Short Video Series #6 – Fr. Peter speaks at Steubenville on St. Maximilian and his teaching on the Holy Spirit and the Immaculate Conception (80min) >>> Play

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Fr. Peter Fehlner speaks at Steubenville University in 2007, at the invitation of Dr. Scott Hahn. The talk is on his book St. Maximilian Kolbe: Martyr of Charity – Pneumatolgist where he outlines the teaching of St. Maximilian on the the Holy Spirit and His relation to the Immaculate Conception. He covers St. Maximilian’s methodology, his teaching on the Holy Spirit, how it can resolve, revive and update theology on a sound basis and some of the objections raised against this Saint. He gives a brief discussion on the three titles of Mary, Complement of the Trinity, Spouse of the Holy Spirit and the Immaculate Conception, and how these titles apply to the Holy Spirit and Our Lady. The talk is followed by a question and answer session. Come listen to this fascinating talk on this sublime subject.

Notes are available: https://airmaria.s3.amazonaws.com/shrtv/shrtv0006text.html

Fr. Peter’s books:

St. Maximilian Kolbe: Martyr of Charity – Pneumatolgist – https://academyoftheimmaculate.com/products/maximilian-kolbe-pneumatologist

Roman Conferences of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe: https://academyoftheimmaculate.com/products/roman-conferences-of-st-maximilian-m-kolbe

The Triple Way: https://academyoftheimmaculate.com/products/triple-way

Other Books Mentioned in the Talk:

Virgo Ecclesia Facta – The Virgin Made Church: https://academyoftheimmaculate.com/products/virgo-ecclesia-facta-the-virgin-made-church

Dr. Mark Miravalle’s article “Coredemptrix and Immaculate Conception”:  https://www.foromariano.es/images/Libros/PDF/2%20Inmaculada/Mark%20Miravalle-Coredemption%20and%20Immaculate%20Conception.pdf

Also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IWQwtZmy4ok

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The Franciscans of the Immaculate are happy to announce in conjunction with the Day With Mary apostolate of England that we will be commemorating the 700th anniversary of the death of Bl. John Duns Scotus (1308) with a symposium entitled:

International Centenary Symposium on the Mariology of Bl. John Duns Scotus.

It will be held at:

Grey College, University of Durham, England
9th – 11th September 2008

Speakers include some of the most famous names in Scotistic Mariology: Fr. Stefano Manelli, Founder of the FI, Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, FI, Fr. Johannes Schneider, OFM, Fr. Alessandro Apollonio, FI, Timothy Noone of CUA, Fr. Timothy Finigan, of The Hermeneutic of Continuity, Fr. Joaquin Ferrer-Arrelano, Co-founder of Navarre University and many more.

Events will include a pilgrimage to Duns with Mass in the Parish Church celebrated by His Eminence Keith Patrick Cardinal O’Brien

Here is a poster that you can view and also print off to advertise at your parish:
Poster of Scotus Symposium

Here are some handy maps:
Locations in England and Scotland
Directions to Grey College
Site Plan of Grey College

Forms for those from the USA:
Booking Form for USA
Travel & Information Sheet USA

For those from England:
Booking Form for UK
Travel & Information Sheet for UK

More details will be forth coming.

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Conferences #96 – Fr. Peter Fehlner at Washington Theological Union ( 57min) >>> Play

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In this 3rd talk of the Newman-Scotus Symposium presented by the Conventual Franciscans at the Washington Theological Union on Oct 22-24, 2010, Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner gives a talk titled “Scotus and Newman in Dialogue – Scotus Metaphysician – Newman Phenomenologist.” He  points out that Newman agreed and even specifically refers to Scotus’ opinion of the motive for the incarnation, that is, the Franciscan Thesis, the Absolute Primacy of Christ, that Christ would have come even if Adam had not sinned. And in regard to the Immaculate Conception, which Scotus was so prominent in giving a theological basis, is key to understanding the difference between Protestants and Catholics and why Catholics are orthodox. Also, both Scotus and Newman have been accused by Harold Weatherby of being the seeds of later heresy and in the same way as Hegel was. Fr. Peter argues, as many others are doing, that Scotus and Newman are in fact the antidote to the Modern errors of Hegel. Fr. Peter is saying that Weatherby correctly sees the affinity between Scotus and Newman but misinterprets the common teaching of both and points out how.

Prominent in his talk is the stages of intellectual  process that are common between Scotus and Newman which gets short circuited by modernism.  And the element of internalizing of the process, how the heart factors into the intellectual process.

The critical question of how we achieve certainty is determined by both the object and so derives the certainty but also a personal note that involves the will which is not (as both rationalists and pietists insist) radically opposed to the intellect and reason.

Affectio Justitio of Scotus is also akin to the benevolence Newman derived from the idea that God loves himself both because it is reasonable and also most appealing and this is how we are able to love others as ourselves as our intellect becomes sanctified and so begins to function more like God’s.

Fr. Peter also refers to Carl Balic, who was the foremost scholar of Scotus in his day and who wrote the first draft of the eighth chapter of Lumen Gentium on the Virgin Mary. Balic suggested the affinity of Scotus and Newman to Fr. Peter and thought this would be a great way for modern men to understand Scotus better. Here Fr. Peter brings this suggestion to full fruition.

