Multimedia slideshows
It has become a part of a good photographer’s duties to also become great designers, production artists and multimedia producers. I’ve taken those new titles to heart and have begun producing some multimedia flash slideshows of my photojournalism works.
This is my first multimedia slideshow production I completed in October 2009 for the St. Louis Review Newspaper. The story is an Ecumenical Revival which took place at St. Elizabeth Mother of John the Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri.
What makes this story unique is the inter-denominational aspect. Most revivals are just one congregation by itself. Many of community churches have revival every year but the event is seldom practiced in the Catholic Church, and quite rarely in combination with other Christian groups.
This “Building Bridges” spiritual gathering featured each pastor preaching to the congregation one of three consecutive Revival nights while a combine Gospel Choir lead the music. The inner city churches have realized their similar missions and goals to their struggling cultures, neighborhoods and members. This prayerful Revival was the first step in them coming together to work for those causes. The churches involved were St. Elizabeth, Mother of John the Baptist Church, Washington Metropolitan AME Zion and Rhema Baptist Assembly.
To View the Ecumenical Revival in another window Please Click Here.
The second multimedia slideshow is entitled Garden of Innocents. It is a story for a courageous heart and I’ll warn you to grab a hankie or kleenex before viewing the story! The Garden of Innocents was formed in 2003 as a nonprofit organization that provides dignified burials for unclaimed children and infants in and around the St. Louis metropolitan area. To View the Garden of Innocents Story Please Click Here.
Thankfully Giving is a story on Sr. Mary Ann Eultgen a Sister of Christian Charity who works in the Pastoral Care department of St. Anthony’s Medical Center in St. Louis. Just before Thanksgiving of 2009 she spoke about her job and how thankful she is for her ministry. You can view the slideshow here.
A Spiritual Retreat for the homeless following the structure of the Ignatian Spirituality Project was held at the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Motherhouse in South St. Louis. The purpose of the retreat is to effectively respond to the spiritual hunger found within materially poor persons. The retreat is shaped to help retreatants claim God’s commitment to them in their lives.
The Ignatian Spirituality Program began in Chicago but has traveled to St. Louis with the support of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Sister Marion Renkens, CSJ a motherhouse administrator presented the idea of bringing the project to St. Louis to her community and was greeted with great enthusiasm. She then worked along with groups of men and women recommended for the program through the Society of St. Vincent dePaul, Positive Directions and the St. Patrick Center in St. Louis. In the spring the Sisters hosted a retreat for 9 homeless women and this past weekend welcomed a group of men.
The program endeavors to help those who are seeking God as a solution to recovery of their homeless situation. Using the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius as a beginning to reflection and spiritual companionship retreatants establish a new source of hope amid deep discouragement and hardship. During the weekend the men share their life stories in fellowship and understanding through prayer. At the end of the retreat each man wrote from their heart a private letter to God placing it in an envelope and sealing it.
Donations to the ministry can be made through the St. Patrick Center.
You can view the multimedia slideshow here.
Prayers for Life
This multimedia slideshow I produced for the St. Louis Review newspaper. It features the rosary led by Archbishop Robert Carlson and and interview with Beth Lauver the Director of Respect Life Apostolate for the Archdiocese.
Please feel free to visit the story at the newspaper’s website or over at aeternus.com
Stations of the Cross
An inspirational Stations of the Cross with reflections from St. Francis of Assisi as read by Fr. Thomas Wyrsch of St. Margaret of Scotland Church in St. Louis, Missouri.
