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Bible Film wins CINE Golden Eagle Award

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. - Saint John's University has won a CINE Golden
Eagle Award for "The Word Made Flesh," a film produced by the university
as an inspirational and educational tool for The Saint John's Bible
project.

The film documents the process by which artists and theologians of Saint
John's Abbey, University and Saint Benedict's Monastery, and The Saint
John's Bible artistic director, Donald Jackson, work with each other to
create illuminations for The Saint John's Bible. It focuses specifically
on a major illumination titled "The Word Made Flesh," which is the
frontispiece to the Gospel of John in The Saint John's Bible.

The CINE Golden Eagle awards, distinguishing excellence in professional
and amateur works, are recognized internationally as symbols of the
highest production standards in filmmaking and videography. As a Golden
Eagle award winner, "The Word Made Flesh" is eligible for international
competition as well as two additional levels of national competition and
cash prizes. Winners at these additional levels are announced at the
Annual CINE Awards Ceremony in April 2006 in Washington, D.C.

In the fall 2005 CINE Competition, over 300 judges viewed and evaluated
hundreds of distinguished entries. Among the talents whose first major
awards included the CINE Golden Eagle are Steven Spielberg and George
Lucas and documentarians Ken Burns, Charles Stanley Nelson and Frederich
Wiseman.

"The Word Made Flesh" was produced by Jean Scoon, communications
director in the Saint John's University advancement department, with
consultation provided by Carol Marrin, director of The Saint John's
Bible project. It was directed by Rich Reeder, Lockhaven Communications,
with videography and editing by Will Hommeyer and John Dehn of Blue Moon
Productions. Students and faculty of the College of Saint Benedict/Saint
John's University, Saint John's Preparatory School and the St. John's
Boys' Choir as well as friends of The Saint John's Bible were involved
in the film's narration, music and production.

"The Word Made Flesh" was first screened at a Saint John's University
event in April 2005, when The Saint John's Bible Exhibition,
"Illuminating the Word," opened at The Minneapolis Institute of Art. A
shortened version of the film is traveling with the exhibition on its
national museum tour. The film is part of the educational programming of
The Saint John's Bible. Anyone wishing to see it can contact Tim Ternes,
director of public programs and education for The Saint John's Bible
project, at 320-363-3351.

The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library  and its Gift Shop are open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and during the summer, between Memorial Day and Labor Day, weekends from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m.  Presentations on The Saint John’s Bible are offered to the general public Monday through Friday at 1:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.hmml.org or call 320-363-3514.  Groups are asked to call in advance.

In the Benedictine tradition of reverence for human thought and creativity, the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) preserves manuscripts, printed books and art at Saint John's University; undertakes photographic preservation projects throughout the world; and makes these resources available to students, researchers and visitors both onsite and through advanced technology.  HMML is the home of the world’s largest collection of manuscript images and of The Saint John’s Bible, a handwritten, illuminated Bible for the modern era.  HMML is located on the Saint John’s University campus, 70 miles northwest of Minneapolis on I-94 and can be found at www.hmml.org or through the Saint John’s University Web site at www.csbsju.edu. 

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