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The Second Pizza Party
November 11, 1006

Guest Speaker: Bob HoastoN
MC: Paul Kellen
Honorees: All of us
Special Recognition: Rosemary Morgan & Ruth Moore

It was a beautiful November day, with the sun shining brightly off the water at the Savin Hill Yacht Club. About forty people gathered for food, conversation, up-dates and, most importantly, fun. Paul Kellen did a great job with hosting and everyone seemed to pitch in to help reach the goal of the day. The pictures below are, from left to right, of Bob, Paul, Rosemary and Ruth.

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See Below for viewing schedule for the Award Winning Documentary

"Hand of God"

Since January 2002 members of STTOP and others have gathered on the sidewalks in front of the Holy Cross Cathedral in protest against the on going criminal, immoral and unethical behavior of members of the Catholic church who perpetrate and/or cover-up the rapes, molestations and other abuses against children and adults seeking their spiritual guidance. Still, five years later, survivors continue to approach us and tell, often for the first time, that they too had been sexually abused by a priest when they were a child. Please think about standing with us some Sunday...time, location and directions are listed below.

Holy Cross Cathedral
Washington Street, Boston, MA
11 AM (signs provided)

Directions:

Take Southeast Expressway (Route 93) to the Mass Ave. exit
Take a right onto Mass Ave.
Take a right onto Washington St.; the cathedral is several blocks ahead on the right.

Some of the "Sidewalk Protesters"

HAND Of GOD
VIEWING SCHEDULE

www.handofgodfilm.com

Zingerplatz Pictures announces a series of upcoming screenings of our award winning documentary, Hand of God. We hope you can join us and help us spread the word.

A decade before the Catholic Church was rocked by the sexual abuse scandal, Paul Cultrera was piecing together the cover-up that protected the priest who molested him when he was an adolescent in Salem, Massachusetts. With intellect, humor, and a deep sense of betrayal, filmmaker Joe Cultrera examines his brother Paul's sexual abuse at the hands of Father Joseph E. Birmingham and the culture of "corporate faith" that allowed similar abuses to continue unchecked for decades.

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston will host a series of six showings beginning on Thursday Sept 21st at 7:30pm. Director Joe Cultrera will be in attendance for Q&A’s following this screening as well as those on Friday Sept 22nd (6pm) and Sunday Sept. 24th (4:15pm). The Sunday showing will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by Lisa Mullins, Boston-based anchor and senior producer of WGBH's international newsmagazine “The World.” A reception - hosted by A Matter Of Truth - will be open to the audience and participants following the discussion. A Matter Of Truth is a national, survivor-driven organization committed to obtaining federal intervention and assistance in unveiling the truth about religious personnel and their institutions who are responsible for the sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults.

On Sept 28th Hand of God will be screened at Cinema Salem in Salem, Massachusetts. This is a return engagement after sold-out shows this past June. Two screenings are planned at 6:00pm and 8:30pm. The director will be in attendance for Q&A’s.

The documentary will participate at the Vermont International Film Festival which takes place in Burlington, Vermont (October 11 -15) and at the Connecticut Film Festival which travels to several Connecticut cities between October 3 -8. Further details will soon be available about these screenings.

Confirmed September - November screenings outside of New England include the Kansas International Film Festival, the St Louis International Film Festival and the Mount Shasta (California) International Film Festival. The documentary’s initial international screenings will take place in September at DOCNZ (New Zealand International Documentary Festival), and at the Calgary International Film Festival.

We hope to see you somewhere along our road. A major broadcast announcement for early next year is expected shortly.

A complete screening schedule is posted on the “screenings” page at: http://www.handofgodfilm.com

Times and Dates for New England Screenings:

Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts
Thursday, Sept 21, @ 7:30pm
Friday, Sept. 22, @ 6pm
Sunday, Sept 24, @ 4:15pm
Friday Sept 29, @ 6PM
Sunday, Oct. 1, @ 10:30am
Thursday, Oct 5, @ 2pm
http://www.mfa.org/calendar/event.asp?eventkey=23951&date=9-21-2006

Cinema Salem
Salem, Massachusetts
Thursday Sept. 28, 6pm and 8:30pm

http://www.cinemasalem.com/

Connecticut Film Festival
October 3 – 8

Hand of God screening date/time TBA
http://www.ctfilmfest.com/

Vermont International Film Festival
Burlington, VT
October 11 – 15

Hand of God screening date/time TBA
http://www.vtiff.org/

Scheduled Screenings outside New England:

Kansas International Film Festival
Overland Park, Kansas
September 15 - 21
HoG Screening times:
Tuesday Sept 19 @ 7:30pm aprox
http://www.kansasfilm.com/

Calgary International Film Festival
Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
Sept. 22 thru October 1st
HoG screening times & dates TBA
http://www.calgaryfilm.com/

Mount Shasta International Film Festival
Mount Shasta, California
October 13 - 15
HoG screening times & dates TBA
http://www.shastafilmfest.com/

St Louis International Film Festival

St Louis, MO

Nov 9 – 19

HoG screening times & dates TBA
http://www.cinemastlouis.org/filmfest.cfm

Olympia Film Society
Capitol Theater
Olympia, Washington

TBA
http://www.olyfilm.org/

ZINGERPLATZ PICTURES, INC,

200 Park AVE SOUTH, SUITE 1612, NY, NY 10003

212-529-3841 Cell: 917-599-8843

www.handofgodfilm.com

While STTOP! works with many groups and individuals regarding clergy sex abuse, STTOP! neither endorses nor promotes the specific opinions on other matters and/or mission statements of any group or individual listed on our site.

Events Schedule

Updated 9/17/2006