0:00:43 > 0:00:45(PLAYS LIVELY TUNE)
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Jimmy?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Come on. You're serving today.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Christine? Where's my pants?
0:01:02 > 0:01:06On the bed. If they had teeth, they would've bit ya.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Jimmy! Go to the store, buy me the newspaper and cigarettes.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Can't. Serving Mass. I'm an altar boy.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Hey, Kevin!- Hey, Jimmy!
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- There you are.- Overslept.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Well, you made it. I'll do the cruets if you light the charcoal.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25You think I'm fat?
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- You're all right. What, clothes don't fit?- No, they fit.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- You're gonna go to the bakery after Mass.- I am? Why don't you go?
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- I'm gonna be making breakfast. - I can make breakfast.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56When have you ever?! Funny man.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18(CHOIR) # Holy God...
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Good morning, Father.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27# Lord of all we bow before Thee
0:03:27 > 0:03:34# All on Earth thy sceptre claim
0:03:34 > 0:03:41# All in Heaven above adore Thee
0:03:41 > 0:03:46# Infinite Thy vast domain
0:03:46 > 0:03:52# Everlasting is Thy reign
0:03:53 > 0:03:59# Infinite Thy vast domain
0:03:59 > 0:04:05# Everlasting is Thy reign
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- (PRIEST)- Be seated.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27What do you do when you're not sure?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32That's the topic of my sermon today.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Last year when President Kennedy was assassinated,
0:04:37 > 0:04:42who among us did not experience the most profound disorientation?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Despair.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Which way?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49What now?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54What do I say to my kids? What do I tell myself?
0:04:55 > 0:05:00It was a time of people sitting together, bound together
0:05:00 > 0:05:02by a common feeling of hopelessness.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06But think of that.
0:05:06 > 0:05:12Your bond with your fellow being was your despair.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16It was a public experience.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18It was awful...
0:05:18 > 0:05:20but we were in it together.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24How much worse is it, then,
0:05:24 > 0:05:26for the lone man...
0:05:26 > 0:05:28the lone woman...
0:05:28 > 0:05:31stricken by a private calamity?
0:05:32 > 0:05:35"No-one knows I'm sick."
0:05:35 > 0:05:38"No-one knows I've lost my last real friend."
0:05:40 > 0:05:43"No-one knows I've done something wrong."
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Imagine the isolation.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Now you see the world, as through a window.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53On one side of the glass, happy, untroubled people,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56and on the other side, you.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- (SNEEZES)- (God bless you, Sister.) - (Thank you.)
0:06:01 > 0:06:02I want to tell you a story.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08A cargo ship sank one night.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11It caught fire and went down.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14And only this one sailor survived.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18He found a lifeboat, rigged a sail,
0:06:18 > 0:06:20and, being of a nautical discipline,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23turned his eyes to the heavens and read the stars.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29He set a course for his home and, exhausted, fell asleep.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33- (DISTANT WHISPERS) - Clouds rolled in,
0:06:33 > 0:06:38and for the next 20 nights, he could no longer see the stars.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45He thought he was on course, but there was no way to be certain.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50And as the days rolled on and the sailor wasted away,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53he began to have doubts.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- Had he set his course right? - (He just keeps going on...)
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Was he still going on towards his home?
0:07:01 > 0:07:07Or was he horribly lost and doomed to a terrible death?
0:07:09 > 0:07:12No way to know.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14The message of the constellations,
0:07:14 > 0:07:19had he imagined it because of his desperate circumstance?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Or had he seen truth once...
0:07:21 > 0:07:23(HISSES) Straighten up!
0:07:23 > 0:07:27..and now had to hold on to it, without further reassurance?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32There are those of you in church today
0:07:32 > 0:07:37who know exactly the crisis of faith I describe.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40And I want to say to you...
0:07:41 > 0:07:47..doubt...can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54When you are lost, you are not alone.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Amen.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06(ORGAN MUSIC)
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Please rise.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12# Praise God
0:08:12 > 0:08:15# From whom all blessings come
0:08:15 > 0:08:16# Praise Him
0:08:16 > 0:08:19# All creatures here be... #
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Hey, Father.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Hey, champ.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37That was some sermon.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Did it mean something to you?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43I wanna do that.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45I wanna be a priest.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48You'd be a good one, I'm sure.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Here...
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Take a look.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05See?
0:09:06 > 0:09:10# Do-do-do-do... # She's dancin'.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- Kinda neat?- Yeah.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Here, you try.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- It's for you. Take it. - Thank you, Father.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Welcome.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39(BELL RINGS)
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Like Noah's Ark, girls - two by two.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Morning, Sister James.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- Good morning, Father Flynn. Beautiful day.- Not too bad.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08- How are the criminals doing today? - (BOYS) Not bad, Father.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Morning, champ. - Morning, Father Flynn.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Wash those hands today, Mr London? - I washed them, Father.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- I dunno, they're a different colour than your neck.- (LAUGHTER)
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Sister, are we having the test today? - Tomorrow, William.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Is it long division? - Among other things.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- < Sister. - Good morning, Sister.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32How much of it will be long division? < BOY!
0:11:32 > 0:11:34(ALL SILENT)
0:11:34 > 0:11:36William London.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Come up here.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Come smartly, now!
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Don't make me wait...!
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- (GIRL)- What'd he do? - (GIRL)- He touched Sister James.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55The dragon is hungry.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00(BELL RINGS)
0:12:02 > 0:12:05(CHILDREN CHATTER)
0:12:05 > 0:12:10Take out your history books, please. Turn to page 683.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Yes, Ralph?
0:12:13 > 0:12:18- I forgot my history book. - You can look on with Raymond.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23Mr London. Do you have your history book?
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- Er, no, Sister. - Share with Mr Malloy, please.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Do I have to? His breath stinks! (CHILDREN LAUGH)
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- I'm sure Mr Malloy's breath is just fine.- (DOOR SLAMS)
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Be seated.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- That barrette out of your hair, Miss Horan.- Yes, Sister.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Good morning, Sister James. Continue.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Franklin D Roosevelt, along with Abraham Lincoln
0:13:02 > 0:13:06and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was perhaps our greatest president.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11When he assumed office, 13 million Americans were unemployed.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14They'd lost hope. And President Roosevelt said to these people,
0:13:14 > 0:13:18"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
0:13:18 > 0:13:21What did he mean by that?
0:13:22 > 0:13:23James?
0:13:24 > 0:13:28I think he was trying to say there's nothing really wrong,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30so don't get so emotional.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Maybe. Maybe he was saying that the world is good
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and we need only work together to overcome our problems.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39What's this, Mr Conroy?
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- (SPORTS RADIO) - I don't know, Sister.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48You don't know? You have a wire coming out of your ear?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Huh?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Huh?
0:13:53 > 0:13:56No, Sister. I didn't.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00You come with me, boy.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Go.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13(DOOR SLAMS)
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Who knows what the New Deal was?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22(CHOIR) # The first Noel
0:14:22 > 0:14:26# The angels did say
0:14:26 > 0:14:30# Was to certain poor shepherds
0:14:30 > 0:14:32# In fields as they lay
0:14:32 > 0:14:34(I love this song.)
0:14:34 > 0:14:36# In fields where they
0:14:36 > 0:14:39# Lay keeping their sheep
0:14:39 > 0:14:43# On a cold winter's night
0:14:43 > 0:14:46# That was so deep... #
0:15:51 > 0:15:53(BELL RINGS)
0:15:56 > 0:16:00This past Sunday, what do you think that sermon was about?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- Sister James?- Huh?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07What was Father Flynn's sermon about?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Well... Doubt.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14He was talking about doubt.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Why?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Excuse me, Sister?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Well, sermons come from somewhere, don't they?
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Is Father Flynn in doubt?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Is he concerned that someone else is in doubt?
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- I suppose you'd have to ask him. - No, that would not be appropriate.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34He is my superior and if he were troubled,
0:16:34 > 0:16:37he should confess it to a fellow priest.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Or to the Monsignor.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41We do not share intimate information with priests.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- No.- That's true.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48What are we saying?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50I want you all to be alert.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54I am...concerned, perhaps needlessly,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57about, well, matters in St Nicholas School.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Academically?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08I was not inviting a guessing game, Sister Raymond.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07(LIVELY CHATTER)
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Macey! Get away from her. And sit down.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23May I join you, Sister Aloysius?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Yes.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31- Chicken chow mein. - Sister Veronica's favourite.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33It's very good.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36I like the noodles. I like the crunch.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40What happened to William London?
