The American TFP

What I Saw at the Kansas State Capitol Black Mass

by Michael Gorre April 7, 2025March 31, 2025

I witnessed firsthand the most extreme hatred for the Catholic Faith and Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist I’ve ever seen in our country. On March 28, 2025, Kansas state authorities permitted members of “The Satanic Grotto” to conduct a satanic Black Mass ritual at the Kansas State Capitol Building. … Read more

A Period-Correct Mass at the 160th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Attracts a Full Tent

by Michael Gorre August 8, 2023July 7, 2023

The resonant sound of a bugle captured my attention. Dressed in the woolen uniform of a Pennsylvania regiment, Roy Wulf sounded the call to gather in a large field tent. Gentlemen in woolen nineteenth-century uniforms and ladies in hoop skirts convened to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg by … Read more

Saint Maximilian Kolbe: The Immaculata’s Perfect Knight

by Michael Gorre August 15, 2017December 4, 2012

Having selected ten prisoners to die in the starvation bunker to serve as a lesson for an escaped prisoner, Nazi SS Captain Karl Fritsch was about to leave Auschwitz concentration camp’s Block 13 when the unimaginable happened. Prisoner 16670 stepped out of formation. A murmur spread through the line of prisoners. Facing … Read more

A Trip to Thank Our Heroes

by Michael Gorre August 4, 2017December 7, 2009

""""[vc_column_text]Thirteen TFP volunteers traveled fourteen hours from Pennsylvania to Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, to show their support and gratitude to our brave troops on November 19 through 22, 2009. They also made the trip to counter-protest leftist pacifists at the gates of the military base. The thirteen young men were treated … Read more

Louisiana Call to Chivalry Summer Camp Recalls Heroism of Mexican Cristero Martyrs

by Michael Gorre December 16, 2016July 15, 2009

Blessed José Luis Sánchez del Río was just 14 years old when he laid down his life for the Catholic Faith in the persecution-ravaged Mexico of the late 1920’s. “Long Live Christ the King!” were his last words. Over eighty years later, that battle cry sounded frequently among the teenagers at the … Read more

A Medieval Castle in America

by Michael Gorre March 8, 2025April 10, 2008

Passing undulating rows of grapevines on either side of a steep driveway lined with cypress trees, the scene reminded me of a picture calendar I had seen of Tuscany, Italy. However, as I crested the hill, nothing I had ever seen before could match what I beheld atop this mountain. I was … Read more