The following note is from a priest of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate (FFI). We here at Rorate chronicled the brutal treatment of these priests under the current pontificate for the last few years. So those of you who have read this blog for a while know what they've gone through. This good priest's request is a win-win for him, his new mission and you. By helping him you are helping sanctify your family and/or other families you enroll. What a great Christmas present this would make for your family or a family you care about! Please see Father's note below:
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Photo of Fr. Maximilian Mary offering Low Mass on 1st Saturday, November 5th, on the high altar of the Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Elysburg, PA.
Grace,
peace and joy to you in the Most Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary!
I
have been a longstanding member of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate and,
in 2013, I obtained permission from our Apostolic Commissioner to discern my
contemplative vocation outside the walls of the Order. Thanks be to God I have
recently been welcomed by a benevolent Bishop to be a hermit in his Diocese.
One
of the conditions for being received into his Diocese is that I be
“self-sustaining.”
Providentially,
a group of the lay faithful who used to assist the missionaries and
contemplatives of the Franciscans of the Immaculate through a Latin Mass Novena
website have recently offered the use of this website to me. Besides my normal
expenses (food, utilities, healthcare, etc.), there are the initial costs of
getting set up as a hermit, so I was wondering if Rorate Caeli might be in a
position to let people know about my upcoming Christmas Latin Mass Novena
which, besides enrollment in 9 Tridentine Masses, includes a beautiful
Christmas enrollment card and a CD (anthology of sacred and classical music I have
recorded as a seminarian and friar over the past 26 years). All of the information can be found HERE.
Thank
you and God bless you.
In
Corde Matris,
Fr.
Maximilian Mary
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