Ave Maria!
You may have caught our previous post of the video done by Spirit Juice Films with Fra Gabriel skateboarding to the Salve Regina with his own vocals. It now has over twenty-two thousand views and has caught the attention of Rome, or at least Rome Reports, who did a video on him as well. Check it out:
It’s not very common to see a Franciscan friar skateboarding, but for Fra Grabriel, it’s business as usual.
He left it behind temporarily when he started his religious life. But a few years later, his superiors encouraged him to take on his hobby once again. Now he uses it as way to reach out to people and talk to them about God.
FRA GABRIEL CORTES
“God has so many ways of using people’s talents to give Him glory. And when I still make use of this sport of skateboarding, I can help others to see the compatibility of exercising the body as well as the soul. As St. Francis says, we are always to preach the Gospel, and if necessary, sometimes use words. And so that’s what I do.”
via Rome Reports A Skating Friar? Check it out!.
Here is the video by Spirit Juice Studios again. It is worth another look … and listen:
Go Fra Gabriel! Ave Maria!
Dear Friars, Ave Maria!
I like watching Fra Gabriel videos. Thank you for sharing!
Some years ago, I had found a reporting in a newspaper from my country about some skateborders friars. If I’m not wrong, these friars were Franciscan Friars from Australia. Perhaps Fra Gabriel were one of those friars of the reporting I read. That time the acess to the internet was very limited in my country and I couldn’t watch any video on the reporting. Now I’m glad to be able to watch this beautiful video.
I couldn’t find the exact reporting I saw, but I found this another one. Fra Gabriel is reported in it. See!
Austrália: frade franciscano faz manobras em skate
http://noticias.terra.com.br/popular/interna/0,,OI3011467-EI1141,00-Australia+frade+franciscano+faz+manobras+em+skate.html
Translation: Franciscan friar does skate tricks.