Video – Face of Pro-Life #121: Friar Gabriel Cortes – Pro-life Down Under
Face of Pro-Life #121 – Friar Gabriel Cortes and Corinn Dahm ( 30min) >>> Play Ave Maria! Friar Gabriel Cortes continues his story from last episode where he related his conversion story. Now...
View ArticleFiNews – Six Postulants Receive the Holy Habit
From Left to Right: Bill Cloonan, Zach Willi, Ryan Timossi, Steve Dawson, Joe Jakopac, & Alex Joseph. Ave Maria! We rejoice and thank Our Blessed Mother for the good young men She is sending to us...
View ArticleFiNews – Sound Philosophy for the 21st Century
We present to you the philosophy students and – if Our Lady wills it – future priests of the order of the Franciscans of the Immaculate. Our in-house formation begins with two years of philosophy in...
View ArticleTaking Off the Gloves – Four CFR’s Making Final Profession
Brother Pius Marie from Connecticut on retreat getting ready to take off the gloves. He studied some kind of martial art, but he still fights like a girl. While I was on the road, I came across some...
View ArticleAustralian Mission News
Br. Gabriel, Br. Adam, Br. Kenneth and Br. David On 2 August, 2011, Solemnity of Our Lady Queen of the Angels, 4 young men began the journey of their religious vocation as they became aspirants at...
View ArticleFi News – Taking Another Step According to God’s Will
Congratulations to tough Friar Faustino Mary Pio of the Mother of the Redeemer he hasn’t been bucked off the bull yet, with two years to go before Solemn Profession keep him in your prayers. Friar...
View ArticleDec 15 – Homily – Fr. Gabriele Pellettieri: Queen of the Seraphic Order,...
Homily #111215m ( 11min) Play - Ave Maria! Fr. Gabriele elaborates on how Pope Pius XII gave us the privilege of this feast in virtue of the deep love St Francis had for Our Lady and because his...
View ArticleVideo – Mission Down Under #17: Receiving the Franciscan habit of a Postulant
Mission Down Under #17 – Receiving the Franciscan habit of a Postulant ( 21 min) >>> Play Ave Maria ! On December 8th, 2011 at our friary in Toodyay, Western Australia, three young men became...
View ArticleVideo – FI News #124: Six New Postulants Receive the Franciscan Habit
Fi News #124 – The community at Mt St Francis with Fr. Gabriele ( 02min) >>> Play Ave Maria! On December 15th, Feast of Our Lady Queen of the Seraphic Order, six young men were clothed (or...
View ArticleAug 09 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: What does is profit a man?
Homily #120809m ( 07min) Play – Fr. Ignatius shows that today’s Gospel is a remedy for the desire for all the things of the world which militate against the soul. Ave Maria! Mass: Vigil of St....
View ArticleFi News: Five Postulants Invested as Novices
Ave Maria! On September 7th, 2012, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel in Griswold, CT, five postulants were invested as novices and officially became Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate! Along with the...
View ArticleFi News: Two Friars Make First Profession of Vows, and Renewal of Vows
Ave Maria! On Saturday, September 8th, 2012, on the birthday of Our Blessed Mother, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel in Griswold, CT, two novices: Friar John Paul Marie and Friar Alphonsus Mary, make...
View ArticleVideo – Conferences #185: Families and the Catholic Faith
Conferences #185 – Fr. Elias on (65min) >>> Play Ave Maria! Fr. Elias gives a talk to local homeschool families here in Indiana on Friday morning, October 12th on the role of families in...
View ArticleJul 10 – Homily – Fr Benedict: The Priesthood is a Call to be a Victim
Homily #130710 ( 04min) Play – Fr. Benedict preaches over the martyrdom of Bl. Emmanuel Ruiz and how he powerfully shows us that the priestly vocation is a vocation to victimhood. Let us pray for...
View ArticleNov 29 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Franciscan Succession
Homily #131129n ( 10min) Play – Fr. Matthias introduces us to two modern saintly Franciscans, Bl. Gabriel Allegra and St. Padre Pio, and holds them us as examples to imitate and rebukes to our...
View ArticleFi News: Australian Postulant Invested as Novice
Ave Maria! On December 7th, 2013, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel in Griswold, CT, our postulant from Australia joined the current class of novices by officially becoming a Franciscan Friar of the...
View ArticleJan 21 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Virgin Martyrs, A Reproach To Our Age
Homily #140121n ( 06min) Play – St. Agnes vowed her virginity to Christ, spurning other suitors, and joyfully paid for that choice with her life. She reminds us that the soul is the “Spouse of God,”...
View ArticleMar 03 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: Will We Turn Away Sad?
Homily #140303n ( 07min) Play – Father comments on today’s Gospel, and counsels us to remember first three commandments, that is, our relationship with God. It takes sacrifice to follow these, and...
View ArticleJul 25 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: Are You Ready to be a Martyr?
Homily #140725n ( 08min) Play -The first of the Apostles to be martyred was St. James the Greater whom we celebrate today. Fr. Maximilian reflects on a question his mother asked him as he was...
View ArticleJul 31 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Homily #140731n ( 10min) Play – Father Mattias introduces us to St. Ignatius, his conversion, and his vocation. Father reflects that there are two different things our will can choose, to reject evil...
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