The Chosen: We Know What’s Coming. We Should Watch It Together.
Season 6 of The Chosen takes us somewhere many viewers have admitted they are not sure they are ready to…
Season 6 of The Chosen takes us somewhere many viewers have admitted they are not sure they are ready to go. The Passion is coming. Episode 1, launches on November 15 on Prime, but Herald readers get to see it more than a month in advance.
Holy Trinity has been given the opportunity to host two special advance screenings of the first episode of Season 6, and Herald readers are getting first access before the screenings are announced publicly. The dates are Saturday, October 3 at 7 p.m. and Friday, October 9 at 7 p.m.
There is one important catch: each showing has a hard limit of just 40 people. Registration is required, and once those 40 seats are filled, that screening is closed.
Holy Trinity Herald editor Kevin Armstrong is a member of an international group connected with Come and See, the nonprofit organization helping make The Chosen available around the world.
The group meets monthly to discuss the mission of The Chosen and ways to build awareness of the fundraising that allows the series to continue being produced, translated and made available free to viewers around the world.
That connection opened the door for Holy Trinity to take part in a special early-access program being offered to churches and parishes long before it airs on Prime on November 15.
There is another reason this screening feels different. For five seasons, viewers have walked with Jesus through healings, miracles, friendships, weddings, laughter and extraordinary moments of faith. Now comes the cross.
Actor, and devout Catholic, Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Jesus, says he has seen the comments from viewers who say they simply cannot bring themselves to watch Season 6. His response is difficult to ignore:
“Don’t abandon Jesus in His hour of need just because it’s hard for you.”
Roumie has pointed out that viewers have been there for the miracles and the good times. The question now is whether we are going to run from the cross. Maybe the answer is that we do not have to face it alone. We can watch it together.
The opportunity also connects Holy Trinity to something much larger. Earlier this year, The Chosen and Come and See broke their own Guinness World Record for the most translated season of a streaming series. The new record is 125 languages, up from the previous mark of 86.
Come and See’s larger mission is to eventually translate the series into 600 languages, make all seven seasons globally accessible and keep them free to watch. The foundation says its goal is to make the story accessible to 95 per cent of the world’s population. That mission depends largely on people around the world choosing to support it.
This will not be a typical movie night.We know where the story is headed. We know it will be difficult. And perhaps that is exactly why gathering in a room with other people from our parish makes sense. Holy Trinity will screen Season 6, Episode 1 on Saturday, October 3 at 7 p.m. and again Friday, October 9 at 7 p.m. Only 40 people can attend each showing. Herald readers are getting the first opportunity to reserve those seats before we open the screenings to the wider public. If you want to be there, sign up early.
