Hello, this is Father David Nix at the Padre Peregrino podcast.

This is TCE number 39 theology and current events.

Today I'm joined by my friend Mel Gibson to talk about the new movie, Father Stu.

Mr. Mel Gibson is an actor, writer, and producer with nearly 100 productions under his belt,

including two Oscars, and of course making the movie Passion of the Christ that brought

millions to understand, even the basics of what it means for Jesus to die for us.

Mel, thanks so much for joining us today.

Good morning.

Morning.

Now, we're going to talk about Father Stu.

It's a new movie that Mel Gibson made with Mark Wahlberg.

True story of a man who died in 2014, lived a very rough life before a

major conversion and then entered seminary. And as I said, he died in 2014. Can you tell us the basics

of the life of Father Stu Mill? Well, he was just a guy, rough and tumble guy. He was very good at

boxing. He was like kind of a golden

gloves champ guy in Montana. And, you know, he lived the life like most young guys, you know,

pretty venal. You know, he liked to drink. He liked to fight. He liked to, you know, pretty much

go where he would. And he just had a conversion experience at one point.

He met and fell in love with a young woman who was Catholic.

And then he started to explore what that meant, you know. I mean, in the film,

in the screenplay, you know, she says, you know, I can't date someone that's not baptized. And he goes,

well, where's the water, you know? So, you know, he doesn't enter into it with the purest of motives.

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