
This power raises questions in the monastery. This faith, along with his humility, makes Giuseppe grow in devotion and holiness, so much so that he actually rises from the floor in a state of ecstasy during the consecration of his Masses.

Giuseppe has a simple but strong faith in God and a special devotion to His Holy Mother. Giuseppe still finds trouble, but the bishop of the diocese befriends him and even has him ordained. When Giuseppe's monk uncle comes to visit his mother, she has a new plan to have the monastery to take care of her foolish son. He loses job after job on account of his stupidity. His father has an easy solution, though: have a special diploma given releasing Giuseppe from school.īut now Giuseppe's mother must find something else for him to do all day. As his mother says, he is "a grown man among schoolboys". Giuseppe is certainly not the brightest person in his class. The Reluctant Saint is the lighthearted retelling of the story of St. "Do you think I kept you in school all these years for this piece of paper? Do you think it didn't break my heart to see you, a grown man, among school boys? But at least I knew where you were!" When our director, Mary, saw this film as a child, she was inspired to make other wholesome Catholic movies. This film was made with over 250 children actors, most of them from homeschool families. The most important thing to them is the continuation of their priests to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and educate their children in the Faith.

Together, these men plan on overthrowing the madness taking place in Paris or at least holding the Revolutionary armies away from their peaceful villages. He is joined by many of his friends and neighbors in his stand, most notably Captain Charette, Stofflet, and young Monsieur Henri. After the execution of King Louis XVI, the peasant farmer Jaques Cathelineau knows that he must take a stand against this demonic regime if the Faith is ever to survive in his beloved France. The War of the Vendée follows the true story of the heroic uprising in the Vendée region of Western France against the architects of the French Revolution.

"They have killed our earthly king and now they want to kill our Heavenly King."
