Prayer for Cuba's Victims of Communism at Memorial

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, many Americans seem to have forgotten that just 90 miles south of Florida is a communist gulag that continues to persecute its people. Every year thousands of Cubans brave the open sea on makeshift rafts trying to make it to Florida, risking their lives rather than remain in the “workers paradise.” Most of them either drown or, due to a change in policy under the Clinton administration, are picked up by the Coast Guard and promptly sent back. For many Cubans, the memory of 7-year-old Elian Gonzalez’s miraculous rescue and traumatic return to Cuba in 2000 is still fresh.

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“Absolutely NO” to Jerry Springer Show

Despite rainy weather conditions, hundreds of outraged Catholics gathered in front of Carnegie Hall in Manhattan to pray and express their rejection over the blasphemous Jerry Springer: The Opera in Comedy. The peaceful protest was a response to the indecent show which attacks the honor and purity of Our Lord and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

I had the distinct honor of being present at the act of reparation. We prayed the Rosary, sung hymns, and hopefully "knocked" some sense into Carnegie Hall.

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Update on 2,000 Rosary Rallies

Great news: I’m writing to tell you that the volunteer office of America Needs Fatima erupted with tremendous joy and applause on Friday when the number of Rosary Captains reached 2,000!

Let us thank Our Blessed Mother for this significant achievement and ask her to prepare our souls to worthily commemorate October 13. Thank you for dedicating your time and talent to honor Our Lady in such a special and public way. She is “our life, our sweetness, and our hope.” She will reward every Rosary Captain.

Banners ran out: Over 14,000 feet of banner material was printed and mailed free of charge. However, time constraints now prevent further shipments.

If you'd like to be a part of this historical event, write to studentaction@tfp.org

"When we speak the name of Mary, heaven becomes more beautiful, and earth rejoices. The demons are terrified, and vanish like dust in the wind."
~ Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226)

"We find ourselves on earth as in a tempestuous sea, a desert, and a vale of tears. But Mary is the Star of the Sea, the Solace of our desert, and the Light that guides us to heaven."
~ Saint John Bosco (1815 - 1888)

2,000 Rosary Rally Captains Are Ready

On Friday, surpassing all expectations, a wonderful milestone was achieved. The number of Rosary Rally Captains reached an impressive number: 2,000. That means there will be over 2,000 Rosary Rallies on Oct. 13, to honor Our Lady of Fatima on the feast of the Miracle of the Sun.

Prayer Rallies to Blanket America on Oct. 13

Catholics in fifty states are mobilizing to celebrate the ninety-year anniversary of the Marian apparitions of Fatima, Portugal. Faithful from coast to coast will commemorate the occasion with public square rosary rallies on October 13, the day on which the Miracle of the Sun was witnessed by 70,000 people in 1917.

In most major cities rally captains expect large turnouts at locations seen by the public. Everyone is welcome to attend the event coordinated by The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property and its America Needs Fatima campaign. The organization hopes for 2,000 simultaneous prayer rallies on October 13, from 12 noon to 2:00 PM.

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The Rosary and September 11, 2001

A man from New York who had fallen away from the Catholic Church and not gone to confession in years was met at a TFP Fatima presentation given by America Needs Fatima Custodian, Jose Ferraz.

After the visit, the New Yorker took home a Rosary and Rosary Guide and started praying it and going to the sacraments again. Months later, he was in the World Trade Center at the very moment when the terrorist attack took place. It was September 11, 2001.

Seeing the fireball and smoke from the crash, the man fled his office and tried running down the stairs to safety. However, he met a big obstacle. The fire doors had locked and he was trapped in the stairwell, listening to the screams of burning people who were still inside the building, unable to escape death. It was awful—horrific. Any attempt to pry open the fire doors with bare hands would be futile.

With Our Lady’s help, instead of panicking, he felt calm. He grabbed his Rosary and started praying to the Blessed Mother for help. And within minutes, firemen reached his floor, broke down the fire doors and set him free. He ran downstairs to safety, his prayers answered thanks to the power of the Most Holy Rosary.