Posted on 06/28/2006 7:36:08 AM PDT by NYer
A real Capuchin fryer. They taste like chicken. Extra crispy's best . . . |
My Mother met Fr Solanus in the 1940's. She said he had an awe-inspiring simplicity.
beautiful! That's tagline material.
beautiful article. amazing that it's originally from a secular newspaper.
***Father Solanus died July 31, 1957, on the 53rd anniversary of his first Mass.***
***Father Solanus was buried in a small plot on the monastery grounds. Later, in 1987, his body was exhumed, given a new robe, and placed inside the St. Bonaventure chapel in a crypt.***
After 30 years his body was exhumed and given a new robe. Does this mean he was found to be incorrupt?
nice story here too: http://www.wau.org/current/article.asp?id=1985
The "Holy Doorman" of St. Bonaventure's
by Diane Morey Hanson
When the doorbell of St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit rang, it sounded sharp and clear, like the clanging of a school bell. . . . And if it rang in the wee hours of the morning, it nearly always startled the thirty or so residents out of their sleep.
For more than twenty years, one man hurried to open the heavy, carved oak doors: Fr. Solanus Casey, "the porter of St. Bonaventure"-the humble, compassionate, healing priest who may one day be the first American-born man to be canonized. ...
Fr. Solanus Casey pray for us.
Great article!
But why would the society offer this?
Venerable Fr. Solanus Rosary
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The stones -- carnelian, lapis lazuli, nephrite jade, and tiger eye -- are connected by hematite and each corresponds to a chakra (healing) point of the body. The 3rd decade is black onyx, the gem of universal love. This rosary depicts Solanus' life of healing intercession and unconditional love for God and neighbor. Designed by Dorothy LeFave, $60
They need to clean up their society. This is no way honors the legacy of a simple monk.
>> They need to clean up their society.<<
It's everywhere isn't it?
It's worse than that ...
The stones -- carnelian, lapis lazuli, nephrite jade, and tiger eye -- are connected by hematite and each corresponds to a chakra (healing) point of the body.
It's superstitious, at best. I find it disgusting. I make rosaries, lots of them. Most are quite simple: wooden beads and wire. I'll make more decorative rosaries out of 'noble' materials on occasion, but to ascribe occult meaning to the materials distracts from Our Lord.
Could this be perhaps an example of why Fr. Benedict Groeschel and others started the CFRs (Franciscan Friars of the Renewal) in Brooklyn? I believe Fr. Benedict has something to do with Solanus Casey's cause for sainthood, and he was once associated with the Franciscans from whom Solanus Casey came.
That's the first I have heard of this. Interesting! Please let me know if you find any additional information regarding Fr. Groeschel, in this regard.
Catherine Odell wrote a wonderful book on him (Father Solanus) full of details of his life. His humility was so great and the amount of hardship that he endured at the hands of his superiors and fellow friars was comparable to St. Padre Pio though of a different sort. I have no doubt this man is a Saint as he must have entered heaven on a tidal wave of humilty. I wish every priest would contemplate this man's life and the form of the Cross in it.
Yes. When father Solonus Casey was exhumed his body was uncorrupt
Thanks for answering. Doesn't an incorrupt body pretty much pave the way for automatic sainthood?
EWTN will have a program about Fr. Solanus Casey tomorrow night, Saturday July 22, 2006 at 8:00PM ET.
EWTN GLOBAL SHOWCASE
SOLANUS CASEY: PRIEST, PORTER, PROPHET(90:00)
Born in 1870 and baptized Bernard Francis Casey, he went no further than grammar school. As a result, he was educationally handicapped when he entered seminary and was dismissed in his fourth year. He eventually entered the Capuchin order, taking the name Solanus, and was ordained as a simplex, or Mass, priest. He was never allowed to preach or hear confessions. In Yonkers, NY, he was assigned the humble duties of sacristan and porter. Soon, however, his charismatic gift of healing and prophecy began to manifest themselves. The people flocked to him, so much so that as his health declined, he had to be moved to a rural monastery in Indiana
to which busloads of people came down from Detroit. Following his death in 1957, he was subsequently exhumed and found to be incorrupt. He was pronounced Venerable to Pope John Paul II in 1995.
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