Video – Fi News #122: Friars are Stoked in England
Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Ave Maria! Fra. Solanus (from Dublin) gives a sketch here of where and what the friars in Stoke are up-to. Ave Maria! +++ |
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Audio (MP3)Variety #169: Perth Abp Hickey Speaks on Our Lady at “Day With Mary”
Friday, October 21st, 2011
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. +++ |
Video – Variety #168: Perth Abp Hickey on the Eucharist at “Day With Mary”
Friday, October 21st, 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. +++ |
Fi News – Power is back
Friday, September 2nd, 2011Ave Maria! The power is finally back at our friary here in Griswold. Deo Gratias! Our prayers go out to all who have not gotten their power back or have suffered more tragic losses. Even with our small problems here we now have a much greater appreciation for the wonders of electricity which we normally take for granted.
It was mighty hurricane Irene, one of the biggest hurricanes (if you count size alone) which knocked out our power.
But it was a little tiny mouse which prevented our standby generator from coming on. (more…) |
Video – Roving Reporter #120: First Holy Mass at the Portziuncola in Italy
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Ave Maria! This is the first Holy Mass celebrated by the newly-ordained FI priests, Fr. Alan Bernardino Wharton (USA), Fr. Vincent Michael Egbu (Nigeria), Fr. Giles Joseph Mary Atherton (Australia), and Fr. Vincent d’Elia (Italy). Our new priests had the privilege of celebrating at the Sanctuary of the Portziuncola in Assisi in the same edifice in which Saint Francis himself entrusted the Order of the Friars Minor into the hands of Our Lady some 800 years ago. The Mass was celebrated on March 26, 2011, the day after their holy ordinations at Tarquinia in Italy, and we ask that you remember these new servants of our Lord in your prayers. (more…) |
Video – Immaculate Music #34: A Concert for Mary, part 4
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Ave Maria! We hope you enjoy the last of our series of 4 videos of a concert that our friars – primarily those who are studying for the priesthood – performed in the town of Comacchio, Italy, at the shrine of Our Lady of the Royal Hall, or “Santa Maria in Aula Regia” in Italian. Included in the choir are Fra Pio Maximilian, Fra Alan Bernard, and Fra Josemaria Mary. Ave Maria! +++ |
Video – Immaculate Music #32: A Concert for Mary, part 3
Monday, January 31st, 2011
Ave Maria! We hope you enjoy this concert that our friars – primarily those who are studying for the priesthood – recently performed in the town of Comacchio, Italy, at the shrine of Our Lady of the Royal Hall, or “Santa Maria in Aula Regia” in Italian. Included in the choir are Fra Pio Maximilian, Fra Alan Bernard (recently ordained to the diaconate), Fra Josemaria Mary, and our own Fra Terrance behind the camera. Ave Maria! +++ |
Video – Immaculate Music #31: A Concert for Mary, part 2
Saturday, November 20th, 2010
Ave Maria! We hope you enjoy this concert that our friars – primarily those who are studying for the priesthood – recently performed in the town of Comacchio, Italy, at the shrine of Our Lady of the Royal Hall, or “Santa Maria in Aula Regia” in Italian. Included in the choir are Fra Pio Maximilian, Fra Alan Bernardino (recently ordained to the diaconate), Fra Josemaria Mary, and our own Fra Terrance behind the camera (well, seated in the pews, to be exact). Ave Maria! +++ |
Video – Face of Pro-Life #120: Friar Gabriel Cortes – Conversion Story
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Ave Maria! Friar Gabriel Cortes of the Franciscans of the Immaculate relates his journey in faith that led to his ministry with youth in Australia. He first talks about his early life, how he started to get serious about his faith and his calling to the Franciscans. He mentions the devotion of his parents, the rosary and Eucharistic adoration as factors in his conversion. Ave Maria! +++ |
Video – Immaculate Music #30: A Concert for Mary, part 1
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Ave Maria! We hope you enjoy this concert that our friars – primarily those who are studying for the priesthood – recently performed in the town of Comacchio, Italy, at the shrine of Our Lady of the Royal Hall, or “Santa Maria in Aula Regia” in Italian. Included in the choir are Fra Pio Maximilian, Fra Alan Bernardino (recently ordained to the diaconate), Fra Josemaria Mary, and our own Fra Terrance behind the camera (well, seated in the pews, to be exact). Ave Maria! +++ |
Video – Fi News #86: God Among Us
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Ave Maria! This Corpus Christi procession was the 18th year for the friars in New Bedford since 1993. Ave Maria! +++ |
Fi News – The saints who live among us | SouthCoastToday.com
Saturday, August 14th, 2010Ave Maria! Linda Andrade Rodrigues of South Coast Today (online version of New Bedford’s Standard Times) published an article about us today, St. Maximilian Kolbe’s Feast Day. She had many kind words about us and Mother Teresa’s Order in New Bedford. We will have to explain to her, though, that we are not quite ready for canonization. Thanks, Linda!
