Auriesville Pilgrimage is about the Conversion of America, says Director

26 Saturday Jun 2010

Posted by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M. in Catholic America, Theology in Action

Gregory Lloyd, director of the Pilgrimage for Restoration, has announced the theme for the fifteenth annual pilgrimage, which takes place September 22 to 25, 2010. This year’s theme is “Restoration of True Devotion to Mary, Queen of Missionaries and the Reconquest of America.”

The Pilgrimage for Restoration begins at the Lake of the Blessed Sacrament (a.k.a., “Lake George”), New York, and ends at the Shrine of Our Lady of the North American Martyrs, in Auriesville, New York. Pilgrims walk, sing, and pray along the paths traversed by the North American Martyrs — venerating as they go the places these heroes of God sanctified by their blood witness to Christ and His Church. High Mass in the traditional Roman Rite (forma extraordinaria) is offered daily, and priests are available for confession and spiritual guidance throughout the pilgrimage. The journey terminates in a beautiful Solemn Mass offered at the Shrine of the North American Martyrs on Saturday, September 25. Continue reading →

The Wisdom of Dom Mary Eugene Boylan and Brother Francis Maluf

17 Wednesday Mar 2010

Posted by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M. in Theology in Action

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Two fantastic sources of Catholic erudition and devotion merit the attention of readers.

The first comes from the master of the spiritual life, Dom Mary Eugene Boylan, who wrote a chapter in his book This Tremendous Lover on study and reading. It falls very much in line with Brother Francis’ vision for forming the lay apostles who will sanctify themselves in truth and work for the conversion of America. That chapter is online here. It’s a rather large PDF file (6062 k).

The second comes from my own teacher, Brother Francis. His recorded lectures are a treasury of holy wisdom. They will inspire, inform, and motivate the apostolic Catholics we need to convert America. Now, in one 424 k PDF file, there is a list of all of Brother Francis’ available lectures. Do yourself and give some of these a listen. You may end up getting hooked!

Anglicans? Say Rather They Are Catholics!

24 Saturday Oct 2009

Posted by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M. in Society and Culture, Theology in Action

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Here come the Anglicans! And it’s a good thing.

When England was evangelized, it was explicitly and directly a papal project, the inspiration of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, who sent his fellow Italian, Saint Augustine, to do the job. This was after a providential misadventure trying to go there himself. For the rest of time, that Augustine would be distinguished from his African namesake as “of Canterbury,” and that city would be, for a millennium, the primatial see of happy Catholic England. Then came the brutal English Reformation that tore “Mary’s Dowry” away from the true Church, producing such martyrs as Saint Edmund Campion and Saint Thomas More in its sanguinary effort to efface “popery” from the realm.

Tuesday’s news brought us the generally unexpected announcement that His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, has cleared a canonical path for Anglicans seeking union with the Holy See to do so in a corporate way, retaining part of their Anglican liturgical patrimony and customs, just as others had earlier been welcomed in and allowed to worship according to the so-called “Anglican Use” Missal, an expurgated version of the Book of Common Prayer. Continue reading →

The Pilgrimage for Restoration: In the Footsteps of the Martyrs

07 Tuesday Oct 2008

Posted by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M. in Theology, Theology in Action

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In his Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer presents a series of charming stories told by his colorful medieval characters. These holy and not-so-holy fourteenth-century pilgrims were on their merry way to the shrine of St. Thomas á Becket, long before the days when modern transit made pilgrimages an easy-going affair. But roughing it for Christ is not a thing of the past. There are even Americans today who still do it the old-fashioned way — on foot. To them, it is the best way, because it is more spiritually rewarding. Continue reading →

The Catholic America Tour (CAT)

09 Tuesday Sep 2008

Posted by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M. in Administrative Notes, Theology in Action

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I will be traveling soon. What will have me on the road is the “Catholic America Tour” (CAT). I will be traveling across our land to lecture on the subject, “Toward a Catholic America: History, Goals, and Methods.” If you would like to be a part of this effort by sponsoring a CAT presentation in your area, please see SBC’s conference web site for more information.

And spread the word!