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FiNews – Dedication Mass on EWTN Thursday

apostolate — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:54:23 +0000

Ave Maria!

Thursday will be a great day for the Franciscans of the Immaculate and the Church in America because the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be didicated in a Mass which will be broadcast live on EWTN from 1-4pm, Thursday, July 31.

Look for friars in gray habits. Fr. Angelo Geiger, Fr. Peter Fehlner, Fra Joseph and Fr. Louis Maximilian will be there from America and Fr. Stefano Manelli, our founder, Fr. Giovanni Manelli, Sr. Celicia Manelli and Fra Angelo Lozzer will be there from Italy.

Fr. Peter, Fra Joseph and Fr. Louis Maximilian will form the initial staff of FIs at the shrine. On Sunday some of the FIs from Italy will give a special dedicatory recital, Fr. Giovanni (Violin), Sr. Celicia (organ and piano) and Fra Angelo (organ).

But don’t get confused. There will be other Franciscans in gray habits at the shrine like Fr. Benedict Groeschel of the CFRs and other famous people, including Raymond Arroyo, and of course, Archbishop Raymond Burke who founded the shrine. So tune into EWTN and be there yourself!

Ave Maria!

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Franciscan Archbishop Speaks-out … Again

apostolate — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:54:24 +0000

Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM Cap., Denver

Excerpts from Archbishop Chaput’s Address to ENDOW
(Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women) on October 17:

“Professor Kmiec argues that there are defensible motives to support Senator Obama. Speaking for myself, I do not know any proportionate reason that could outweigh more than 40 million unborn children killed by abortion and the many millions of women deeply wounded by the loss and regret abortion creates.”

“To suggest – as some Catholics do – that Senator Obama is this year’s ”real” prolife candidate requires a peculiar kind of self-hypnosis, or moral confusion, or worse. To portray the 2008 Democratic Party presidential ticket as the preferred ”prolife” option is to subvert what the word ”prolife” means.”

“And here’s the irony. None of the Catholic arguments advanced in favor of Senator Obama are new. They’ve been around, in one form or another, for more than 25 years. All of them seek to ”get beyond” abortion, or economically reduce the number of abortions, or create a better society where abortion won’t be necessary. All of them involve a misuse of the seamless garment imagery in Catholic social teaching. And all of them, in practice, seek to contextualize, demote and then counterbalance the evil of abortion with other important but less foundational social issues.”

“Meanwhile, the basic human rights violation at the heart of abortion – the intentional destruction of an innocent, developing human life – is wordsmithed away as a terrible crime that just can’t be fixed by the law. I don’t believe that. I think that argument is a fraud. And I don’t think any serious believer can accept that argument without damaging his or her credibility. We still have more than a million abortions a year, and we can’t blame them all on Republican social policies. After all, it was a Democratic president, not a Republican, who vetoed the partial birth abortion ban – twice.”

The truth is that for some Catholics, the abortion issue has never been a comfortable cause. It’s embarrassing. It’s not the kind of social justice they like to talk about. It interferes with their natural political alliances. And because the homicides involved in abortion are ”little murders” – the kind of private, legally protected murders that kill conveniently unseen lives – it’s easy to look the other way.”

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Dedicated to the Woman I Love

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i. — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:00:18 +0000

DEDICATED TO THE WOMAN I LOVE:

The Woman whom even God dreamed of

Before the world was made;

The Woman of whom I was born

At a cost of pain and labor at a Cross;

The Woman who, though no priest,

Could yet on Calvary’s Hill breathe,

“This is my Body; This is my Blood”

For none save her gave Him human life.

The Woman who guides my pen,

Which falters so with words

In telling of the Word.

The Woman who, in a world of Reds,

Shows forth the blue of hope.

Accept these dried grapes of thoughts

From this poor author, who has no wine;

And with Cana’s magic and thy Son’s Power

Work a miracle and save a soul

Forgetting not my own.

The Servant of God: Archbishop Fulton Sheen

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Video – Face of Pro-Life #77: John Martin on Bishops and Politicians

apostolate — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:04:05 +0000

Face of Pro-Life #77 – John Martin and Corinn Dahm ( 59min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

John Martin discusses with host Corinn Dahm the growing conflict between Catholic morals and government policy which is pitting Bishops vs Politicians. This is exemplified by the recent clash between Senator Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island and Archbishop Tobin of Providence, RI over abortion funding in health care. They discuss the ramifications of the government funded heath care on the quality of medical services and its effects on religious liberty for medical personnel and Catholic Hospitals.

