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Ave Maria! In March of 2011, our friars and sisters celebrated a Pontifical High Mass with Cardinal Raymond Burke in Rome at the Church of St. Nicolas (imprisoned). Here’s a “short-short” of one of the sister’s hymns sung after Holy Communion, with Sr. Maria Cecilia Manelli as conductor of the choir. Ave Maria! +++ |
Ave Maria! Archbishop Barry James Hickey speaks on Our Lady at the “Day With Mary” held at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, East Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia on September 3, 2011. +++ |
Ave Maria! Archbishop Barry James Hickey speaks on the Blessed Eucharist at the “Day With Mary” held at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, East Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia on September 3, 2011. +++ |
Ave Maria! Correction - Originally this was titled “Our Founder’s Parents will Be Beatified”, following the post of Fr. Z’s blog. However it seems this is a miss translation and, in fact, their cause will merely be officially accepted. This simply means the process is not as far along but is nevertheless very promising. We will keep you posted on any further clarifications and progress in their cause.
Settimo Manelli (1886-1978) and Licia Gualandris (1907-2004). The parents of Fr. Stefano Manelli, founder and Minister General of the Franciscans of the Immaculate will be beatified. Truly great news. From Fr. Zuhlsdorf: In the Italian daily La repubblica there is an article about an upcoming beatification. Vatican City – In spite of the fact that only his salary was coming in, they had 21 children: an example of Christian “faithfulness” and “acceptance” which the Church points to also for every family today with the beatification of the couple. …. I don’t have time to translate the whole thing, but with the beatification Holy Church will hold up Settimo Manelli (1886-1978) and Licia Gualandris (1907-2004) as “exemplary spouses and parents”. In a time when families are being called upon to tighten the belt, in a time when the decline of the number of children being brought into families with a loving father and mother in the home, in a time when more and more children are being exposed less and less to a life of Christian faith well-lived, this beatification takes on its own importance, much as did the beatifications of Bl. Luigi Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini, or that of St. Gianna Beretta Molla. via An upcoming beatification | Fr. Z’s Blog – What Does The Prayer Really Say?. Did you catch the age of Licia Manelli? She was about 97 (1907-2004)!! This is after having 21 children! I guess this beatification proves Paul right in 1 Tim 2:15, “Yet she shall be saved through childbearing; if she continue in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.” Deo Gratias! |
A repost of past video for Scotus Month (Nov 8 to Dec 8). Ave Maria! Recently Friar Terrance had the opportunity to chat with Fr. Jerome Pica, F.I., and to talk with him about Bl. John Duns Scotus, a famous Franciscan scholastic philosopher/theologian who is still unknown to most of the world. The Franciscans of the Immaculate in Italy have recently finished a full-length movie on the life of Duns Scotus. We hope you enjoy the interview which we’ve titled “Who is John Duns Scotus…and why is he important?”, and we send our apologies for the setting of the interview…but it’s the best we could do! Ave Maria! +++ |
Ave Maria! Fr. Lucjan Krolikowski lived with Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe from the age of 17 to 20 at Niepokalanow “City of the Immaculate” in Poland. During this time Fr. Lucjan was one of the friars studying for the priesthood. Ave Maria! +++ |
Ave Maria! Fr. Lucjan Krolikowski lived with Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe from the age of 17 to 20 at Niepokalanow “City of the Immaculate” in Poland. During this time Fr. Lucjan was one of the friars studying for the priesthood. Ave Maria! +++ |
Ave Maria! Recently Friar Terrance had the opportunity to chat with Fr. Jerome Pica, F.I., and to talk with him about Bl. John Duns Scotus, a famous Franciscan scholastic philosopher/theologian who is still unknown to most of the world. The Franciscans of the Immaculate in Italy have recently finished a full-length movie on the life of Duns Scotus. We hope you enjoy the interview which we’ve titled “Who is John Duns Scotus…and why is he important?”, and we send our apologies for the setting of the interview…but it’s the best we could do! Ave Maria! +++ |
First Solemn Pontifical Mass by a ruling Filipino bishop in his diocese since 1970 On April 27, 2010, feast of St. Peter Canisius, His Excellency Antonio Tobias, Bishop of Novaliches, offered Solemn Pontifical Mass in the convent chapel of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate in his diocese. He was assisted by priests and brothers belonging to the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate.
This Mass is only the second Solemn Pontifical Mass to be celebrated by a Filipino bishop since September 14, 2007 (the first one had been offered by Bishop Camilo Gregorio of the Prelature of Batanes on September 14, 2008 — see this for a report on that Mass), and the first to be offered by a Filipino Ordinary in his own diocese since 1970. Bishop Tobias had offered Solemn Pontifical Mass for the 2003 international colloquium of the Centre International d’Etudes Liturgiques in France, and a “Low Mass with Solemnity” last year, also in the convent of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate. |
Paix Liturgique, in its newest Italian newsletter, has an interview with Fr Alessandro M. Apollonio, rector of the theological seminary of the Franciscans of the Immaculate (FFI), which brings splendid news from this young order which now has more than 700 members. Here is a translation of the part concerning the liturgy:
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Ave Maria! Our Contemplative Sisters in Lanherne, England are featured in an article by Father Joseph M Taylor on New Liturgical Movement complete with a long article and beautiful pictures, a few of which are included below. It focuses on the Sisters use of the complete 1962 Office and Missal. It also mentions the Sisters’ need for donations.
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As a grand finale to the symposium on the Motu Proprio a Traditional Mass was celebrated last Sunday by Archbishop Raymond Burke at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. The Mass was the first celebrated at St. Peters according to the pre-Vatican II rubrics in over forty years and had an overflow crowd for the congregation. The three day symposium was held October 16-18 entitled The Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum by Benedict XVI: A Great Gift for the Whole Church, organized by Fr. Vincenzo Nuara, O.P. founder of Giovani e Tradizione (Youth and Tradition) hundreds of clergy and religious attended and the speakers were leaders in the various groups associated with Traditional Mass, including our founder Fr. Stefano Manelli. Below are several pictures: From New Liturgical Movement and Rinascimento Sacro from their list of official images. Entrance Procession. Fra Anthony from America (with a beard) is visible a little right from the center.
- Abp Raymond Burke makes his entrance:
- Our Sisters and Friars Provided the Gregorian Chant. In the front row in the choir are two Americans: Fra Ephraim and Fra Pio Maximilian as well as Fra Bernard from South Africa who spent his Postulancy and Novitiate in the US: |
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