Friends, Many of you know that several years ago a young man named Edward Heaverin became interested in the indigent burials here in Louisville. Despite no training in film making and no money for the cause, he decided to make a documentary about it. His journey in making this film took him all over Louisville and as far away as New York and Chicago. Just the process of making the film has raised awareness surrounding the dignity of life and death, led to a story on NPR, and has been featured in several newspaper articles in The Courier-Journal and through the rest of the country. A part of the story he tells involves Trinity High School and our student/faculty/staff commitment to dignified burials. Buddy Dumeyer, a Louisville police officer who for years came to Trinity to speak about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, is also heavily featured in the film as he now works in the county coroner’s office. Perhaps what we do has become a bit normalized because St. Joseph of Arimathea Society has been here for seven years now and so many other local schools do it; but Louisville’s approach to its poor, forgotten, addicted and sick brothers and sisters is far from normal…. Other cities have mass, nameless graves…bulldozers and prisoners doing the work. Mr. Heaverin’s film — “The Potter’s Field”– is finally complete. It’s gotten financial backing from local everything-man Gill Holland. It’s been submitted to several film festivals through the country and beyond. Now it’s making it’s Louisville premier (It’s technically also its national, international, and galactic debut, too.) Below is all the information I know. I received it in an email from the kickstarter page for the film: Well… The day is finally here! “The Potter’s Field” will premiere Wednesday, June 12. 7 p.m. @ The Clifton Center in Louisville, Ky., as part of the fifth annual Flyover Film Festival. You may also see info on the film on posters hanging in a local coffee shop near you soon…or in the Leo, The Courier, everywhere. This film is a good reminder of Trinity at its best, doing amazing work not only for this community but also calling our young men (and ourselves) to walk very closely in Christ’s steps… “Follow me,” he said. In gratitude, Scott Scott Holzknecht Theology Department Trinity High School