Author Archives: kathleen

What happened to the Church under the heretic Arians is happening again now BE BRAVE! SPEAK OUT! (Source: Deacon Nick Donnelly on Facebook) ————– Speaking out is not easy in our anti-Christian, politically-correct world today. We have pointed out in … Continue reading →

An estimated 25,000 people gathered together at the Cova da Iria on September 13, 1917 for Our Lady’s promised fifth apparition to the little shepherds. The crowd was so thick it was difficult for the children to make their way … Continue reading →

The horrific images of the catastrophic landscape Hurricane Harvey has left in its wake in Houston (Texas) and its surroundings, together with some tragic reports of personal stories, has left the rest of the world reeling in shock and with … Continue reading →

“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect” – (Matthew 5:48). Pat Kenny, author of the inspiring blog dedicated to the memory of the holy Irish priest, Fr Willie Doyle, describes the extraordinary simplicity of Fr Doyle’s message on … Continue reading →

Today is the 498th Anniversary of an extraordinary and little known apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Cotignac (France). On August 10th, 1519, a woodcutter named Jean de la Baume climbed Mount Verdaille (France) to begin his work for … Continue reading →

Saint Padre Pio was deeply devoted to Our Lady of Fatima. Due to the profound spirituality and super-human gifts from God that this holy saint possessed – his extraordinary guidance of souls, his gift of bilocation, and his camaraderie with … Continue reading →

Being a great fan of Father Willie Doyle SJ (1873-1917) I was delighted to read a wonderful tribute to this holy, lovable Irish priest and military chaplain during WW1 in the UK Catholic Herald this morning. Also, I highly recommend … Continue reading →

Resisting falling into despair or negativity does not imply Catholics walk through life in blinkers, denying reality. These are rough times in the Church; a return of liberal thought and Modernism has churned the stormy seas to rock the Barque … Continue reading →

From Une Voce Miami. (With a h/t to our longtime visitor from Australia, Geoff Kiernan, for alerting us to this video) ***** Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi Numerous men, both before and after the Novus Ordo Mass was promulgated in the wake … Continue reading →

  It is a whole week now since I returned from my tenth pilgrimage to Chartres! (Apologies for the delay of this report, but recent personal and family events have kept me preoccupied elsewhere.) Once again, over three days of … Continue reading →

Over various centuries of the Middle Ages, valiant Crusaders held back the tides of false prophet Mohammad’s murdering hoards, saving, and sometimes recapturing, Christian lands that the Mohammedans (the name Islam’s followers were previously known by) had taken by force … Continue reading →

In many countries, ten days after the feast of Pentecost, elaborate and beautiful Corpus Christi processions along the streets have been held for centuries and are still being held today in cities and in towns of mainly Catholic countries, although … Continue reading →

St. Simon Stock (1165-1265), whose feast day we celebrate today, 16th May, was born in Kent, England. He was strongly drawn to God as a child, and at the age of twelve he began to live as a hermit in … Continue reading →

Ave Crux Spes Unica – Hail Oh Cross, Our Only Hope! The hope of the Cross is to know that things are never hopeless. If we deny ourselves, pick up our cross and follow Him – (Matthew 16:24), then even … Continue reading →

From the Facebook page of ‘Ending Abortion’ comes this heart-rending video below. Countless women are mentally, morally and physically destroyed forever after they have aborted their babies. Their guilt and remorse haunts them the rest of their lives.  Even those … Continue reading →