""""[vc_column_text]The Rosary — as spiritual weapon against evil — has a very long and precious history. In twelfth and thirteenth century France, a group of heretics known as the Albigensians was destroying the minds of the Catholic laity with its erroneous ideas. The Albigensians’ teachings encouraged suicide, many times by self-induced starvation, … Read more
When some people visit a place, they see all the important buildings, monuments and restaurants and then feel they know the area and its people. Something different happened to me. By happy chance, I recently visited Quito, Ecuador and instead of a whirlwind tour of all the sights, I spent most of … Read more
As I sat down in the train for the final leg of my trip to Lourdes, I could not help but reflect that this was a trip repeated so many times by tens of millions of pilgrims from all over the world over the last 150 years. They had made this same … Read more
The Rosary — as spiritual weapon against evil — has a very long and precious history. In twelfth and thirteenth century France, a group of heretics known as the Albigensians was destroying the minds of the Catholic laity with its erroneous ideas. The Albigensians’ teachings encouraged suicide, many times by self-induced starvation, … Read more
Nestled in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, in a shrine unknown to most Americans, are the mortal remains of the great saintly bishop, John Neumann. From the very first breathtaking glimpse, the traditional baroque architecture of the church of St. Peter stands out defying the surrounding harsh modern streets. For the soul … Read more
Throughout the year, the Fatima Custodians for the pilgrim statues of Our Lady of Fatima make home visits where they ask those who attend our presentations to write down their prayer petitions to Fatima. These petitions are then personally sent to Fatima. With this in mind, on July 17, 2007, my fellow … Read more
Every August, the TFP-inspired association Luci sull’Est (Light over the East) sends a “caravan” of TFP volunteers to the Baltic nation of Lithuania, commemorating its hard-won independence from the Soviet Union and spreading the Fatima message. Luci sull’Est is dedicated to spreading the Faith and the Fatima message to the former communist … Read more
The city of Krakow would seem to be an unlikely place for a heated debate over homosexual “rights” and same-sex “marriage.” Poland’s cultural capital is situated in a conservative region in this overwhelmingly Catholic country. The city’s homosexual population is minute and insignificant. Indeed the issue has been largely ignored by Polish … Read more
On a pilgrimage to visit the miraculous statue of Our Lady of Good Success, I embarked for Quito, Ecuador with great expectations. Part of my task in taking part in this TFP pilgrimage was to help with the solemnities of her February 2 feast. However, I also hoped to immerse myself in … Read more
January 20 was a frigid day. With three Hail Marys, friends and members of TFP Student Action set out on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland. They did not drive, but walked as a great means to make reparation for the sin of abortion. Carrying … Read more