About Our Lady

No figure in Catholic history has been more consistently present at the great turning points of civilization than the Blessed Virgin Mary. From Fatima to Guadalupe, from Loreto to Quito, Our Lady has appeared, warned, guided, and protected — always pointing her children back to her Son and to the Faith He established.

The TFP has a deep and particular devotion to Our Lady. Her Immaculate Heart, her apparitions, her intercession, and her role in the Counter-Revolution are central to our mission. At Fatima she promised that her Immaculate Heart would triumph — and we believe her.

Explore our articles on Our Lady’s apparitions, prophecies, novenas, and her role in Catholic history and the defense of Christian civilization.

Two Portrayals of Motherhood, Natural and Supernatural

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This miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is arguably the most studied representation of the Mother of God in the world. There are two things which make it particularly unique. Firstly, it is, so to speak, a self-portrait that was miraculously handcrafted, for the Aztec people, by Our Lady herself. Her … Read more

Visiting Our Lady of Good Success: A Pilgrimage to Heaven

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Pilgrimages are very common for the Catholic faithful, often requiring travel to distant places. On February 2, 2016 I was part of an American contingent that made such a pilgrimage to Quito, Ecuador to venerate the heavenly statue of Our Lady of Good Success. The impressions were so overwhelming that only now … Read more

“Why Me?”

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Magnificent medieval stained glass windows have sometimes been referred to as a “catechism in glass” because of the richness of the faith which their imagery conveyed. We could say the statues of this time period aptly captured the virtues of the holy personages. When done well they are, in their turn, truly … Read more

A Medal, a Vision, a Conversion — The Story of Claude Newman

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A Medal, a Vision, a Conversion - The Story of Claude Newman

Claude Newman was a twenty-year-old African-American who, in 1943, awaited execution in a prison in Mississippi. His crime was that of ambushing and shooting a man named Sid Cook, his beloved grandmother’s abusive second husband. One day, noticing a medal hanging around the neck of a fellow prisoner, Claude asked the young … Read more

Our Lady of the Miracle: The Happiness of Unpretentiousness, Purity, and Admiration

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After narrating the history of the Miraculous Medal and the conversion of Alphonse Ratisbonne to Catholicism in Rome (January 20, 1842) with Our Lady’s splendid apparition, Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira comments on the ineffable happiness of unpretentiousness, purity, and admiration in the picture of Our Lady of the Miracle (Madonna del … Read more

Eleven Floors Up… And One Miraculous Medal

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Eleven Floors Up... And One Miraculous Medal

Though the Miraculous Medal was given to Saint Catherine Laboure in 1830, Our Lady continues to give immense graces through it in our times. A True Story A few years ago, a Brazilian cleaning lady in the large city of São Paulo told the story of her son’s conversion. Saddened by her … Read more

A Guide to Understanding the Immaculate Conception

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It is undisputed that Mary is regarded as the mother of Jesus. What is disputed at times is the honor that is due to her, including that coming from her Immaculate Conception. For the feast of the Immaculate Conception, it seems proper then to offer a guide to understanding why the Blessed … Read more

He Who Has Not Mary for His Mother Has Not God for His Father

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    Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, the great Marian apostle, has these beautiful words about our correlation with Our Lady and why devotion to her is so indispensable. *          *          * “Just as in the natural and corporal generation of children there are a father and a mother, so in the supernatural and … Read more

The Origin of the Regina Caeli Prayer

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From Holy Saturday to Pentecost we sing or recite one of the Church’s most joyful anthems, the Regina Cæli (O, Queen of Heaven), customarily said in place of the Angelus at twelve noon. According to The Golden Legend, a thirteenth century work on the lives of the Saints, Pope Saint Gregory the … Read more