The dead so join me when we come back to look at these two important and often overlooked works of mercy. Thank you. Archdiocese of San Francisco overseeing eight cemeteriesa native san franciscan, welcome back to mosaic. Today, my guest is monica williams. Monica is the director for cemeteries. Shes a native san franciscan. Monica began working in the field of funeral and Cemetery Services in 1989. She is licensed as a funeral director and cemetery manager. She currently holds the position of secretary treasurer of the Catholic Cemeteries of the west and represents the archdiocese in the conference. She facilitated the parish Grief Support for several years. W monica thank you welcome, monica thank you it is so nice to have you we have been talking to much about the year of mercy and we have been sharing with our viewers about what it means that pope francis declared in year of mercy. We have been talking about how they can embrace the year of mercy and today we wanted to focus on two
A minister. A congressman. A senator. A voice for the voiceless. And a champion for hungry children. In some ways it is and higher need that georges adult life began in war. When asked about his military service he would always minimize his heroism. But the fact is that if he had done nothing after reaching the age of 25 years old today we would be celebrating the life of an american hero. 35 missions in the be 24. As scott said so well last night there would have been a lot more had the war gone. A lot more than one close call. Shrapnel penetrating the windshield at one point, nearly killing him. A blown wheel, an emergency landing, and on his 30 fifth and final mission, so much fire that when he landed they counted the holes in his fuselage and wings and it number 110. Georges life was not an easy one. He saw more than his share of hardship, loss he fought many battles beyond the ones in the airplane. The hits he sustained in world war ii were easier to see but in truth he was riddle
Father Stephen Fichter explained that the church is often portrayed in an 'idealized manner' in movie. He said his goal with the film was to provide, an authentic and modern look beyond the seminary walls.