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Short Series #19 - Fr. Peter Damian Mary Fehlner at his best ( 57min) >>> Play

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In case you missed our Coredemption Conference Live-Stream from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Saturday 31st May, 2008, we will be publishing the five talks over the coming weeks.

First up is Fr. Peter Damian Mary Fehlner, F.I. who didn’t pull any punches in this hard-hitting presentation on the Marian Issue Today discussing the status of the various issues associated with proclaiming the 5th Marian Dogma.

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KARL RAHNER: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS. A Symposium on the theological figure, work and reception of the late German Jesuit, Karl Rahner (1904-1984)

This was the title of a Symposium organized by the Theological Seminary Immaculate Mediatrix (STIM) of the Franciscans of the Immaculate in Italy, held Nov. 22-23, 2007, in the famous Ghirlandaio Refectory (where Ghirlandaio€™s Last Supper can be seen) in the Monastery attached to the magnificent Church of All Saints in Florence, Italy, now serviced by the Franciscans of the Immaculate.

Eleven experts in theology and philosophy, from Europe and America, discussed in depth various aspects of this very influential theologian, who is often described as architect of the new, post-conciliar theology, and whose Grundkurs des Glaubens (Foundations of Christian Faith) is by many considered the definitive replacement for the Summa of St. Thomas. (more…)

Face of Pro-Life #16 - Corinn Dahm and Fr. Peter Fehlner on the connection between the Pro-life Movement and Our Lady of Fatima and Our Lady of America (29min) >>> Play

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Host Corinn Dahm discusses with Fr. Peter Fehlner, FI the recent 90th anniversary of the last miracle of Fatima, the Coredemption Conference we held on that day, and Our Lady of America. Come listen how all this pertains in a vital way to the pro-life cause.

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Here is the last word from Fr. Peter on this subject. It is meant to address comments in discussions going on here at AirMaria:

Father Peter Damian Fehlner, S.T.D. Weighs in on Plan B in Connecticut
Father Peter Damian Fehlner, S.T.D. Weighs in on Plan B in Connecticut. (Continued)
Fr. Peter vs. Plan B the Battle Continues

And at Mark Shea’s site Here and Here

And at American Papist Here

Now for Fr. Peter:

On the Malice of Contraception or Onanism.

My critics, almost unanimously, define the malice of contraception in terms of the separation of procreative and unitive ends of marriage in the use of the marriage act or intercourse by the married.  As one of these critics put it, since in rape there is no unitive end, there is no possibility of separation, hence no possibility of contraception.

For the moment I will prescind from this point and merely note that I could find no standard or approved moralist writing before 1968 who defined the malice of contraception in such terms, or insisting that the sin was only possible for the married.

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Short Video Series #6 - Fr. Peter speaks at Steubenville on St. Maximilian and his teaching on the Holy Spirit and the Immaculate Conception (80min) >>> Play

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Fr. Peter Fehlner speaks at Steubenville University, at the invitation of Dr. Scott Hahn. The talk is on his book St. Maximilian Kolbe: Martyr of Charity - Pneumatolgist where he outlines the teaching of St. Maximilian on the the Holy Spirit and His relation to the Immaculate Conception. He covers St. Maximilian’s methodology, his teaching on the Holy Spirit, the implications in theology and some of the objections raised against this Saint. The talk is followed by a question and answer session. Come listen to this fascinating talk on this sublime subject.

Notes are available

	St. Maximilian Kolbe: Martyr of Charity - Pneumatolgist Author: Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, FI, STD
Other Books Mentioned in the Talk:
	Roman Conferences of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe Author: St. Maximilian M. Kolbe Translator: Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, FI,
	Virgo Ecclesia Facta - The Virgin Made Church Author: Fr. Johannes Schneider, OFM Translator: Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, FI, STD
	Immaculate Conception and Coredemptrix Download PDF Here Author: Dr. Mark Miravalle

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In a third installment on Plan B in Connecticut Fr. Peter answers comments from his two previous posts:

Father Peter Damian Fehlner, S.T.D. Weighs in on Plan B in Connecticut and the Continuation and he also adds some more thoughts.

LifeSiteNews has linked to these articles with some interesting insight as has Mark Shea.

