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Ave Maria! Jacqueline and Lucas Girard give a teenage view of the March for Life in Washington, DC which they have attended several times. They relate the great impact that the size of the event, the reverent Mass at the Shrine and the high caliber speakers had on them for giving them conviction for their Pro-life stance. Ave Maria! +++ |
Ave Maria! The Catekids do it again. With their latest video they take on the difficult subject of purity of soul and living a chaste life that is pleasing to God. Ave Maria! +++ |
PHOTO BY AIRMARIA.COM “God never tires of forgiving. We all need forgiveness; without changing our past. It brings a hope-filled future.” Benedict XVI |
Ave Maria! Lightning bolts come down at the vigil at WYD. No one got hurt. But many got wet. Below is a photo by Fra Didacus. Nice!!
Below is a professional photo by Madrid11.com. Nice! Which do you like best?
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Ave Maria! The AirMaria team is in Madrid and will start posting video soon – hopefully. After a long flight, with a long layover, and travel time (36 hours all told) we finally arrived on Monday at the hotel in Madrid late in the afternoon, but there seems to be great confusion reigning here and a few technical mishaps that have delayed getting things on AirMaria. We have, in fact, been quite productive but we are doing multilingual videos for some of the European sites through Fr. Alfonso Bruno, the FI communications director and this has taken most of our time as well as spending a good hour to get anywhere on the Metro Train. We may even be doing some live streaming at some point, again, hopefully. The Pope will have his first Mass this evening and they expect upwards of a million people coming for the final event at the Madrid Aerodrome. So far the trains are already packed full of super energetic Catholic youth from around the world.
I cant imagine how busy and crowded it will be later on and how enthusiastic they will all be now that the Holy Father is in Madrid.
Packed likes Sardines.
Viva Italia!
Go America!
We will be attending the first public showing of the John Duns Scotus film at 5:15pm this evening where we will do an interview. The Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate produced this movie in conjunction with TVCO in Italy. It is the official World Youth Day film and won the Vatican’s Silver Fish Award.
A map showing the incidents of persecution against Catholics at the Photographic Presentation of Christian Persecution at St Jerome’s parish in Madrid set up by the . This was narrated for our French site by Cristina Tatu of Aid to the Church in Need. Wait for the Video. |
Ave Maria! For those who are on their way to W.Y.D in Spain here is Audio/Visual recitation of the Holy Rosary in Spanish which you might find useful. Ave Maria! +++ |
Ave Maria! Here is an AIRMARIA update from the “Mission Down Under” concerning +++ |
Ave Maria! Fr. Joseph Michael participates in the 3rd annual Divine Mercy Procession from St. Michael’s Cathedral in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia to the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Marian Hills, Tarcutta, NSW. +++ |
Catholic Church Uses Video Contest to Promote Sacrament of Confession. Ave Maria! An ingenious video contest organized by the dioceses of NYC, Brooklyn and Rockville Center to promote confession among youth is offering a first prize of a $25,000 scholarship plus another $25,000 to the Catholic School or Parish of the winner’s choice. The author of the above very well done video has offered to send a portion of the award to the friars. Very generous indeed. But, he is up against some stiff competition at the iConfess YouTube Channel with over 90 submissions! So much very good work. Truly a smash success for the entire program. But please do give this video a view and go to Youtube and vote for him. You never know. |
Ave Maria! Friar Gabriel Cortes continues his story from last episode where he related his conversion story. Now he covers his ministry work in the land down under, Australia. He first fills in the details of his conversion and then relates his experience of being in Toodyay and Perth, Australia for ten years. He covers his ministry with the youth where he uses his skill at skateboarding to break the ice. He has been able to start many conversations with the youth and even win the friendship of whole neighborhoods of kids. His passing out of Miraculous Medals, his trip to World Youth Day in Sidney, his trips to skate parks and many, many encounters with people of all ages. Ave Maria! +++ |
Ave Maria! Sarah Cloutier and Gabrielle Velasquez describe their new club at their high school that is a bit out of step with the main stream. It is a Chastity Club! Listen as these bold young ladies see something beautiful where others would not even look and challenge their peers to raise the standard of how they think of themselves and others. Ave Maria! +++ |
Ave Maria! This week-long event was organized by SCENE (Sydney Congress Embracing the New Evangelisation) and was designed to keep the fire of the Faith, kindled at WYD 2008, burning brightly in the hearts of the youth. Events included talks by bishops and visiting priests, seminars and actual street evangelization, Holy Mass, adoration, vocations expo, and entertainment nights. Footage taken at SCENE 2009 can be seen here. This video shows the location of the vocation expo as well as some footage of St. Mary’s Cathedral and centers around a train ride into the city center one day while a young fellow-participant plays the guitar. |
Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney – News.
Fra Gabriel Cortes, FI is skateboarding his way across Australia. Well, not really, but he is packing his skateboard with him on a plane trip from Perth where he’s stationed on the west coast of Australia to Sydney on the east coast to attend an Archdiocesan follow up event to the Pope’s visit there for the World Youthday 2008. The Archdiocese of Sydney’s newspaper has a great article on him and on the FI’s here. |
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FI News #71 – Friar Gabriel at Victory Park Western Australia Ave Maria! Here is an article found on Catholic Online by James Penrice an author of numerous books, a correspondent for Catholic Athletes for Christ, and contributor to Catholic Online. http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=35875 Ave Maria! +++ |
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