Saint Winifred and her Well

Saint Winifred or Saint Winefride (Welsh: Gwenffrewi; Latin: Vinefrida) is a 7th-century Welsh Catholic Saint. Her life of virtue, prayer and joy affected all who met or knew her. She was tutored by her uncle, the holy Saint Bueno and consecrated her life to God. Her encounter with a prince saw her flee his impious intentions and many miracles occur. A healing spring at the site of her decapitation and restoration is now a shrine and pilgrimage site called St Winefride's Well in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales and known as the Lourdes of Wales.

Saint Winifred flees from Prince Caradoc
© 2010 Mary's Dowry Productions

In 2007 Mary’s Dowry productions created a new form of film media to present the lives of the saints. Mary’s Dowry Productions recreates stunning silent visuals, informative, devotional narration, and original contemplative music that touches your spirit to draw you into a spiritual encounter with the saint. Watch with your spiritual eye, listen with your spiritual ear. Our films seek to offer a window into the lives of our saints. Using your spiritual senses we invite you to shut out the world, sit prayerfully and peacefully and go on a journey of faith, history and prayer with this inspiring Saint.

Prince Caradoc arrives at the home of St. Winifred, seeking refreshment from the hunt
© 2010 Mary's Dowry Productions



For our film about Saint Winifred we recreated some key moments in her life with friends and parishioners in the barn attached to our parish church. We also went on location to Petworth Park among the fallow deer to film St. Winifred's escape from the Prince and also her prayerful, meditative walks. The original music in the film is uplifting and contemplative and the scenery and visuals are reflective, absorbing and beautiful. The portrayals do not have dialogue but run beneath the narrative and score. The film is a spiritual encounter with the story of Saint Winifred as she gives us insight into the beautiful witness she has left.

 

Saint Winifred and her Well is vailable on DVD through www.marysdowryproductions.org/shop/

 

Blessed Francisco Marto - Filming day for Bl. Francisco Marto film, Mary's Dowry Productions, EWTN, Fatima

Francisco Marto (June 11, 1908 – April 4, 1919), his sister Jacinta Marto (March 11, 1910 – February 20, 1920), also known as Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinta Marto, and their cousin Lúcia Santos (1907–2005) were children from Aljustrel near Fátima, Portugal, who said they witnessed three apparitions of an angel in 1916 and several apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1917. Mary was given the title Our Lady of Fátima as a result, and Fátima became a major centre of world Christian pilgrimage.

 

Screenshot from 'Blessed Francisco Marto'
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Mary's Dowry Productions filmed visuals for Blessed Francisco Marto in 2010. These visuals are prayerful and gentle images that run beneath a narration with original music. The story of Blessed Francisco is very inspiring and important.

 

Blessed Francisco often thought about the Light of God
Screenshot from 'Blessed Francisco Marto'
© 2010 Mary's Dowry Productions

 In 2007 Mary’s Dowry productions created a new form of film media to present the lives of the saints. Mary’s Dowry Productions recreates stunning silent visuals, informative, devotional narration, and original contemplative music that touches your spirit to draw you into a spiritual encounter with the saint. Watch with your spiritual eye, listen with your spiritual ear. Our films seek to offer a window into the lives of our saints. Using your spiritual senses we invite you to shut out the world, sit prayerfully and peacefully and go on a journey of faith, history and prayer with this inspiring Blessed.

 

In prison, Blessed Francisco with a prisoner having told him to
remove his hat when he prayed
Screenshot from 'Blessed Francisco Marto'
© 2010 Mary's Dowry Productions

Mary's Dowry Productions recreated backdrops from key moments in Blessed Francisco Marto's story, such as the visit of the Angel of Peace, the visits of Our Lady of Fatima, his time in prison, his prayers and penances and his final days.

 

Blessed Francisco receives his first and last Holy Communion
© 2010 Mary's Dowry Productions

The film is a prayerful encounter with Blessed Francisco Marto despite being full of information and details from his life.

