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Keeping the Faith

The men of St Francis prepare for Boris's ordination day. Gonzalo discovers he has much in common with a group of Buddhist monks.
Series : Once Were Monks | Episode : 3 | Year : 1998 | Total Duration : 26 Minutes | Producer : Luigi Acquisto, Stella Zammataro
Director : Luigi Acquisto, Andrew Sully |
Opening titles. HAS across buildings of Melbourne. Quick shot bell ringing in modern bell tower. Brother Boris Perlaki walking along street.
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Access No. 127222 | 23 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W Pope carried in sedan chair, waving to surrounding crowds. Catholic priests walking along road in clerical clothing.
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Access No. 127223 | 13 secs | 1930s | © NFSA | Colour |
Interview Brother Boris Perlaki to camera talking about how he is scared to show the crosses he wears (on his shirt) in fear of reprisals. Recalls how he was spat on. Titles.
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Access No. 127224 | 30 secs | 1930s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior St Francis Monastery. Interior building undergoing extensive renovations, slow pan through different floors. Bobcat (Living Landscapes) working outside. Interior St Francis Church looking down aisle to man kneeling at alter, woman kneeling in pew. Exterior confession box, priest enters it. Vacant sign above door.
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Access No. 127225 | 34 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior Tabaret Hotel. Interior bedroom where Brother Gerard Develin is ironing.
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Access No. 127226 | 10 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior National Gallery of Victoria. Father Gonzalo Munoz sitting with others with eyes closed. CU Pan Buddhist monks with cymbals chanting. Fr Gonzalo shaking hands with monks after service. Gyuto monks working shaving coloured pigment into mosaic (mandala), one holding fabric. Fr Gonzalo talking to camera about Buddhism, stands with Buddhist monk looking at mosaic.
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Access No. 127227 | 1 min 25 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Father Gonzalo Munoz talking to camera about coming to meditate (with Buddhist monks). He stops talking as he sees a woman he knows walking past. They embrace. Woman introduces Fr Gonzalo to her elderly sister Joan who remembers Fr Gonzalo visiting them once. He explains to them that he has not retired (from catholic priesthood) but is taking time away.
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Access No. 127228 | 50 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Rolling hills and countryside around Tarrawarra Abbey, dots of sheep in fields, shadow of clouds passing overhead. Brother Boris Perlaki walks to camera through trees. Approaches and touches statue of Virgin Mary in tree, sits to look at it. CU face of statue.
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Access No. 127229 | 41 secs | 1990s | Tarrawarra Abbey, Yarra Glen, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Brother Boris Perlaki seated in pew inside church reading. CU's him paging through book. View down aisle with wooden floorboards to Br Boris kneeling to pray. CU Br Boris talking to camera about his upbringing as a only child to a single ethnic mother.
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Access No. 127230 | 29 secs | 1990s | Tarrawarra Abbey, Yarra Glen, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still colour photograph of Brother Boris Perlaki as a child.
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Access No. 127231 | 4 secs | | © NFSA | Colour |
Brother Boris Perlaki talking to camera about how he worked in a bank, getting promotions and earning a lot of money.
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Access No. 127232 | 14 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still colour photograph Brother Boris Perlaki before he turned to the priesthood.
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Access No. 127233 | 6 secs | | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Brother Boris Perlaki talking about how he came free to ask himself what he wanted in life (before the priesthood). CU exterior church. CU stone cross against blue sky.
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Access No. 127234 | 17 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Brother Gerard Develin in cricket whites batting for team (Victorian Blind Cricket Association) for the visually impaired. He gets bowled out. CU Br Gerard talking to camera wearing sun glasses talking about how he was bowled out but managed to get one run.
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Access No. 127235 | 31 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior St Francis Church, traffic in front. VS choir master in glasses singing and conducting choir. Father Ken Boland climbing ladder into ceiling of church, shot from inside roof as Fr Ken climbs in. He talks about it being his private little cave. Inside he walks around and explains that he is labelling electrical circuits to control Brother Boris Perlaki's ordination service.
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Access No. 127236 | 1 min 7 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W still photograph Father Ken Boland during his ordination service. CU face.
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Access No. 127237 | 9 secs | 1960s | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Father Ken Boland inside roof of St Francis Church talking about his ordination, talks about priests having to lying flat on the floor.
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Access No. 127238 | 8 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage priest lying flat on floor during their ordination service.
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Access No. 127239 | 4 secs | Unknown | © NFSA | B&W |
Father Ken Boland inside roof of St Francis Church talking about lying on cold marble floor (during his ordination service) surrounded by people
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Access No. 127240 | 7 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage ordination service, priests at alter, some lying prostrate on floor, priests passing sceptre to Archbishop, priest laying hands on men being ordained
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Access No. 127241 | 22 secs | Unknown | © NFSA | B&W |
Father Ken Boland in roof of St Francis Church talking about when he was ordained, the feeling of the (Catholic) Church being around him. Choir master conducting singers in church. Fr Ken showing how lights are to be arranged during ordination service, opens trapdoor looking down to altar.
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Access No. 127242 | 55 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Brother Gerard Develin with arms crossed, sitting in pew in church, asleep. Outside church he says he wasn't sleeping but in deep contemplation.