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

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Congratulations to Archbishop Raymond Burke

apostolate — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:56:30 +0000

Ave Maria!

Congratulations to Archbishop Raymond Burke for his appointment as a member of the Congregation of the Causes of Saints.

Diane at Te Deum Laudamus and her commenters has compiled a list of the many responsibilities given to Bishop Burke since going to Rome. Here is the list:

June 2008: Appointed as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

October 7, 2008: Appointed President of the Commission for Advocates
October 19, 2009: Appointed a member of the Congregation for Bishops
July 6, 2010: Appointed a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship
July 26, 2010: Appointed a member of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints

The story was also picked up by Patrick Madrid and Thomas Peters both of whom agree with Diane that this flies in the face of some dissenting Catholics who suggest that he was moved to Rome to silence his orthodox views. Not only is this not the case but he is a prime candidate for Cardinal.

La Crosse – Marian Symposium

If you wish to congratulate him personally on his latest appointment, he will be coming on August 21st to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI which he was instrumental in having built while he was the bishop there. The occasion will be the 2010 Marian Symposium, MARY: COREDEMPTRIX, MEDIATRIX, ADVOCATE presented by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici:

The august speakers will be:

HIS EMINENCE LUIS CARDINAL APONTE MARTINEZ – Archbishop Emeritus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

HIS EXCELLENCY ARCHBISHOP RAYMOND L. BURKE – Prefect, Apostolic Signatura, Rome

MSGR. ARTHUR B. CALKINS – Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, Mariologist

DR. MARK I. MIRAVALLE – Franciscan University of Steubenville, President of Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici

MC: DREW MARIANI – Journalist and Talk Show Host, Relevant Radio

More Information and Registration.

Ave Maria!

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Mary Vitamin – Martha and Mary

apostolate — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:34:40 +0000

Mary Vitamin for July 29th

Topic: Martha and Mary
Luke 10:38-42

Quote:
St. Francis de Sales
The two women represent our Lady.
The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales on Our Lady, (Tan Books) 62.
Tan Books

Meditation:
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 11:5

Archbishop Alban Goodier, S.J.:
And the name of Martha comes first. He could not blame her zeal; He could not find fault with her self-sacrificing charity. Nevertheless there was something else which, for the sake of all mankind, He must seize this occasion to defend. To work for Him was good, but to love Him was better; to serve Him was a glory, but to live with Him was a greater glory still. It was noble to be His handmaiden, but to be blessed among women was nobler. To seek the means to please Him was holy, but to seek first the Kingdom of God and His justice was to secure that all the rest would come. Martha stood for much that was best in the world, but Mary represented something more that transcended all the rest; indeed without it all the rest would be of little worth.
The Public Life of Jesus Christ (Burns, Oates & Wasbourne: London, 1930)

Resolution:
Today I will work on “service with love” in order to imitate the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Lady was able to live an exemplary life which combined the best aspects of the service of St. Martha and the contemplative prayer of St. Mary.

Marian Vow:
The members of M.I.M., if they live faithfully their consecration, become, in this way, “little mediators”, as St. Maximilian says, at the unconditional service of the universal Mediatrix, ready, as “docile instruments”, to work as missionaries and with the missionary spirit in the Church and in the family, in society and in each field of labor; ready also, according to possibilities and obedience, to go themselves even to the missions “Ad gentes” (To the Nations) to save the souls of brothers who are still living “in the shadow of death” (Lk 1, 79).

Marian Seraphic Pathways, Directory #58

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Thanks be to God for graces received.

Related sites: Castle of the Immaculate

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Mary Vitamin is a daily Email support for Marian mental prayer. Each day (Monday through Friday) members will receive a brief Marian quote with a corresponding Marian meditation and resolution. The Mary Vitamin is designed to make mental prayer a little simpler and bring Our Lady into your day in a systematic way.

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News – Fr Z on Bishop Burke, Shrine of Guadalupe, and Fr Hardon

apostolate — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:20:19 +0000

What Does The Prayer Really Say?»Blog Archive » Archbp. Burke describes why he built the Shrine to Our Lady.

Fr. Zuhlsdorf blogs from La Crosse, Wisconsin as he attends the Canon Law Conference and captures on video a talk by Archbishop Raymond Burke about the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe from which the conference was held. This is most appropriate because he was instrumental in starting and completing this glorious shrine and he mentions that the body of Fr. John Hardon a good friend of the bishop (who’s cause for beatification is in progress) may soon be transferred to the shrine.

