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Here is our festive and colorful Christmas issue of the Marian Conquest, the official newsletter of the North American Delegation of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, written and laid out by Fr. Joseph Michael Mary our vocations director, presented online in PDF format.

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Merry Christmas

The audio series For the Life of the World is now on-line with a new menu that gives a choice of high quality format and lower quality for dial-up connections as well as the ability to download the files to play them later. The series consists of over fifty half-hour shows produced at Griswold by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate in conjunction with NACEPF from August 2004 to April 2006. The series is Hosted Fr. Elias Mary Mills, FI, Fr. Joseph Michael Mary Shane, FI and includes guests Fr. Angelo Geiger, FI, Fr. Peter Mary Fehlner, Fr. Joseph Tito, Joseph Kung of the Cardinal Kung Foundation, Joe Collison, Doug Barry of Radix and many others. Follow the link to see for yourself.

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Start your VCRs (or DVDRs)!! Doug Keck of EWTN’s Bookmark caught the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate red handed, peddling books and promoting Air Maria at the CMN Network Trade Show this January. Tune into EWTN on cable, satellite or just see their live feed on-line. Show times will be:

Sun 9:30am
Mon 5am

Also try:
Sat 9pm
Wed 5:30pm
These will also cover the trade show but it is unclear to us whether we will be in these episodes.

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An awsome new Catholic publisher, Thy Kingdom Come, Inc., is announcing their first production, “The Catholic Mass Revealed,” which is a lavishly beautiful presentation on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and is due out in February 2007. The trailer can be seen on their video website at Catholicmass.org. It is a must see. We are eagerly looking forward to the final version and all their future works.

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Yesterday (March 13) Benedict XVI released a 131 page apostolic exhortation on the Eucharist, Sacramentum Caritatis (“The Sacrament of Charity”). The document is the fruit of the Holy Father’s reflections on what was suggested by the bishops at the 2005 world Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist.

But will politicians and other public persons listen to the truth? The Holy Father states that reception of Holy Communion is not merely a private matter. It is a public witness that must be consistent with the profession of the whole truth of Christ:

Worship pleasing to God can never be a purely private matter, without consequences for our relationships with others: it demands a public witness to our faith. Evidently, this is true for all the baptized, yet it is especially incumbent upon those who, by virtue of their social or political position, must make decisions regarding fundamental values, such as respect for human life, its defense from conception to natural death, the family built upon marriage between a man and a woman, the freedom to educate one’s children and the promotion of the common good in all its forms. These values are not negotiable. Consequently, Catholic politicians and legislators, conscious of their grave responsibility before society, must feel particularly bound, on the basis of a properly formed conscience, to introduce and support laws inspired by values grounded in human nature (83).

The Holy Father’s statement is consistent with his memo, promulgated while he was still prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, concerning “worthiness to receive Holy Communion.” Unfortunately, this memo was largely ignored by prelates and politicians during the 2004 election year. We shall see if these standards are upheld in 2008. At least one priest has decided enough is enough.

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This vignette of the apparition of Our Lady to St. Catherine Laboure on the occasion of her request for the Medal was produced by the Franciscans of the Immaculate in conjunction with Susan Mackewich of Gizmo Productions and Dave Wroe. We include this segment on the happy occasion of the start of Air Maria and on the Feast of the Annunciation of the Archangel St. Michael to Our Lady resulting in the blessed Incarnation of the Son of God.

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On this Feast of Our Lady and after being operational for four months or so, Fr. Angelo Geiger gives the surprise announcement of our grand opening! That’s right, up to now we have not been offically open. It has all been for practice. He mentions the many new shows, our new three column web format that includes a new menu system in the left column. The dedication of the site to St. Clare, Patroness of TV and in honor of Patrick Wroe, son of David Wroe who’s help has been indispensable for Air Maria. He thanks all the many people who have supported Air Maria in so many ways.

Have a blessed Feast of the Annunciation! Ave Maria!

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This is a special AIRMARIA report on the status of religious liberty in America, relative to the ongoing push on the part of the homosexual lobby for full same-sex marriage in Connecticut. Last year same-sex civil unions were legalized by the state assembly with an amendment defining marriage as a union of one man and one woman.

In Connecticut, same-sex couples already have all the rights and benefits of married people, just not the name “marriage.” This year they are back for what they call “equality,” but in reality the legalization of same-sex marriage in Connecticut will only codify the defense of traditional marriage as a form of discrimination.

Witness the erosion of your religious liberty! This assault will not stop at the state line. The same-sex marriage lobby wishes to challenge the federal Defense of Marriage Act. This affects you, no matter where you live in America.

On March 26, Brian Brown, Executive director of the Family Institute of Connecticut, testified before the judiciary committee of the state legislature in regard to raised House Bill 7395: An Act Concerning Marriage Equality. He was grilled on the question of commitment to civil rights and his religious convictions. Brian defended both traditional marriage and religious liberty in an eloquent and courageous way. He continues to be attacked on the FIC blog. In this video Brian also tells us what we can do to protect religious liberty.

Don’t underestimate this attack on religious liberty. This has implications for us all. Bill Donohue of the Catholic League has picked up on the threat and is bringing it to national attention. This video is a good synthesis of what happened last Monday.

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Two new videos Face of Pro-Life with Corinn Dahm and Fr. Angelo Geiger on Culture and Conversion. And Spirit, Faith and Family with John Primeau and Fr. Peter on Mary as Co-Redeemer at the Foot of the Cross, A great meditation for Good Friday… >>> View

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