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SUMMARY:Spring Fling at St. Bernardine Monastery
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Spring Fling at St. Bernardine Monastery! \nParking and entry are free for the festival! The event will have craft vendors\, food trucks\, community yard sale tables\, and children’s activities. The Friar’s Nook Gift Shop will be having a Spring Fling Sale! \nThere will be a blessing of the St. Vincent de Paul Monastery Community Gardens in the morning\, the Rosary will take place at 3:45\, and Catholic Mass at 4:00. Please bring a lawn chair or blanket if you are staying for Mass. \nThis event is for all ages\, and pets too! (Please ensure your pets do well in crowds and with other animals). \nLocation: St\, Bernardine Monastery\nTime: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/spring-fling-at-st-bernardine-monastery/
LOCATION:St. Bernardine Monastery\, 768 Monastery Road\, Hollidaysburg\, 16648
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250910
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SUMMARY:Enrichment Day - The Mass and Church Symbols
DESCRIPTION:Register by Sept. 5th \nThe workshop includes a class on The Mass and Church Symbols\, Mass\, and lunch with Friars
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/enrichment-day-the-mass-and-church-symbols/
LOCATION:St. Bernardine Monastery\, 768 Monastery Road\, Hollidaysburg\, 16648
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SUMMARY:Feast of St. Francis - Day of Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Pet Blessing 9:00 AM \nRummage/Garage Sale and Friar’s Nook Gift Shop Fall Fling Sale following Pet Blessing \nRain or Shine!
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/feast-of-st-francis-day-of-celebration-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251009
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SUMMARY:Enrichment Day - History of the Immaculate Conception Province
DESCRIPTION:Register by Oct. 3rd \nThe workshop includes a class on the History of the Immaculate Conception Province\, Mass\, and lunch with Friars
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/enrichment-day-history-of-the-immaculate-conception-province/
LOCATION:St. Bernardine Monastery\, 768 Monastery Road\, Hollidaysburg\, 16648
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251207
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SUMMARY:Franciscan Friars\, TOR - Province of the Immaculate Conception 100th Jubilee
DESCRIPTION:This year the Immaculate Conception Province of the Third Order Franciscans are celebrating their 100th anniversary and would love for you to join in the jubilee celebration! \nWhat: Celebration of the Eucharist at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel at 4:00 PM\nDinner and Dance at Altoona Grand Hotel at 6:00 PM \nCost: $40 per person (include a buffet dinner\, drink ticket\, dance\, silent auction\, and door price entry) \nRSVP: Please reserve your spot no later than Monday\, Nov. 24th at 814-695-3802. \nPlease note: Your spot will NOT be reserved without payment.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/100th-anniversary-jubilee/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260803
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260804
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SUMMARY:Saint Peter Julian Eymard
DESCRIPTION:Image: Stained glass window of Saint Peter Julian Eymard | Santa Clara de Montefalco Parish Church\, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila | photo by Judgefloroo\nSaint Peter Julian Eymard\nSaint of the Day for August 3\n(February 4\, 1811 – August 1\, 1868)\n\n\n\nSaint Peter Julian Eymard’s Story                                Click to hear audio clip ►\n\n\n\nBorn in La Mure d’Isère in southeastern France\, Peter Julian’s faith journey drew him from being a priest in the Diocese of Grenoble in 1834\, to joining the Marists in 1839\, to founding the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament in 1856. \nIn addition to those changes\, Peter Julian coped with poverty\, his father’s initial opposition to Peter’s vocation\, serious illness\, a Jansenistic overemphasis on sin\, and the difficulties of getting diocesan and later papal approval for his new religious community. \nHis years as a Marist\, including service as a provincial leader\, saw the deepening of his Eucharistic devotion\, especially through his preaching of Forty Hours in many parishes. Inspired at first by the idea of reparation for indifference to the Eucharist\, Peter Julian was eventually attracted to a more positive spirituality of Christ-centered love. Members of the men’s community which Peter founded alternated between an active apostolic life and contemplating Jesus in the Eucharist. He and Marguerite Guillot founded the women’s Congregation of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament. \nPeter Julian Eymard was beatified in 1925\, and canonized in 1962\, one day after Vatican II’s first session ended. \n\nReflection\nIn every century\, sin has been painfully real in the life of the Church. It is easy to give in to despair\, to speak so strongly of human failings that people may forget the immense and self-sacrificing love of Jesus\, as his death on the cross and his gift of the Eucharist make evident. Peter Julian knew that the Eucharist was key to helping Catholics live out their baptism and preach by word and example the Good News of Jesus Christ.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-peter-julian-eymard/2026-08-03/
