St. Teresa of Avila

Ávila, Spain, March 28, 1526. With the help of her cousins, Teresa, who is eleven years old, writes a letter to her mother with the purpose of asking her to allow her to change her name to that of her favorite saint.

Father Thomas Dubay leads this thought-provoking 13-part series about the life and spirituality of St. Teresa of Avila, a charismatic nun who played a pivotal role in the Catholic Reformation. One of the greatest mystics of the Catholic faith, she based her concept of a new kind of Carmelite monastery on powerful visions she began having in the prime of her life and went on to found a house of strict observances.

Two wives, one rich, one poor, each find themselves tempted by romantic seducers, and each faces the dilemma of remaining true to the husband who neglects her or of falling into the arms of another.

A 1921 film directed by Herbert Brenon.

Lord Carlyle governs a province in India. Although he weds the beautiful Adrienne, he can't make her love him. And no wonder - he's not only cruel, he's unfaithful. Adrienne leaves him and boards a ship with the intention of returning to England. But on the boat she meets Andrew Fabian, who is studying for the clergy. They fall in love, and he convinces her to accompany him on a pilgrimage to Damascus.

A 1924 film directed by Sidney Olcott.

A prince, aiming to avoid an unwanted marriage, hires an American as a double to evade his pursuing father.

After a catastrophe destroys most of humanity, recluse Del lives in his small, empty town, content with the utopia he has methodically created for himself, until an interloper, young Grace, disrupts his solitude.

An act of kindness met with deception leads to Layla's abduction and descent into a life of human trafficking hidden in an ordinary neighborhood.

Maria always lived alone. One day she needs to rent her own room to a student. But living with another person will only add to her own loneliness.

The story is centered on the human drama of three young people from a small town in Traslasierra, Córdoba, who from very different ideological places, are forever transformed by the war in Malvinas Argentinas (Falkland Islands).