 

Blessed Francisco spent many hours before 'the hidden Jesus'
© 2010 Mary's Dowry Productions
Screenshot from 'Blessed Francisco Marto'

Blessed Francisco of Fatima is available on DVD through Mary's Dowry Productions:

www.marysdowryproductions.org/shop/

We ship worldwide, all region formats. As seen on EWTN

 

Saint Edmund Campion Mary's Dowry Productions, filming day, screenshot, EWTN, Jesuit priest, English Martyr

St. Edmund Campion: A Hero Returns

Although he defended the Catholic Faith in Elizabethan England with outstanding writings that captured many audiences including the most powerful of the courts, St. Edmund Campion was a man of intense faith, prayer and hope.  From his early life he sought the Truth, left his high position as Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, travelled Europe and returned to England to bring the Mass  to the people in a hostile environment. his prayer, devotion and love of God shines out in his own words.

Saint Edmund Campion returns to England
Screenshot from 'St. Edmund Campion'
© Mary's Dowry Productions

In 2007 Mary’s Dowry productions created a new form of film media to present the lives of the saints. Mary’s Dowry Productions recreates stunning silent visuals, informative, devotional narration, and original contemplative music that touches your spirit to draw you into a spiritual encounter with the saint. Watch with your spiritual eye, listen with your spiritual ear. Our films seek to offer a window into the lives of our saints. Using your spiritual senses we invite you to shut out the world, sit prayerfully and peacefully and go on a journey of faith, history and prayer with this inspiring Elizabethan Saint.

Saint Edmund Campion travels throughout England with Brother Ralph
Screenshot from 'St. Edmund Campion'
© 2008 Mary's Dowry Productions

Mary's Dowry Productions recreated key moments from the life of Saint Edmund Campion in order to invite the viewer of our film on his life to enter prayerfully and thoughtfully with him on his journey. An informative yet spiritual narrative runs over the visuals that we recreated, accompanied by contemplative original music especially written for the film, fusing medieval, contemporary sounds. If you are not used to viewing film in a prayerful, spiritual way, this is a fascinating experience and an encounter with Saint Edmund Campion that invited you to forget the usual style of film making and peer through a window into the heart and mind of one of our English Saints.

A secret Mass in a forest during missionary travels.
Screenshot from 'St. Edmund Campion'
© 2008 Mary's Dowry Productions

Saint Edmund Campion tells his own story using his own words, many of which have been taken from his brag and Ten Reasons. His spirit of prayer, joy and love of God shines through in his writings and with prayerful meditation we can encounter his spirit and mission.

Saint Edmund Campion was a man of prayerful mission with a message of hope
Screenshot from 'St. Edmund Campion'
© 2008 Mary's Dowry Productions

Length and Format:

Our film runs for 1 hour and 5 minutes and is available on Region Free DVD worldwide.

Available through www.marysdowryproductions.org/shop/

Holy Spirit of PEACE CD, contemplative Catholic music, Christian music, fusions, Holy Spirit, Mary's Dowry Productions, Peace, Calm

Ten beautiful tracks written with prayer in mind, to draw the listener in and to bring calm to the soul. A new series of CDS called 'Holy Spirit Music Series' especially written by Bernadette who does all of the music on the films for Mary's Dowry Productions.

These ten tracks are based upon God the Holy Spirit's gift of Peace.

Track listing:

1) Seeking after God

2) The Prince of Peace

3) Peace in Death

4) God Blesses with Peace

5) Peace I leave you

6) Let not your heart be troubled

7) Be not afraid

8) Resting with the God of Peace

9) Peace Not of This World

10) Tranquility in the Soul

The album runs for 42 minutes and focusses upon the peaceful attributes of God the Holy Spirit through reflective use of piano and strings and accompanying instruments such as cello, flute and acoustic guitar.

Available from our online shop:

www.marysdowryproductions.org