(Above) La Crosse WI: Shrine to Bl Kateri Tekakwitha

VATICAN CITY, 20 DEC 2011 – The Holy Father, yesterday signed decrees acknowledging miracles attributed to the intervention of seven blesseds (three men and four women) who will shortly be canonised. One of the new saints is Kateri Tekakwitha, the first native North American to be raised to the glory of the altars. -Vatican Information Service

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha lived in a society where publicly and literally people ate other men, offered sacrifices to demons, and every human act was done in view of others, I mean EVERYTHING. In the mist of all this she remained a pure virgin, even before she was a Christian, but after baptism in the True Faith under the One True God, she rocketed into great holiness. – A Friar With Great Devotion to her

Daughter of a Christian Algonquin woman captured by Iroquois and married to a non-Christian Mohawk chief. Orphaned during a smallpox epidemic, which left her with a scarred face and impaired eyesight. Converted and baptized in 1676 by Father Jacques de Lamberville, a Jesuit missionary. Shunned and abused by relatives for her faith. Escaped through 200 miles of wilderness to the Christian Native American village of Sault-Sainte-Marie. Took a vow of chastity in 1679. Known for spirituality and austere lifestyle. Miracle worker. Her grave became a pilgrimage site and place of miracles for Christian Native Americans and French colonists. First Native American proposed for canonization, her cause was started in 1884 under Pope Leo XIII. The Tekakwitha Conference, an international association of Native American Catholics and those in ministry with them, was named for her.  – http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-kateri-tekakwitha/

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On December 8th, 2011 at our friary in Toodyay, Western Australia, three young men became postulants and received the habit.

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( left to right )     Fr Gabriel, Fr Agnellus, Fra Solanus and Fra Raphael

Stoke-on-Trent in the distance

Friar Solanus dedicates this chocolate break to Friar Roderic.

Fi News #122 – Fra. Solanus in Front of Friary ( 08min) >>> Play

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Fra. Solanus (from Dublin) gives a sketch here of where and what the friars in Stoke are up-to.

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Fi News #118 – Flood waters rush behind the Friary ( 9 min) >>> Play

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Footage of the massive flood which recently hit the Southern Tier of New York State.

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Fi News #116 – Bloomington on air ( 05min) >>> Play

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Our newest radio station, With Our Mother Blest, in Bloomington, IN – WOMB 89.9 FM Ellettsville (the community of license) – is now on the air at full power! In fact, it was cranked up to full power a few weeks ago, but we have been so busy with three AirMaria road trips for conferences and then to World Youth Day in Madrid, that we have not been able to get this post up until now.

This is the 3rd radio station on the air belonging to our AirMaria Radio Network, the first being Holy Virgin Mary Radio, 91.9 FM Owego, NY, and the second being CorMariae, WPMW 88.5 FM Bayview, MA.

We are still fighting to find a tower location for Holy Name of Mary Radio, WHNM 89.5 FM Pawcatuck, CT.

With Our Mother Blest, WOMB 89.9 FM, is a very strategically located radio station because it reaches the 42, 000 college students and 3,000 professors that are at the University of Indiana in Bloomington. Simply put, for the first time Catholic radio content will be delivered via this station to one of the major intellectual centers of the United States and of the world.

We are currently an EWTN repeater, rebroadcasting the EWTN Radio satellite feed 24/7 with our own top of the hour ID’s chiming in every hour to comply with FCC regulations, but we plan to build our own studio at the new friary in the winter and to begin to add more of our own content as we become more capable.

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…nothing should frighten or grieve you. Let not your heart be disturbed…Am I not here, who is your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you wish? Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything…

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Here are a few shots of the beautiful pro-life statue of our Lady of Guadalupe.

The Queen of the Americas Guild is a 2-day conference /retreat examining Our Lady of Guadalupe’s role as Queen of the Americas and Queen of the Rosary. The Annual Conference for the Queen of the Americas Guild is open to all those who wish to enhance their faith and learn more about the miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Shrine, and the Queen of the Americas Guild.

I apologize; I don’t have photos for every event during the day, I’ll have to improve my skills of going back and forth between stills to video.

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First Mass of Conference

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke

Friar Roderic Mary Burke

Fr. Jacinto M. Chapin FI Vocation Director in the US

Conference in Hall – Marty Rotella introducing Cardinal Burke

Second Mass of Conference

Conference Schedule
Subject to Change

This is for those who have never been up in the tower.

Getting started.

Fi News #109 – Day With Mary ( 11min) >>> Play

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Listen to Fr. Peter Fehlner and Matt Korger (Editor and Chief of the “Badger Catholic” blog) talk about the upcoming Day With Mary at the Shrine of our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI. If you’re in that area come and spend some time with your Blessed Mother on May 21st, starting at 8:50am. Details can be found at www.guadalupeshrine.org.

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