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#422 Father Stu and Faith at the Movies - Mark Wahlberg

Catholic Answers Focus

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson share a few thoughts on what makes a good “faith” movie as we discuss their excellent new film Father Stu. After that we get the lowdown on the real Father Stu from his friend and fellow priest Father Bart Tolleson. Cy Kellett: Finally a great movie about the priesthood. Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson and Father Bart Tolleson, next. Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. Maybe you heard about the new movie opening this week, Father Stu. It’s a movie ab…

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Finally, a great movie about the priesthood, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson and Father Bart

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Tullison.

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Next.

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Hello, and welcome to Focus the Cap Against Whose Podcast for Living Understanding and Defending

0:15.2

Your Catholic Faith.

0:16.2

I'm Psy Kelly at Your Host, and maybe you heard about the new movie opening this week.

0:20.4

Father Stew, it's a movie about a priest, a real priest, a guy who really lived and died

0:25.3

just recently, just within the last few years, and Mark Wahlberg heard the story and decided

0:29.5

to make a movie out of it.

0:30.5

So he got some big Hollywood people together, and they made a really, really fine movie.

0:35.6

We got to see it, and we were just taken with it, that this really does what you would

0:39.6

hope that a faith movie would do.

0:41.9

Mel Gibson's in it.

0:42.9

Lots of big stars are in it, but more than anything, it's just well written and well-directed,

0:47.6

and it has a beautiful person, a beautiful man, a beautiful priest right at its heart.

0:52.3

So we did a couple interviews, three interviews, as a matter of fact, with folks involved

0:56.0

in the film or with Father Stew, we thought you'd like to see him.

0:59.3

We start with Mark Wahlberg, who put the whole thing together.

1:02.8

Here's what Mark Wahlberg had to say.

1:11.5

Mark Wahl, thank you very much for being with us on Kathy Gantzers' Focus.

1:15.1

Thank you for having me.

1:16.8

We got to see the movie.

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