TWO SPIRITUAL GIANTS - MAY THEY INTERCEDE FOR US!

Gloriae Oliviae...   Pope Benedict 16, Josef  Ratzinger

 

He who must empower the breakthroughs of his predecessor...

  Our Lady’s Mantle   

OLM’s Favorite Churchmen

 

        OLM

          OCARMS HAVE KEPT THE FAITH IN A TIME OF CHANGE,                

                THANKS TO OUR PATRONESS OF MOUNT CARMEL.

    ST. DON BOSCO

     Silesian Founder,

     worker for youth

   ST.  JOHN VIANNEY 

     Confessor Supreme

 

     ST. PADRE PIO

   Stigmatist with all the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

      ST. CHARBEL

       A Glowing Light

St. Rita of Cascia Stigmatist with the Crown of Thorns.

St. Paul of the Cross

Master of short advice on vignettes of life.

St. Francis Cabrini had  lunch with the Dominicans in Seattle.

St. Ignatius Loyola, SJ

Jesuit Founder and a man of Discipline.

CHARISMATIC.   A BROOKLYN BOY FOREVER, AND FOSTER FATHER TO HUNDREDS OF MEN.    DEVOTED TO THE ROSARY & BIBLE STUDY     DRIVEN TO “SERVE THE PEOPLE!”    HE LOVED TRAINS.     56 YEARS A DOMINICAN PRIEST, PROVINCIAL.  

HIS BAPTISMS WERE PALPABLY LOADED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.  AWESOME.

12+ YEARS SERVING HIS LATIN MASS,  DRIVING AND HAVING BREAKFAST AT IHOP PROVE FR. FULTON WAS REALLY A BORN-AGAIN CAT!  “YOU WILL GET THE MOST SEVERE...” AS HE POUNCED ON YOUR NECK.   HE HAD CAT CALENDARS ALL OVER.

CAN A METHODIST LOVE OUR LADY?   AFTER A PILGRIMAGE TO FAR OFF MEDJUGORE, YES, INDEED!    HELD A PACKED MARIAN CENACLE MASS CROWD SPELLBOUND WITH HIS MARIAN STORIES.   STIGMATIST PADRE GINO ONCE HAD TOUCHED HIS HANDS AND HE FELL INTO A SWOON OF FLORAL SCENTS FROM HEAVEN, NEEDING AN HOUR TO RECOVER ON A NEARBY BENCH.

HE TOOK 10 TRIPS TO SCOTLAND, 8 TO IRELAND AND 3 TO SICILY (TO MEET THE FAMILY OF POLITICAL MARTYR S. GULIANO).  A SPIRITUAL FRIEND TO STS. AGNES AND LUCY.   SLEPT ON STONE PILLOWS ON THE FLOOR IN FRENCH CANADIAN SEMINARY DAYS.   TRUE CLASSICIST.   HELPED START UP CITY UNIVERSITY WITH MICHAEL PASTORE.  A DOMINICAN TO THE CORE.   THE PROVINCIAL WHO WAS ALWAYS HAPPY. 

B. FEB.    7, 1912

D. DEC.  12, 1998