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For more of this Symposium http://dev.airmaria.com/category/air-maria-shows/conferences/newman-scotus-symp-2010/

For the book that is the final fruit of this Symposium: https://academyoftheimmaculate.com/products/the-newman-scotus-reader-contexts-and-commonalities

Audio (MP3)

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How does St. Maximilian’s use of obedience connect to the Scotistic foundations? We explore this in Chapter 9 of The Theologian of Auschwitz by Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner with its editor, Dr. J. Isaac Goff.
We do this by looking at an early text of St. Maximilian Kolbe, then by working through texts of St. Maximilian that Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner orders into presenting the Scotistic foundation and structure of the thought of St. Maximilian. Finally, we discuss how and in what way authentic mystical experience can expand the range of knowledge of God beyond normal.
Buy the book here: https://www.lectiopublishing.com/books.php?b=16
Listen to the song mentioned hear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyTlCBi0wqs
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:00 Presentation
00:04:05 Distinctions: Indifference, Blind obedience, hypostatic union and union of wills
00:11:45 Reading a letter of St. Maximilian (KW 25, 56)
00:18:55 8 Points taken from this reading
00:19:00 Indifferentism vs Indifference of Will
00:21:10 Bad Connection
00:23:44 Resumed
00:25:30 Unconditional Obedience of God
00:26:50 Infinity of Knowledge in God
00:27:20 Unity in Willing in God and Creatures
00:27:40 Being as Good as heart of divine and all reality
00:28:20 Love as loving God as God loves himself
00:29:16 Perfect obedience only possible by grace
00:29:33 Incarnation in Marian Mode our example of this
00:30:20 In-existence: To be in the other
00:33:33 Grace and Powers of Soul: Thomist vs Franciscan
00:36:37 Spirit as quasi-Incarnate, what quasi means
00:37:55 Start looking at the citations of St. Max in Ch. 9
00:39:00 Successive Texts: Unlimited Consecration and the Will of the Immaculate
00:57:30 Transubstantiation into the Immaculate: Union of Created and Uncreated Wills
01:10:20 Dr. Goff comments on Sinlessness vs Sanctity
01:15:30 Return to Presentation
01:19:30 Scotistic Inspiration of St. Maximilian’s Doctrine: Further Evidence
01:27:00 A Kolbean Key to Understanding “Quasi-Incarnation” and “Transubstantiation”
01:28:20 Goff Comments: Mary Present to Every Believer because Icon/Bearer of the Spirit
01:30:40 Return to Presentation
01:37:30 Goff on Distinction between Image of God and the Similitude in Grace
01:46:40 Return to Presentation
01:47:15 Fehlner responds to critics of Kolbe
01:49:40 Principle of Mariology: Charity and the Law of Action-Reaction Revisited
01:51:55 Goff on Resemblance of Father and Son, Of Jesus and Mary
02:05:00 Fra Charles on Muhlen and the Mediation of Mary
02:12:00 Return to Presentation
02:18:30 Move to discussion and Goff’s Library
02:19:45 Dr. Goff’s Critique of Kenotic Theology as forgetting the meaning of Infinity
02:23:20 Contemporary emphasis on Process
02:24:50 Divine Goodness, Generosity, Mercy
02:27:50 New Book on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
02:28:45 The esctatic-mystical as expanding the range of comprehension, of reason
02:33:30 This is intuitive and infused, not new revelation
02:36:35 John of the Cross on communicating the mystical
02:40:00 What is Knowledge itself
02:41:30 This in Song: Dirt Poor Robins, Those Who Sojourn
02:43:40 Planning next time

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Why did St Maximilian Kolbe call Mary Infinite? Spouse of the Holy Spirit? Why does he said we need to be transubstantiated into Mary? What does “Personal Causality” mean? We confront these questions and more in this seminar on St Maximilian Kolbe as given in the book by Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner “The Theologian of Auschwitz” and explained by the book’s editor, Dr. J. Isaac Goff. In particular, we close out our examination of chapters 8 and 9.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:30 Presentation on the end of Ch 9
00:02:00 Love (Charity) and Supernatural Obedience
00:05:25 Transubstantiation and Natural vs Terminative Causality
00:12:10 The Concept “Infinity” and Mary
00:17:10 Trinitarian Character of the Exitus-Reditus
00:20:40 Holiness as Qualitative (Will) or Quantitative (Material)
00:25:30 New Theology or Fuller Understanding of “Our Theology”
00:32:00 Goff on Infinity
00:33:40 Why did Kolbe call Mary infinite???
00:38:50 Response to Goff
00:44:30 Terminative and Personal Causality
00:50:45 Goff responds on Terminative or Personal Causality
01:03:30 What Scotus’ definition of the person gives us
01:06:00 What personhood entails in creation and salvation
01:09:00 Metaphysical meaning of Poverty
01:11:40 Foundation of Franciscan Poverty
01:15:30 Word Incarnate in Jesus, Holy Spirit quasi-Incarnate in Mary
01:21:30 Pure Nature is Mary fully divinized, Nestorianism is really Mariology
01:23:06 Parts for three motorcycles: God, Jesus, Mary
01:27:30 Marian Mediation and the Debit of Justice
01:28:45 Original Justice/Original sin and Debt of Justice/Debt of Sin and Immaculate Conception

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