Father Stu is a 2022 biographical drama film starring Mark Wahlberg as Stuart Long, a boxer-turned-Catholic priest who lives with a progressive muscle disorder. The film is written and directed by Rosalind Ross in her directorial debut. The film was produced on a budget of $4 million.

Stuart Ignatius Long (July 26, 1963 – June 9, 2014) was an American boxer and Catholic priest who developed a rare progressive muscle disorder. He was portrayed by Mark Wahlberg in the 2022 biopic, Father Stu. Seattle, Washington, U.S. Helena, Montana, U.S.

However, this movie is set in 1994. The wording they said was "through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault" which wasn't part of the Confiteor in 1994.

Stuart Long's girlfriend, Carmen, in the movie is based on his real-life former girlfriend who he almost married.

The film, starring Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson, is based on the true story of a boxer turned priest and explores how humility is the price you must sometimes pay for success.

Played by Mark Wahlberg, Father “Stu” Stuart Long died at the age of 50 in 2014 from a rare muscular condition. He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Helena in 2007. A late vocation, Long had pursued careers in acting, boxing, teaching, and museum management before entering the priesthood.

"Father Stu" was a real passion project for Mark Wahlberg, who is a devout Catholic in real life. After hearing of the real Stuart Long from two priests he knew, he decided it was a story he needed to put on screen.

Throughout the Catholic Church, East as well as West, a priest may not marry. In the Eastern Catholic Churches, a married priest is one who married before being ordained. The Catholic Church considers the law of clerical celibacy to be not a doctrine, but a discipline.

This is a powerful story of second chances, perseverance, purpose, and God's ability to work through every life circumstance, including the most unlikely or devastating. “Father Stu” will make you laugh, and it will make you cry.

The MPAA rating has been assigned for “language throughout.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes an implied sex scene, a scene of attempted sexual coercion, a kissing scene, a near fatal motorcycle accident with bloody injuries, several fight scenes (in a boxing ring and in a bar) with bloody wounds, we see the ...

We shouldn't pray for an easy life, but the strength to endure a difficult one. Because the experience of suffering is the fullest expression of God's love. It is a chance to be closer to Christ.

FATHER STU has a powerful Christian worldview about everyone being able to change and be transformed by Jesus Christ.