Over the last couple years I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of working on a couple monuments to St. Perpetua, the much-beloved third-century martyr. I served as script consultant for the excellent animated feature The Story of Saint Perpetua. Reviewers have praised its production values, comparing it to Disney (see what Rod Bennett and Carl Sommer had to say, and Binks and Happy Catholic).

To enhance the experience of the animated feature, the producers made a documentary as well: The Passion of Saint Perpetua: Martyr of the Faith (also available for online rental). I’m the face and voice on that production, but it’s redeemed by lots of footage shot on-site in North Africa. The camera takes you into all the relevant ruins,

I absolutely love the musical theme, “Perpetua’s Song.” It’s haunting in an indie kind of way — a setting of Psalm 86, in both Latin and English. It can be downloaded FREE at CatholicHeroesOfTheFaith.com. All you have to do is register. There are lots of other goodies on the site, including illustrated bios on St. Damien of Molokai and St. Nicholas.

Patristics and matristics for kids. Who knew?