{"id":297354,"date":"2025-08-28T21:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-episode-58\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T21:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:47:01","slug":"the-catholic-culture-podcast-episode-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-episode-58\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 58"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"date\">Dec 13, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Terrence Malick\u2019s stunning new film<em>, A Hidden Life<\/em>, is<br \/>\nabout Blessed Franz J\u00e4gerst\u00e4tter, an Austrian farmer who was<br \/>\nmartyred for refusing to swear loyalty to Hitler. James Majewski<br \/>\njoins Thomas to discuss the film. He reads excerpts from Bl.<br \/>\nFranz\u2019s letters and prison writings, to see how well Malick\u2019s<br \/>\nportrayal lives up to the real-life saint. The letters of Franz and<br \/>\nhis wife Franziska their deep devotional life, and testify to how<br \/>\nmuch Franz\u2019s heroism owed to the sacraments and the support of some<br \/>\ngood priests who we do not see in the film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>A Hidden Life<\/em> trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qJXmdY4lVR0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qJXmdY4lVR0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Franz J<\/em><em>\u00e4gerst\u00e4tter: Letters and Writings from<br \/>\nPrison<\/em>, ed. Erna Putz, is published by Orbis Books, a press<br \/>\nthat publishes a fair amount of heretical and dissenting material.<br \/>\nThe letters are well worth reading but we encourage you to buy a<br \/>\nused copy rather than supporting that publisher.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed this discussion, check out James and Thomas&#8217;s<br \/>\nother show, Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast. <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicculture.org\/criteria\">http:\/\/catholicculture.org\/criteria<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To hear James read more writings of the saints, check out<br \/>\nCatholic Culture Audiobooks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/audiobooks\">https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/audiobooks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. 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