Flame Of Love – 2023

Father James Blount is a priest of the Society of Our Lady of the Trinity, Georgia Mission. A very gifted spiritual director and confessor, FatherJim is a bold, charismatic preacher endowed and empowered with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. He speaks of living a life in relationship with each of the Persons of the Holy Trinity: The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. His humble boldness and untiring drive to minister to the lost and ill are particularly noteworthy.

Dedicated to his healing and deliverance ministry, Father travels preaching and proclaiming the Gospel whenever and wherever he can, in the United States and abroad.

Monsignor Ralph Joseph Chieffo is pastor of Saint Mary Magdalen Parish in Media, PA and enjoys sharing the presence, power and peace of Jesus our Lord and Savior with others through witness stories based on scripture reflections. Father was ordained in 1975 after studying at Saint Charles Seminary and Villanova University. Father was born in Italy and came to Marcus Hook, PA when he was eight years old. He writes: “As a shoe shine boy, I polished shoes; now I pray I can polish your soul to prepare to join the Communion of Saints. Please pray that our retreat experience will help us grow in friendship with Jesus and all those dear to us who reveal the face of God to us.”

Dr. Antone Raymundo is a pro-life physician, Wharton MBA alumnus, and former senior medical director who had practiced anesthesiology and currently works as a medical consultant specializing in disability. He is the US National Spokesperson for the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Movement. He is a lay Carmelite, a spiritual director, and an experienced prayer team member/assistant in the healing, deliverance, and exorcism ministry for the region’s Archdiocese. He is a passionate Catholic speaker who inspires people with his personal testimony and stories of miraculous healings. He has delivered conferences, internationally and nationally, and is a sought-after retreat director. He has volunteered over 230 hours in prison ministry and evangelized hundreds of inmates.

He hosts a popular radio show/podcast that is nationally broadcasted on Radio Maria called “The Flame of Love Show” and hosts two more one hour radio shows: a weekly Thursday show and a monthly First Friday call-in show on In His Sign Catholic Radio Network aired through WTMR 800 AM and via streaming apps.  Additionally, he speaks on the Eucharist, The Secret of the Rosary, Spiritual Warfare, Exorcisms, Angels & Saints, Resurrection Stories, St. Joseph, Catholic Masculinity, Marriage & Family, Fatherhood, and Discovering One’s True Self and Mission in Christ. He is a happily married man and resides in southeast Pennsylvania with his wife and six children. His oldest son is an ordained Roman Catholic priest.

        “As a lay Carmelite and medical doctor directly involved in spiritual warfare, I helped save numerous lives from disease, disability, demons, and death. I also                 help save souls by assisting our priests, who are the spiritual doctors of our soul. In union with our priests and our Church, I help bridge the gap of faith and               reason for regular everyday life so LOVE and MERCY can cross over to hearts and minds. I am a lay emissary to re-evangelize people so they can go back to the           Catholic Church, our spiritual hospital, and experience more fully the saving medicine of God from the Divine Physician Himself and from his priests, through               the sacraments and sacramentals.” -Dr. Antone Raymundo

Fr. Eugene “Gene” (of the Eucharist) Wehner, OCD has been a member of the Order of Discalced Carmelites for 27 years, but was ordained for the Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota 47 years ago. He was born in Dickinson, North Dakota in 1949. After graduating from St. Mary’s College in Winona, Minnesota, he attended St. Thomas Seminary in Denver, Colorado. After priestly ordination in 1975, he served as a parish priest and was on the diocesan ecumenical commission. Discerning a call to religious life, his first profession in 1995 at the National Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After various ministries and studies, he served in Kenya as a formator, spiritual director, retreat director, chaplain to Discalced Carmelite nuns, pastor, secondary school teacher, and librarian.

ENow, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Monastery in Washington, DC, he is the main librarian for his community and spiritual assistant for three Secular Carmelite communities. He also gives spiritual direction, retreats, and occasional conferences. He is the author of the e-book Dear Daddy: The Love Letter Method of Meditation.