A contemporary religious film lavishly praised by America magazine (our reviewer John Anderson called it “vaguely miraculous”) and The New York Times (which today called it “beatiful, somber and rigorously intelligent)?  Need you any more encouragement to see the award-winning “Of Gods and Men,” about the martyred Trappists of Our Lady of Atlas Monastery in Algeria, which some are calling one of the greatest movies about the workings of faith?  In that case, here is the trailer.  The movie opens in limited release today. 

The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author, editor at large at America and founder of Outreach.