Volume 6, Number 4 Radio Maria USA June, 2013

A Newsletter for Radio Maria USA -- National

Monthly Messages from Our Lady“ O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine” . . .

Dear Radio Maria Family:

Those words ring out each morning here at our Alexandria studio chapel as we pray in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament exposed on our altar. On that same altar, there is a book con-taining all the prayer intentions requested by our listeners and representing those you hold in your hearts. It is a beautiful reminder each day that we are ONE in the Communion of the Lord’s Mystical Body and that our prayers of petition andadoration mingle here each day as we ask the Lord’s blessing upon you and all your loved ones.

We celebrate that great mystery this month as we honor the Most Precious Body and Blood of Our Savior on June 2 and the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 7. The Family Spirit of Radio Maria is rooted in this great mystery of God’s Love for us which comes to us through the Immaculate Heart of Mary (celebrated on June 8).

We experienced that Spirit so profoundly with the recent visit of our National President, Carlo DiMaggio. Fresh from his recent visit to Medjugorje, he shared with us the many bless-ings he received from the Queen of Peace. We thank God for giving us a man of faith like Carlo to keep us faithful to the charism of Our Lady’s Radio by his humble service out of love for God and His Holy Mother. May God reward you!

Fr. Robert Young, O.F.M.Fr. Robert Young, O.F.M.Program Director, Radio Maria US

May 2, 2013 Message to Mirjana“Dear children! Anew, I am calling you to love and not to judge. My Son, according to the will of the Heavenly Father, was among you to show you the way of salvation, to save you and not to judge you. If you desire to follow my Son, you will not judge but love like your Heavenly Father loves you. And when it is the most difficult for you, when you are falling under the weight of the cross do not despair, do not judge, instead remember that you are loved and praise the Heavenly Father because of His love. My children, do not deviate from the way on which I am leading you. Do not recklessly walk into perdition. May prayer and fasting strengthen you so that you can live as the Heavenly Father would desire; that you may be my apostles of faith and love; that your life may bless those whom you meet; that you may be one with the Heavenly Father and my Son. My children, that is the only truth, the truth that leads to your conversion, and then to the conversion of all those whom you meet – those who have not come to know my Son – all those who do not know what it means to love. My children, my Son gave you a gift of the shepherds. Take good care of them. Pray for them. Thank you.”

Board of Directors

Mr. Carlo DiMaggio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PresidentFr. Robert Young, O.F.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DirectorAlicia del Cid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Family RepDr. Florinda Iannace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SecretaryMary Pyper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer

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May 25, 2013 Message to Marija “Dear children! Today I call you to be strong and resolute in faith and prayer, until your prayers are so strong so as to open the Heart of my beloved Son Jesus. Pray little children, pray without ceas-ing until your heart opens to God’s love. I am with you and I intercede for all of you and I pray for your conversion. Thank you for having responded to my call. ”

On behalf of the World Family of Radio Maria, we want to thankall of you who donated to our first World-Wide Mariathon. Wereceived more than $3,000 towards the growth of Radio Maria in11 new countries. The world-wide total was $1.1 million!

Comments from Listeners

“My wife and I love Radio Maria and have been blessed by your radio talk today. “ -- Tim I’m listening and enjoying all your won-derful messages. Thank you for help-ing me know my religion and keeping in touch with the good news. God has been so good to our family and I do tell my friends of your great Radio Maria! I plan to give every month till “death do us part.” -- Clara

Mirjana embraces new Radio Maria president after Apparition

Medjugorje Visionary Mirjana recomposes herself after one of her recent Apparitions. Radio Maria president Carlo Maggio was fortu-nate enough to be standing behind her during the Apparition. Afterwards, she reached out to Maggio and kissed him as though she was say-ing “thank you.”

Greetings & Blessings to all Radio Maria Family,

As summer approaches and we all take our deserved vacations, we remind you that Radio Maria will continue to work with its regular expenses. It is not unusual that during the summer months donations tend to decrease, and for this reason, we have thought of a sweepstake for you to keep us in mind. By continuing with your commitment and donation to Radio Maria and entering in our Sweep-stake, you will also have the possibility of winning an extraordinary trip to the Holy Land or Medjugorje.

Speaking of Medjugorje, I had the privilege and fortune to be there during Mirjana’s apparition on May 2, 2013. I would like to share with you the extraor-dinary experience I had:

On May 1, Mirjana gave her testimo-ny to the Italian pilgrims where I was in attendance, about 60 feet away from the balcony where she was speaking.

This was not the first time I saw her speak, but never this close. During her testimony, she spoke about a private au-dience with our beloved Pope John Paul II, where she stated that Pope John Paul II told her that if he was not a Pope, he would have gone to Medjugorje.

Mirjana also testified that after his death, someone from the Vatican came to Medjugorje to bring a pair of Pope John Paul II’s shoes. I felt very emotional hearing this testimony. Mirjana must have made the same testimony over a hundred times, but to me it felt as though she was

telling it for the first time; so beautiful was her smile and so serene was her voice.