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SUMMARY:Saint John Vianney
DESCRIPTION:Image: Stained glass window of Curé d’Ars | Luant\, France | photo by François Goglins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint John Vianney\nSaint of the Day for August 4\n(May 8\, 1786 – August 4\, 1859)\nSaint John Vianney’s Story                Click to hear audio clip ►\nA man with vision overcomes obstacles and performs deeds that seem impossible. John Vianney was a man with vision: He wanted to become a priest. But he had to overcome his meager formal schooling\, which inadequately prepared him for seminary studies. \nHis failure to comprehend Latin lectures forced him to discontinue. But his vision of being a priest urged him to seek private tutoring. After a lengthy battle with the books\, John was ordained. \nSituations calling for “impossible” deeds followed him everywhere. As pastor of the parish at Ars\, John encountered people who were indifferent and quite comfortable with their style of living. His vision led him through severe fasts and short nights of sleep. \nWith Catherine Lassagne and Benedicta Lardet\, he established La Providence\, a home for girls. Only a man of vision could have such trust that God would provide for the spiritual and material needs of all those who came to make La Providence their home. \nHis work as a confessor is John Vianney’s most remarkable accomplishment. In the winter months he was to spend 11 to 12 hours daily reconciling people with God. In the summer months this time was increased to 16 hours. Unless a man was dedicated to his vision of a priestly vocation\, he could not have endured this giving of self day after day. \nMany people look forward to retirement and taking it easy\, doing the things they always wanted to do but never had the time. But John Vianney had no thoughts of retirement. As his fame spread\, more hours were consumed in serving God’s people. Even the few hours he would allow himself for sleep were disturbed frequently by the devil. \nWho\, but a man with vision\, could keep going with ever-increasing strength? In 1929\, Pope Pius XI named him the patron of parish priests worldwide. \n\nReflection\nIndifference toward religion\, coupled with a love for material comfort\, seem to be common signs of our times. A person from another planet observing us would not likely judge us to be pilgrim people\, on our way to somewhere else. John Vianney on the other hand\, was a man on a journey\, with his goal before him at all times. \n\nSaint John Vianney is the Patron Saint of:\nParish Priests\nAll Priests
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-john-vianney/2026-08-04/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260805
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SUMMARY:Dedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica
DESCRIPTION:Image: Santa Maria Maggiore\, Rome | photo by Gary Ullah from UK\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica\nSaint of the Day for August 5\nThe Story of the Dedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nFirst raised at the order of Pope Liberius in the mid-fourth century\, the Liberian basilica was rebuilt by Pope Sixtus III shortly after the Council of Ephesus affirmed Mary’s title as Mother of God in 431. Rededicated at that time to the Mother of God\, St. Mary Major is the largest church in the world honoring God through Mary. Standing atop one of Rome’s seven hills\, the Esquiline\, it has survived many restorations without losing its character as an early Roman basilica. Its interior retains three naves divided by colonnades in the style of Constantine’s era. Fifth-century mosaics on its walls testify to its antiquity. \nSt. Mary Major is one of the four Roman basilicas known as patriarchal cathedrals in memory of the first centers of the Church. St. John Lateran represents Rome\, the See of Peter; St. Paul Outside the Walls\, the See of Alexandria\, allegedly the see presided over by Mark; St. Peter’s\, the See of Constantinople; and St. Mary’s\, the See of Antioch\, where Mary is supposed to have spent most of her later life. \nOne legend\, unreported before the year 1000\, gives another name to this feast: Our Lady of the Snows. According to that story\, a wealthy Roman couple pledged their fortune to the Mother of God. In affirmation\, she produced a miraculous summer snowfall and told them to build a church on the site. The legend was long celebrated by releasing a shower of white rose petals from the basilica’s dome every August 5. \n\nReflection\nTheological debate over Christ’s nature as God and man reached fever pitch in Constantinople in the early fifth century. The chaplain of Bishop Nestorius began preaching against the title Theotokos\, “Mother of God\,” insisting that the Virgin was mother only of the human Jesus. Nestorius agreed\, decreeing that Mary would henceforth be named “Mother of Christ” in his see. The people of Constantinople virtually revolted against their bishop’s refutation of a cherished belief. When the Council of Ephesus refuted Nestorius\, believers took to the streets\, enthusiastically chanting\, “Theotokos! Theotokos!”
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/dedication-of-saint-mary-major-basilica/2026-08-05/
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