Fr. Peter writes:

I am quite in agreement with Timothy O€™Rourke concerning the gross misuse of probabilism to justify administration of Plan B, or the “morning after” pill in cases of rape. In matters involving justice, life and death issues and salvation, one must always act on the side of caution, viz., adopt the position which is not merely probable, but which is the safer of all possibilities. The reason is that in not placing clear and strict limits on the use of probabilism to resolve a doubtful conscience, one quite quickly becomes a moral relativist, able to find exceptions to the most absolute of divine commands, in particular those concerning the giving and taking of life.

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This is a response to comments on the article I posted on October 9th titled, Father Peter Damian Fehlner, S.T.D. Weighs in on Plan B in Connecticut about the recent statement of the Connecticut Bishops on what is euphemistically and equivocally termed “emergency contraception”. I am grateful for the positive and insightful comments I received especially from Duane, who is at one with me in questioning, like Fr. Euteneur, the wisdom of this statement, and in maintaining that the pill prescribed in Plan B prevents conception via an abortion.

But Duane disagrees with me on several points. Since these are points commonly held by many well meaning Catholics and even theologians I will take his comment as an opportunity to bring this discussion to the next level. 

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Fr. Peter writes:

The reflection of Fr. Euteneuer is far and away the best commentary on the recent statement of the Connecticut bishops permitting the use of Plan B in Catholic hospitals. Effectively, the bishops have allowed the State of Connecticut to determine moral questions for the Church in a manner contrary to the teaching of Christ.

Fr. Euteneuer’s introductory considerations are particularly pertinent for anyone generally concerned with authentic confession and life of faith. We must respect our bishops and support them in their trials. Nonetheless, we must not fail in our duty to call their attention to grievously mistaken policy decisions. The Connecticut bishops acquiescence in permitting Plan B to be implemented in health care facilities under the direction of the Church, rather than close these facilities, is merely in instance of such a policy decision, one with dangerous consequences for the faith and for the Church, not only in Connecticut, but throughout North America. (more…)

Homilies #180 - St Francis of Assisi(11min) >>> Play

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There is an old antiphon in honor of Saint Francis which begins more or less like this an English, rough English translation of Latin. €œWhen the world was growing cold,God raised up his servant Francis, renewed in his flesh the mark of His passion. When the world was growing cold to the heart of Jesus.€?

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Homilies #179 - Come Follow Me       (5min) >>> Play

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These sayings of Our Lord which we have just heard , If you want to follow me you must have less then the foxes and the birds of the air. No place to rest your head.

If we follow Jesus, we must it would seem to modern ears, it seems also to those of yesteryear that we can not take care of our parents. We can not show ordinary honers to those who have died.

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Homilies #178 - Guardian Angels      (6min) >>> Play

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There is an old saying €œout of sight out of mind€?. What we don’t see doesn’t exist and so it is in our age especially one given to materialism. We forget about those things, those persons whom we do not see but are in so many ways more real, more existing then we are. Despite all the testimonies from sacred scripture from the first book to the last.

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Homilies #177 - St Theresa of Lisieux(9min) >>> Play

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I thank thee Father of Heaven and Earth, thou has hidden these things from the wise and the prudent and revealed them to the merest children.

Saint Theresa of Lisieux is in so many ways a commentary on this famous passage, found in the synoptic Gospels which is often read for the feast of Saint Francis of Asissi.

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Homilies #168 - Saint Mathew the Apostle(8min) >>> Play

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Today we celebrate the feast of the apostle who is also the first evangelist not withstanding all the very sophisticated and in some ways brilliant reconstructs the traditional version of the order of the writing of the Gospels.

Facts that have been uncovered recently, and there are many, but particularly the connection with the so-called Qumron documents amply demonstrate that Saint Matthew’s Gospel is the first written version of the good news of the salvation and very probably less then ten years after the death and resurrection of Our Lord.

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Homilies #167 - New Evangelization (6min) >>> Play

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 Today’s Gospel  reflects the martyrs Saint Andrew Kim Taegon and Saint Paul Chong Hasang and their Companions deep faith in Jesus.

One of the things in our times especially in the western world that has been stressed by a whole series of popes is the need to have a missionary spirit. The need to participate in what Pope John Paul II called new evangelization.

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Homilies #165 - The Stigmata of our Holy Father Francis (11min) >>> Play

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Saint Bonaventure tells us that the stigmatization of Saint Francis was a most extraordinary miracle. Since the time of Saint Paul no man had ever received this privilege that is in the period of twelve hundred years and there is no question about it. We do not expect to see in anyone the marks of Christ’s passion.

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