Amazon Has The Nun: The Story Of A Carmelite Vocation On Dvd Now

[carmelite15]

SO WAY HAPPY! Here is the link.

http://www.amazon.com/Nun-Story-Carmelite-Vocation/dp/B004969764/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1289634896&sr=8-4

[NovemberFourth]

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SO WAY HAPPY! Here is the link.

http://www.amazon.com/Nun-Story-Carmelite-Vocation/dp/B004969764/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1289634896&sr=8-4
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Sadly, not available on Amazon.co.uk

N4

[HopefulBride]

Is it the story of the young woman who entered at 19? I think I EWTN had it.

[the_rev]

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Is it the story of the young woman who entered at 19? I think I EWTN had it.
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Product Description: (from Amazon)

This is an award-winning documentary that tells the beautiful story of Marta, a young Catholic woman in Sweden and her counter-cultural choice to follow a calling to become a cloistered Carmelite nun, and to live her life for God alone. Documentary filmmaker Maud Nycander followed Marta and her family for ten years to tell the story of her vocation, and the Carmelite convent made a unique exception to its strict regulations by allowing the filmmaker to meet with and interview Marta both before and after her five-year postulant period. The Carmelite convent in Glumslov in the south of Sweden is normally closed to outsiders.

Marta comes from a large Catholic family, one of nine children, a close-knit family who live on a farm in Sweden. Marta lived a very happy family life, and had an active social life with many friends in school, but yet felt the call to leave all that for the challenging life of a cloistered contemplative Carmelite nun. This film explores that decision that is seen as a radical one in the eyes of the world, and follows Marta and her family during that period of her life before and after her becoming a Carmelite.

Marta gives her own insights into why she made this challenging decision to give up the possibility of marriage and family for the life of a cloistered nun, and we get a good glimpse into that hidden life the Carmelites live. We also meet Marta's family in the documentary: her supportive father and her mother, first pleased with Marta's choice but later struck by a great, unexpected sadness. Helena, her closest sister, who has also considered joining a convent. Big brother Samuel, a doubter who lives a Bohemian life in Paris. And little brother Emanuel, to whom Marta was practically a mother. Emanuel tried to stop her from joining the convent and still wishes she would come home. He comforts himself with the faith that they'll meet again in Heaven.

[HopefulBride]

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Product Description: (from Amazon)

This is an award-winning documentary that tells the beautiful story of Marta, a young Catholic woman in Sweden and her counter-cultural choice to follow a calling to become a cloistered Carmelite nun, and to live her life for God alone. Documentary filmmaker Maud Nycander followed Marta and her family for ten years to tell the story of her vocation, and the Carmelite convent made a unique exception to its strict regulations by allowing the filmmaker to meet with and interview Marta both before and after her five-year postulant period. The Carmelite convent in Glumslov in the south of Sweden is normally closed to outsiders.

Marta comes from a large Catholic family, one of nine children, a close-knit family who live on a farm in Sweden. Marta lived a very happy family life, and had an active social life with many friends in school, but yet felt the call to leave all that for the challenging life of a cloistered contemplative Carmelite nun. This film explores that decision that is seen as a radical one in the eyes of the world, and follows Marta and her family during that period of her life before and after her becoming a Carmelite.

Marta gives her own insights into why she made this challenging decision to give up the possibility of marriage and family for the life of a cloistered nun, and we get a good glimpse into that hidden life the Carmelites live. We also meet Marta's family in the documentary: her supportive father and her mother, first pleased with Marta's choice but later struck by a great, unexpected sadness. Helena, her closest sister, who has also considered joining a convent. Big brother Samuel, a doubter who lives a Bohemian life in Paris. And little brother Emanuel, to whom Marta was practically a mother. Emanuel tried to stop her from joining the convent and still wishes she would come home. He comforts himself with the faith that they'll meet again in Heaven.
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Thanks for the details Rev. I have seen the movie before and it is beautiful.

[Lumiere]

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Sadly, not available on Amazon.co.uk

N4
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If you have a DVD player that will play Region 1 DVDs you can still order it. I order regularly from both Amazon.com (U.S.) and Amazon.ca (Canada) depending on what the exchange rate is between the Canadian and the U.S. dollars and I have had no problems receiving books or DVDs from either.

[MarisStella]

I want to see this so badly. Good thing Christmas is coming, eh?

[In The Arms of The Lord]

It was very good! It would have been nice if they were able to get more video footage inside the Monastery with Marta. They do have a few good scenes of her in there as a Postualnt though, and then they get to see her in the parlor after her Solemn Profession.

[carmelite15]

Im not trying to give anything away but I have some videos of this movie on my youtube page.[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGPBQoWWtyE[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J32kCyv11yI&feature=related[/media]

[carmelite15]

Im[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xd9wbYxacY&feature=related[/media]

[Chiquitunga]

A picture from the Ignatius Press' site .. she looks a lot like St. Therese here! I still need to see this!

[img]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs926.snc4/73943_170739916275532_135628593119998_636441_6375107_n.jpg[/img]

[img]http://vultus.stblogs.org/1001%20Therese%20sacristan.jpg[/img]

Edited November 27, 2010 by Chiquitunga

[OnlySunshine]

I remember seeing part of this on EWTN. It was inspiring. In a way, I thought Marta was much like St. Teresa of the Andes in that her parents were very devout and so were most of her siblings, except one--a brother, who did not believe. I couldn't believe the similarities between them.

I have to say that after watching that documentary, I wanted my own chapel with the reserved Blessed Sacrament. That was extraordinarily special and I have very holy envy of them.

[Jennifer G.]

[quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1289654557' post='2186892']
Is it the story of the young woman who entered at 19? I think I EWTN had it.
[/quote]

That's the one I wanted to see (and record since it was on early in the morning). Unfortunately, I forgot about my TV/Recording being bought [i]before[/i] the time zone change and wound up watching a repeat of Fr. Corapi instead.

Well, at least Christmas is coming! :D

[HopefulBride]

I have been looking for the movie "the fisherman's shoes" and I can't find it. I remember watching it as a little girl in french and the title then was "Les souliers de st. pierre" Does anyone know where I can get a copy?

[elizabeth09]

Thank you for sharing. This sound likes St. Therese a little.