Department of Pastoral Ministers & Pastoral Services

#2032: Training Bereavement Ministers: Responding to Grief
Ages: Adult
Time: 47 minutes
Produced by: St. Anthony Messenger Press (2003)
The Catholic Update Video introduces bereavement ministers to the context in which they will minister, with emphasis on the emotional and spiritual needs of the bereaved.

#2033: Training Bereavement Ministers: Funeral Planning
Ages: Adult
Time: 47 minutes
Produced by: St. Anthony Messenger Press (2003)
This Catholic Update Video explores how the Church's funeral rites can help the bereaved in their journey from grief to hope.

#2035: Child Abuse
Ages: Junior High, Senior High, Adult                     
Time: 30 minutes
Produced by: Schlessinger (1994)
This video presents interviews with abuse victim/survivors, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and legal counselors. Each helps to define the different types of abuse (physical, emotional/mental, sexual, and neglect) and how silences may be broken, healing may begin and the cycle of abuse can be stopped. This video is NOT recommended for anyone under the age of 13.  

#2036: Abusive Relationships
Ages: Junior High, Senior High, Adult                      
Time: 30 minutes
Produced by: Schlessinger (1994)
This video presents interviews with abused individuals, abuse counselors, and an abuser. Each discusses his/her own experiences, the brutal cycle of emotional and physical abuse, the warning signs of an abusive relationship, and how to get help and legal assistance if you are in one.   This video is NOT recommended for anyone under the age of 13.

#2037: The Appalachians (Episode 1 of 3
Ages: Senior High, Adult
Time: 60 minutes
Producer: Evening Star Production (2005)
Presented by: Nashville Public Television
This video examines the lives and culture of the first Appalachians: the Native Americans. The narrative reveals the tensions, struggles and shifting alliances between the Europeans and the Native Americans during the Indian Wars and the American Revolution. With settlements "beyond the mountains," a new era began dominated by an economy of small farms. Most of the "new" Appalachians were Irish, Scotch and English immigrants who brought their own music faith and stories. The "Great Awakening" of the early 1800's provides a context for the religious revivals which have become characteristic of life in the mountains

#2038: The Appalachians (Episode 2 of 3)
Ages: Senior High, Adult
Time: 60 minutes
Producer: Evening Star Production (2005)
Presented by: Nashville Public Television
This video examines picks up the narrative around the beginning of the nineteenth century. The adaptations to Europeans life made by the Cherokee and their economic success led to rising tensions and eventually their removal to Oklahoma. A segment describes slavery in the Appalachian counties and the Civil War, pitting "brother against brother." The coming of the railroads to the mountains led to the loss of hardwood forests and to the mining of coal. The industrialists from the Northeast were soon pitted against the workers and unions in the "Coal Wars.  

#2039: The Appalachians (Episode 3 of 3)
Ages: Senior High, Adult
Time: 60 minutes
Producer: Evening Star Productions (2005)
Presented by: Nashville Public Television
This final segment begins with how the radio changed life in the mountains. People who were isolated were now connected to the world. New ideas, new types of music and the preached word of God reached them on a regular basis. The intimacy of religion in small mountain churches is explained well. World War II set in motion a great "out migration" from the mountains. Stripmining for coal, flooding of family farms for recreation, and mountaintop removal continue to challenge the people and the states.

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