God Above All Else: Resistance is not Futile
by David M. Carollo – Placing God Above Blind Conformity The cyber world in which we live has brought about an interconnected consciousness, defined not by an individual’s focus on God, but on one of uniformity to group thought and constantly shifting norms. Individualism, which is the hallmark of the American ethos, seems to have […]
As Easter People, Our Light Must Shine Brilliantly
by Donal Anthony Foley Christ is the Light of the World On the first Easter Sunday, early in the morning in the garden near Calvary, there was a moment of great light for the world; the moment when Christ rose from the dead after His terrible sufferings on Good Friday. At the site of the […]
The Devotion of Guam to Our Lady of Fatima
by Larry Maginot – In February, Our Lady completed her fifth tour on the Island of Guam. Though the level of enthusiasm of her recent visit may not quite match the first visit of the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue to the island back in November – December 2006, the devotion of the people there who […]
Lord, I Am Not Worthy
by David M. Carollo – When we read or watch accounts of the life of Christ, we think of the stories of those who encountered Him personally. We know snippets of their interactions with Jesus, but what do we know of their lives afterwards? The Roman Centurion who approached Him and in an act of […]
First Saturdays are entrance to “school of Our Lady”
Fatima is a wonderful place where we are drawn into the heart of Our Lady and there made her true children filled with her own life.
Hope Stands Eternal at the Foot of the Cross
by Barb Ernster Many people will say in conversation that they feel like they’re losing their faith. They ask, “Where is God?” as so many prayers seem to go unanswered. Like the Psalmist, we cry out, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why so far from my call for help, from my […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
