Some might wonder why God chose little children to receive the message of Our Lady at Fatima. In the Gospel, Jesus gives the reason: “I praise Thee, Father, Lord of I-leaven and earth, that Thou did hide these things from the wise and prudent and did reveal them to the
The Children of Fatima In 1917, Our Lady appeared to three shepherds, Lucia dos Santos, 10, Francisco Marto, 9, and Jacinta Marto, 7, at Fatima, Portugal. The messages She gave there were destined to be spread right around the world, and were to affect millions of people. Our Lady gave
by Father Manelli I O.F.M. Conv., S.T.D. Father Manelli, O.F.M. Conv., S.T.D., has been a priest for about twenty-five years, and is now the Superior of the Friary he founded. His religious community, inspired by Blessed Maximilian Kolbe’s idea of the “City of the Immaculate”, tries to follow ever more
Mr. Hamish Fraser is well qualified to speak about the conversion of Communist Russia. In 1933 this Presbyterian Scot joined the Young Communist League. He worked for the Communist forces in Spain during part of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39. Between 1933 and 1945 he held key positions in
Dear Friends of Our Lady, Another year has passed, a most successful year for our Apostolate, and I would like to thank each and every one of our supporters for making it all possible. Since my last letter to you the Fatima Crusade, which you so generously support, has distributed
My Immaculate Heart Will Triumph Remember by our united effort we shall all share in the eventual triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Will we not be eternally blessed because we believed and assisted Our Blessed Mother in fulfilling Her great promise at Fatima? For She promised, “In the
Why a Statue and Why Crown It? by Most Rev. John Venancio It is said that all the heresies of today are resurrected heresies of the past with new names. While the suppression of holy images today is not called iconoclasm, it echoes that same heresy which was condemned by
Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II From L’Osservatore Romano, Eng. edit., Nov. 23, 1978 The coat of arms of Pope John Paul II is intended as an act of homage to the central mystery of Christianity, the Redemption. And so the main representation is a cross, whose form, however,
The Sacred Heart and The Immaculate Heart The Guardian Angel of Portugal appeared to the three children of Fatima to prepare them for Our Lady’s appearance. He joined the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus with the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. He said, The Hearts of
Why We Believe in Fatima The three seers of Fatima, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged 9 and 7, and their cousin Lucy dos Santos, 10, were closely watched and questioned because of the appearances of Our Lady to them. Priests, villagers, their parents questioned them over and over again, and
Reality Meets Faith 