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Confronting the Technological Revolution

After his election to the papacy last month Pope Leo XIV gave insight to his selection of the name he chose. He referred, as I expected, to Pope Leo XIII’s focus on the well-being of working-class people in the rapidly changing socio-political environment of the late 19th century. Just as Pope Leo XIII saw the dangers that the Industrial Revolution posed and the looming specter of the Marxist ideology, which was looking to control the working class, Pope Leo XIV has stated he sees the dangers of out-of-control technology in the present day as a great threat to our humanity. Both of his immediate predecessors, Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI, also referred to the potential dangers in these technologies.

David M. Carollo June 26, 2025 No Comments

A Special Message From the Executive Director: A Response to Apple TV and the Attacks Against the Eucharist Revival

I was dismayed when I learned of the blasphemous display on the Apple TV show Your Friends and Neighbors. The characters in this show, a couple in a romantic relationship, break into a church, open the tabernacle and desecrate the Sacred Species, mocking the beliefs that we all hold as the core of our Faith. This was a direct attack on the Real Presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. In this time of Eucharistic Revival, when this most foundational aspect of our Faith is on the rebound, a company which provides entertainment has decided to insult a major group of their customers, defying all business logic. Why is this? Why is it always open season on Christianity and especially Catholicism, while other faiths are rarely offended in the media? The answer is the truth which lies in Catholicism. Pontius Pilate looked at Jesus and asked, “What is truth?” while looking directly at Truth. The writers and actors in this series become modern day Pilates when they look at Truth and deny it. They say “crucify Him” by these actions.

David M. Carollo June 10, 2025 No Comments

The First Saturdays of Reparation are Necessary for the Era of Peace

Sister Lucia will go down in history as one of the most persevering in fulfilling her mission to spread devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. When it comes to the First Saturday Communions of Reparation, she never wavered in her efforts to spread the devotion especially as the signs of war approached. As the 100th anniversary of the request for the First Saturdays approaches on Dec. 10, 2025, signs of a possible world war are looming from multiple areas. Sister Lucia said in 1993 that this devotion is still very necessary to combat atheism and to help maintain peace and avoid another destructive world war as we await the full unveiling of the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.

Barb Ernster June 5, 2025 No Comments

Habemus Papam!

On Easter Monday we woke to the news that the Holy Father, Pope Francis had died. Although not surprising after his long illness it still

David M. Carollo May 22, 2025 No Comments

Mary’s Promises are Great Reasons to do Family First Saturdays

The great call of Our Lady of Fatima is devotion to her Immaculate Heart. She promised at Fatima that her Heart would be a refuge

Barb Ernster May 1, 2025 No Comments

Young Saints of the Holy Eucharist

As the anniversary of the death of St. Francisco Marto on April 4 approaches, one cannot help but recall his great love for Jesus in the Holy Eucharist and his desire to receive Holy Communion. Having lived just ten years, he only received Holy Communion twice – the first from the Angel of Peace in 1916; the second from the local priest who brought him viaticum at his deathbed.

Barb Ernster April 3, 2025 No Comments

Sister Lucia’s Self Examination: A Path to Holiness

It’s always refreshing to know that the saints or saintly people had a human side. Some, like St. Louis de Montfort and St. Damien of

Barb Ernster March 27, 2025 No Comments

United Around the Fatima Message

We just returned from a beautiful pilgrimage to Fatima. The past eight days were spent with the members of the Apostolate for Family Consecration who

David M. Carollo March 20, 2025 No Comments

Saint Joseph from the Beginning

by Catherine Moran and Barb Ernster St. Joseph in Sacred Scripture is only briefly mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. He is a

Matthew Scarince March 19, 2025 No Comments

The Lenten Lesson of Letting Go

The season of Lent, at first glance, appears to be a time solely of penitence and reparation. And, surely, it is. In increasing our dedication to prayer, fasting and almsgiving, we certainly seek to atone for our own sins and those of others, just as Our Lady of Fatima implored us to do. But if we dig further beneath the surface of these penitential acts, we find a beautiful purpose that is too often easily overlooked.

Michaelyn Hein February 28, 2025 No Comments