Nothing Sacred
Nothing Sacred
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Nothing Sacred

9.0 / 10
1997
1 season
20 episodes
Drama

Father Ray, a card-playing, cocktail-sipping, blues-loving priest, ministers to his parishioners at St. Thomas, a large urban church in an inner-city neighborhood. He grapples with his own personal failings, including occasional crises of faith. Offering support are wise older priest Father Leo, young idealist Father Eric, and feminist nun Sister Maureen.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Proofs for the Existence of God

    18-09-199760m

    A typical day at St. Thomas parish sees Ray being thrown out of a city council meeting for over-zealously arguing to save the church's soup kitchen from extinction. In the confessi...

  • Ep 2

    2.Song of Songs

    25-09-199760m

    When Father Ray goes to battle for the church soup kitchen and invites a local politician to dine with the homeless on J.A.'s wedding day, his intentions for inclusion and human co...

  • Ep 3

    3.Mixed Blessings

    02-10-199760m

    Father Ray struggles to fulfill the last wishes of a deceased parishioner while her widowed husband, a lapsed Catholic who despises Ray, vehemently objects. Meanwhile, good fortune...

  • Ep 4

    4.Parents and Children

    09-10-199760m

    Ray and Leo are painfully and angrily divided when Rachel (Tamara Mello) asks them for advice on whether or not to continue her pregnancy.

  • Ep 5

    5.Roman Catholic Holiday

    16-10-199760m

    Even a priest needs a break from time to time, and when Father Ray takes a day off from his duties at St. Thomas he finds divine inspiration at a pick-up basketball game; while Leo...

  • Ep 6

    6.Spirit and Substance

    23-10-199760m

    Distracted by Father Leo's absence, Father Ray finds it mysteriously difficult to get in touch with God; while his old flame (Wendy Gazelle) returns to plan St. Thomas' Halloween b...

  • Ep 7

    7.Calling

    06-11-199760m

    Sibling rivalry is taken to extremes when Father Ray grudgingly opens his home to his estranged parolee brother. Meanwhile, Eric teaches an arrogant young seminarian a lesson in to...

  • Ep 8

    8.Speaking in Tongues

    13-11-199760m

    Father Ray attempts to save the life of a young man who has been hospitalized for speaking in foreign tongues and seeing spiritual visions. Meanwhile, Rachel is approached by a tee...

  • Ep 9

    9.A Bloody Miracle

    29-11-199760m

    Father Ray tries to end the violence between two warring gangs and is shocked to learn why a teenage girl is caught in the literal and figurative crossfire. Meanwhile, Mo helps Sid...

  • Ep 10

    10.House of Rage

    11-12-199760m

    Father Ray facilitates the inevitable dissolution of a broken marriage in a family besieged by alcoholism, violence and bitterness. Meanwhile, the staff at St. Thomas discovers tha...

  • Ep 11

    11.Hodie Christus Natus Est

    18-12-199760m

    Father Ray declares St. Thomas a sanctuary to a family of Salvadoran refugees on Christmas Eve and lands himself in the most unexpected of places to find a priest on a holy holiday...

  • Ep 12

    12.Signs and Words

    17-01-199860m

    The St. Thomas staff is taken to task when the Bishop sends Father Ray some very unwelcome assistance in the form of Father Martin. Meanwhile, a young black parishioner raises seri...

  • Ep 13

    13.A Nun's Story

    24-01-199860m

    When Mo is shaken by the sudden death of Sister Sebastian and confronted with Father Martin's plan to make staffing changes at St. Thomas, she strongly reconsiders her desire to re...

  • Ep 14

    14.Kindred Spirits

    07-03-199860m

    Father Ray's heroic instincts are aroused when Justine (Jennifer Beals) is accosted by a mentally disabled parishioner her first day on the job as St. Thomas' new Director of Educa...

  • Ep 15

    15.The Coldest Night of the Year

    14-03-199860m
  • Ep 16

    16.Holy Words

    TBA60m

    Ray and woman Rabbi try to bring a Catholic and a Jewish family together in a mixed faith wedding ceremony.

  • Ep 17

    17.Sex, God and Reality

    TBA60m

    Justine and Father Ray must contend with a contend with a condom epidemic at school, and Rachel falls for an ex-convict volunteer worker.

  • Ep 18

    18.HIV Priests

    TBA60m

    Father Ray receives a call from his friend Father Jesse who informs him that he has contracted AIDS.

  • Ep 19

    19.Sleeping Dogs

    TBA60m

    Father Leo faces accusation of sexual abuse.

  • Ep 20

    20.Felix Culpa

    TBA60m

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