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International Address: Palazzo San Calisto, 16-00120 Citta’ del Vaticano USA: PO Box 6805, Augusta, GA 30916 [email protected] (best) (757) 287-9881 Cell October 4, 2018 To: All Catholic Evangelistic and Media Organizations RE: The Cantalamessa Movie A Docudrama on the life of Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa Preacher to the Popes Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: The Church is in a state of crisis that may take years, maybe even decades. As a group of Christians who are dedicated to the evangelizing the culture through authentic biblical principles, I can think of no better story to promote than the life and teachings of Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa. He has been such a great gift to the church, regardless of your Christian tradition. I highly encourage you to partner with the Awakening the Domestic Church project, CMax TV and New Dominion Pictures to produce this movie. It will be such a profound resource for everyone in the church to use to draw people to Jesus. In Christ our Hope Daniel Almeter Catholic Fraternitys North American Executive www.catholicfraternity.org Alleluia Catholic Fellowship Augusta, GA www.yeslord.com Glory to God CC Topeka, KS www.glorytogodcommunity.com/ Christian Community of God’s Delight Dallas, TX http://godsdelight.org/ Comunidad Católica Hispana Deleite Dios Dallas, TX City of the Lord CC Tempe, AZ www.cityofthelord.org People of God CC Nanticoke, PA http://pogc.wordpress.com/categ ory/diocesan-ccr/ Mount Zion Catholic Pastoral Center Montrose, MI http://mtzioncatholic community.com/home Mother of God CC Gaithersburg, MD www.motherofgod.org Community of God’s Love Steubenville, OH www.coglove.com New Creation Community Virginia Beach, VA www.newcreation.cc North American Region

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International Address: Palazzo San Calisto, 16-00120 Citta’ del Vaticano

USA: PO Box 6805, Augusta, GA 30916 [email protected] (best) (757) 287-9881 Cell

October 4, 2018

To: All Catholic Evangelistic and Media Organizations

RE: The Cantalamessa Movie – A Docudrama on the life of

Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa – Preacher to the Popes

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

The Church is in a state of crisis that may take years, maybe even decades. As a group of

Christians who are dedicated to the evangelizing the culture through authentic biblical

principles, I can think of no better story to promote than the life and teachings of Fr. Raniero

Cantalamessa. He has been such a great gift to the church, regardless of your Christian

tradition.

I highly encourage you to partner with the Awakening the Domestic Church project, CMax

TV and New Dominion Pictures to produce this movie. It will be such a profound resource

for everyone in the church to use to draw people to Jesus.

In Christ our Hope

Daniel Almeter Catholic Fraternity’s North American Executive

www.catholicfraternity.org

Member Communities

Alleluia Catholic Fellowship

Augusta, GA

www.yeslord.com

Glory to God CC

Topeka, KS

www.glorytogodcommunity.com/

Christian Community of God’s

Delight Dallas, TX

http://godsdelight.org/

Comunidad Católica Hispana

Deleite Dios

Dallas, TX

City of the Lord CC Tempe, AZ

www.cityofthelord.org

People of God CC

Nanticoke, PA

http://pogc.wordpress.com/categ

ory/diocesan-ccr/

Mount Zion

Catholic Pastoral Center

Montrose, MI

http://mtzioncatholic

community.com/home

Mother of God CC

Gaithersburg, MD

www.motherofgod.org

Community of God’s Love

Steubenville, OH

www.coglove.com

New Creation Community

Virginia Beach, VA

www.newcreation.cc

North American Region

2500 Almeda Ave., Suite 111, Norfolk, VA 23513 (Office)

PO Box 64307 Virginia Beach, VA 23467-4307 (Mailing)

(757) 619-0061 Deacon Darrell’s Cell (757) 287-9881

October 4, 2018 – The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi

To: All Catholic Evangelistic and Media Organizations

RE: The Cantalamessa Movie – A Docudrama on the life of

Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa – Preacher to the Popes

Dear Brothers and Sisters.

Greetings on this Feast of St. Francis of Assisi – the man Jesus called

to rebuild the Church!

I’m certain that the current crisis within the church is causing you as

much anguish as it is causing me. Even though it may be difficult to

know who to trust in the hierarchy of the church, all of us should be

absolutely convinced that we can trust the Holy Spirit’s ability to lead

us through these trials.

One man that I have learned to trust, both in what he says and in what

he does, is the Franciscan Capuchin Priest - Father Raniero

Cantalamessa, the Preacher to the Papal Household. Fr. Cantalamessa

has been an inspiration to millions of clergy and laity. The service he

has given to the church following his surrender to the Holy Spirit in 1977

has provided Catholics and other Christians a theological understanding

of the importance of Baptism in the Spirit as well as practical insights

to use this Divine empowerment to renew and unify Jesus’ church.

