The School of Healing

The School of Healing

by | Mar 21, 2025 | Blog

I was born with an extra bone in my foot that causes severe pain. Once I stopped growing, I underwent invasive surgery. It was just a week after my conversion, and I spent a week in the hospital. During that time, I constantly recited the Hail Mary, one of the only...
A Reflection on Hope

A Reflection on Hope

by | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog, Peter Herbeck

Dear Friends, The theological virtue of hope is under attack. Nations shake with wars, economic crises, and political disruptions, and it’s tempting to get caught up in the cultural angst. Living with hope allows us to keep a proper detachment from worldly turmoil and...
Walking with the Lord in Suffering

Walking with the Lord in Suffering

by | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog, Pete Burak

It’s understandable that St. Paul equates our journey to heaven with athletes competing in a race, because victory in athletics requires pain. As in sports, suffering in life is inevitable. In this fallen world, before the restoration and transformation of the Second...
The Four Last Things

The Four Last Things

by | Feb 25, 2025 | Blog, Ralph Martin

Pope John Paul II said the Church cannot omit, without serious mutilation of her essential message, a constant catechesis on man’s Four Last Things: death, judgment, hell, and heaven. Knowing what comes after this earthly life can guide us in it. Beyond the mysterious...
Spreading the Gospel in Slovakia

Spreading the Gospel in Slovakia

by | Feb 21, 2025 | Blog

We began our time in Slovakia with the annual two-day FIRE Rally. FIRE Rallies have been taking place in Slovakia since 1995. FIRE stands for Faith, Intercession, Repentance, and Evangelization—themes that remain very much at the heart of the rallies. The wave of...