0:18:41 > 0:18:42I sent him home.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Oh, dear. So he's still bleeding?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Yes.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50His nose just let loose and started gushing
0:18:50 > 0:18:52during the Pledge of Allegiance.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- Was it spontaneous?- What? - His nosebleed?
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- What else would it be? - Self-induced.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05You mean he might have intentionally given himself a nosebleed?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Exactly.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09No!
0:19:11 > 0:19:15You are a very innocent person, Sister James.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17William London is a fidgety boy.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Keep right on him or he'll escape his chair.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25He'd set his foot on fire for half a day outta school.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Here, Sister, allow me to help you. Your sleeve...!
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Oh-ho...!
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Oh, thank you, Sister.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- Sister Veronica is going blind. - Oh, how horrible.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44If they find out in the rectory, she'll be gone.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47So if she looks unsteady, take her hand.
0:19:48 > 0:19:54Ordinarily, I assign my most experienced teachers to eighth grade,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58but I am working within constraints.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- Are you in control of your class? - I think so.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Usually more students are sent down to me.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- I try to take care of things myself. - That can be an error.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17You are answerable to me, I to the Monsignor,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20he to the bishop and so on, up to the Holy Father.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23There is a chain. Make use of it.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- Candy?- Cough drops.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32Candy...by another name.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- How is Donald Miller doing? - Steady.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Good.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41That girl... Noreen Horan.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45I have seated her as far away from the boys as possible.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- Doesn't do much good.- Hmm...
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Just get her through...
0:20:50 > 0:20:52intact.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57(WIND HOWLS) What's this?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01The wind is so...
0:21:02 > 0:21:04..peripatetic this year.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Is that the word I want?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Is something the matter?
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- (VAGUELY) What? - Is something the matter?- No.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Why? Is something the matter?
0:21:18 > 0:21:24- I don't think so.- Well, then, nothing's the matter, then.- Yes.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26What's this?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- A pen.- A ballpoint pen.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- The students are not using them for assignments, I hope.- No.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38- Of course not.- I am sorry I allowed even cartridge pens into this school.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Always the easy way out, these days.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Every easy choice today will have its consequence tomorrow.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- Mark my words.- Yes, Sister. - Ballpoints make them press down.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Makes them write like monkeys.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55- I don't allow them ballpoint pens. - And yet here one is.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01Penmanship is dying all across this country.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03I hope not.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07You should frame something.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Put it up, uh, on the blackboard. Put the pope up.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14That's the wrong pope. He's deceased.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18I don't care what pope it is, use the glass to see behind you.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21The children should think you have eyes in the back of your head.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Wouldn't that be a little frightening?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Only to the ones up to no good.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29(BELL RINGS)
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Relax. Put it up there.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40All right, now...
0:22:41 > 0:22:45The thing about shooting from the foul line, is it's psychological
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Come up with a routine.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51All right, you shift your weight, move your hips...
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- (LAUGHTER) - Think that's funny, Ralph?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Funny is your never getting a foul shot.
0:22:55 > 0:23:02Concentrate on the routine... and you'll forget to get tensed up.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04All right, go ahead, Jimmy.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Good man! You listen. That's good.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15All right, now sit down. Everyone.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Good.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20On another matter...
0:23:20 > 0:23:23I've noticed several of you guys have got dirty nails.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26I don't wanna see that.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30It's not about the length of your nails, it's about cleanliness.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32See, look at my nails.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Alright, they're long.- (Whoa.)
0:23:39 > 0:23:41I like 'em a little long.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46But look at how clean they are.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56That makes it OK.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03The climpity-clomp... clomp-clomp-clomp!
0:24:04 > 0:24:06A herd... A herd of elephants.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10(LAUGHS)
0:24:11 > 0:24:13You are wicked!
0:24:13 > 0:24:16I told her, "You're her mother, you raised her, you fed her,
0:24:16 > 0:24:20- "you tell her she's fat." - But wait, how fat is she?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- What, the mother or the daughter? - The daughter.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- I never met the daughter. - What about the mother?- Fat!
0:24:26 > 0:24:29(HEARTY GUFFAWING)
0:24:43 > 0:24:45(BELLS RING)
0:25:02 > 0:25:05(PRAYERFUL MURMUR)
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Father, are we having practice after school?
0:25:21 > 0:25:24If you guys want it, you can have it. Let me know.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30The fascist governments of Germany and Italy
0:25:30 > 0:25:33were already working together.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35They formed the Pact of Steel.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39The Pact of Steel was a military alliance
0:25:39 > 0:25:44between Benito Mussolini... and Adolf Hitler. Mr London!
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Get back in your seat and stop bothering Miss Horan, please.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- Now, who can tell me... - (INTERCOM BUZZES)
0:25:57 > 0:26:03- Yes?- "Send me Donald."- Yes. - "To the rectory."- Of course, Father.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Donald, you should go to the rectory.
0:26:09 > 0:26:17Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven!
0:26:17 > 0:26:19# I was at a dance
0:26:19 > 0:26:22# When he caught my eye
0:26:22 > 0:26:25# Standing all alone
0:26:25 > 0:26:28# Looking sad and shy
0:26:28 > 0:26:31# We began to dance
0:26:31 > 0:26:33# Swaying to and fro
0:26:33 > 0:26:38# And soon I knew I'd never let him go... #
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- Raymond, what are you doing? - The mashed potato.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43You're supposed to be doing the bossa nova.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- But I know the mashed potato. - # Blame it on the bossa nova
0:26:47 > 0:26:50# That he did so well
0:26:50 > 0:26:53# Oh, it all began with just one little dance
0:26:53 > 0:26:56# And soon it ended up a big romance
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- # Blame it on the bossa nova... # - Kick, back, side, front...
0:26:59 > 0:27:01# The dance of love
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- # Now, was it the moon? - # No, no, the bossa nova
0:27:04 > 0:27:08# Or the stars above? # No, no, the bossa nova
0:27:08 > 0:27:12# Now, was it the tune? # Yeah, yeah, the bossa nova...
0:27:24 > 0:27:27# Now I'm glad to say
0:27:27 > 0:27:29# I'm his bride-to-be
0:27:30 > 0:27:33# And we're gonna raise
0:27:33 > 0:27:35# A family...# (FADES)
0:28:04 > 0:28:08- Donald, are you feeling ill? - No.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Are you sure?
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Are you all right?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17I just wanna go home.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Good afternoon, Sister.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Good afternoon, Sister James.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45Sister, can I speak with you about Donald Miller?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Is he being accepted?
0:28:49 > 0:28:51He has no friends.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55That would be a lot to expect after only two months.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Has anyone hit him?
0:28:57 > 0:29:00No.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Someone will.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04And when that happens...
0:29:06 > 0:29:09..send them right down to me.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12I'm not so sure anyone will.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16This parish serves Irish and Italian families.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Someone will hit Donald Miller.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22He has a protector.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Who?
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Father Flynn.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38What?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44He's taken an interest.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04I told you to come to me but I hoped you never would.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Maybe I shouldn't have.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11So...it's happened.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13What?
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- Oh, no, not that. I'm not even certain what you mean.- (DOOR)
0:30:17 > 0:30:21- Oh, excuse me there, Sisters. - No bother. We're done here.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Come, Sister.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34What have you seen?
0:30:36 > 0:30:40It is unsettling to feel suspicion. I feel less close to God.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42When you take a step to address wrongdoing,
0:30:42 > 0:30:46it is a step away from God, but in His service.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48What have you seen?
0:30:50 > 0:30:55- Afternoon, Sisters.- Good afternoon, Mrs Carson. Why the cat?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Cos there's a mouse. Want some tea?
0:30:57 > 0:31:01If you don't wanna dance with her, don't dance with her.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- Well, is it wrong?- No.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07- But what if the girl turns you down? - (LAUGHTER)
0:31:07 > 0:31:10You have the right to ask a girl to dance.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13And she has the right to turn you down.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16The trick is, don't take it to heart.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22- What if they all turn you down? - Well, then you become a priest.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24(BOYS LAUGH)
0:31:27 > 0:31:29All right, next question.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40What have you seen?
