Mercy at the Gates
Nick's harrowing journey from addiction to mercy at Mother of Mercy House in Kensington, Philadelphia.
MOTHER OF MERCY HOUSE presents
a PERSONALLY CATHOLIC FILM
A PERSONALLY CATHOLIC FILM presented by MOTHER OF MERCY HOUSE
Dan Tarrant: Director of Mercy at the Gates, Founder of Personally Catholic
Dianne Hoffmann: Executive Director of Mother of Mercy House
Official Movie Trailer:
Can mercy make a difference?
Can mercy make a difference in the world's largest open-air drug market?
Follow Nick's journey from addiction to mercy at Mother of Mercy House.
God will open your heart to the people of Kensington in a whole new way.
Screening Hosts:
Saint Andrew Catholic Church
Saint Matthew Catholic Church
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
Saint Joseph's University
Catholic University of America
Hard Faith Film Festival NYC
D.C. International Film Festival
Art of Recovery Film Festival
Teleos Film Festival
Newtown Theatre
Archbishop Wood High School
Nazareth Academy
Notre Dame High School
Extended Trailer:
MERCY at
the GATES
From addiction to mercy
at Mother of Mercy House
in Kensington, Philadelphia
A PERSONALLY CATHOLIC FILM
by MOTHER OF MERCY HOUSE
What is Kensington really like?
Hell on earth.
But Jesus says the gates of Hell will not stop his followers (Matthew 16:18).
Here is some of our street footage for the film.
Warning: this contains drug use.
What are the people really like?
Meet the beautiful but broken children of God we've been filming:
Meet Morrow, a typical young man on the streets of Kensington longing to be free of addiction, homelessness and crime as he shares his story outside the Mother of Mercy House.
Meet Porcea, a young woman with deep faith discovering healing and God while living on the streets of Kensington.
Meet Maria, a legal refugee from El Salvador who fled after the murder of Saint Oscar Romero but was brutalized and led into addiction while fleeing as a child.
Meet Nick who has lived on the streets for almost a decade and yet craves a normal lifestyle.
What is Kensington really like?
Watch this street footage set to the song we listen to while driving into Kensington to film.
Meet Dan Tarrant, the director of Mercy at the Gates and the founder of Personally Catholic.
Meet Chris and see the kind of heart Mother of Mercy House has for the people on the streets in Kensington.
Meet Dianne, the executive director of Mother of Mercy House, and learn all they do as a "friend to the neighborhood."
Hear Dan Tarrant's Thanksgiving message from Kensington.
Meet Nicole who chose life and adoption for her child as she shares the wounds on her body from fentanyl.
Will Nick accept the invitation to rehab today in Kensington outside the Mother of Mercy House?
Dan Tarrant, the director of this film and the founder of Personally Catholic shares an update from Kensington.
What's it like to film in Kensington? Take a tour with Dan and Karl!
Watch a sample of the drone footage shot for Mercy at the Gates!
See what Mother of Mercy House is all about with this video!
A PERSONALLY CATHOLIC FILM presented by MOTHER OF MERCY HOUSE in
KENSINGTON PHILADELPHIA