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O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our most gentle Queen and Mother look down in mercy upon England, thy dowry, and upon us who greatly hope and trust in thee.
All of our film productions are available on DVD from our online shop worldwide. Visit our shop to browse through our growing range of original Catholic resources faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church. We accept all major credit cards, Paypal, UK Cheque and Google Checkout.
Mary's Dowry Productions postal address:
P.O. BOX 4513, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 3WT - Telephone: 079 0644 6078
Mary's Dowry Productions
writes, films, edits, scores and produces original films on the fascinating and inspiring lives of the English Martyrs and Saxon Saints. These are made available worldwide on DVD.
We were founded with the intention of producing resources on DVD with a great desire to spread the knowledge of, and devotion to, our amazing Catholic heritage and our heroic Catholic Saints and Martyrs.
Our main focus tends to be upon the lives of the Forty Martys of England and Wales. Using our own resources, initiatives, friends, family and parishioners, we create sets and props, use costumes, the acting and creative talents of friends and family, beautiful locations around Sussex and original narrative and music to produce a powerful and original encounter with the life, witness and Catholic devotion of a particular Saint or Martyr.
Mary's Dowry Productions was founded in 2007 by Emily Bevans and Bernadette Bevans. We are an independent Catholic film production company based in the South of the United Kingdom.
The name '
Mary's Dowry Productions'
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Mary's Dowry
was once the name used to refer to England. King Edward the Confessor traditionally gave England to Our Lady in 1061 and this consecration was renewed by King Richard II in 1381. The devotion of the English Catholics to Our Lady and the Roman Catholic spirituality of the English people was renowned for centuries.
We chose 'Mary's Dowry' as the name of our company due to our location in England and our love of Christ and Our Lady. After discovering a lack of modern resources particularly on the lives of our English Martyrs and Saxon Saints, the film company was set up to promote and produce interesting and original films about our English Catholic history, Faith and heritage.
Using film, music and the new media, we hope to provide a growing collection of material for Catholics in England, Mary's Dowry . All of our projects, work and intentions are completely consecrated to Our Lady.
About Mary's Dowry Productions
The films produced by Mary's Dowry Productions are thoroughly researched using good Catholic literature, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Sacred Scripture and the lives of the Saints.
Our individual production on a particular Saint is almost always told from the Saint's point of view. This gives a unique and intimate encounter with the Saint and allows for us to use our own footage to portray important moments in the life of the Saint or Martyr, and to incorporate Sacred Art, historical imagery and narration all in an original way.
Our aim is to provide a personal encounter with a Saint's deep Catholic Faith, always focusing upon Jesus Christ, for Whom these Saints lived and died. We also try to show how real these people were and how their witness is so relevant to people today . Our films are about the Saint's witness and love of Christ and Catholic Faith.
Many of our productions have been broadcast on EWTN, the Global Catholic Network.
All of our work is produced in-house. We are a small team, managed by Emily Bevans and Bernadette Bevans who plan, write, film, edit, design and market the films. Both have a deep love of their Catholic Faith and the English Martyrs and Saints. Bernadette Bevans is a Music Composer with a degree in Music Composition for media and her original music is especially composed for each production, understanding the great power and importance of music. They also work with their father Deacon Gary Bevans, artist of the Sistine Chapel Reproduction, who provides many sets and props for the films.
We use our own time and monies to produce our films and are immensely grateful for those who have taken an interest in Mary's Dowry Productions and give their time, talents and often financial assistance to help produce them too. We have our own online secure shop where our films can be purchased. The DVDS are available in all region formats and are shipped out quickly in secure packaging. We accept payment for these films by credit card, debit card or by using Paypal. Our online shop is easy to use and is found throughout our website. Our productions are also stocked in all branches of St. Paul's Bookshops in London, York, Leeds and Birmingham and we also stock our films on Amazon's UK website.
Our logo is the right inside panel of the Wilton Diptych. This we chose as it has a great significance to England under the banner of Our Lady's Dowry.
Saint Polydore Plasden, English Catholic priest Martyred at Tyburn in 1591
Emily Bevans and Bernadette Bevans with a selection of some of the original films from Mary's Dowry Productions.
Visit our staff page for some brief information on our team
Visit our DVD page to view the growing range of films that we produce