0:31:44 > 0:31:47He called Donald Miller to the rectory.
0:31:47 > 0:31:53- What for?- A talk.- Alone?- Yes. - When?- A week ago during class.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57- Why didn't you tell me?- I didn't think anything was wrong with it.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Of all the children, Donald Miller.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08I suppose it makes sense.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10How does it make sense?
0:32:10 > 0:32:12He's isolated.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16- I don't know that anything is wrong.- Our first Negro student.
0:32:17 > 0:32:22I thought there would be fighting... (TAPS ON WINDOW)
0:32:22 > 0:32:24a parent or two to deal with...
0:32:26 > 0:32:29I should've foreseen the possibility.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32How could you imagine it?
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Well, it's my job to outshine the fox in cleverness.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41That is my job.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43But maybe it's nothing.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45(SISTER ALOYSIUS SIGHS)
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Then, why do you look like you've seen the Devil?
0:32:54 > 0:32:57It's the way the boy acted when he came back to class.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01- He said something? - No, he just looked frightened.
0:33:01 > 0:33:07And he... put his head on the desk in the most peculiar way and...
0:33:07 > 0:33:09And one other thing, there...
0:33:10 > 0:33:13I think there was alcohol on his breath.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19There WAS...
0:33:19 > 0:33:21..alcohol on his breath.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32(SNIFFLES) >
0:33:32 > 0:33:34(PATS SISTER JAMES)
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Years ago at St Boniface, there was a priest...
0:33:44 > 0:33:48But... I had Father Scully then.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Here, there's no man I can go to, men run everything.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59We are going to have to stop him ourselves.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04There we go. She got it.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07It takes a cat.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Yes, it does.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Yes, it does.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30(RAIN AND WIND BATTER WINDOW)
0:34:47 > 0:34:49(WIND HOWLS)
0:34:56 > 0:35:01- This towel will never be dead white again.- Yes, it will.- Mrs Carson!
0:35:02 > 0:35:04- What happened? - There's a branch down.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- Are you all right, Sister? - She didn't see it.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11Fine(!) Just bush-whacked. No need for a fuss.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14You go lie down. I'll bring you some tea.
0:35:19 > 0:35:20- 'Hello?'- Mr McGuinn.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Could you look in on the courtyard? A branch has fallen.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- 'What's that?'- A BRANCH has...!
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Watch your step here, Sister.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36I'll cut it up.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38The world is crashing, Michael.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42I haven't heard a wind like that since I left Mullingar.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46I've never known a wind like it. The wind has changed.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10What are you doing out here, Conroy?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12I talked in class, Father.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Waiting for Sister Aloysius.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34- Does she know you're here? - She knows.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39Good morning, Father Flynn. Good of you to come by.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- Good morning, Sister. How are you? - Very well, thank you. Mr Conroy.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46- Yes, Sister.- Mr Transistor Radio.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Multiplication table, ten times, in its totality, to me tomorrow morning.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53Legible, boy.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Return to class.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Go. Go. Go.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11I'd invite you in but... we're... short of Sister James.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21- You hear that wind last night? - I certainly did.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Did I hear Sister Veronica had an accident?
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Yes. Sister Veronica fell, practically killed herself.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- She all right?- Oh, she's fine.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- Her sight isn't good, is it? - Her sight is fine.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Nuns fall, you know.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- I didn't know that. - It's the habit.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48It, uh, catches us up more often than not. (CHUCKLES)
0:37:48 > 0:37:51We go down like dominoes.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53- Am I past the ten?- Not at all.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Good morning, Father, Sister. I'm sorry I was delayed.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- I ran into Sister Veronica. - How is she?
0:38:00 > 0:38:02I'm afraid she has a bloody nose.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06I'm beginning to think you're punching people.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Sister?
0:38:09 > 0:38:11First, er, William London and now...
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Never mind.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Well, come in, please.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Sister.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Please. Sit. Have a seat.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26I actually have a hot pot of tea.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30And close this, but not quite, for form's sake.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35Er, Father, would you care for a...?
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- Would you have a cup of tea, Father? - I'd love a cup of tea.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43- Sister, perhaps you could serve him. - I'd be glad.- And yourself, of course
0:38:43 > 0:38:48- Would you like one, Sister? - No, I've had mine.- Is there sugar?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Sugar?
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Uh, yes.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Yes...
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Somewhere here.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04I put it in the drawer for Lent last year, didn't remember to take it out.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- Mustn't have been much to give up, then.- (CHUCKLES)
0:39:07 > 0:39:10I'm sure you're right. Here it is.
0:39:10 > 0:39:15I'll serve you, although for, want of, uh, practice, I'm...
0:39:15 > 0:39:18I'm a little cl...clumsy.
0:39:19 > 0:39:20I see your fingernails.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Ah... I wear them a little long.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- The sugar...?- Yes. One?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Three.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- Three?- Sweet tooth.- Two...
0:39:32 > 0:39:37- (DIGS NOISILY) ..three. Sister, you care for sugar?- Never.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Not that there's anything wrong with sugar.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Well, thank you, Father, for making time for us.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48We are at our wits' end.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51I think it's an excellent idea to rethink the Christmas pageant.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Last year's effort was a little woebegone.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58Oh, I loved it. But I love all pageants. The hymns.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- O Little Town of Bethlehem, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel...- All right.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06Thank you, Sister James. So what do you think, Father?
0:40:06 > 0:40:10- Is there something new we could do? - We all love the Christmas hymns,
0:40:10 > 0:40:15- but, uh, it might be jolly to include a secular song.- Secular?
0:40:15 > 0:40:19Yes. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, something like that
0:40:19 > 0:40:23- What would be the point of a, uh... secular song?- Just fun.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25- Or Frosty The Snowman. - That's a good one!
0:40:25 > 0:40:30One of the boys could dress up as a snowman, dance around.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Which boy?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37We'd do try-outs.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Frosty The Snowman espouses a pagan belief in magic.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46The snowman comes to life when... an enchanted hat is put on his head.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49If the music were more sombre, people would realise
0:40:49 > 0:40:52the images are disturbing and the song heretical.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55I never thought of Frosty The Snowman like that.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59- Should be banned from the airwaves. - So...not Frosty The Snowman.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Oh... It's Beginning To Look Like... A Lot Like Christmas
0:41:03 > 0:41:07would be fine, I suppose. Parents would like it.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12May I ask what you're writing down with that ballpoint pen?
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Oh, nothing. It's... an idea for a sermon.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- Oh. You had one right now? - I get them all the time.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24- How fortunate.- I forget them, so I have to write them down.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Oh... What is the idea?
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Intolerance.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40- Would you like more tea, Father? - Not yet.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43It's a new time, Sister.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44What's new about it?
0:41:44 > 0:41:48- Something inside of people is new. - There is nothing new under the sun.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53The Church needs to change.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57We should sing a song from the radio now and then.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00- Take the kids out for ice cream. - Sweet tooth.
0:42:00 > 0:42:05- And maybe take the boys camping. - The point being...?
0:42:06 > 0:42:08We should be friendlier?
0:42:08 > 0:42:12The children and the parents, should see us as members of their family.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15But we are not members of their family.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18We're different.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Why? Because of our vows?
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Precisely.
0:42:22 > 0:42:28I don't think we're so different. Sister, I would take some more tea.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30And they think we are different.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36The working-cla... The working-class people of this parish TRUST us...
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- to be different.- We're getting off the subject.- You're right.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43You're right. Back to it. (INTERCOM BUZZES) Uh...
0:42:47 > 0:42:51Yes? Sister Raymond? Hmm.
0:42:52 > 0:42:58You tell her to wash her face and her neck and report to me at three.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Excuse me.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05The Christmas pageant. (CLEARS THROAT)
0:43:05 > 0:43:10- We must be careful how Donald Miller is used in the pag-- Easy there...- Oh!
0:43:16 > 0:43:20- What about Donald Miller? - We must be careful in the pageant
0:43:20 > 0:43:24that we neither hide Donald Miller nor put him forward.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28Because of the colour of his skin?
