A progressive priest tries to hold his congregation together despite ethnic tensions.

Scenes From A Parish Independent Lens

Premiered December 28, 2009
Scenes From A Parish

At St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the biblical prescriptive to "Love thy neighbor" is easier said than done when a wave of immigration unearths ethnic tensions that threaten to split the congregation.

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