{"id":203,"date":"2014-10-09T17:07:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T17:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/?p=203"},"modified":"2025-09-30T01:38:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:38:01","slug":"yesterdays-wake-for-fr-benedict-in-the-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday&#8217;s Wake for Fr. Benedict in the Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Reminder<\/strong><\/span>: Tomorrow&#39;s funeral Mass for Fr. will be televised on EWTN.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01bb0795b6cc970d-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Benedict Groeschel\" src=\"https:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01bb0795b6cc970d-150wi\" style=\"width: 150px;\" title=\"Benedict Groeschel\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These pictures were taken by <strong><em>LifeNet<\/em><\/strong> between Noontime and 1:30 p.m. yesterday at St. Adalbert&#39;s Church near St. Crispin&#39;s Friary on E. 156th Street in the Bronx. This was the original friary where Father Benedict began his CFR congregation in 1987.<\/p>\n<p>In the basement, along with refreshments, videographers asked attendees for personal comments about Father Groeschel. The friars will eventually produce a video using the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Father died on October 3rd, vigil of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.<\/p>\n<p>A contingent from the Sisters of Life, arriving.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08e21970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1050172\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08e21970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08e21970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1050172\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b8d07a84c6970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1050179\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b8d07a84c6970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b8d07a84c6970c-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1050179\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Black Madonna, above the altar.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08e4b970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1050186\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08e4b970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08e4b970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1050186\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the sisters from Father&#39;s CFR community. There are 31 sisters and 115 priests and brothers.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08e9d970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1050182\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08e9d970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08e9d970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1050182\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sr. Claire leading the rosary. She has been a Franciscan CFR for 16 years. See the sketch of Fr. Benedict to the left!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08eeb970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1050200\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08eeb970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08eeb970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1050200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b8d07a85c5970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1050202\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b8d07a85c5970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b8d07a85c5970c-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1050202\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b8d07a85dc970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1050208\" src=\"https:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b8d07a85dc970c-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1050208\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01bb0795bc04970d-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1050191\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01bb0795bc04970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01bb0795bc04970d-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1050191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b8d07a85fa970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1050193\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b8d07a85fa970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b8d07a85fa970c-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1050193\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sisters from Mother Teresa&#39;s Missionary of Charity congregation &#8211; Father had a close relationship with their community. And three members of the Franciscans of the Primitive Observance (FPO). On the right is Fr. Andrew Apostoli, CFR.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01bb0795bc48970d-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1050222\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01bb0795bc48970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01bb0795bc48970d-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1050222\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;And the Sisters of Life &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08fad970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1050197\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08fad970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341cc5fb53ef01b7c6f08fad970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1050197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reminder: Tomorrow&#39;s funeral Mass for Fr. will be televised on EWTN. These pictures were taken by LifeNet between Noontime and 1:30 p.m. yesterday at St. Adalbert&#39;s Church near St. Crispin&#39;s Friary on E. 156th Street in the Bronx. This was the original friary where Father Benedict began his CFR congregation in 1987. In the basement, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fr-groeschel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}