ANNOUNCING: NEW DEVELOPMENT IN SISTER LUCIA’S CAUSE OF CANONIZATION
We are pleased to share this great news from our international secretariat on this blessed day, commemorating the October 13, 1917, apparition at Fatima: The process of beatification and canonization of Sister Lucia has had today a new development, with the delivery in the Vatican’s Congregation for the Cause of Saints of the document on […]
What I Learned from Sister Lucia
Fatima expert Carlos Evaristo, Portuguese author and TV host, who interviewed Sister Lucia on many occasions and served as an interpreter for her, shared the things he learned from her about the message, the consecration, the triumph of the Immaculate Heart, and where we are today. The interview can also be viewed on our Fatima […]
God’s Archangels: Messengers of Hope, Truth and Light
by Catherine Moran – When one thinks of angels, three come to mind: St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael. The source of our knowledge of these three archangels is from the Old and New Testament. Church teachings on the angels help us understand their mission and role in helping us. St. Michael – Defender […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Sister Lucia Formulated the Blue Army Pledge
by Barb Ernster – The Blue Army Pledge was formulated with the help of Sister Lucia on August 12, 1946. Our co-founder, John Haffert had been given permission by the Bishop of Fatima, Jose Alves Correia da Silva, to come to Portugal and interview Lucia, who was then a Dorothean Sister in Porto. Mr. Haffert […]
St. Dominic’s Legacy of Preachers and the Holy Rosary
By Rev. Matthew R. Mauriello One of the Church’s greatest saints, St. Dominic Guzman, was born in Calaruega, Spain, on Aug. 8, 1170. His father was Felix Guzman and his mother was Blessed Jane of Aza. According to his biographer, Blessed Jordan of Saxony (1190-1237), who succeeded St. Dominic as minister general of his Order, […]
