Month: May 2017

Cameo Appearance

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I was notified that a picture of me was placed in my Diocesan newspaper, the U.P. Catholic.

I made it up to Marquette for the Diocesan Fatima celebration. Someone snapped a photo of me whilest venerating the relics of Sts. Francisco and Jacinto Marto. I thought the photographer was taking pictures of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima….

In your charity, please pray for Dustin who is mentioned on page three. He is being ordained to the Diaconate in a week.

Web Site Update

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Hello Everyone!

Though I strive to be accurate in my writings, mistakes do happen. In order to clarify any confusion, I am adding an option on the right of this web site for an Errata widget. This widget will contain a link to a PDF file for the Errata.

Click here to see the Errata PDF:
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Sr. Lúcia and the Seventh Apparition

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A relatively little-known aspect of the history of Our Lady’s apparitions in Fátima, Portugal concerns a comment made to Sr. Lúcia about a “seventh” apparition. On May 13, 1917, in her first apparition to the three shepherd children, Our Lady stated, “I have come to ask you to come here for six months in succession, on the 13th day, at this same hour. Later on, I will tell you who I am and what I want. Afterwards, I will return here yet a seventh time.”[i] Has this seventh apparition already occurred? We shall look at this matter presently.

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