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Title: Moving, but a bit "dated" in feel
Review: Our family (parents, 6 kids from teenagers on down) recently watched this movie and I'm really glad we did! What an incredible man! What an impossible work he did for the glory of God! The story of European missionary efforts to the native American tribes of the Southwest is difficult to tell accurately, as it has been obscured through the passage of time, the changes in worldview, the changes in religious "fevor," the admittedly bad treatment by many Europeans of native Americans and so forth. This man seems to shine out as something amazing and the movie is well worth watching for a window into his witness of courage, faith, fortitude, creativity, zeal and many other virtues. Our kids had studied the CA Missions and Fr. Serra a year or two ago, now I got to "meet" his predecessor, Fr. Kino, and I'm glad for it. Only drawback: film has a fairly "dated" feel to it; if that doesn't both you, you should enjoy the content.
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