II sessions and becomes Krakow's archbishop before the sessions end. In 1967, he becomes a cardinal by Pope Paul VI, returns to Poland and heals a friend from the Polish Home Army of bone marrow cancer by praying to Padre Pio. Pope Paul VI dies in August 1978 and Albino Luciani succeeds him as Pope John Paul I, only to die late the following month after only"
"which members would donate their material possessions to the Temple in exchange for the Temple meeting all those members' needs. Pastor Ijames was one of the first to commit. The Temple had little luck converting most Midwesterners to communist ideals, even when disguised as religion. Admiring Fidel Castro's 1959 overthrow of Batista in Cuba, Jones traveled to Cuba in 1960 to attempt to convert poor Cuban black people to move to his congregation in Indiana, but the plan failed. The Temple's religious message transitioned during this period, to one treading between atheism and the subtle notion that Jones was a"
"vision from god telling him to spread his word after his conversion to Christianity. He went to college in India and went back to the United States to study nuclear engineering at Columbia University in New York City. He returned to Wisconsin to evangelize in places like Green Bay, eventually settling down in the town of Shawano buying and purchased a piece of property that he later formed the current compound located on Highway 47/55, he named his followers ""The disciples of the lord Jesus Christ"". In the 1980s, the group was responsible for mass kidnappings in and around the"
"in most institutions throughout America, two of the most prominent leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ were African American. Apostle John Penn, member of the Quorum of Twelve from 1910 to 1955, conducted missionary work with many Italian Americans, and was often referred to as ""The Italian's Doctor"". Matthew Miller, an evangelist ordained in 1937, traveled throughout Canada establishing missions with Native Americans. Rock star Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier) was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ, though he was never baptized. Cooper's grandfather, Thurman Furnier, was the president of the church from 1963 to 1965. U.S."
"a faith healer herself. She insists that medicine is just as good as the faith of people, but soon her cancer came back and eventually took her life. This intrigued Lee, enough so that he began to think about writing a story revolving around a faith healer, and soon he and Quito visited another faith healer in Tondo, Manila. While they were visiting, Lee and Quito remembered the story of eleven-year-old Belinda Villas, who was living on Cabra Island in Lubang, Occidental Mindoro. In 1966, she and several friends reportedly began experiencing visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary dressed in"
"in 1942 and participated in the Pentecostal meetings at the Filadelfia Church in Oslo, where he also worked as a preacher. His eldest sister, Gudrun Lindstad, was also a missionary in Congo. He was married to the missionary Inger-Marie Børresen, who died in 1981, and the couple had two children. Their daughter Thordis Børresen is missionary in Niger, but previously worked in Congo and Mali. After a long illness, Børresen died in Oslo on January 22, 2010. He was buried next to his wife at the Høybråten cemetery. During a meeting at the Filadelfia Church in Oslo, where new missionaries"
"The Seventh Seal The Seventh Seal () is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in Denmark during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death (Bengt Ekerot), who has come to take his life. Bergman developed the film from his own play ""Wood Painting"". The title refers to a passage from the Book of Revelation, used both at the very start of the film, and again towards the end, beginning with the words ""And"
"The Seventh Seal The Seventh Seal () is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in Denmark during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death (Bengt Ekerot), who has come to take his life. Bergman developed the film from his own play ""Wood Painting"". The title refers to a passage from the Book of Revelation, used both at the very start of the film, and again towards the end, beginning with the words ""And"
"to Roman Catholicism (his mother had him baptized during the war in order to save him from being sent to a concentration camp). In 1957, he entered the Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion where he began work on his monumental ""Last Supper"" and devoted himself to producing small-sized paintings on religious themes such as Moses and the Burning Bush, culminating in a commission to paint three altar paintings on parchment, the cycle of the ""Mysteries of the Holy Rosary"" (1958–61), for the Rosenkranzkirche in Hetzendorf, Vienna. He also dealt with contemporary issues in his masterpiece of this period, ""Psalm 69"""