St. Padre Pio, the Spiritual Father of Fatima
by Father Matthew Mauriello – Among the many blessings that came out of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima is the beautiful connection to St. Pio of Pietrelcina. He became the Spiritual Father of the World Apostolate of Fatima at the request of Msgr. Harold V. Colgan (1894-1972), who founded the organization in 1947 […]
Who Are We?
by David M. Carollo – As believers, we accept something that is beyond human reason. Like Mary, Joseph and those enlightened through God’s grace, we know that there is something our senses cannot understand. For that reason, we must not look for acceptance from a non-believing world, but bring the world to accept a God who […]
The messages of La Salette and of Fatima urges our faithful response
by Donal Anthony Foley – The single Marian apparition at La Salette in southeastern France took place on Saturday, Sept. 19, 1846. This apparition was somewhat overshadowed by the events at Lourdes in 1858, when St. Bernadette saw Our Lady. But it is still an important event in its own right and it is interesting […]
Mary’s Nativity – “the Dawn of Salvation”
by Father Matthew Mauriello – On Sept. 8, we commemorate the beautiful feast day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This is one of my very favorite feast days of the Church year. When I studied Mariology some years ago, I was fascinated with the history of this feast and share it with […]
Our Rock in a Shaken World
by Michaelyn Hein Our summer vacation neared its end; its lazy days rounded the bend to their final lap as they prepared to pass the baton to fall. With the looming need to turn the calendar to September, my mind naturally followed the next step: not to chillier days and falling leaves, but the start […]
Beware of the Tepidity of “Clipboard Catholicism”
by Barb Ernster – The Catholic Church has a rich history of wonderful devotions that have developed and evolved over the years, many going back centuries. Devotions, novenas and prayers to Our Lady and the saints have accumulated. Unsurprisingly, most have promises attached. Sometimes, as Catholics, we can get weary of sorting through all […]
A Christmas to Remember
Just one year after St. Pope John Paul II’s consecration of the whole world, including Russia, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25, 1984, the new Soviet Union president and Communist Party leader Mikhail Gorbachev began instituting democratic reforms in the spring of 1985 that he later acknowledged were “historically correct.” In 1991, […]
Am I my brother’s keeper?
By David M. Carollo – When God asked Cain where his brother Abel was, he responded: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Knowing that he had murdered him, motivated by jealousy, God allowed him to contemplate his deed. Cain knew that his action was wrong, but more profoundly, he knew that this act had ramifications far […]
A Mother’s Prayer, A Miraculous Healing
by Patrick Sabat In one of our tours with the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, we visited St. Anthony of Padua Parish and international headquarters of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, in Robstown, Texas. It was here that we learned the beautiful story from Mary Ramon, […]
The Rosary is a ‘Weapon’ of Love
by David M. Carollo – I am dismayed at the assertion in the article written in ‘The Atlantic’ by Daniel Panneton, that devout Catholics use the rosary as a weapon of hate. There is no greater act of love that exists beyond the Mass than the recitation of the Rosary. The 20 decades follow the […]
