For the second experience the brothers, Clifford and Jeffrey, join Surf for the Cause and volunteer at a hospital for abandoned children in Lima, Peru. The founder of the hospital shared what inspired him to do this work. There were temporary volunteers, people who just helped out for a specific amount of time and permanent volunteers who had dedicated their lives to the work.
Some of the children in this hospital would go back to their families once they were healed. Their families did not have the skills or resources to take care of the children. Other children were abused, abandoned and left to die. For these children, the hospital was their home and their refuge. No matter what type of situation the children had come from they were fed, safe and cared for at this hospital. The thing I took away from this experience was the pure joy that children have.
Even in the face of insurmountable odds and horrible events in their past, you could see the joy in the faces of the children. The third experience takes place in the African nation of Ghana. At one point they are interviewing a young woman, who is dying from the disease, and they ask her what wisdom would she leave to her children. She said she would want them to know about her faith in God and His love. She goes on to say that she would want her children to know how much she loved them.
It was an incredibly powerful moment in the film. Many of the people who lived at the colony had been left there by family members. Never seeing their familes again. A man at the colony asked the Jeff, Cliff, Matthew and Michael if they were afraid of the people with leprosy. They said no that you are human beings like us.
This made the man very happy. He went on to say that his son never came to see him that he was ashamed of him because of the disease. The hope, faith and sense of community shared by those interviewed in this section of the film is truly inspiring. Upon returning to New York, all of these young men had been changed by their experiences. Commissioned by the U. According to Grassroots Films, eight out of 10 seminarians in the United States own a copy of the film.
John Vianney College Seminary in , the same year the film was released. Father Milless described the film as raw but inspiring, and he arranged a screening at All Saints last June. Venturing into the unknown with his brother and a camera crew was often daunting, but the trust the pair have in each other is unparalleled, Jeffrey said. Now working with Jeffrey at Kinnane Films as a director, he admires their ability to share meaningful stories without a hidden agenda that so often plagues Hollywood films.
He also seeks inspiration from figures like St. From left, Azize poses for a photo with his children, Rocco and Eloise, and his wife, Chelsey. Courtesy Cliff Azize. When not on the road, Azize is at home in Lakeville, networking and conceptualizing future projects.
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Edit page. Clear your history. Cliff and his younger brother Jeff grew up in a family crippled by alcoholism, drugs and an abusive father. In St. Francis House, they found not only a safe haven but a supportive family of brothers. Founded in as a halfway home, the house has developed under director Joseph Campo, whose devotion in life is to help kids in need, explained Cliff. Campo has become a father to the boys in the home, whose ages range from 18 and older. It currently houses approximately a dozen men, from troubled, impoverished backgrounds.
Campo, who serves as director of St. Francis House and executive producer of Grassroots Films, sees potential in each of the boys who comes to the home.
Francis House, was born. Every night the men share dinner around the table at St.
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