Although EWTN often has many good Catholics specials, rarely do we have such sympathetic portraits of Catholics on regular TV let alone the major networks. The Hallmark special this weekend is about the woman that many people call "the Female Schlinder", Irena Sendler, who probably saved 2500 Jewish children from death in Poland. There is a review about the Hallmark special, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler which will be on at 8-10 PM (CST) on CBS (KDLH, Channel 3 on cable). The National Catholic Register has an article on the special. Also you might want to look at the Wikipedia article on Irena Sendler as well as the Irena Sendler website which is presentation of her story, "Life in a Jar" which was created by Protestant kids in rural Kansas. In 1965, Sendler was recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations, which was confirmed in 1983 by the Israeli Supreme Court.
The director, John Kent Harrison, of the Hallmark special on Irena Sendler is the same director of the Pope John Paul II miniseries, that starred Cary Elwes at him as a young man and Jon Voight from 1978 to his death. That miniseries also aired on CBS.
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