Father Thomas McGlynn, OP was a priest and sculptor who spent 10 days with Sister Lucia in order to make an authentic sculpture of how Our Lady appeared when she presented her Immaculate Heart. He had the opportunity to interview Lucia’s sisters, Theresa and Maria,
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by Donal Anthony Foley Today is the feast of Pope St. Leo I, one of the most important popes in Church history and one of only three acclaimed as “great”, mainly for his teaching against heresy and for his famous Tome, which was read at
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By Father James Walling – A few years ago, when I was associate pastor in a parish in Kentucky, I visited a Protestant funeral service with a priest friend of mine. The deceased was a woman who used to practice the Catholic Faith, but had
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By Barb Ernster – Why did Jesus want devotion to the Immaculate Heart established in the world, starting in 1917 at Fatima? After all, devotion to the Heart of Mary was widely practiced in the Middle Ages, including by many great saints. Saint John Eudes
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The “Age of Discovery” resulted from the vision of a pious young man, “Henry the Navigator,” who is buried in a beautiful church, Our Lady of Victories, at the foot of the mountain of Fatima. His father, John I (1357-1433) was made king of Portugal
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By Barb Ernster Dr. Mary Shivanandan is a retired professor of theology from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute on Studies of Marriage and Family, specializing in the theological anthropology of St. John Paul II. She is also a mother and grandmother. She spoke with
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Original text by Rev. Jack Riley – “It is to you, dear mother, to you who are doubly my mother that I come to confide this story of my soul. The day you asked me to do this, it seemed to me it would distract
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By Father Richard Heilman The Chaplet of St. Michael is a powerful way to call upon St. Michael the Archangel along with the Nine Choirs of Angels, especially in acts of spiritual warfare. Sacred Scripture distinguishes nine such groupings: Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominations, Powers, Virtues,
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by Catherine Moran, Ph.D. At Fatima, on October 13, 1917, during the miracle of the sun, the children saw Our Heavenly Mother appear as Our Lady of Sorrows. In the Gospels, we read of Our Lady of Sorrows at the foot of the cross watching
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By Donal Anthony Foley – In the Divine Praises, we pray “blessed be the name of Mary, virgin and mother.” Today we celebrate the feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary, which comes between the feast of the Nativity of Mary on Sept. 8
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