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Saturday, 06 August 2011
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by Fr. Martin Mary, FI
The Solemnity of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels of the Portiuncula on August 2 marked the beginning of the stage of Junior Aspirancy in our community in Kerala.
It was on this day that new young brothers consecrated themselves to the Immaculata by a simple act of consecration. This simple ceremony cast a “flashback” of the first community of friars led by our Holy Father St. Francis in the actual chapel of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels of the Portiuncula. His official biographer, Brother Thomas of Celano wrote about this:
Tags: vocation, indians, pulluvila, tamil, portiuncula, queen of the angels