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Brother André Marie

About Brother André Marie

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Brother Andre Marie graduated from that city's Holy Cross School in 1988. He went on to study at Louisiana State University's (LSU) main campus in Baton Rouge, on full scholarship as a music major. After three years at LSU, he transferred to Holy Apostles College and Seminary, in Cromwell, Connecticut, where he took a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spring of 1993 (major in Humanities with a minor in Philosophy). In September of 2007, he received the degree of Master of Arts in Theology, Summa cum Laude, also from Holy Apostles.

He entered as a postulant for the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in May of 1993, and went on to the novitiate on Christmas of that year. He made profession of vows on Epiphany of 1996.

Since 1993, he was mentored in philosophy and theology by Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M., Ph.D., a published philosopher of note.

His apostolic work has included various facets of the publishing apostolate of the congregation. For ten years, he was also part of the community's small "mission band" of brothers who traveled to different cities distributing literature to interested persons in an effort to spread the Catholic Faith and bring wayward Catholics back to a sacramental life. He oversaw that apostolate for four years.

He has edited three of the Order's books, published dozens of articles, and presented numerous lectures in apologetics, the history of doctrine, the Church's ecumenical councils, ecclesiology, and devotional topics. He is currently giving lectures on making America Catholic as part of the "Catholic America Tour."

Since 2002, he has been Prior of St. Benedict Center, an apostolate of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Richmond, New Hampshire.

Past memberships include the Knights of Columbus, the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Brother maintains a weblog called Brother André Marie’s Theology Blog.

He maintains contact via Linkedin and Facebook.

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Some Good News

On Monday, May 13, Brother Joseph Mary professed his perpetual vows. The following “letter” concerns this wonderful event in our community’s life. The previous day saw nine innocents make their First Holy Communion in our chapel. Please also see the IHM Chapel updates: Interior Progress, Sanctuary Gates, and Almost Ready for Occupancy Permit. My Dear Jesus, What a beautiful thing is the religious profession of … More →


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May 12: First Holy Communion

It has been a big week! Here is a video of a First Holy Communion on May 12, 2013 here at Saint Benedict Center.


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Pope Denounces ‘Poverty as an Ideology’

Speaking of Judas’ words on St. Mary Magdalene’s “waste” of spikenard, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, said: “This is the first reference that I personally found in the Gospel of poverty as an ideology. The ideologue does not know what love is because they do not know how to gift themselves.” This passage from the Gospels is a great apologetic for lavishing valuable things on … More →


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No Union Backing for Fired Lesbian

(CWN) A lesbian teacher who lost her job at a Catholic school in Ohio after revealing her lesbian partnership will not be receiving support from the local teachers’ union. Read more…  


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Obama’s Scandals

Concerning the recent avalanche of scandal for the Obama White House, Politico ran a story with this unbelievable sentence: “Top GOP sources acknowledge that it’s highly unlikely the White House was directly involved in the IRS mess, but the probe is sure to add to the Republican-spun narrative of Democratic, Big Government overreach.” Can anyone really deny that there is Big Government overreach here? The … More →


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May/June 2013 Mancipia

The May/June 2013 Mancipia is now posted (scroll down for PDF). Back issues of this newsletter are linked from our downloads page. If you would like to receive our bi-monthly newsletter via U.S. mail, please sign up to get it regularly. Click here to VIEW full size, DOWNLOAD as PDF file, and/or PRINT.


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Skateboarder Defends Marriage

You can learn a lot from this man. From the TFP: This two-minute unplanned recording was captured during a campaign for traditional marriage in White Plains, New York, by TFP Student Action volunteers. When the man featured in this interview came rolling down the sidewalk on his skateboard, he saw our signs promoting God’s marriage, stopped, and accepted a copy of our handout, 10 Reasons … More →


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Newsflash: the Pope is Catholic

Some of the things that Michael Voris points out in this episode of the Vortex have been previously noted on Catholicism.org (here, for instance). It’s worth seeing them all in one place. In brief, Pope Francis is not the pope the liberals modernists and progressivists really want.


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The Bad News

The Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the “Good News” that our King and High Priest ordered to be preached “to every creature.” Not exclusively for one tribe, nation, or continent, it was intended to go to all the nations. As holy Simeon will tell us on Candlemas Day, Jesus is “A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy … More →


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Judge Joseph R. Nolan, RIP

From the Boston Globe: [Update: Here is the obituary, with more information, from the Stanton Funeral Service site.] Joseph R. Nolan, a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for 14 years, died Monday, according to the Stanton Funeral Service in Watertown. He was 87. Appointed by Governor Ed King in 1981, Justice Nolan was considered one of the more conservative members of the bench … More →


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Pope Francis: ‘It Is Not Possible to Find Jesus outside the Church’

From Pope Francis’ sermon today, the feast of Saint George (Jorge Bergoglio’s own patron): “But the Christian identity is not an identity card: Christian identity is belonging to the Church, because all of these belonged to the Church, the Mother Church. Because it is not possible to find Jesus outside the Church. The great Paul VI said: ‘Wanting to live with Jesus without the Church, … More →


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Meet Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

Forget Justin Bieber. The Canadian pop star has nothing on the Bohemian-Austrian baroque composer and violinist, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (12 August 1644 [baptized] – 3 May 1704). Believed to have been Jesuit educated in his earlier years at the Society’s Gymnasium at Opava in Bohemia, von Biber was clearly Catholic in the range of his compositional subject-matter. Besides his beautiful Masses (some of … More →


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On Bombs, Babies, and Boy Scouts

The nation is still reeling from the tragedy of the Boston Marathon bombing, and one of the two suspects is still at large as I write. Three people were killed, thirteen had limbs amputated, and 170 others are still hospitalized. There is no trivializing the senseless violence — the evil — that has been perpetrated. In Philadelphia, Kermit Gosnell’s trial is in week six. Gosnell … More →


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Potty-Mouthed, Pro-Death Prof. Policed

File this one under “I” for “inmates running the asylum.” (LifeNews.com) A college professor has been arrested for a profane rant at pro-life students at the University of Buffalo. Professor Laura Curry screamed at students, yelling at them: “Where does it say I can’t use the [not nice] word in public. I can swear because that’s part of my vocabulary. That’s part of my First … More →


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Sanctifying the Sensory at Mass

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass can be considered from a multitude of angles and by a variety of sciences. First and foremost, it is the actio sacra, the sacred action of the Church’s highest worship. As such, it is the unbloody re-presentation (as in literally making present again) of Christ’s selfsame sacrifice offered up on the Cross. It is the sacrifice of Cross, only … More →


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