The San Damiano Foundation produces films that showcase the active and contemplative dimensions of the spirituality of St. Francis and Clare of Assisi, along with the Franciscan concern for social justice, peace and non-violence. Initially, the foundation’s top priority is to produce fundraising films for Christian charities aiding the world’s poor. We hope to put the power of film at the service of those helping the weak, who in turn need help raising funds and attracting volunteers.

A vital part of the way the San Damiano Foundation puts the power of film at the service of the poor is screening our films at churches, high schools and universities across America. Gerry Straub is available to speak and screen a film at your church or school. Call us for details at (818) 563-1947. To see the locations of Gerry's past and future speaking events click here.

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New Film: The Narrow Path
Following in the footsteps of the great apostles of nonviolence - Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Oscar Romero - John Dear, SJ presents in The Narrow Path the challenging message of Jesus in a fresh way, speaking with new force and vision of God's plea for peace. Watch the trailer now!
Here is a link to Fr. John Dear's National Catholic Reporter column and the trailer for THE NARROW PATH.



The Faces of Poverty, our other new film, is also available! We talk about the "poor" but we hardly ever meet any poor people. In The Faces of Poverty you will meet actual poor people, learn their names, hear their tragic stories, see their sorrowful faces. Read more





In the News: Hollywood and poverty: Filmmaker puts the power of film at the service of the poor -- National Catholic Reporter, November 3, 2006
"It's a warm September evening, and the idyllic streets of downtown Burbank are quiet. I walk with filmmaker Gerry Straub past the corner of Magnolia Boulevard and Hollywood Way, and he points in the direction of Warner Bros. and NBC studios, where 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' is taped, just a few blocks away..." Read more



Lord, make me an ambassador of your peace.
Where there is hatred, help me foster love.
Where there is injury, help me bring pardon.
Where there is doubt, help me foster faith.
Where there is despair, help me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, help me shed light.
Where there is sadness, help me bring joy.

O Divine Master, help me remember that it is far better for me to console rather than be consoled; to understand rather than be understood; to love rather than be loved. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Adapted by Gerard Thomas Straub
© 2002 Where Did I See You Hungry? St. Anthony Messenger Press.

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