Roving Reporter #30 – Chelsea Rankin – an extraordinary young lady. ( 08min) >>> Play

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Dare, Defy, Do! – The Family Institute of CT’s motto for the new youth wing.

Dare to make a stand; Defy low cultural expectations; Do the hard stuff!

Chelsea Rankin throws out this challenge to youth during her speech at the Pro-Family Rally at the CT State House, held on Thursday April 3rd, 2008, with the unveiling of the new youth wing of the Family Institute of CT – iFIC

Chelsea is an extraordinary young lady and you’ll definitely be hearing more of her in the future – and remember, you saw her first on AirMaria.com

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FI News #33 – Type the Caption here ( 9min) >>> Play

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This exciting video of Doug Barry’s Radix Boot Camp has been edited from footage captured a the last Knights and Squires Encampment in Griswold Connecticut, held last Fall. We will be running the Encampment and Boot Camp again on the Weekend of May 23-25. Doug will not be there, but we hope to have him come for the Fall Encampment.

For more on this, check out MaryVictrix.

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Spoken in Spanish but with English subtitles, youth give their reasons for praying the rosary in this Month of Mary.

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Roving Reporter #41 – Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate go to WYD Sydney, packing their new video camera. ( 7min) >>> Play

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The friars from down under in our Perth, Australian friary just sent this video of their trip to World Youth Day in Sidney (other side of Australia.) Sounds like they and the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims had the experience of a life time. Viva la Papa and God bless Australia!

I might add, this is a fine example of our Australian friar’s new video publishing apostolate and a great step forward in our effort to make AirMaria a worldwide apostolate. Top job mates!

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Standing Fast #28 – A Young Knight recites the Four Rules of Knighthood ( 2min) >>> Play

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This was sent to us by someone who attended the last Knights of Lepanto Encampment with his son who is the main actor along with Fr. Angelo. He filmed it himself and his children edited it, pretty good for a first try. We need more Catholics doing this. Bravo!

They cover the four rules of being a knight that were discussed at the encampment. These are:

1. Morning Act of Offering

2. Daily Examination of Conscience

3. Treat your Mother with Respect

4. Treat your Sister(s) with Respect

This sounds really tough for a knight of any age, but for one so young! But, hey, no pain no gain. At least there is no “Clean your Room Every Day.” Or is this included in “Treat your Mother with Respect”?

Ave Maria!

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FI News #35 – Franciscans of the Immaculate Hike Mt Washington ( 10min) >>> Play

The Franciscans of the Immaculate and Friends hike to the summit of Mt Washington and celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Ave Maria!

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FI News #36 – Friars & Friends Playing Street Hockey ( 04min) >>> Play

The Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate and Friends meet up for a wet, grueling game of street hockey. Ave Maria!

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Homily #081011 ( 33min) Play – On the first morning of our Fall Encampment for the Squires and Knights of Lepanto we have the honor of having Fr. Pablo Straub as a guest preacher. He gives a profoundly stirring homily on Catholic Men and Fatherhood but starts with the Divine Motherhood of Mary as mentioned in the Gospel and so covers the full spirituality of families.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
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FI News #40 – Preparing the siege engine ( 01min) >>> Play

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Here is a short video of the preparation for the All Hallows Eve Celebration at the Friary where we have the Great Siege of the Tower at Griswold, CT with water balloon launchers of all sorts.

Also see the homily for the event and the event itself

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FI News #41 – The Siege of the Tower? ( 04min) >>> Play

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Well, you saw the preparations on the last video, here is the video of the event. Starting with Mass, then the saints contests under the big top and then the Siege of the Tower with water balloon battle and bonfire. No, we did not use the catapult ( the water balloons kept breaking and mini pumpkins were a bit too hard ) But every one had a good time nonetheless.

Ave Maria!

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