Please join the Stanford Catholic Film Group on Monday, March 9, to discuss “Calvary” (2014). This Irish comedic drama focuses on a priest who deals with many parishioners with grievances with the Church, including a confession of an upcoming murder. It stars Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran, Domhnall Gleeson, and M. Emmet Walsh. Bishop Robert Barron wrote that the film “shows, with extraordinary vividness, what authentic spiritual shepherding looks like and how it feels for a priest to have a shepherd’s heart.” Lauren Ely for First Things wrote: “Is it possible for a film to capture the horror of the sexual abuse scandal … while at the same time presenting a case for the necessity of the institutional priesthood? [T]his is exactly what Calvary manages to do.” We’ll be meeting at 7:30 on Zoom. It’s available very widely.

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A Zoom link will be sent the day before, so if you’re not on the email list currently, send a message stating “I’m Interested” to StanfordYRCFilm@gmail.com. Everyone is invited!