Living in peace: A documentary on retired priests of Villa Cristo Rey

• Main Authors: Ang, Denise Jestine, Aquino, Angelica Anne, Kok, Katrisha Analine B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Catholic Church > Clergy > Retirement > Philippines Clergy > Retirement > Philippines; Communication
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10636
• Institution: De La Salle University

This documentary about retired Society of Divine Word priests shows the present issues and problems confronting the retired and sick priests in Villa Cristo Rey, a retirement and nursing home for SVD bishops, priests, and brothers located inside the Christ the King Mission Seminary, Quezon City (VCR @ 20,7). Contrary to the study conducted by Hoge who explained that the top four problems priests face are too much work', 'loneliness of priestly life', 'the way authority is too heavy-handed in the Church', and 'living a celibate life' (24-25), priests in Villa Cristo Rey see their priestly life and retirement as a positive connotation and preparation for their decline and inevitable, death.