Stuart Long (Mark Wahlberg) in Columbia Pictures' Father Stu. / Courtesy of Sony Pictures.Denver Newsroom, Feb 10, 2022 / 18:05 pm (CNA).An upcoming film about a rough-and-tumble Montana priest has the potential to inspire every person to consider a relationship with God, Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg said in an interview that aired Feb. 10 on EWTN s The World Over. "It felt like it was a story and a message that everybody needed to hear," Wahlberg said. "If we get one other person, if we plant one more seed…and even if it takes him 50 years to get there to impact somebody else, we re doing our job."Father Stu features the story of Father Stuart Long, a Montana priest who died of a rare muscular condition in 2014. Father Stu, as he was affectionately known, was a late vocation to the priesthood. He pursued careers in boxing, acting, teaching, and museum management before his ordination in 2007 for the Diocese of Helena. He is also remembered for hi
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The film, Father Stu tells the story of Stuart Long, a troublemaking Montana man with a promising boxing career that was cut short and who found his faith after surviving a horrific motorcycle.
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The Rev. Stuart Long
Actor Mark Wahlberg will portray Diocese of Helena priest Stuart Long in a motion picture showing the life of a man who pursued careers in boxing, acting, teaching and museum management before joining the clergy, according to news reports.
Long had inclusion body myositis, a rare autoimmune disease that mimics the symptoms of ALS, Lou Gehrigâs disease, and for which there is no cure. Long, 50, died in 2014 with his parents at his side.
Mel Gibson Invision
Mel Gibson will play Longâs father, according to an article by Autumn Jones of the Catholic News Service in a May 12 story. The film is now in production, with the release date yet to be announced. The film, titled âStuâ in some reports and âFather Stuâ in others, is being financed in part by Wahlberg.