0:43:28 > 0:43:30That's right.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Why?
0:43:32 > 0:43:36- Oh, come, Father..!- He should be treated like every other boy.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42You yourself...singled the boy out for special attention.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49You held a private meeting with him at the rectory. A week ago?
0:43:49 > 0:43:51Yes.
0:43:55 > 0:43:56What are we talking about?
0:43:57 > 0:43:59Donald Miller.
0:44:02 > 0:44:06The boy acted strangely when he returned to class.
0:44:07 > 0:44:11- He did?- When he returned from the rectory, a little odd, yes.
0:44:11 > 0:44:13Can you tell us why?
0:44:16 > 0:44:18How did he act strangely?
0:44:19 > 0:44:21He...
0:44:21 > 0:44:27I'm not sure how to explain it. He.. He laid his head on the desk and...
0:44:27 > 0:44:28..was, um...
0:44:30 > 0:44:32- You mean, you had some impression? - Yes.
0:44:32 > 0:44:37- And he'd come from the rectory, so you're asking me?- Hm.- That's it.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40- Hmm...- Hm.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42Hmm... (Ahem!)
0:44:42 > 0:44:46Did you wanna discuss the pageant or is this what you wanted to discuss?
0:44:46 > 0:44:48This.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52Well, I'm a little uncomfortable.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55- Why?- Why do you think?
0:44:55 > 0:44:59The boy's wellbeing is my responsibility. (PHONE RINGS)
0:44:59 > 0:45:04- His wellbeing is not at issue. - I'm not satisfied that that is true.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07He was upset when he returned to class. (RINGING)
0:45:07 > 0:45:09- Did he say something?- No.
0:45:11 > 0:45:15What happened in the rectory? (RINGING CONTINUES)
0:45:15 > 0:45:17- Happened?- Hmm.
0:45:17 > 0:45:22- Nothing happened.- I had a talk with the boy.- What about?- Private matter.
0:45:22 > 0:45:27He's 12 years old. What could be private? (PHONE RINGS ON)
0:45:27 > 0:45:29- Should I get the ph-- No!
0:45:29 > 0:45:32I object to your tone.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35This is not about my tone...
0:45:36 > 0:45:39..or your tone, Father Flynn.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43- It's about arriving at the truth. - Of what?
0:45:43 > 0:45:48You know what I'm talking about, don't you?
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Hm?
0:45:50 > 0:45:54You're controlling the expression on your face right now, aren't you?
0:45:54 > 0:45:56My face...?
0:45:57 > 0:46:00What exactly are you accusing me of?
0:46:00 > 0:46:04I'm not accusing you of anything, Father Flynn. I am asking you.
0:46:04 > 0:46:05To tell me.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08What happened in the rectory?
0:46:13 > 0:46:17I don't wish to continue this.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21And if you're dissatisfied with that speak to Monsignor Benedict.
0:46:22 > 0:46:26I can only imagine this unfortunate behaviour is a result of overwork.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30Have a good morning, Sister.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Sister.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37There was alcohol...
0:46:39 > 0:46:41..on his breath...
0:46:41 > 0:46:45..when he returned from his meeting with you.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50Alcohol?
0:46:51 > 0:46:54I did smell it on his breath.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00Well?
0:47:04 > 0:47:08- Let this alone.- No. (BELL RINGS)
0:47:08 > 0:47:10(CHILDREN CHATTER IN CORRIDOR)
0:47:15 > 0:47:19Take your time, Father. Would you like some more tea?
0:47:19 > 0:47:22You should've let it alone.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25Not possible.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36Mr McGuinn caught Donald drinking altar wine.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41When I found out, I sent for him.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44There were tears.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47And he begged not to be removed from the altar boys.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49I took pity on him.
0:47:49 > 0:47:53I told him if no one else found out, I'd let him stay on.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57What a relief! That explains everything! Thanks be to God.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00Look, Sister, it was all a mistake.
0:48:03 > 0:48:08- And if I talk to Mr McGuinn? - Talk to him, by all means.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11But now his secret's out, he'll have to leave altar boys.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13What I was trying to avoid.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16- You were trying to protect him? - That's right.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18I might have done the same thing.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21Is there a way Donald could stay on the altar boys?
0:48:21 > 0:48:25If the boy drank altar wine, he can't continue as an altar boy.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27Of course.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32- Are you satisfied?- Yes.
0:48:35 > 0:48:39Hm. Well, I'll be going. I have some writing to do.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43- Intolerance...- That's right.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49I'm not pleased with how you handled this.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51Sister. Sister.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01Well...
0:49:03 > 0:49:05What a relief. He cleared it all up.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09You believe him?
0:49:12 > 0:49:13Of course.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18Isn't it that it's easier to believe him?
0:49:18 > 0:49:21But we can corroborate his story with Mr McGuinn.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23Yes...
0:49:25 > 0:49:28These types of people are clever.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33Well, I'm convinced.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35You're not.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39You just want things to be resolved so you can have simplicity back.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43I want no further part of this.
0:49:43 > 0:49:45I'll bring him down.
0:49:47 > 0:49:51How can you be so sure that he is lying?
0:49:53 > 0:49:55Experience.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00You just don't like him.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03You don't like it that he uses a ballpoint pen.
0:50:03 > 0:50:07You don't like it that he takes three lumps of sugar in his tea.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09You don't like it that he likes Frosty The Snowman,
0:50:09 > 0:50:15and you're letting that convince you of something terrible, just terrible
0:50:15 > 0:50:17Well, I like Frosty The Snowman!
0:50:17 > 0:50:20And it'd be nice if this school weren't run like a jail
0:50:20 > 0:50:23and it's good that I love history
0:50:23 > 0:50:26and hope to inspire my students to love it,
0:50:26 > 0:50:30and if you judge that to mean I'm not a fit teacher, so be it!
0:50:32 > 0:50:34Sit down.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46Look at that. You blew out my light.
0:50:49 > 0:50:55In ancient Sparta, important matters were decided by who shouted loudest.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58Fortunately, we are not in ancient Sparta.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06You honestly find the students in this school
0:51:06 > 0:51:10to be treated like inmates in a prison?
0:51:10 > 0:51:11No.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14Actually, they all seem fairly happy
0:51:14 > 0:51:17but they're all uniformly terrified of you.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20Yes.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22That's how it works.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25Sit there. (CLEARS THROAT)
0:51:27 > 0:51:29(DIALS NUMBER ON PHONE)
0:51:31 > 0:51:33(SIGHS HEAVILY)
0:51:39 > 0:51:43Hello, I'm Sister Aloysius Beauvier, principal at St Nicholas School.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45Is this Mrs Miller?
0:51:47 > 0:51:50I'm calling about your son, Donald.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54(SLUICING RAIN)
0:52:03 > 0:52:07A woman was gossiping with a friend about a man she hardly knew.
0:52:07 > 0:52:11- I know none of you have ever done this.- (CONGREGATION CHUCKLES)
0:52:11 > 0:52:13That night, she had a dream.
0:52:13 > 0:52:18A great hand appeared over her and pointed down at her.
0:52:19 > 0:52:24She was immediately seized with an overwhelming sense of guilt.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27The next day, she went to confession.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30She got the old parish priest, Father O'Rourke.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33She told him the whole thing.
0:52:33 > 0:52:37"Is gossiping a sin?" she asked the old man.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42"Was that the hand of God Almighty pointing a finger at me?"
0:52:43 > 0:52:46"Should I be asking your absolution father?
0:52:46 > 0:52:49"Tell me - have I done something wrong?"
0:52:49 > 0:52:53- (IRISH ACCENT) - "Yes!" Father O'Rourke answered her.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56"Yes, you ignorant, badly brought-up female."
0:52:57 > 0:53:00"You've borne false witness against your neighbour.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03"You've played fast and loose with his reputation
0:53:03 > 0:53:07"and you should be heartily ashamed."
0:53:07 > 0:53:13So, the woman said she was sorry and asked for forgiveness.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16"Not so fast," says O'Rourke.
0:53:16 > 0:53:21"I want you to go home, take a pillow up on your roof,
0:53:21 > 0:53:25"cut it open with a knife and return here to me."
