July 1, 2017
Facebook Test
Ave Maria! This is a test of another feature for our Facebook linking to the AirMaria facebook page. So hopefully this post also appeared there. We will see. Don't forget to give us…
July 12, 2017
Our Fatima Film on EWTN, July 13th
Ave Maria! Our film "FATIMA The Angel of Peace, Part 1" will be aired on EWTN tomorrow July 13th, which is the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady's Third Apparition at Fatima. Air times…
August 12, 2017
Franciscan Handmaids and the F.F.I. Nigerian Mission
Ave Maria! Here is a post from the Franciscan Handmaids' Facebook page about their support of the FFI Nigerian Mission. https://www.facebook.com/franciscan.handmaids/posts/915728701924393?sw_fnr_id=3454096335&fnr_t=0
October 1, 2017
New Sports/Faith Company Launched
On the website of this new company, this inspiring and concise back-story synopsis is under the "About Us" tab on loveyourmotherboard.com: "Motherboards was conceived after a Denver-area Catholic mom with sons who liked…
October 2, 2017
Prayer Taught by the Angel of Peace
Ave Maria Meditations
October 7, 2017
Fatima Event Live Stream!
More Info at livingfatima.com/october7
October 17, 2017
Friar Terrance Chartier to be Ordained
Ave Maria! Our friar Terrance Chartier will be ordained to the priesthood this Saturday. It will be in Our Lady's Chapel that we staff in New Bedford, Massachusetts. This is very fitting since…
November 10, 2017
Seeking Sanctity
Ave Maria Meditations It is a great thing to realize that in order to be saints we have only to be what God made us to be, and to do what God made…
December 15, 2017
The Mother and the Son
Ave Maria Meditations This union of the Mother with the Son in the work of salvation is made manifest from the time of Christ's virginal conception up to His death. It is shown…
December 15, 2017
“A place where people can get away from the noises of the world”
Ave Maria! Today is the 25th Anniversary of the reopening of Our Lady's Chapel in downtown New Bedford, MA, USA by the Franciscan of the Immaculate, and we are still there. Deo Gratias.…
February 5, 2018
Pope’s favorite Virgin Mary painting gets retouched – NBC News
Ave Maria! Here is an article about the Basilica that we staff. A restoration process on the "Salus populi Romani" in St. Mary Major has just been finished. The image has been…
February 9, 2018
Washington Post publishes a decent article about Our Lady of Fatima!
Ave Maria! I was caught by surprise when, browsing Marian news online, I encountered a decent article about Our Lady of Fatima in the Washington Post. They apparently published the article for the…
February 10, 2018
Pilgrimage to Catholic Shrines of Japan
Ave Maria! Fr. Elias is heading a pilgrimage to the Catholic Shrines of Japan including those of St. Maximilian Kolbe, April 9 - 21, 2018. Sign-up deadline is Febuary 15th. https://www.canterburypilgrimages.com/allpilgrimages/shrinesofjapan Catholic…
February 16, 2018
Depicting the Virgin Mary during the Counter-Reformation
Many years before Our Lady revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception to St. Bernadette in 1858, artists strove to convey her privileges visually to the faithful. Art Historian, Elizabeth Lev explores some…