Formed 4+

I absolutely loved FORMED. I believe it has completely changed my faith to where I am such on fire. I feel like the Holy Spirit is really guided me in this area and FORMED has been the Avenue. I am so grateful to the people who founded the Augustine Institute with the online platform and inspiration. I tell all I can think of about it and I try to get them to sign up and even if they are not Catholic. I feel like it pertains to all Christians in every aspect. And I also believe that The Holy Spirit wants us to all be one. Jesus wants us To be one in the body of Christ. My favorite ones...hard to just pick a few because love so many but I love Timothy Gray, Scott Hahn and you can’t hardly beat so many of the things on here Chris Stephnick is incredible. These people are inspired inspired by the Holy Spirit and I am so thankful for them. If you are trying to decide it it’s worth it to get formed it’s not even a debate I promise you will not regret a moment. The more and more I learn the more and more I want to learn. When my daughters get a little older one is 23 months the other is 2 months I might re-evaluate going back to school with something taking online. I already have my masters in unrelated field in healthcare but I love listening and learning on here cannot get enough.

Thank you to all the team that works so hard in making all this beautiful content. This lent I decided to give up TV and any music that is not Christian. This app has allowed me to make this lent meaningful. I have learned so much with the short series How to lent and it motivated me to follow suggestions that have been given on the daily reflexion in the Amen App. Listening to the Trials of Saint Patrick, watching Mary of Nazareth, Joseph of Nazareth, Prefiero el Paraiso San Felipe Neri, Santa Barbara, San Pedro and Saint Anthony, has allowed me to reflect with meaning and purpose, even Praying the Rosary in Spanish. Since I am bilingual I am able to pick between both. Although the Spanish products are throughout close caption, it was not an issue for me, because if I did not read fast enough I could take it a few seconds back😊. We have another month of lent and thanks to Formed App, it has been a time of discovery and learning. There is so much to learn and sometimes it becomes very difficult, Formed makes it easy, fun, entertaining and desirable. I even listen to the kids versions as sometimes I need it explained in more simple terms and I am 52 years old. Thank you Augustine Institute for this wonderful gift! May God Bless you all!

This true-to-life portrayal of Pope Paul VI’s courage in facing great difficulties moved me. It also greatly increased my appreciation for this noble but often misunderstood and misrepresented pope. So many hated and ridiculed him without cause when I was young. Learning the truth about Pope Saint Paul VI was worth the 3 hours and seventeen minute length of the film.
One delightful surprise in the film was the unexpected moments of humor. Another surprise was the insider’s view of the seemingly irreconcilable disagreements that erupted between Cardinals in the Second Vatican Council, which the Holy Spirit used Pope Paul VI to reconcile.
The performances of the actors were stellar. Each one made his or her character absolutely believable, as if they were the real people whom they portrayed.
The only thing about the film that could be improved is the English captioning (or subtitles?). The words were small and only remained briefly. Also, not all of the actors’ lines in Italian which could have been translated had captioning. These problems made the dialogue hard to follow at times.
I have no other way to watch movies than on my iPhone. I watched much of the movie while ironing.