0:53:27 > 0:53:30So the woman went home, took a pillow off her bed,
0:53:30 > 0:53:34a knife from the drawer, went up the fire escape to her roof
0:53:34 > 0:53:36and stabbed the pillow.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39Then she went back to the old parish priest as instructed.
0:53:39 > 0:53:43"Did you gut the pillow with a knife?" he says.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45"Yes, Father."
0:53:45 > 0:53:47"And what was the result?"
0:53:48 > 0:53:50"Feathers," she said.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57"Feathers," he repeated.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02"Feathers everywhere, Father."
0:54:04 > 0:54:07"Now, I want you to go back
0:54:07 > 0:54:11"and gather up every last feather that flew out on the wind."
0:54:11 > 0:54:16"Well," she said. "It can't be done."
0:54:16 > 0:54:21"I dunno where they went. The wind took them all over."
0:54:22 > 0:54:27"And that," said Father O'Rourke, "is gossip!"
0:54:29 > 0:54:33In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Amen.
0:54:38 > 0:54:39Please rise.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51(CROW CAWS)
0:55:02 > 0:55:05(CROW CONTINUES TO CAW)
0:55:09 > 0:55:12What's that bird complaining about?
0:55:14 > 0:55:16What kind of bird is that?
0:55:16 > 0:55:18That a starling?
0:55:18 > 0:55:20A grackle?
0:55:22 > 0:55:26- A crow. - Of course it is.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28Are you praying? I didn't mean to interrupt.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30I'm not praying, no.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35You seem subdued.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37Oh, I... I can't sleep.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41Why not?
0:55:41 > 0:55:43Bad dreams.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45Yeah, I can't sleep on occasion.
0:55:46 > 0:55:51- Why? Do you see that big hand pointing a finger at you?- Yes.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53Sometimes.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59Was your sermon directed at anyone in particular?
0:56:00 > 0:56:02What do you think?
0:56:13 > 0:56:17I received a letter from my brother in Maryland.
0:56:18 > 0:56:24- He's very sick. - Maybe you should go and see him.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26I can't leave my class.
0:56:35 > 0:56:36Is it true?
0:56:37 > 0:56:39What?
0:56:40 > 0:56:42You know what I'm asking.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46No.
0:56:48 > 0:56:52I saw you put an undershirt in Donald Miller's locker.
0:56:54 > 0:56:58- He left it in the sacristy. - Why didn't you hand it to him?
0:57:02 > 0:57:05I'm trying to spare him further embarrassment.
0:57:20 > 0:57:24It's me that cares about that child, not her.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27Has she ever reached out a hand?
0:57:27 > 0:57:31That black boy needs help or he's not gonna make it.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34She would have him left to his own undoing.
0:57:34 > 0:57:36Why d'you think he drank the wine?
0:57:36 > 0:57:38He's in trouble.
0:57:40 > 0:57:44And she sees me talk in a human way to these kids
0:57:44 > 0:57:47and immediately assumes there must be something wrong with it.
0:57:47 > 0:57:51I'm not gonna let her keep this parish in the Dark Ages.
0:57:51 > 0:57:54Or let her destroy my spirit of compassion.
0:57:54 > 0:57:58- I'm sure that's not her intent. - I care about this congregation.
0:57:58 > 0:58:03- I know you do. - Like you care about your class.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05You love them, don't you?
0:58:05 > 0:58:08- Yes.- And that's natural.
0:58:08 > 0:58:12How else would you relate to children?
0:58:12 > 0:58:17I can look at your face and know your philosophy.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20It's kindness.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22I don't know...
0:58:22 > 0:58:24I mean, of course.
0:58:25 > 0:58:28There are people who go after your humanity, Sister.
0:58:28 > 0:58:32That tell you that the light in your heart is a weakness.
0:58:32 > 0:58:34Don't believe it.
0:58:34 > 0:58:42An old tactic of cruel people is to kill kindness in the name of virtue.
0:58:42 > 0:58:43There's nothing wrong with love.
0:58:46 > 0:58:48Love?
0:58:49 > 0:58:52Have you forgotten the message of our Saviour?
0:58:52 > 0:58:54It's love.
0:58:54 > 0:58:56Of people.
0:59:04 > 0:59:08I just feel as if everything is upside down.
0:59:10 > 0:59:15- (FLYNN SIGHS)- There it is. There are times in life when we feel lost.
0:59:15 > 0:59:17It happens.
0:59:19 > 0:59:21And it's a bond.
0:59:25 > 0:59:27Flowers.
0:59:27 > 0:59:29Hmm. To remind me of spring.
0:59:39 > 0:59:41I should be going.
0:59:43 > 0:59:46I'm sorry your brother's ill.
0:59:47 > 0:59:49Thank you, Father.
0:59:55 > 0:59:57I don't believe it.
0:59:59 > 1:00:01You don't?
1:00:02 > 1:00:04No.
1:00:04 > 1:00:07Thank you, Sister. Thank you very much.
1:00:17 > 1:00:19(BELL RINGS / CHILDREN CHATTER)
1:00:23 > 1:00:27Father, I think I've just got to tell somebody.
1:00:27 > 1:00:29- Hello, Noreen.- I'm in love.
1:00:30 > 1:00:32That's wonderful. Who's the lucky boy?
1:00:32 > 1:00:35- Jimmy Hurley. - Have you told him?
1:00:37 > 1:00:42- Maybe you should. - Maybe I will, Father.
1:00:42 > 1:00:44Jimmy!
1:00:54 > 1:00:55Father Sherman...
1:01:04 > 1:01:06- You dropped something! - (SOME LAUGHTER)
1:01:23 > 1:01:25It's all right.
1:01:42 > 1:01:45- (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) - 'OK. Be quiet.'
1:01:45 > 1:01:48(LAUGHTER CONTINUES)
1:01:48 > 1:01:49I SAID BE QUIET!
1:01:49 > 1:01:54The next one of you that speaks out of turn gets sent to the principal.
1:01:54 > 1:02:00Now the question was, what was Patrick Henry's famous remark?
1:02:04 > 1:02:07- Donald.- Sister?
1:02:11 > 1:02:13What was the question?
1:02:13 > 1:02:16- (WHISPERING)- Nobody help him. Jimmy, put your hand down.
1:02:18 > 1:02:19Donald Miller, stand up.
1:02:24 > 1:02:30- What was the question, Donald? - I don't know, Sister.
1:02:30 > 1:02:31It means you weren't listening.
1:02:32 > 1:02:34Yes, Sister.
1:02:34 > 1:02:38The question was, what was Patrick Henry's famous remark?
1:02:42 > 1:02:45- I don't know. - "Give me liberty or give me death!"
1:02:45 > 1:02:48James Hurley, down to the principal's office. Now!
1:03:00 > 1:03:02(KNOCK AT DOOR)
1:03:08 > 1:03:10(knocks again more firmly)
1:03:12 > 1:03:14- Mrs Miller?- Yes.
1:03:14 > 1:03:16Come in.
1:03:17 > 1:03:19Please, have a seat.
1:03:22 > 1:03:26I was changing a bulb.
1:03:26 > 1:03:30- Thought I might've had the wrong day. You didn't answer.- Huh?
1:03:30 > 1:03:37Oh. Well, just between us, I was listening to a transistor radio.
1:03:37 > 1:03:41With an earpiece. Look how tiny they're makin' 'em.
1:03:41 > 1:03:45I confiscated it from a student, now I can't stop listening to it.
1:03:45 > 1:03:47You like music?
1:03:49 > 1:03:50No.
1:03:50 > 1:03:54News reports. Years ago, I used to listen to all the news reports.
1:03:54 > 1:03:57Because my husband was in Italy. In the war.
1:03:57 > 1:04:02- You were a married woman?- Yes. But then he was killed.
1:04:03 > 1:04:05Is your husband coming?
1:04:05 > 1:04:09- Couldn't get off work. And I only have half an hour.- I see. Of course.
1:04:09 > 1:04:11It was a lot to ask.
1:04:20 > 1:04:21How's Donald doin'?
1:04:21 > 1:04:23Uh... He's passing his subjects.
1:04:23 > 1:04:26He has average grades.
1:04:26 > 1:04:31Hm. Good. He was upset about getting taken off the altar boys.
1:04:31 > 1:04:34Hmm... Did he explain why?