In 2014, during a visit to Virginia Beach, VA Fr. Cantalamessa met

Ashley Zahorian and me. An immediate friendship ensued. The next year

Ashley contacted Fr. Cantalamessa about producing a documentary on

his life so we could use his story to evangelize the world. Although he

actually considers being in the limelight a trial, he agreed. Filming

began later that year and to date we have interviewed Father

2500 Almeda Ave., Suite 111, Norfolk, VA 23513 (Office)

PO Box 64307 Virginia Beach, VA 23467-4307 (Mailing)

(757) 619-0061 Deacon Darrell’s Cell (757) 287-9881

Cantalamessa extensively; filmed his friends in Italy, as well as many

international leaders who have been greatly impacted by his ministry.

Our final stage is being prepared to be filmed. We are telling his story

from a Catholic evangelistic perspective, instead of merely from an

historical perspective. We want to lead people to Jesus, to His Church

and especially inspire young men to choose to discern the priesthood.

We plan on filming reenactments of his life starting in January 2019. It

is our intent to have the filming complete and the movie released on

Pentecost weekend 2019. That date is significant because the Vatican

will be introducing CHARIS (Charismatic Renewal International Service)

to the world as a Public Association of the Christian faithful. We would

like to invite you and your group to partner with us in this final stage of

production and distribution of this movie.

Awakening the Domestic Church, CMax.TV, and the Catholic

Fraternity’s North American communities are partnering with New

Dominion Pictures, a world renowned expert in historical

documentaries to produce our movie. We intend to re-create Fr.

Cantalamessa’s life in such a way as to inspire young men to surrender

their life to the Holy Spirit and pursue a life of authentic Catholic

priesthood. This movie will be inspirational for all audiences, not just

Christians. The secular world will be intrigued by the man who has been

the preacher to the papal household for 37 years, serving the last three

pontiffs. Imagine every high school senior and college group, every

Knights of Columbus Council worldwide regularly showing this movie.

How can you help? First please watch the movie’s trailer on our website

www.cantalamessamovie.com. After that please help us raise the final

funds. We are looking for 750 people or groups willing to fund the last

stage of this project with $1000 each. Tax deductible donations must

be received no later than Christmas 2018, but pledges are needed as

soon as possible for our planning purposes. Enclosed in this package

are a description of the movie, a description of New Dominion Pictures,

and the pledge card. We ask you to forward this package to every

Christian organization who you think might like to partner with us to

evangelize the world by sharing Father Cantalamessa’s life story. The

entire package can be printed via our website noted above. Please

2500 Almeda Ave., Suite 111, Norfolk, VA 23513 (Office)

PO Box 64307 Virginia Beach, VA 23467-4307 (Mailing)

(757) 619-0061 Deacon Darrell’s Cell (757) 287-9881

consider printing out a package, sending it to your friends and promote

the fund raising endeavor via your social media and in your groups. If 9

of your friends joined you in donating $100 before Christmas you would

be a group! We will list your group’s name in the credits at the end of

the movie and you will receive a special DVD set, with special bonus

material, so you can evangelize from your home or parish. Furthermore,

you will have the rights to show the movie to any audience. This is

especially important for Catholic Media outlets.

Even though we may be surrounded by darkness in the secular world

and in the Church, Jesus is always the Light. Some people, like Fr.

Cantalamessa are called to fight the darkness, all of us though are

called to turn on more Light. Join us in turning up the LIGHT of Christ by

shining it brightly on what Jesus has accomplished through the ministry

of Fr. Cantalamessa. Help us tell Fr. Raniero’s story.

All contributions are best made via our secure online portal at the

website listed above.

God Bless your evangelistic work!!

Rev. Mr. Darrell Wentworth

Founder/Executive Producer

In Short

Join us in praying for the success of this project and

everyone God intends to watch it.

Go to our website and fill out a pledge form so we know you

want to partner with us. Due Date: Oct 31, 2018

Print our packages to mail, or save the PDF files and forward

them to your friends asking them to partner with us by

forming a group or donating individually.

Fund raise with your group and mail the funds by December

15, 2018.

