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Tea Time With Teen Day 2026
Aug 15, 2026

Our Biggest FABIOLA Campaign Yet Begins Today

Fabiola Movie

Happy Feast of the Assumption! Today is the official first day of our Fabiola Summer Campaign. We are eager to tell this story about the early Church martyrs through this film. In the following weeks we are going to be sharing LIVEStreams, fresh video content and even some exciting perks! Our goal is to reach full funding so that we can bring this film to the screen.

Join us now!

Aug 15, 2026

Happy Feast Day!

Happy Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin into Heaven
Happy Feast of the Assumption!

Under the protection of Our Lady under the title Virgin Most Powerful do we entrust our Fabiola Summer Campaign. We trust she will get us all the graces we need to succeed in completing filming and post production of the film Fabiola in the way that best glorifies God and is good for the spiritual lives of all those involved.

Virgin Most Powerful, pray for us.

Aug 14, 2026

What Will $24 Get You?

Family Streaming Service

We are making a Catholic version of Angel Studios. The work has already begun with our streaming service, Industrious Family Theater home to over 40 movies and soon to be the streaming debut platform of Fabiola. With PureFlix taking a Christmas nose-dive with Hallmark quality, we are excited to be providing a place for wholesome entertainment for Catholic families.

Support this endeavor by subscribing to the Theater for only $24 a year. That's only $2 a month for countless hours of "film tape" from over 10 studios dedicated to providing wholesome entertainment.

Get started today!

Aug 13, 2026

Join Us For A Virtual Tea Party on August 15th!

tea party
Before there was End of the Santa Fe Trail, even before there was Outlaws of Ravenhurst, there was Dan Pettegrew, a radio man, who was so enamored with our party themes, especially our tea party that he teamed with us to encourage slow childhoods by listening to beautiful music.

Please join Industrious Family and Tea Time with Teen Day on August 15th for an evening of easy listening and host your own tea party at the same time!

Aug 12, 2026

Industrious Family Films In the News

Wake Up! Catholic Community Radio featuring Mary Bowen
Mary Bowen shares how a homeschool filmmaking project turned into a family-run Catholic film studio. And talks about the future release of Fabiola.

WATCH HERE

Aug 12, 2026

A Patron of the Fabiola Film

St. Therese and Fabiola Story
There was an art exhibit at the Napa Institute Art Festival and in this gallery was a mix of Old Hollywood movie posters and religious pieces made by artists today.

My favorite of the latter was this beautiful oil painting of St. Thérèse.

Beside it was a small reliquary that held a single strand of her hair that was cut at her profession.

This saint is also a patron of Fabiola as the novel was highly praised by the saint. Perhaps it influenced her pursuit of the “Little Way”. She is always remembered for her revered awe and admiration for Saint Joan of Arc, but I like to imagine what she must have thought about Saint Agnes, a young girl just like her. Continue reading...

Aug 12, 2026

Gofers Give a Frozen Review

Gofers Get A Grip 08-08-26
In this podcast we discover that Patrick is a very busy Gofer during the summer with farm sitting, the Napa Institute Art Festival, and being a drama camp counselor.He's hardly ever home.

He also let's us know that even though Frozen was distributed during the years that we didn't own a television set he did finally watch it. He's not a huge fan but would watch it again if it was playing.

The Gofers go on to discuss the movies that should never have been made, the movies that could have been made better and the movies that make you stop and wonder, "What did I just watch?".

How this conversation devolves into shooting strait with various firearms you'll never know...Unless you watch this episode of Gofers Get a Grip.

WATCH HERE

Aug 11, 2026

Before We Can Conquer Sin: The Lesson at the Heart of FABIOLA

Catholic Life

On a recent 3 day, 53 mile pilgrimage I heard many great talks, meditations and sermons but one sermon in particular brought to my mind the film Fabiola.

Two central themes of the story are detachment from the world and a love for Jesus Christ. There are three things it is to be Catholic, but sometimes we put the wrong thing first. Continue reading...

Aug 10, 2026

Industrious Family Films In the News

08-07-26 Spirit Mornings Show
Many of you may have missed Mary Bowen being interviewed by Jen Brown and Damian Montez on the Spirit Mornings Show. But there's good news. We've embedded the audio so that you can listen from the time stamp where the interview begins on our Fabiola Updates page.

If you want to know what inspired Mary from the beginning and why she loves making the movies that she makes, you're going to want to check this out.

LISTEN NOW

Aug 08, 2026

Mark Your Calendars! We Are Having A Party!

 Fabiola Movie

We are pumped for our Fabiola Summer Campaign which begins on the Feast of the Assumption and will run through the Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross.

Mark your calendars because we are going to have a LIVEstream party on August 22nd at 6:00 pm PT / 9:00 pm ET. If you are not subscribed to our newsletter yet, now is a great time as we will send out a notification reminder the day of the LIVEstream so you don't miss it.

Hope to see you there!

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We believe storytelling has the power to shape souls. In a world where mainstream media often undermines faith and virtue, we are dedicated to reclaiming the art of filmmaking for Christ and His Church. Our mission is simple yet bold: to populate the movie industry with good, Catholic films that inspire, uplift, and ignite a love for truth and beauty.




Populating the movie industry with good, Catholic films that inspire, uplift, and ignite a love for truth and beauty.