1:04:34 > 1:04:39- He said he was caught drinking altar wine?- That is the reason.
1:04:39 > 1:04:41Well, that seems fair.
1:04:41 > 1:04:43But he's a good boy, Sister.
1:04:43 > 1:04:47He fell down there, but he's a good boy, pretty much down the line.
1:04:47 > 1:04:49How is he at home?
1:04:51 > 1:04:55- His father beat the hell outta him over the wine.- Oh, he shouldn't..!
1:04:55 > 1:04:59You don't tell my husband what to do, you just stand back.
1:04:59 > 1:05:03- My husband didn't want Donald to come here.- Why?
1:05:03 > 1:05:06Thought he'd have trouble with the other boys, but it hasn't happened.
1:05:06 > 1:05:11- Good.- That priest, Father Flynn, been watching out for him.
1:05:15 > 1:05:17Yes. (KNOCK ON DOOR)
1:05:22 > 1:05:24Excuse me.
1:05:32 > 1:05:35James Hurley, what are you doing outta class?
1:05:35 > 1:05:39- Sister James sent me down.- What for? - Talking.- Well, go back and shut up!
1:05:41 > 1:05:43Go! Go!
1:05:46 > 1:05:48What's going on?
1:05:52 > 1:05:55None of your business. Go on. Go back to class.
1:05:57 > 1:06:00- (Bullshit.)- What'd you say? - Nothing!
1:06:07 > 1:06:12- You have, uh,.. 20 minutes, you say? - I just have to walk to work.
1:06:12 > 1:06:14- Where is work?- Parkchester.
1:06:14 > 1:06:18If I don't start cleaning by noon, I'm not home to let Donald in.
1:06:18 > 1:06:19May I walk with you?
1:06:19 > 1:06:21I don't mind.
1:06:26 > 1:06:27Eight sixty-fourths.
1:06:27 > 1:06:30Who can tell me what the common denominator is?
1:06:30 > 1:06:33Nobody?
1:06:33 > 1:06:35Back already, Mr Hurley?
1:06:35 > 1:06:39- I said, back already, Mr Hurley? - Leave me alone!
1:06:39 > 1:06:44Who do you think you're talking to? This is my classroom, boy!
1:06:44 > 1:06:46Don't you forget that!
1:06:49 > 1:06:51I'm sorry.
1:06:56 > 1:06:58(SNIFFS)
1:06:58 > 1:07:00I'm...sorry, Jimmy.
1:07:04 > 1:07:09- Have you met Father Flynn? - Just seen him, not met face to face.
1:07:09 > 1:07:12- Just heard from Donald. - And what does he say?
1:07:12 > 1:07:16Oh, you know, "Father Flynn, Father Flynn..." He looks up to him.
1:07:16 > 1:07:19Man gives him his time, which is what the boy needs.
1:07:19 > 1:07:22Mrs Miller, we may have a problem.
1:07:22 > 1:07:26Must've been some reason to wanna see me. Principal's a big job.
1:07:27 > 1:07:31- I just wanna say, though, it's just till June.- Excuse me?
1:07:33 > 1:07:38Whatever the problem is, Donald just has to make it till June.
1:07:38 > 1:07:40- Then he's off into high school. - Right.
1:07:42 > 1:07:44If Donald can graduate from St Nicholas,
1:07:44 > 1:07:47he has a better chance of a good high school.
1:07:47 > 1:07:50That would mean an opportunity at college.
1:07:50 > 1:07:56I don't see anything standing in the way of his graduating with his class.
1:07:56 > 1:08:01- Well, that's all I care about. - I doubt that.- Try me.
1:08:02 > 1:08:08I'm concerned about the relationship between Father Flynn and your son.
1:08:08 > 1:08:11You don't say. What do you mean "concerned"?
1:08:12 > 1:08:14That it may not be right.
1:08:15 > 1:08:19Well, there's something wrong with everybody. Soul's gotta be forgiven.
1:08:19 > 1:08:21I work right there.
1:08:21 > 1:08:24I am concerned, to be frank...
1:08:27 > 1:08:31..that Father Flynn may have made advances on your son.
1:08:35 > 1:08:37May have made?
1:08:37 > 1:08:43- I can't be certain.- No evidence?- No. - Then maybe there's nothing to it.
1:08:51 > 1:08:53I think there is something to it.
1:08:53 > 1:08:57I think Father Flynn gave Donald that altar wine.
1:08:57 > 1:08:59Why would he do that?
1:09:02 > 1:09:05Has Donald been acting...strange?
1:09:05 > 1:09:08- No.- Nothing out of the ordinary? - He's been himself.
1:09:08 > 1:09:10- All right.- Look, Sister, I don't want any trouble.
1:09:10 > 1:09:13I'm not sure you completely understand.
1:09:13 > 1:09:17I think I know what you talkin' about, but I don't wanna get into it
1:09:17 > 1:09:20What's that?
1:09:20 > 1:09:24Look, I've only a few minutes. Not to be disagreein', but...
1:09:24 > 1:09:27we're talking about something between this priest and my son,
1:09:27 > 1:09:29it ain't my son's fault.
1:09:29 > 1:09:33- Oh, I'm not suggesting...- He's just a boy.- I know.- 12 years old.
1:09:33 > 1:09:36- The man should be taking blame. - I agree with you completely.
1:09:36 > 1:09:39You're agreeing, but I'm who got called to the principal.
1:09:39 > 1:09:42I'm concerned about Donald's welfare.
1:09:44 > 1:09:48- You honestly think that priest gave Donald that wine?- Yes, I do.
1:09:48 > 1:09:53Then how come my son got kicked off? If a man gave it to him?
1:09:53 > 1:09:55The boy got caught, the man didn't.
1:09:56 > 1:10:01So you're giving my son the blame. No problem my son getting blamed.
1:10:01 > 1:10:06- Let me talk, I...- No goin' against no man in a robe with a position!
1:10:06 > 1:10:09- And he's got your son. - Let him have him then!
1:10:10 > 1:10:13What?
1:10:13 > 1:10:15It's just till June.
1:10:17 > 1:10:20Do you know what you're saying?
1:10:21 > 1:10:23Know more about it than you.
1:10:23 > 1:10:30I believe this man is creating, or may have already brought about,
1:10:30 > 1:10:34- an improper relationship with your son.- I don't know.
1:10:34 > 1:10:36I know. I am right.
1:10:36 > 1:10:40You gotta know something like that for sure, and you don't.
1:10:41 > 1:10:43What kind of mother are you?
1:10:46 > 1:10:50Excuse me, but you don't know enough about life to say a thing like that.
1:10:50 > 1:10:53- I know enough.- The rules, maybe, but that don't cover it.
1:10:53 > 1:10:55I know what I won't accept.
1:10:55 > 1:10:59- You accept what you gotta and work with it.- This man is in my school!
1:10:59 > 1:11:02- Gotta be somewhere. And maybe he's doin' good too.- He's after the boys!
1:11:02 > 1:11:05Maybe some wanna get caught!
1:11:14 > 1:11:17That's why his father beat him.
1:11:21 > 1:11:23Not the wine.
1:11:31 > 1:11:33What are you telling me?
1:11:36 > 1:11:39I'm talking about the boy's nature now.
1:11:40 > 1:11:43Not anything he's done.
1:11:44 > 1:11:49You can't hold a child responsible for what God gave him to be.
1:11:51 > 1:11:54I'm only interested in actions, Mrs Miller.
1:11:54 > 1:11:59- But then there's the boy's nature. - Leave that aside.- Forget it then!
1:12:00 > 1:12:04You're the one forcing people to say things.
1:12:06 > 1:12:08My boy came to your school
1:12:08 > 1:12:11cos they were gonna kill him in the public school.
1:12:14 > 1:12:16His father don't like him.
1:12:16 > 1:12:19He come to your school, kids don't like him.
1:12:19 > 1:12:22One man is good to him, this priest.
1:12:23 > 1:12:28Then does a man have his reasons? Yes. Everybody does.
1:12:28 > 1:12:31You have your reasons, but...
1:12:31 > 1:12:34do I ask the man why he's good to my son?
1:12:36 > 1:12:38No.
1:12:40 > 1:12:42I don't care why.
