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    \u201CI kept hearing the same meddelande over and over again: \u2018There is power in suffering, move him forward.\u2019\u201D

    Back in 2007, Bishop George Thomas of Helena wasn\u2019t sure whether to ordain Stuart Long to the priesthood. 

    Seminary formators had raised red flags about Stu, who had an aggressive and debilitating muscle disorder with a poor prognosis. A serious chronic illness didn\u2019t seem like it fit with the ministry of a Catholic priest.  

    But Bishop Thomas of Helena believed that suffering is a gift in the Christian life \u2014 a gift Stu had received in spades. 

    That's a fundamental idea in Catholicism \u2013 Christ redeemed us through his suffering and death on the cross, and in a mysterious way our suffering, united to his, can be redemptive. That\u2019s what Bishop Thomas remembered in prayer.

    Ultimately, the bishop told The Pillar, it was because of Stu\u2019s sufferings \u2014 and not despite them \u2014 that he decided to orda

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    Father Stu

    2022 American film by Rosalind Ross

    Father Stu is a 2022 biographicaldrama film starring Mark Wahlberg as Stuart Long, a boxer-turned-Catholic priest who lives with a progressive muscle disorder. The bio is written and directed bygd Rosalind Ross in her directorial debut. The film was produced on a budget of $4 million.[2]

    Sony Pictures Releasing released Father Stu in theaters in the United States on April 13, 2022, during the Christian Holy Week. The film received mixed reviews from critics. It grossed $21.8 million worldwide.[4]

    The film was re-released on December 9, 2022 as Father Stu: Reborn in a re-cut intended for wider audiences.

    Plot

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    Stuart Long, a foul-mouthed amateur boxer from Helena, Montana, has a troubled relationship with his parents, who have been hostile towards religion since his brother's death. He moves to Southern California to pursue an acting career and gets a job in a grocery store, hoping to get conn

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    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2023 /Christian Newswire/ — THAT WAS FATHER STU: A MEMOIR OF MY PRIESTLY BROTHER AND FRIEND (Ignatius Press) takes readers behind-the-scenes of edgy Father Stuart Long, as told by his good friend and priestly brother Father Bart Tolleson. Father Stu’s story was featured on the big screen by actor Mark Wahlberg in Father Stu, released last year, but this new book digs deeper into the priest’s life and suffering.

    Tolleson received a B.A. in communication at Wheaton College and a Ph.D. in philosophy in Communication at Regent University, where he entered the Catholic Church in 1994. He also received an M.Div. at the University of St. Thomas. He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 2007 and has served as parochial vicar, administrator, and pastor for various parishes in the Diocese of Helena, Montana.

    THAT WAS FATHER STU will no doubt make readers laugh out loud at the priest’s rule-breaking antics from his teenage years all t

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