After her testimony, I managed to give one of her assistants a copy of our April Newsletter, where her messages ap-pear on the front page. The next day a good friend of mine arranged for me to be close to Mirjana at the time of the apparition. Somehow, to my surprise, I found myself right behind Mirjana as she was facing the Blue Cross. She had joined

the pilgrims praying the rosary and at one point she lifted her head and we all knew that the Apparition was beginning.

As soon as the Apparition was over, she dictated the message to two of her assistants. She sat on the floor facing me with uncontrollable tears. After she re-composed herself and the message had been read in Italian and English, I had the opportunity to kiss her hand and say ‘thank you’ to her.

She then reached out to me and kissed me on both sides of my cheeks, as though we were old friends. I was over-whelmed with the feeling that she was say-ing “thank you, thank you.”

Naturally, I was ecstatic and could not believe that it was actually happening, but since then I have kept this precious mo-ment in my heart to treasure forever. If Mirjana did say ‘thank you’ to me, I know she was thanking me for my commitment to Radio Maria, and therefore, she was thanking all of the volunteers, supporters and listeners of Radio Maria. Sometimes I think that our Blessed Mother was saying “thank you” through Mirjana, and for this I will always be grateful to Mirjana and forever treasure this moment.

I have been to Medjugorje more than 15 times, but have never experienced such grace and peace. I thought I would share my experience with all of you. May God continue to bless you all, and may our Mother Queen of Peace be with you al-ways.

May God Bless You,Carlo DiMaggio

President, Radio Maria USA

Radio Maria in New York will host its annual Life Achievement Awards on Sun-day, June 23 at 2 p.m. at the VIP Country Club in New Rochelle, NY.

Those being honored for their service to Radio Maria in New York are Robert P. Astorino, Westchester County executive; Sister Carol Wagner, RDC, president of the Religious of the Divine Compassion; Robert

Life Achievement Awards Gala to be held June 23 in NY

Antonucci, PE, CEO of Antonucci & Associ-ates, architect & engineering firm; Mr. and Mrs. Rocco and Maryann Maiorano, owners of Community Paving Comp.; and Charlie Vaccaro, vice president & flavorist of Pete’s Beverages.

To make your reservations, please call 212-233-8040.

You could be the big winner of Radio Maria’s Immaculate Conception Sweep-stakes.

The grand prize is a free pilgrimage of choice (for two) to either a 10-day trip to the Holy Land or and 8-day trip to Medjugorje. Second prize is $1,000 cash and third prize is $500.

The pilgrimage includes round-trip airfare, meals (Holy Land: breakfast, lunch, and dinner; or Medjugorje: breakfast and dinner), transportation, first-class hotel ac-commodations (a hotel in the Holy Land, a pansion in Medjugorje), a guide, spiritual

You could win a free trip to the Holy Land or to Medjugorje!director and much more. The trip is coor-dinated by 206 Tours.

To enter, you must fill out an “official” sweepstakes ticket available through Radio Maria. (Official tickets are enclosed in this newsletter.) Additional tickets are available at all 10 Radio Maria locations, including Alexandria, New Iberia, Lake Charles, and Natchitoches, La; in D’Iberville, Ms; Port Arthur, Tx; Holidaysburg, Pa; Peshtigo, Wisc; New York, NY; and Springfield and Anna, Ohio.

Any questions, please call 318-561-6145 or 1-888-408-0201.

A tax deductible offering of $10 per ticket or $50 for 6 tickets is suggested; however no donation is required to enter.

The official sweepstakes ticket and your donation must be mailed to Radio Maria, 601 Washington Street, Alexandria, LA 71301. All tickets must be received by Thursday, October 31, 2013.

The Radio Maria Sweepstakes prizes will be drawn Dec. 9, 2013. Winners will be notified by telephone or certified mail approximately three weeks after the draw-ing dates. The pilgrimage offer expires on December 15, 2014.

Thank youFather Walter Tonelotto

On behalf of all of us at Radio Maria

US I want to express our most sincere

gratitude to Fr. Walter Tonelotto for his

generous contribution to the program-

ming and to the growth of Radio Maria

English in the US.

Fr. Walter will be assuming the du-

ties of pastor of Our Lady of Pompei this

June in New York City.

Fr. Walter, you will remain in our

hearts and prayers as you assume your

new responsibilities. We thank God for

all you have contributed over the last 20

years to Our Lady’s Radio.

Grazie!

1st prize: Free trip of your choice: 10-day trip to the Holy Land 8-day trip to Medjugorje

2nd prize: $1,000 cash3rd prize: $500 cash

The Holy Land Medjugorje

NEW RADIO MARIA PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO VOLUNTEERS. Carlo DiMaggio, president of Ra-dio Maria USA (standing) speaks to the volunteers in Alexandria, La and surrounding areas during his visit May 21-22. Seated at the head table are (from left) Charlie Dumas, fund-raising adviser; Maria Biancavilla, director of accounting; Carlo DiMaggio, president; Father Robert Young, national priest director; and John Tuminello, president of the Southern Region ex-com. Charlie, Maria, and Carlo are all from the Radio Maria studio in New York. Their visit included meetings with the execu-tive board, a meeting with Bishop Ronald Herzog, (USCCB’s moderator with Radio Maria) and a dinner with the volunteers. The volunteers also hosted a luncheon for the visitors at the Alexandria studio on May 22.

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