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Phil (™97) and Luke Halpin (™98) on the set of Miles Christi


Phil (™97) and Luke Halpin (™98) on the set of Miles Christi: Soldiers of Christ in America

 

Two alumni brothers, Phil (™97) and Luke Halpin (™98), played significant roles in the production of a new one-hour documentary film, , which premiered on EWTN last Sunday night. The film explores a new order of priests, Miles Christi (soldiers of Christ), which is committed to helping lay Catholics pursue holiness in their everyday lives. Phil served as the project™s writer and editor, and Luke composed and produced the original score. Below is the film™s trailer:

 

œDocumentary filmmaking is such a great way of presenting the truth in a logical manner that™s almost indisputable,� Phil the National Catholic Register. œI see the documentary as a method of argument almost. It™s a chance to, in a very methodical way, lay out something you think is true and prove it.� Key to making that argument, he added, is maintaining the highest professional standards. œHigh-quality production is part of evangelization. ... You™re not going to evangelize anybody with crummy production work.�

Phil is the editor and producer for StoryTel, a creative foundation specializing in documentaries about people and organizations who answer God™s call to œrestore the sacred.� Previously, he helped to produce Where Heaven Meets Earth, a documentary about a once-failing urban parish transformed by a young priest who was determined to embrace the whole of Catholic tradition. œGiving people hope is a worthy goal,� he says, œbut going beyond that to inspire people to restore the sacred in their own lives and their own communities makes it worthwhile.�

In case you missed the first screening of Miles Christi, fear not. The documentary will air again on EWTN this Saturday, November 22, at 11:00 p.m. in the U.S. and Canada. It is also .