1000 Film Way • Suffolk, Virginia 23434 Phone (757) 923-1300 • www.newdominion.com • Fax (757) 923-1340

Why New Dominion Pictures and Nicolas Valcour Nicolas Valcour was born in September 1960 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was baptized 10 days after at the parish Sainte-Madeleine de Sophie Barat in Montreal. At 3 ½ years old he started pre-school at the Sisters of Bon Conseil. He then attended Catholic school in Montreal and received the sacraments of Confirmation and First Communion. He was also an Altar server and Boy Scout. His father, Pierre Valcour was very involved with the Dominicans. He traveled all over the world to collect money to help the Dominicans fund the University of Rwanda in Kigali. His father was also a cinematographer and produced dozens of documentaries about the Religious Patrimonial in Quebec. They aired mainly on Radio-Canada, French CBC. At the end of his carrier he produced a theatrical feature about Saint Brother Andre who built the first chapel on the Mont-Royal which is today the Oratories St-Joseph. During his career his father met three popes including Paul IV and Saint John Paul II. At a young age Nicolas began to be part of the team helping his father. That’s where his passion for audio-visual began. In the 90’s Nicolas produced his first series named “Archaeology” for The Learning Channel and one episode was about the Israelites and Masada. Soon after three more series were ordered by the network. That’s when Nicolas moved to the United States. As an American producer he produced a series named “The Time & Life of Jesus” for US-News and “The Passions of the Saints” for The Learning Channel. Nicolas’s ambition to help his neighbor continues as he is part of the Haiti Twinning Committee at his parish, Sacred Heart in Norfolk, to fundraise money for founding a school at the parish of St-Gabriel of Lascahobas, Haiti. The fund raising is still active today and is creating a nursery around the school, a water plan and sanitary facilities, cafeteria, and salaries for teachers. Nicolas also teachers baptism classes to the young couples at Sacred Heart and participates at the homeless soup kitchen serving and preparing food baskets for the poor. Nicolas was inspired by a lot of priests in his life like Georges Henri Levesque who found the faculty of Social Science at the Laval University in Quebec City. He lived a few years with Father Ambroise Lafortune, a priest globe trotter who spent 25 years in the French Caribbean. A lot of other priests and laics have influenced who he is today. Nicolas is now the CEO of New Dominion Pictures that has produced more than 800 hours for American Cable Networks and distributes his productions to more than 67 clients around the world. Ashley Zahorian is the Producer/Director who created the project “The Preacher to the Popes, Father Cantalamessa.” For the past few years Nicolas has worked with Ashley and invested talent and money to create a presentation reel for this project, viewable at www.cantalamessamovie.com. The goal is to produce a web delivery ready series of webisodes, ideal for the 18-35 target market, and a 2 hour special ideal for broadcast and screenings to tell the story of the life of this great man to help the next generation develop their faith.

1000 Film Way • Suffolk, Virginia 23434 Phone (757) 923-1300 • www.newdominion.com • Fax (757) 923-1340

Distribution Plan for the “2 hour Special”

The goal of this fund raising is to collect enough money to produce the docu-drama “The Preacher to the Popes, Father Cantalamessa.”

1. Donor Benefits: • If you are a small Community TV or a larger network you will receive the non-

exclusive rights to air the 2 hour special for your members and audience in your territories.

• If you are a private donor or a church Community we send you a professional DVD package of the production for viewing with your parish, prayer group, community and your parishioners.

• In both cases you will receive a charity receipt for your donation.

2. Exposure: • New Dominion Pictures will post-produce the English version in French, Italian,

Portuguese and Spanish. • This version will be distributed to television stations all over the world including

USA, Canada (French & English), Uganda, Brazil, and India to open the young generation to their faith.

• We will also propose the special to Shalom Television, EWTN, CBN, Catholic TV, etc...

• New Dominion Pictures will also negotiate with new media to distribute the 2 hour special to the market of Video-On-Demand like HULU, Amazon, Netflix, and others.

• New Dominion Pictures will also distribute this 2 hour special on a DVD box package accessible at stores like Walmart, Target etc.…

• New Dominion Pictures will also edit the special in a webisode format for distribution on online networks to better reach the 18-35 year old audience.

3. Our Distribution Partner for This Project: • Kristen Eppley, SVP of distribution at New Dominion Pictures will be

responsible for international and domestic market. She is experienced in sales since 1998.

4. Timeline: • The goal is to produce and start distribution of the 2 hour special by the Pentecost

2019 (June 9). • This accelerated fund raising campaign is crucial to be able to write to script before

Christmas and start shooting early 2019.

Cantalamessa Movie Pledge Card

Preacher to the Popes:

Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa www.cantalamessamovie.com

Group Name to Appear in Movie Credits:

Point of Contact:

Pledge Amount:

Address:

Email:

PLEASE REGISTER YOUR GROUP WITH US ON OUR WEBSITE ABOVE BY OCT 31, 2018

PLEASE SEND IN FUNDS BY DECEMBER 25, 2018

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