Sunday, November 18, 2007
BELLA
Matt Abbott has included some good news in his column today. Since Sunday is a day for good news, I'm taking the liberty of posting it here as well:
The feature film Bella is "an award-winning movie directed and produced by Regnum Christi members who wanted to use their talents for a noble mission," according to the movement's Web site.
"...The Regnum Christi team behind Metanoia Films wanted to show the beauty of love and life in such a way that it would change people's lives. What they didn't imagine was that this movie would also save lives. So far, Bella has already given hundreds of women second thoughts about pregnancies they were thinking of terminating. After seeing the film, they took a risk and gave love — and life — a chance...."
"The Bella promotion effort could also be a great way to introduce more people to Regnum Christi; after all, as producer Sean Wolfington himself said, 'Bella is the fruit of Regnum Christi' and it shows in action what the Movement is all about: evangelizing by bringing human and Gospel values to modern culture in the most effective way possible; adapting to the needs of time and place in a media-driven culture; working vertex-to-base with real artistic talent but also person-to-person on the grass roots level (get going on those ticket sales!); helping people to accomplish more by working as a team. Bella is the fruit of Regnum Christi because it fulfills our essential mission: to make the truth shine in all its beauty and to bring souls to Christ."
Regnum Christi, affiliated with the Legionaries of Christ, was founded by Father Marcial Maciel, who was disciplined by the Vatican in 2006.
It's too bad that last paragraph has to be added to the positive message, but I believe that it does. Go over there to read the rest of what Abbott has to say on some other topics.
