God's Own Parish ( Gods eigen Parochie )

God's Own Parish (DVD) (*)

$31.99

Original Title: Gods eigen Parochie
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
58 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Sherman De Jesus

Written By:
Sherman De Jesus

Actors:
Antoine Bodar ..... Himself

Synopsis:

If I hadn't met father Kotte, I wouldn't be interested in the Catholic Church, says a parishioner who attended father Kotte's Masses in the Utrecht Sint-Willibrord Church for decades. He wasn't the only one. And when Kotte was discharged from all ecclesiastical functions, his congregation remained faithful. De Jesus composed a documentary portrait of father Winand Kotte (1922-2006), who was disloyal to the diocese since the 1970s. When people abandoned the churches, Kotte chose the old Roman Catholic tradition - in defiance of the diocese. Moreover, he had 'fallen under the spell' of 'counter-pope' Clement VX. Kotte was suspended and could no longer perform any priestly tasks. He had, cardinal Simonis asserts in the film, 'his own little church'. Parishioners, colleagues and critics from the diocese bring back memories from those unsettled years when father Kotte was discredited, but at the same time stayed popular among churchgoers.

The Tale of the legendary priest Winand Kotte and the faithful at the St. Willibrord church. They fought for a personal perception of faith and defied the bishop and the Roman Catholic church. At the same time they succeeded in saving the historic neo-Gothic St. Willibrord church from demolition and preserved it for the believers. In a time of great confusion, Father Kotte managed to stand up to the machinations of the powerful and influential ecclesiastical institution. God's Own Parish develops into a strange tale of disobedient priests, an anti-pope and neglected believers.

About two disobedient priests and their parishioners.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 21 October, 2011.

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