Coming Home: Hurricane Katrina Five Years Later Begins 09/12/2010
Horizons of the Spirit - NBC

Presented by the National Council of Churches USA; Produced by the Presbyterian Church USA

"You have to remember one thing when you drive through my city: behind every broken window...behind every boarded up empty house...There is a family trying to come home.” Wanda was one of the thousands of families left homeless or displaced following Hurricane Katrina. Five years later, some of these families are still trying to return home. The most destructive hurricane in U.S. history inspired a movement that brought thousands of volunteers from all over the world —taking leave from their jobs, their families— to work alongside families and communities desperately trying to return home. The new documentary, "Coming Home: Hurricane Katrina 5 Years Later," gives insight into the relationships between volunteers and hurricane survivors and includes stories of how they have touched each other’s lives.

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Answering God's Call
Horizons of the Spirit - NBC

Presented by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

It's Wednesday in Baltimore's Federal Hill neighborhood, and Father Mitch Rozanski, pastor of Holy Cross Parish, struggles up the five flights to the top of the church's steeple.  The bells of the 150+ year-old church need to be fixed. Meanwhile, in St. Inigoes, on Maryland's southern shore, Fr. Patrick Smith, pastor of St. Peter Claver Parish, goes up the steps of a modest home on a rural lane. He is making a house call on an elderly, housebound parishioner.  They will read Scripture together and sing hymns.  Welcome to the world of the parish priest after Sunday Mass.  Directed by Academy Award winner Gerardine Wurzburg, "Answering God's Call" brings viewers into a world where the mundane and the spiritual must work hand in hand.  And with God's help they do a pretty good job of balancing it all!


The Conscientious Objector Now Airing
Horizons of the Spirit - NBC

Presented by the National Council of Churches USA; Produced by the Seventh-day Adventist Church

The true story of Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who overcame ridicule for his refusal to carry a weapon, then distinguished himself as a fearless saver of lives on the battle fields of the Pacific during WWII. In one of the battles for Okinawa, unarmed and unprotected Doss saved the lives of 75 wounded men as well as that of his commanding officer, dragging them one at a time in the face of certain death to a cliff side where he lowered each of them by rope to the camp below. Some of the GI''s he saved including his Captain, were those who had mistreated him, but his unselfishness and concern for their lives won him the respect of the Army and our Nation which awarded him The Congressional Medal of Honor.


A Place for All: Faith and Community for People with Disabilities Begins 11/14/2010
Horizons of the Spirit - NBC

Presented by a Consortium of Jewish Communities

A Place for All: Faith and Community for Persons with Disabilities explores how faiths have moved toward inclusivity as they help ease the social isolation that often plagues the one out of five Americans with disabilities. This program highlights the stories of people with disabilities who have been welcomed as valued members of their religious communities and celebrated baptisms, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, and annual events as well as the stories of those who have found strength in their faith allowing them and others to see past their disabilities. Included are interviews with faith leaders who work toward the connection of faith and community in the lives of persons with disabilities.
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