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 On 2 August, 2011, Solemnity of Our Lady Queen of the Angels, 4 young men began the journey of their religious vocation as they became aspirants at the Marian Friary of Our Lady Help of Christians, Toodyay, WA, Australia. Pictured from left to right are: Br. Gabriel Pophillat (Singapore), Br. Adam Waugh (Newcastle, NSW), Br. Kenneth Gan (Brisbane, QLD) and Br. David Dono (Perth, WA). |
Ave Maria! See what the sisters are doing for the orphan girls at St Pio of Pietrelcina House of Charity in Brazil. Ave Maria! +++ |
Notice the lion proof bars over the windows. While I was in England, Fr. Alfonso gave me a few photos from the friars in Africa, and it wasn’t until I got back to America that I took a look at them. So you’ll have to forgive me for not having anything to write about the pictures. (more…) |
Ave Maria!
The Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate in India have launched their official web site IndiaMariae.com and, as usual, Fr. Martin Mary, FI did a beautiful job with the graphics and content in very adverse conditions. Of note is an interesting article on the friars mission there: Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate in India. It looks like the beginnings of a great chapter in the saga of the FI. Deo Gratias! |
In the afternoon of March 1st, 2010 a bushfire started near the friary in Perth, Australia and grew quickly. It jumped the main road and approached our backyard. We decided to evacuate the friary. We took the Blessed Sacrament, a few liturgical items of worth, a few personal items (passports, etc.) and the computers and loaded up the cars. We turned on the lawn sprinklers on the side facing the fire, closed all windows and doors, placed a statue of Our Lady to watch over the fire and drove down the road to a safe distance to wait it out. Roads were blocked by the police. After noticing that the smoke in the immediate area of the friary had died down and after the police told us the friary was ok, we went to a benefactor’s house for something to eat and drink only to be allowed back onto the property around 10:00pm. Damage was limited to a few sheds in the area, no homes or loss of life but about 47 hectares (115 acres) burned.
In the afternoon of March 1st, 2010 a bushfire started near the friary in Perth, Australia and grew quickly. It jumped the main road and approached our backyard. We decided to evacuate the friary. We took the Blessed Sacrament, a few liturgical items of worth, a few personal items (passports, etc.) and the computers and loaded up the cars. We turned on the lawn sprinklers on the side facing the fire, closed all windows and doors, placed a statue of Our Lady to watch over the fire and drove down the road to a safe distance to wait it out. Roads were blocked by the police. After noticing that the smoke in the immediate area of the friary had died down and after the police told us the friary was ok, we went to a benefactor’s house for something to eat and drink only to be allowed back onto the property around 10:00pm. Damage was limited to a few sheds, no homes or loss of life and about 47 hectares (115 acres) burned. |
For the Franciscans of the Immaculate in Perth, Western Australia, the beginning of Lent was not so penitential this year, as they were blessed to have the visit of Fr. Gabriel M. Pellettieri, our Cofounder. He arrived in Perth after a visit to the Philippines and, after staying a week in Perth visiting the friars and sisters, he returned to Italy. Ave Maria! +++ |
Ave Maria! On January 6th, 2010, the Franciscan Friars in Italy had the privilege of celebrating the Traditional Mass with Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, President Emeritus of Ecclesia Dei. We hope you enjoy viewing some of the scenes from the Mass and listening to the Creed which was sung during the Mass and directed by Alessandro Pucci and Andrea Ferranti. The name of the chorus (in Italian) is the “Schola Cantorum ‘Santa Cecilia’ di Corridonia e Coro di Cloumurano”. Friar Terrance sends ‘Ave Maria!’s and prayers to all. Ave Maria! +++ |
Ave Maria! Friar Terrance goes “on assignment” (from his Mother) to Italy in preparation for philosophy and theology studies. Before reaching his destiny at Campocavallo, Italy – a stones’ throw away from the House of Loreto – he had a chance to sit down with Friar Anthony Servium and Friar Josemaria who are beginning philosophy studies at Villa Santa Lucia. What have these two friars been doing since their departure from the states, and what’s it like in the place that they’re now in? Listen now and here about their adventures and also what priestly formation is like as a Franciscan Friar of the Immaculate. (We hope you enjoy the scenes from Southern Italy.) Ave Maria! |
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Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam! To the Greater Glory of God!
Prayer: Father, you consecrated the first beginnings of the faith in North America by preaching and martyrdom of Saints John & Isaac and their companions. By the help of their prayers may the Christian faith continue to grow throughout the world. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. October 19 commemorates the martyrdom of six priests of the Society of Jesus and their two lay companions who worked with them tirelessly. |
The incredible story of a Franciscan friar past the age of 50 and with a bad leg established the California missions:
Miquel Joseph Serra was born and baptized on November 24, 1713 in the small town of Petra on the island of Mallorca, Spain. At the age of fifteen, Serra left home to enter the Franciscan University in nearby Palma to study philosophy. When Serra was seventeen, he decided to join the Franciscan Order.
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Ave Maria! The Italian video website is now offering video on demand along side of their scheduled programming. Yes, much of their programing is in Italian but they do have concerts that everyone can enjoy, including Sandals and Fiddlebacks that you have seen here, and some Traditional Latin Liturgies including the recent FI Ordinations in Tarquinia celebrated by Archbishop Burke and the Mass at the Lateran Archbasilica celebrated by Cardinal Canizares and they have many excellent pictorial slide shows of the various FI Missions around the world. Deo Gratias! |
Ave Maria! Our website for our worldwide mission operations is back on-line thanks to Fr. Martin Mary, beautiful job! From the about:
Deo Gratias! |
A cry from the heart: My God, if You exist, make Your existance known to me! from Bl. Charles de Foucauld before his conversion
As soon as I believed there was a God, I understood I could do nothing else but live for him, my religious vocation dates from the same moment as my faith: God is so great. There is such a difference between God and everything that is not. |
Ave Maria! Today is the tenth anniversary of the Australian Mission of the Franciscans of the Immaculate to Australia. Deo Gratias! May Our Lady continue with her blessings. |
Ave Maria! Mother Maximiliana, who was superior of the FI Sisters in Bloomington at the time of this interview at WHOJ Radio, gives her inspirational story of how she entered the FI and her experience in the African Mission. In the process she gives some history of the Franciscans Sisters of the Immaculate, our sister order. Ave Maria! To download Audio, Right-click here |
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