Consistent with our Franciscan charism and tradition of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, our province promotes opportunities to more fully tap into a devotion from our Kolbean heritage, through the example of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe, OFM Conv., and the continued efforts of his Militia of the Immaculata’s (M.I.) unconditional Consecration to the Immaculate. In order to better promote M.I. among the faithful served through the ministries of our friars of Our Lady of the Angels Province, Fr. Jobe Abbass, OFM Conv., our Province MI Assistant, has completed 37 successful and rewarding stops on our Province M.I Initiative Tour of our pastoral ministries. Although halted by the pandemic in March 2020, Friar Jobe continued with the tour in August of 2021 and completed the last stop On Sunday, February 27, 2022, at the noon Mass, in our Chapel at The Shrine of St. Anthony, in Ellicott City, MD. Please keep Friar Jobe and all those he has greeted throughout the May 2019 – February 2022 Militia of the Immaculata Initiative Tour in your prayers, as he continues to serves as the Province Delegate to the M.I. and the National Assistant of the Militia of the Immaculata M.I. Canada, encouraging the faithful to consecrate themselves to the Immaculate, and to enroll in the M.I.