The saints who live among us | SouthCoastToday.com. By LINDA ANDRADE RODRIGUES
lrodrigues@s-t.com
August 14, 2010 12:00 AM NEW BEDFORD — Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton wrote, “Oh my God! You see what a barren and desolate place this world is —- send us saints!” The answer to his prayers, our city is blessed by the good works of saints. Walk along our streets, and you’ll see Mother Teresa’s nuns in their white and striped-blue habits, ministering in our neighborhoods. Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta sent her order, the Missionaries of Charity, to New Bedford, and on June 14, 1995, she visited the city, worshipped at the Church of St. Lawrence Martyr and touched the lives of countless SouthCoast residents. Dressed in simple gray robes with sandaled feet, the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate reach out to this city’s homeless and forgotten, and offer spiritual guidance to a constant stream of strangers who wander through the doors of Our Lady’s Chapel in downtown New Bedford. More … |
Congratulations to Archbishop Raymond Burke
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Ave Maria!
 Congratulations to Archbishop Raymond Burke for his appointment as a member of the Congregation of the Causes of Saints.Diane at Te Deum Laudamus and her commenters has compiled a list of the many responsibilities given to Bishop Burke since going to Rome. Here is the list:
The story was also picked up by Patrick Madrid and Thomas Peters both of whom agree with Diane that this flies in the face of some dissenting Catholics who suggest that he was moved to Rome to silence his orthodox views. Not only is this not the case but he is a prime candidate for Cardinal.
La Crosse – Marian Symposium
If you wish to congratulate him personally on his latest appointment, he will be coming on August 21st to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI which he was instrumental in having built while he was the bishop there. The occasion will be the 2010 Marian Symposium, MARY: COREDEMPTRIX, MEDIATRIX, ADVOCATE presented by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici:
 The august speakers will be:
HIS EMINENCE LUIS CARDINAL APONTE MARTINEZ – Archbishop Emeritus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
HIS EXCELLENCY ARCHBISHOP RAYMOND L. BURKE – Prefect, Apostolic Signatura, Rome MSGR. ARTHUR B. CALKINS – Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, Mariologist DR. MARK I. MIRAVALLE – Franciscan University of Steubenville, President of Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici MC: DREW MARIANI – Journalist and Talk Show Host, Relevant Radio More Information and Registration. Ave Maria! |
FiNews – Diocese of Syracuse Newspaper Features FI Radio
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Ave on the Air
New Catholic radio station launches in Southern Tier The first radio station in the U.S. owned and operated by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate has taken to the airwaves in the Syracuse Diocese. The station, called Holy Virgin Mary Radio, can be found at 91.9 FM and is transmitting out of Barton, N.Y. The station is run from the Friars’ Mount St. Francis Hermitage in Maine, N.Y. and from the Franciscan Friary in Griswold, Conn. The station is the first of a wave of similar stations that are planned across the U.S. – - More… |
Video – Fi News #65: Ground Breaking for Bloomington Friary
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Ave Maria! Just when you thought no more exciting news could come from Bloomington we have here the video of the Ground Breaking Ceremony for our new friary which is to hold 35 friars. Thank you to all our benefactors and please keep this project in your prayers. Ave Maria! +++ |
