Co-hosted by Chris Day and Chester Trocha at Holy Family Catholic Community in Inverness, this is an opportunity for casual fellowship around a thought provoking movie, with a relaxed discussion of the film afterwards. This is a low pressure way to either stay connected with your brothers from Illuman Illinois, or to introduce other men to us in a drop-in, no commitment environment.
Doors open: 5:45pm, with pizza and soft drinks provided during fellowship time.
RSVP: Please send a note to Chris Day cday12345@aol.com
Movies start: 6:00pm with the goal of allowing discussion and personal reactions to the film afterwards.
Address: Holy Family Catholic Community, 2515 West Palatine Road, Inverness 60067
Wednesday December 9: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Beth tells a story from her childhood of one of the most important annual events of her small town, Emmanuel, namely the church's Christmas pageant presenting the nativity story. At the time, however, Beth and most of the other children viewed the pageant as the boring proverbial "same old, same old" year after year, which is probably why it appealed to the adults. The pageant seemingly directed forever by Mrs. Armstrong, Beth tells of the important and highly publicized seventy-fifth anniversary edition when Mrs. Armstrong became incapacitated and Beth's "average" mom, Grace, looked down upon by the town's alpha moms including Mrs. Armstrong, volunteered to direct it. Beth's hope that her mom would do a good job, the best pageant ever, so as not to be ridiculed by the townsfolk and especially the alpha moms hit a bump when the six violent, thieving, lying, cigar-smoking, Christian-illiterate Herdman children, feared by everyone in town, including the adults, in largely being considered the worst children who ever lived, and led by the meanest and oldest, Imogene Herdman, decided not only to start attending church for reasons having nothing to do with religion, but to take over the pageant by inserting themselves into the six primary roles of Mary, Joseph, the Three Wise Men, and the Angel of the Lord. 1 hour 39 minutes (2024).
Wednesday January 13: Conclave
Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope's wake--secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church. 2 hours (2024).