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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!

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Homily #080919 ( 00min) Play – Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia FI preaches on the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that will be coming to our friary this evening. He describes the fruit of this image that has visited across the United States to combat the culture of death, fruit which is so needed with our upcoming elections.
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FI News #43 – The Organ at La Crosse, WI ( 02min) >>> Play

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Fra Joseph pulls out all the stops as he fires up the grand pipe organ at the new National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI

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FI News #44 – The bells of Our Lady of Guadalupe sound out across the valley  ( 04min) >>> Play

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Fra Joseph Mary fires up the bells of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe which ring out a beautiful Ave Maria over La Crosse, WI.

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Some of the words of Our Lady to St. Juan Diego:

Know for certain, littlest of my sons, that I am the perfect and perpetual Virgin Mary, Mother of the True God through Whom everything lives, the Lord of all things near and far, the Master of heaven and earth.

I wish and intensely desire that in this place my sanctuary be erected. Here I will demonstrate and exhibit and give all my love, my compassion, my help and my protection to the people. I am your merciful Mother. The merciful Mother of all of you who live united in this land, and of all mankind, of all those who love me. Here I will hear their weeping, their sorrow, and will remedy, and alleviate all their multiple sufferings, necessities and misfortunes.    

Listen, put it into your heart, my youngest and dearest son, that the thing that frightens you, the thing that afflicts you, is nothing: do not let it disturb you??Am I not here, I who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am 1 not the source of your joy? Are you not in the hollow of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms? Do you need something more? Let nothing else worry you or disturb you.

In 1531, the Mother of God appeared to a native Mexican named Juan Diego. She would ask him to? have the bishop build a church there at the apparition site. When the bishop asked for a sign, roses were given but more than that, the image of the Mother was on the cactus fiber tilma? of St. Juan Diego and fibers that should not last more than 20 years are still in perfect condition almost 500 years later. And within a decade of the apparition, almost all of Mexico was Roman Catholic.

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Homily #081212s ( 30min) Play – On the Solemnity of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fr. Angelo preaches on the Gospel of Luke, the Annunciation. Mary goes out afterward to help Elizabeth and so too, Mary’s entire mission as Mother of God is a charitable mission to help mankind which is in need of salvation. Mary continues this mission in her appearance to Juan Diego in Mexico City in 1531, bringing about the conversion of Mexico.
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If you want a virtual tour of the La Crosse Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe where the Marian Coredemption Conference will be held on Sunday, May 31, click here. (A beautiful job done by the secular newspaper La Crosse Tribune)

There’s still room for the conference. Come one, come all! More information here.

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We will be live broadcasting the Coredemption Conference from the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI on Sunday, May 31. There will be further announcements right here on AirMaria.com. Stay tuned!

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Conference #42 – Mass at the La Cross Conference ( 29min) >>> Play

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Here are the highlights from the beautiful Mass of Pentecost at the Marian Conference in La Crosse, Celebrated by Fr. Peter Fehlner, Fr. Pablo Straub, Fr. Thomas Euteneur, Fr. Jacinto Chapin and Fr.  Joseph Hirsch and includes the Homily by Fr. Peter where he covers three points:

1. How the heart of the Celebration of Pentecost is the Annunciation.
2. Why it is called Pentecost and how it is connected to the six days of creation, the Sabbath and the giving of the Law.
3. Why Pentecost is 10 days from the Ascension and how this relates to the Jewish Jubilee and the Glory in which we will partake.

Enjoy this glorious celebration at the new National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

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Homily #091209 ( 06min) Play – Today is the feastday of St. Juan Diego who cooperated with Our Lady in the conversion of the Aztec people and so overcame one of the most depraved cultures in the history of man. As our own culture slides to new depths, let us ask St Juan Diego to pray for us that we can cooperate as he did.

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1: Isa 40:25-31
R: Ps 103:1-4,8,10
G: Mt 11:28-30

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