This is the entrance for
The Most Blessed Sacrament Community of Franciscan Friars of The Renewal
in Newark, NJ
As you can see from the arc of the
entrance it says "Venite Adoremus" (this phrase is in Latin) which
translated to English is said “Come let us adore Him"(See picture above)
How they got to Newark?
This Franciscan Community used to be
a Monastery of Dominican Nuns, and now it is used by the Franciscan Friars that
are novice Gray Friars. The Friars moved into the Monastery in 2004.
The reason we went to this place is
because we had
the opportunity to experience the Franciscan life.
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We went on a tour to see
the Franciscan Community. The first place we went to see was their Chapel
where they do their prayers for the day (they pray every day). And after this
we went to see the crypt that they have. (See pictures below)
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In this photograph you can see Br. Michael Angelo Getting ready to serve the homeless. The Franciscans do this every week to feed the homeless. (See picture below)
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While the homeless
people were eating, Pierre Matamoros and myself were playing instruments,
which the Franciscans had, to entertain them while they were eating. Pierre was
playing a small size percussion drum and I had a classical guitar. (See picture
below)
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After we served the
homeless people, we cleaned up the place where we served them.
(Sorry No Picture of the
clean-up)
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After the clean-up, we had
some fun playing basketball with Brother Michael Angelo, and taking a few photos
with the Virgin Mary, and Pope Francis. (See pictures below)
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