1:12:47 > 1:12:51My son needs some man to care about him,
1:12:52 > 1:12:55and to see him through to where he wants to go.
1:12:55 > 1:12:57And thank God this educated man,
1:12:57 > 1:13:01with some kindness in him, wants to do just that.
1:13:01 > 1:13:03- This will not do. - It's just till June.
1:13:03 > 1:13:05I'll throw your son out of this school.
1:13:05 > 1:13:09- Why, if it didn't start with him? - Because I will stop this.
1:13:09 > 1:13:13- You'd hurt my son to get your way? - It won't end with your son.
1:13:13 > 1:13:17- Throw the priest out then! - I am trying to do just that.
1:13:17 > 1:13:20Then what do you want from me?
1:13:26 > 1:13:28Nothing.
1:13:31 > 1:13:33As it turns out.
1:13:33 > 1:13:37Please leave my son out of this...!
1:13:44 > 1:13:48My husband will kill that child over a thing like this.
1:13:55 > 1:13:58I will try.
1:14:07 > 1:14:09I'm late.
1:14:10 > 1:14:12Sister...
1:14:15 > 1:14:19I dunno if you and me are on the same side.
1:14:19 > 1:14:24I'll be standing with my son and those who are good with my son.
1:14:24 > 1:14:27It'd be nice to see you there. Good morning.
1:14:53 > 1:14:55(THUNDER)
1:15:42 > 1:15:45May I come in?
1:15:45 > 1:15:47A third party would be required.
1:15:47 > 1:15:49What was Donald's mother doing here?
1:15:50 > 1:15:55- We were having a chat.- About what? - A third party would be required.
1:15:55 > 1:15:59No, Sister. No third party! Me and you are due for a talk!
1:15:59 > 1:16:05- You must stop this campaign against me.- You can stop it anytime.- How?
1:16:05 > 1:16:08- Confess and resign.- You are attempting to destroy my reputation!
1:16:08 > 1:16:10Who keeps opening my window?
1:16:12 > 1:16:15What are you doing in this school?
1:16:15 > 1:16:18- I'm trying to do good. - Even more to the point..
1:16:18 > 1:16:22what are you doing in the priesthood?
1:16:22 > 1:16:26You are single-handedly holding this school and this parish back.
1:16:26 > 1:16:29- From what?- Progressive education and a welcoming church.
1:16:29 > 1:16:33You can't distract me, Father. This is not about my behaviour.
1:16:33 > 1:16:35- It's about yours. - Your unfounded suspicions!
1:16:35 > 1:16:38- That's right - I have suspicions. - Leave that. It's not important.
1:16:38 > 1:16:40I will decide...
1:16:42 > 1:16:44..what's important.
1:16:44 > 1:16:48Why do you suspect me? What have I done?
1:16:49 > 1:16:52You gave that boy wine and you let him take the blame.
1:16:52 > 1:16:55That's completely untrue. Did you talk to Mr McGuinn?
1:16:55 > 1:17:00McGuinn just knows the boy drank wine, not how he came to.
1:17:00 > 1:17:03- Did his mother have something to add that?- No.
1:17:04 > 1:17:06So, that's it.
1:17:06 > 1:17:09- I am not satisfied.- Ask the boy then.
1:17:09 > 1:17:11Oh, he'd protect you.
1:17:11 > 1:17:15- Why would he do that? - Because you have seduced him.
1:17:15 > 1:17:19You're insane. You think that I corrupted this child
1:17:19 > 1:17:24- after giving him wine and nothing I say will change that.- That's right
1:17:24 > 1:17:26This has nothing to do with wine.
1:17:26 > 1:17:29You've had a fundamental mistrust of me before this incident.
1:17:29 > 1:17:33- It was you that warned Sister James to be on the lookout!- That's true.
1:17:33 > 1:17:37- So you admit it!- Certainly. (THUNDER)- Why?
1:17:39 > 1:17:42I know people.
1:17:43 > 1:17:45That's not good enough.
1:17:45 > 1:17:50- It won't have to be.- How's that? - You will tell me what you have done.
1:17:51 > 1:17:53Oh, I will.
1:17:55 > 1:17:57Out again.
1:17:58 > 1:18:00Sister James is convinced I'm innocent.
1:18:00 > 1:18:03Oh, so you talked to Sister James.
1:18:04 > 1:18:07Well, of course you talked to Sister James.
1:18:07 > 1:18:10- Did you know Donald's father beats him?- Yes.
1:18:10 > 1:18:13And might that not account for the odd behaviour
1:18:13 > 1:18:15Sister James noticed in the boy?
1:18:15 > 1:18:17It might.
1:18:17 > 1:18:19Then what is it? What?
1:18:19 > 1:18:22W-W-Wh-What did you hear?
1:18:22 > 1:18:26What did you see... that convinced you so thoroughly?
1:18:26 > 1:18:29What does it matter?
1:18:29 > 1:18:33It matters! What does it matter?!
1:18:33 > 1:18:35I want to know!
1:18:44 > 1:18:46Out this window...
1:18:47 > 1:18:53I saw you grab William London's wrist and I saw him...
1:18:54 > 1:18:56..pull away.
1:19:10 > 1:19:12Are you serious?
1:19:12 > 1:19:14I am.
1:19:14 > 1:19:16That's all?
1:19:16 > 1:19:19Yeah... That was all.
1:19:22 > 1:19:24That's nothing.
1:19:25 > 1:19:29- What are you doing now? - I'm writing down what you say.
1:19:29 > 1:19:33It might be important when I have to explain
1:19:33 > 1:19:35why you have to be removed.
1:19:38 > 1:19:42Uh, this morning, before I spoke with Mrs Miller,
1:19:42 > 1:19:46I took the precaution of calling your last parish.
1:19:46 > 1:19:49What did he say?
1:19:49 > 1:19:51- Who?- The pastor?
1:19:52 > 1:19:56I did not speak to the pastor. I spoke to a nun.
1:19:56 > 1:19:59You should have spoken to the pastor.
1:20:00 > 1:20:04- I spoke to a nun.- That's not the proper route for you to have taken.
1:20:04 > 1:20:08- The Church is clear, you're supposed to go through the pastor.- Why?
1:20:08 > 1:20:10You have an understanding, you and he?
1:20:10 > 1:20:14You have no right to go rummaging through my past!
1:20:14 > 1:20:19You have a history. This is your third parish in five years. Why?
1:20:19 > 1:20:23Call the pastor. Ask him why I left. It's perfectly innocent.
1:20:23 > 1:20:25- I'm not calling the pastor. - I'm a good priest.
1:20:25 > 1:20:28Go after another child, and another child, until you are stopped.
1:20:28 > 1:20:32- Which nun did you speak to? - I won't say.
1:20:32 > 1:20:36- I've not touched a child!- YOU HAVE! - You've not the slightest proof!
1:20:36 > 1:20:37But I have my certainty.
1:20:37 > 1:20:41And armed with that, I'll go to your last parish. And the one before that.
1:20:41 > 1:20:45I'll find a parent. Trust me, Father Flynn, I will.
1:20:46 > 1:20:49You have no right to act on your own!
1:20:49 > 1:20:53You have taken vows. Obedience, being one!
1:20:53 > 1:20:55You answer to us!
1:20:55 > 1:20:59You have no right to step outside the Church!
1:20:59 > 1:21:02I will step outside the Church if that's what needs to be done,
1:21:02 > 1:21:04though the door should shut behind me!
1:21:04 > 1:21:09I will do what needs to be done... though I'm damned to hell!
1:21:09 > 1:21:14You should understand that, or you will mistake me.
1:21:16 > 1:21:20Now, did you give Donald Miller wine to drink?
1:21:20 > 1:21:22Have you never done anything wrong?
1:21:23 > 1:21:27- I have.- No mortal sin?
1:21:35 > 1:21:36Yes.
1:21:38 > 1:21:41And?
1:21:41 > 1:21:45I co... I confessed it, Father.
1:21:47 > 1:21:49Then whatever I have done,
1:21:49 > 1:21:53I have left in the healing hands of my confessor.
1:21:55 > 1:21:58As have you.
1:21:58 > 1:22:00We are the same.
1:22:04 > 1:22:05Hmm...
1:22:07 > 1:22:10No, we are not... We are not the same.