You can see our own more visually orientated video on the shrine (which our friars staff) here and here.

But Archbishop Burke is also here for the Marian Symposium which will be two weeks from today. You can read about here with its great line up of speakers.

Ave Maria!

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Video – Fi News #81: Live Broadcast, La Crosse, Saturday, Aug 21

apostolate — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:17:05 +0000

Fi News #81 – Fr. Peter explains the significance of the Marian Symposium, Mary Mother of the Church ( 12min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

We will be broadcasting our Marian Symposium live from La Crosse, Wisconsin tomorrow, Saturday, Aug 21st From 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM Central time which is 10-6:30 Eastern Time. The theme this year is Mary, Mother of the Church and our beloved Fr. Peter Fehlner tells us all about it. Come and view this grand spiritual and intellectual event in the beautiful new Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe at http://airmaria.com. Speakers include:

His Eminence Luis Cardinal Aponte Martinez, Archbishop Emeritus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
His Excellency Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, Prefect, Apostolic Signatura, Rome
Msgr. Arthur B. Calkins, Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, Mariologist
Dr. Mark I. Miravalle, Franciscan University of Steubenville, President, Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici
MC: Drew Mariani, Journalist and Talk Show Host, Relevant Radio

If you are in the area, registration is still being accepted including walk-ins on the day of the event, but there will be limited lunches at the church, (reduced cost for entry if there are not enough lunches and you can buy lunch at the Shrine Restaurant.) You can register at http://www.mariansymposium.com/

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

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His Eminence Luis Cardinal Aponte Martinez, Archbishop Emeritus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

His Excellency Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, Prefect, Apostolic Signatura, Rome

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Live – Symposium Mary, Mother of the Church

apostolate — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:26:26 +0000

Ave Maria!

Live from the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, WI

Schedule: Central Time (add an hour to get Eastern Time)

8:00	Registration
9:00	Welcome by Drew Mariani Introduction by Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner
9:30	Conference #1 Msgr. Arthur B. Calkins Coredemption and Marian Consecration in the Magisterium of John Paul II and Benedict XVI
10:30	Holy Rosary – Joyful Mysteries
11:00	Holy Mass Celebrant: Archbishop Raymond L. Burke
12:15	Lunch
1:30	Holy Rosary – Glorious Mysteries
2:00	Conference #2 – Luis Cardinal Aponte-Martinez Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Coredemptrix and the New Evangelization
3:00	Conference #3 – Dr. Mark I. Miravalle Now is the Time for the Fifth Dogma
4:00	Break
4:30	Conference #4 – Archbishop Raymond L. Burke Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of the Church
5:30	Adjourn

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Video – Rosary Crusade – Dr. Miravalle: Mcasts86

apostolate — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:49:47 +0000

MaryCast Specials #86 ( 10min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle announces a year long worldwide Rosary Crusade for the 5th Marian Dogma Starting from August 15th 2010 to August 15th 2011. The broad based initiative has been endorsed by Cardinal Aponte of Puerto Rico, Mother Angelica of EWTN, Archbishop M. Chinnappa of India and Ambassador Howard Dee, Sr. Briege McKenna and Fr. Kevin Scallon, Ambassador Mercedes Tuason and Dr. Judith Gentle. You can read the full Declaration at Mother of All Peoples.

Along with the daily Rosary, we also encourage you to pray daily the Prayer of the Lady of All Nations, given by Our Lady for the proclamation of the fifth Dogma in the ecclesiastically approved apparitions in Amsterdam (local approval, May 31, 2002). You may also add the prayer below for the fifth Marian Dogma.

Lady of All Nations Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Father, send now your Spirit over the earth.

Let the Holy Spirit live in the hearts of all nations, that they may be preserved from degeneration, disasters, and war.

May the Lady of all nations, the Blessed Virgin Mary, be our Advocate.

Amen.

Prayer for the Fifth Marian Dogma

Most holy Mary, Mother of God, we pray,

Come quickly and save us from degeneration, disaster and war.

Come quickly, we pray, Mother of All Nations.

Come, most holy Mother,

Our Co-redemptrix, Mediatrix of all graces and Advocate.

Protect us with your motherly mantle.

Please do not delay.

Protect our world in this hour of need.

To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

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