{"id":2873,"date":"2006-04-21T09:14:04","date_gmt":"2006-04-21T09:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/god-or-the-girl-1.html"},"modified":"2006-04-21T09:14:04","modified_gmt":"2006-04-21T09:14:04","slug":"god-or-the-girl-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/god-or-the-girl-1.html","title":{"rendered":"God or the Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

All of the episodes aired so far will be re-aired on Sunday, with the final ep to air at 10pm. <\/a><\/p>\n

Dave Hartline of the Catholic Report has a couple of interviews that might interest those of you who are watching it:<\/p>\n

Here’s an interview with one of the young men, Dan:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dave Hartline<\/strong>   <\/span>Dan what was it like having to discern a vocation on camera? I imagine it was very impersonal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dan DeMatte<\/strong>   <\/span>It was very difficult.  <\/span>There were days when I could barely find one half hour to pray.  <\/span>I had to watch what I said because in the back of your mind you don\u2019t want to say anything that would draw negative light to the Church.  <\/span>However, I knew that God had a hand in all of this so I accepted it as his will.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dave also has an interview with one of the priests involved:<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dave Hartline<\/strong>   <\/span>Father Jeff, was it difficult working with young men discerning a vocation all the while trying to fit that into a Hollywood production?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Father Jeff Coning<\/strong> We did the best we could. The producers were sincere in their efforts and we tried to walk a fine line between discerning a vocation and somehow translating that into television.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dave Hartline<\/strong>   <\/span> <\/span>What about the scene where Dan is carrying a cross for many miles.  <\/span>What can you tell us about that?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Father Jeff Coning<\/strong>  <\/span>Well I  <\/span>have gotten beaten up over that.  <\/span>I am really not an ogre.  <\/span>We tried to work with the producers and Dan\u2019s time constraints and this is the best way we could show what carrying a cross means in light of a priestly vocation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dave Hartline<\/strong>   <\/span>It was certainly a powerful scene.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Father Jeff Coning<\/strong>   <\/span>I wouldn\u2019t ordinarily recommend something like that but for this situation it worked out best.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Kudos to Dave for getting these interviews!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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