THE BACK-STORY: Creating a Video with Our Children Performing The Christmas and Epiphany Stories

We experienced the African proverb – It takes a village to raise a child – in reverse: It takes children to raise a village of parishioners to create a video of the Annunciation, Christmas and Epiphany stories.

The pictures and explanations below provide the back-story of the “village” that worked with our children: the Parents; Parish Staff; and Cinematography Team.

CINEMATOGRAPHY TEAM

Caz Bielen, owner of Premiere Media, our talented cinematographer-editor, was assisted by Deacon Tom Giacobbe. Directing and guiding children always brings surprises, including, silliness, and shyness. Caz. – our own “Mr. Rogers” – overcame the surprises and made it all work well. Listed below are the children and their roles in order of appearance.

CHILDREN

Narrator: Alicia Bielen
Mary: Scarlet Miller
Gabriel: David Ramirez
Joseph: Quinlan Miller
Inn Keeper: Patryk Jaje
Shepherd #1 Matthew Cebula
Shepherd #2 Jason Cebula
Shepherd #3 Veronika Ramirez
Herod: Patryk Jaje
Wise Man #1 Alex Kurasinski
Wise Man #2 Kamil Jaje
Wise Man #3 Krzysztof Musielak

Father Stan concludes this video that a village of parishioners – Parents; Parish Staff; and Cinematography Team – made possible that features our children presenting the entire miracle of the Incarnation.

text by Deacon Tom Giacobbe