1:22:19 > 1:22:23A dog that bites is a dog that bites.
1:22:25 > 1:22:29Did you give Donald Miller wine to drink?
1:22:29 > 1:22:30No.
1:22:31 > 1:22:34Mental reservations?
1:22:34 > 1:22:35No.
1:22:38 > 1:22:40You lie.
1:22:43 > 1:22:45Very well, then.
1:22:46 > 1:22:51If you will not leave my office, I will.
1:22:54 > 1:22:57And once I go, I will not stop.
1:23:02 > 1:23:05Wait.
1:23:30 > 1:23:33I can't say everything, you understand?
1:23:34 > 1:23:36There's things I can't say.
1:23:38 > 1:23:42Even if you can't imagine the explanation, Sister.
1:23:42 > 1:23:47Remember, there are things beyond your knowledge.
1:23:48 > 1:23:54Even if you feel certainty, it is an emotion, not a fact.
1:23:57 > 1:24:00You will request a transfer.
1:24:00 > 1:24:05And take a leave of absence until it's granted.
1:24:07 > 1:24:11You'd leave me nothing.
1:24:11 > 1:24:16It's Donald Miller who has nothing and you took full advantage of that.
1:24:16 > 1:24:20I've done nothing wrong. I care about that boy.
1:24:21 > 1:24:22Why?
1:24:25 > 1:24:27Because you smile at him?
1:24:28 > 1:24:31And you sympathise with him?
1:24:31 > 1:24:35And you talk to him as if you were the same?
1:24:37 > 1:24:40You are a cheat.
1:24:43 > 1:24:46And that warm feeling you experienced
1:24:46 > 1:24:49when that boy looked at you with trust
1:24:49 > 1:24:52was NOT the sensation of virtue.
1:24:53 > 1:24:57That could be got by any drunkard with his tot of rum.
1:24:58 > 1:25:00I can fight you.
1:25:00 > 1:25:02You will lose.
1:25:04 > 1:25:07Where's your compassion?
1:25:09 > 1:25:12Nowhere you can get at it.
1:25:14 > 1:25:18Stay here, compose yourself.
1:25:20 > 1:25:23You can use the phone if you like.
1:25:24 > 1:25:25Good day, Father.
1:25:36 > 1:25:39I have no sympathy for you.
1:25:40 > 1:25:45I know you are invulnerable to true regret.
1:25:49 > 1:25:52And cut your nails.
1:26:38 > 1:26:40(ORGAN PLAYS INTRO)
1:26:44 > 1:26:46(SCHOOL CHOIR) # Praise God
1:26:46 > 1:26:50# From Whom all blessings flow
1:26:50 > 1:26:55# Praise Him all creatures here below
1:26:55 > 1:27:01# Praise Him above, ye heavenly host
1:27:01 > 1:27:07# Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost
1:27:07 > 1:27:13# Amen. #
1:27:20 > 1:27:24I never like to say goodbye.
1:27:26 > 1:27:29But there is a wind behind every one of us
1:27:29 > 1:27:32that takes us through our lives.
1:27:33 > 1:27:35We never see it.
1:27:35 > 1:27:38We can't command it.
1:27:38 > 1:27:41We don't even know its purpose.
1:27:42 > 1:27:47Because I would have stayed among you longer,
1:27:47 > 1:27:50but that wind is taking me away.
1:27:52 > 1:27:54I will miss it here.
1:27:57 > 1:27:59And I will miss you.
1:28:00 > 1:28:05But I'm content that the power that propels me
1:28:05 > 1:28:11does so with superior knowledge as to what is for the best...
1:28:12 > 1:28:15..and that is my faith.
1:28:20 > 1:28:23I would like to come down now among you
1:28:23 > 1:28:25and say goodbye.
1:28:26 > 1:28:29And wish you peaceful hearts.
1:28:29 > 1:28:31And loving hearts.
1:28:37 > 1:28:39(CHOIR SINGS)
1:28:41 > 1:28:43Goodbye, Senator.
1:28:47 > 1:28:51(FAREWELL MURMURS / CHOIR SINGS)
1:30:20 > 1:30:24Sister James. Welcome back.
1:30:24 > 1:30:29- Thank you, Sister.- You were missed. How is your brother?
1:30:29 > 1:30:34- Better. Much better.- I'm very glad. I prayed for him.
1:30:36 > 1:30:39It was good to get away. I needed to see my family.
1:30:39 > 1:30:41Then I'm glad you did it.
1:30:44 > 1:30:47And Father Flynn is gone?
1:30:47 > 1:30:49Yes.
1:30:51 > 1:30:54So you did it. You got him out.
1:30:55 > 1:30:56Yes.
1:30:59 > 1:31:01Donald Miller is heartbroken.
1:31:01 > 1:31:03Can't be helped.
1:31:03 > 1:31:05It's just till June.
1:31:08 > 1:31:11I don't think Father Flynn did anything wrong.
1:31:12 > 1:31:15No? He convinced you?
1:31:15 > 1:31:17- Yes, he did.- Hm.
1:31:22 > 1:31:25Did you ever prove it?
1:31:25 > 1:31:27To whom?
1:31:27 > 1:31:29Anyone but yourself?
1:31:29 > 1:31:31Nope.
1:31:31 > 1:31:34- But you were sure? - Yes.
1:31:37 > 1:31:40I wish I could be like you.
1:31:42 > 1:31:44Why?
1:31:44 > 1:31:47Because I can't sleep any more.
1:31:51 > 1:31:54Maybe we're not supposed to sleep so well.
1:31:57 > 1:32:01They've made Father Flynn pastor of Saint Jerome.
1:32:02 > 1:32:04Who?
1:32:04 > 1:32:06The bishop.
1:32:08 > 1:32:14Appointed Father Flynn pastor of Saint Jerome Church and School.
1:32:14 > 1:32:16It's a promotion.
1:32:17 > 1:32:19You didn't tell them?
1:32:19 > 1:32:21Oh, I told our good Monsignor.
1:32:21 > 1:32:25I crossed the garden, and I told him.
1:32:26 > 1:32:30He did not believe it to be true.
1:32:33 > 1:32:37Then why did Father Flynn go? What did you say to make him leave?
1:32:39 > 1:32:43That I had called a nun in his previous parish.
1:32:43 > 1:32:48That I had found out his prior history of, uh, infringements.
1:32:52 > 1:32:54So you did prove it?
1:32:58 > 1:33:02I made no such call.
1:33:05 > 1:33:06You lied?
1:33:06 > 1:33:09Yes.
1:33:09 > 1:33:14But if he'd had no such history, the lie wouldn't have worked.
1:33:17 > 1:33:20His resignation was his confession.
1:33:24 > 1:33:27He was what I thought he was.
1:33:29 > 1:33:31And he's gone.
1:33:35 > 1:33:37I can't believe you lied.
1:33:42 > 1:33:45In the pursuit of wrongdoing...
1:33:45 > 1:33:49one steps away from God.
1:33:51 > 1:33:54Of course, there is a price.
1:34:02 > 1:34:04I see.
1:34:09 > 1:34:12("THE FIRST NOEL" PLAYED ON ORGAN)
1:34:12 > 1:34:15Oh, Sister James.
1:34:17 > 1:34:19What is it, Sister?
1:34:23 > 1:34:26I have doubts!
1:34:31 > 1:34:32(SIGHS)
1:34:33 > 1:34:37I have...such doubts!
1:34:37 > 1:34:40(SOBS)
1:34:42 > 1:34:48("THE FIRST NOEL" CONTINUES)
1:34:48 > 1:34:52(ORGAN PLAYING "THE FIRST NOEL" INTENSIFIES)
1:35:24 > 1:35:30# Come, Thou Redeemer of the earth
1:35:30 > 1:35:37# And manifest Thy virgin birth
1:35:37 > 1:35:43# Let every age adoring fall
1:35:43 > 1:35:50# Such birth befits the Lord of all
1:35:52 > 1:35:58# Begotten of no human will
1:35:58 > 1:36:04# But of Thy spirit Thou art still
1:36:04 > 1:36:12# The word of God in flesh arrayed
1:36:12 > 1:36:20# The promised fruit to man displayed
1:36:20 > 1:36:28# Amen. #