SAINT MARGARET CLITHEROW DVD

Mary's Dowry Productions are pleased to present images from our upcoming DVD on the life and death of one of our great English Martyrs
 Saint Margaret Clitherow

St. Margaret sends her son Henry to be educated in France and has a courier collect him to take him secretly abroad

People would come to St. Margaret to ask for advice

St. Margaret and her husband John Clitherow busy in the Butcher's Shop

Customers pass by the shops in the Shambles - Henry May visits to ask his stepdaughter to sell him the house she has inherited

St. Margaret helps John on with his coat as he leaves having been summoned to the Town Hall

The scene of St. Margaret's arrest
Images taken from St. Margaret Clitherow's Trial
The Earl of Huntingdon arrives in York to crack down on the Catholics.

Among other things, the Earl demanded that John Clitherow and his neighbours spy upon and report to him any Catholic activity amongst their neighbours and families.

The scene of St. Margaret's execution by crushing.  A small stone was placed under her back.  A heavy door was put on top of her and heavy weights were added on top of the door so that within 15 minutes Saint Margaret was crushed to death.  Her last words were "Jesu, Mercy". 

Saint Margaret's story is beautiful and powerful.  We have filmed one hundred percent of the visuals and have narrated the presentation from Saint Margaret's point of view to give the viewer a personal encounter with the Saint and her life.  With beautiful exterior visuals, historical characters and sets, the presentation will be about one hour in length and like our production of Saint Edmund Campion looks set to be a poignant and important encounter with the life, witness and death of an English Catholic Marty.  Saint Margaret's love of the Catholic church and loyalty and protection of hunted Catholic priests and her death for the Catholic faith is extremely important.  She is one of our great women martyrs and sets an inspiring example for Catholic Christians today.

The final scenes in the film.  Saint Margaret's death.

The Earl of Huntingdon - Queen Elizabeth's kinsman and a fierce Protestant determined to crack down on the Catholics of York

FILMING HAS COMPLETED FOR THIS DVD

The house of Dorothy Vavasour, wife of Dr. Vavasour, who helped St. Margaret Clitherow come to learn more about the Catholic Faith.  Her home in York was an important Mass centre for the persecuted Catholics to gather and hear secret Masses.

Saint Margaret at home taking a break for thought between her chores at the Butcher's Shop that was attached to the home.

Saint Margaret seated in her home by one of the fireplaces.