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Access No. 127243 | 25 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Sister Carmel Therese Malone taking cover from bird cage and talking to budgerigar she is looking after for Brother Gerard Develin. CU bird in cage. Profile Sister talking. Inside St Francis Pastoral Centre, Br Gerard leaning over desk talking to Sister about budgerigar.
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Access No. 127244 | 1 min 5 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tree at side of shot, looking out to rolling green hills. Brother Boris Perlaki walking amongst trees.
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Access No. 127245 | 11 secs | 1990s | Tarrawarra Abbey, Yarra Glen, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W still photographs exterior St Francis Church. Still B&W photograph Brother Boris Perlaki praying.
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Access No. 127246 | 13 secs | | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU interview Brother Boris Perlaki talking to camera about how he knocked on the door of (St Francis) monastery and talked to priest about joining priesthood, but feeling unworthy.
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Access No. 127247 | 40 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Monks gathered around dinner table at Tabaret Hotel eating and drinking. CU Brother Gerard Develin. Father Donald Cave talking about children being screwed up by the Catholic faith. CUs other men listening to Fr Donald saying they have a mission to teach children not to think the only thing that matters to Catholic Church is sin and sex.
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Access No. 127248 | 37 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Looking through grill of confession box inside St Francis Church to Father Ken Boland talking about the telling of sins during confession when he was a boy, that it didn't matter how you felt afterwards.
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Access No. 127249 | 29 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Brother Boris Perlaki talking to camera about how he feels unhappy about child abuse in the church. He fears that children will grow up not knowing about God, that priests are the men who abuse children.
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Access No. 127250 | 38 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior suburban house Glanmore House Meditation Centre. Inside kitchen, Father Gonzalo Munoz cooking. Inside travelling van Buddhist Gyuto monk holding beads and looking out. POV car to river and buildings. CU Fr Gonzalo preparing onions in frying pan. Van carrying monks draws up outside, Fr Gonzalo greets them. Shown inside.
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Access No. 127251 | 1 min 3 secs | 1990s | Hawthorn, Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
View up road with parked cars to suburban house, Glanmore House Meditation Centre. Father Gonzalo Munoz standing by as Buddhist Gyuto monks chant by table of food. CU one monk's face chanting. Fr Gonzalo thanks monks for blessing food. CU men helping themselves to food.
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Access No. 127252 | 57 secs | 1990s | Hawthorn, Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Night shot, traffic to camera, pedestrians. Brothers Boris Perlaki and Gerard Develin crossing road with bags. Walk past Tabaret Hotel's windows, up to door. Inside Br Gerard reaches for and puts cross around neck. CU coffee pot with lights flashing. Monks gathered at table saying prayers. VS men helping themselves, eating and talking light heatedly about Br Boris' upcoming ordination. Includes Father Donald Cave ad Br Boris.
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Access No. 127253 | 1 min 25 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Night shot suburban house Glanmore House Meditation Centre. VS Buddhist Gyuto monks listening to Father Gonzalo Munoz relating story about Dalai Lama and monk's compassion. Young monk in casual dress talking about practicing principals . Father Gonzalo thanking monks for coming and says he celebrates that they are different, makes world better place.
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Access No. 127254 | 1 min 2 secs | 1990s | Hawthorn, Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU wooden crucifix, face of Jesus. Father Donald Cave talking to camera about faith and pain. He believes in good and evil but he has trouble believing in God's ways allowing five firemen burn yesterday trying to do good.
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Access No. 127255 | 1 min 12 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Good night shot St Francis Church illuminated with high rise building behind, lights switched off. Inside church, man vacuuming carpet on altar, Brother John Pugh behind lighting candles. Br John with books and chatting about getting the up to date version. Father Ken Boland outside washing walls.
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Access No. 127256 | 56 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Bells ringing in modern bell tower outside St Francis Church as prelude to the ordination service of Brother Boris Perlaki. People walking towards church, mainly priests and monks. Group of violinists tuning up. Priests greet other including Father Gonzalo Munoz. Br Boris in ceremonial robes, talks to man, hands holding Mitre. Outside church Br Boris talks to Archbishop Frank Little, they start to process.
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Access No. 127257 | 48 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Ordination ceremony. Procession of priests into St Francis Church including Archbishop Frank Little and Brother Boris Perlaki who is to be ordained. Congregation sing. Br Gerard Develin seated with camera. Exterior illuminated church. Man kneeling by seated Archbishop as he talks about Br Boris. VS church, seated monks, CU's Br Boris.
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Access No. 127258 | 1 min 27 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Ordination ceremony inside St Francis Church. Brother Boris Perlaki who is being ordained, lies prostrate on ground as part of ceremony. Congregation kneel to pray. HAS from roof down to Br Boris lying on floor. CU his face into carpet and rising up. Br Boris kneels before Archbishop Franks Little. VS around church including CU Father Gonzalo Munoz in congregation.
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Access No. 127259 | 28 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Ordination ceremony inside St Francis Church. Brother Boris Perlaki kneeling in front of Archbishop Frank Little who passes him chalice and bread, Br Gerard Develin with camera. Archbishop shakes his hands and congregation applaud. Br Boris bowing to congregation, embraces fellow monks. Some slow motion shots Br Boris looking very happy and bowing to congregation
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Access No. 127260 | 2 mins 5 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
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