Teddy Gargiulo
Polish 150
Professor Underhill
9 May 2014
In The Name Ofâ¦â¦
In the name of the Father, The Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. In the name of repression. In the name of denial. In the name of conformity. In the name of withholding your true desires, because you are already taken, taken by God. In the name of priesthood, we ask you to uphold your celibacy. In the name of the laws of Catholicism, we call on you to repent for your sins. In the name of all that is holy, we urge you to not give in to your indulgent homosexual desires, and if you have, in the name of the laws of Catholicism, we ask you to repent for you sins. In the name of Christ, if you are gay, please, join the priesthood. You can hide with us. It will be your penance.
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English: Catholic Church of the Holy SpiritIn the name of the Father, The Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
In the Name Of, a 2013 Polish gay themed film, directed by Malgoska Szumowska, details the life of repressed gay priest, Father Adam, who works at a reformatory school in the Polish countryside. The movie fleshes out a sleuth of gay-related issues including closeted frustration, suicide, and the ever present stigma that continues to perpetuate those former struggles. This stigma, in large part, is due to Poland's devout Catholic following. And it's seen not only in Father Adam's struggles, but in the boys at the school, where "fag" is a common utterance amongst them. What Szumowska sought to place most emphasis on, however, was on the lonely life of father Adam; an expose of how any priest lives an essentially estranged life devoid of connection. She purposely did not want to try to...