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"Mary in Advent," Christ in the Home television series, St. Cloud, Minnesota

"Mary in Advent," Christ in the Home television series, St. Cloud, Minnesota
"Mary in Advent" film features Cathy LeRoux portraying Bernadette to whom Mary appeared. The film also references the feast of the Immaculate Conception, blessing of expectant mothers and the importance of choosing Christmas cards with religious themes. The Weller family is lighting the Advent wreath and the LeRoux family is praying the rosary. "Mary in Advent" is one of thirty-nine films in the "Christ in the Home" series created in the early 1950s by Family Films for a weekly television series for Channel 11 (WMIN-TV) in the Twin Cities. Each program is based on a feast day, special observance or noteworthy Sunday in the liturgical year. Family Films, Inc. was formed in 1952 and operated out of a studio in Holy Angels Church, St. Cloud, Minnesota. The production team includes Father Edward Ramacher, photography; Father Vincent Huebsch, sound; Father Gordon Mycue, program director; Arnie Pung, KFAN engineer; Dick and Don DeZurik, Cathedral High School students who help with tapes in the library; Sisters Marold Kornovich and Arlynn Haan, teachers at Saint Augustine School; Edmund Linnemann, organist.
1952 - 1954
English
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