Oct 14 FFE Eco-Film “Beethoven’s 9″ via Zoom

Join us online to view & discuss the Bullfrog Film “Beethoven’s 9: Ode to Humanity”

Register here today to join the Sisters and other Franciscans For Earth on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, from 6:30 to 8 pm Central via Zoom, for a free screening and discussion of the film Beethoven’s 9: Ode to Humanity. Following the film, there will be a short amount of time for an open discussion of this deeply personal exploration of the legacy and resonance today of Beethoven’s 200-year-old Ninth Symphony.

According to the distributor, Bullfrog Films’ website, “In early 2023, filmmaker Larry Weinstein sets out to make a documentary about Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. It is supposed to be about how far we have come in the two hundred years since it was written. But when world events pull Larry into his own film, the question becomes a deeply personal one. Beethoven’s 9 is a documentary about music, but also about war and hope. It follows nine unique individuals, including Ukrainian musicians, a deaf composer, a Polish rock star, a best-selling author, a legendary cartoonist and Weinstein himself, as they try to better understand the legacy of Beethoven’s Ninth, the composer’s own struggles, the inspiration music can provide, and how humanity continues to look for hope even in the darkest times.”

Bullfrog Films is the oldest and largest publisher of videos and films about the environment in the United States. Founded in 1973 it has been honored with a retrospective screening at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and with a special award from Medikinale International in Parma, Italy. Bullfrog’s Mission is “To bring together programs that point the way to a new paradigm for living happily, healthily and sustainably.” Click here to view the film’s trailer.

If you plan to join us, please register, so that we can email you the link to log in to the Zoom gathering.

Registration:

To register, scroll down to “Book Event” and add the number attending. Click the small aqua “next” button to proceed to the sign up page where you will add your contact information and click “submit.” Upon registration, you will receive an email response that contains a Zoom link. Please save and flag/star the email response, so you can find that link to log in on the evening of Oct 14 at 6:15 pm Central. The presentation begins at 6:30, but we ask everyone to log in at 6:15 in case there are difficulties. We will try to send email reminders containing the link to Zoom registrants one day and one hour before the event.

The Sisters:

The Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help created a Franciscans For Earth (FFE) movement many years ago. Our goal is to educate, advocate, and collaborate on behalf of Our Common Home and all its inhabitants. We humbly appreciate your donations. They help us continue making opportunities available like these and so many others.

To learn about future, free, monthly, FFE Eco-Series events and our other outreach, bookmark the homepage of our website, www.fsolph.org. You can also follow us on Instagram at /franciscansforearth/, on Facebook at FranciscanSistersOLPH or on YouTube at FSOLPH1. Don’t forget to sign up to receive our Franciscan Spirit newsletter before you leave the website today. We publish a print edition once or twice a year. We supplement with online editions more often that contain film and speaker series updates and opportunities. Upon request, we can email the online Franciscan Spirit newsletter to your inbox throughout the year. Call (314) 965-3700, and leave contact information via voicemail at x111. You can also email your request and contact information to info@fsolph.org