October 2018 Battlelines Newsletter

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t Rivier University, a “Catholic” college in Nashua, New Hampshire, Truth and Natural Law were disfigured on the front page of their magazine, “Rivier Today.” A picture was featured of two women kissing in their “wedding.” TFP Student Action organized a Rosary Rally to protest this revolt on morality on September 8th, Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mother.

Many faithful Catholics joined in the rally. One lady drove a half an hour just to attend. A family of three generations: a grandmother, her daughter, and her grandchildren came. At one point, pro-homosexual students started to harass the mother with vulgar language about how it was inappropriate to have her children present at the rally. The mother replied: “Yes, I brought my children because I want them to understand that there is evil in this world.”

Another participant only found out about the rally two hours before it began and made time to come. In an interview, she said to a TFP member: “Hopefully people have enough courage to come out because you have nothing to lose. You have God on your side! What more is there? What greater Ally?”

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n the Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption, August 15th, the Arkansas state capitol was stormed by over 300 valiant Catholics who rose to the defense of God’s Honor against those who wished to parade a 9-foot-tall statue of Baphomet the next day. Many who came traveled from all over the states to attend the spiritual battle. The ages of the participants ranged from infants to elderly, every one indignant knowing that if they were silent only more evil would occur. Overall they had a positive response from the public with only a few negativities. Satanism is not a religion but antithesis to it for they adore no god but rather hate Him and everything He created good. The devil’s minions will be relentless so we, as Our Lady’s soldiers, must do our part and fight with even greater confidence and vigor to bring about Our Lady’s glorious triumph.

Robert Ritchie ...

Dear Soldiers of Our Lady, The Month of October is filled with many of the wondrous deeds of Our Lady. October 13th, the last apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, reveals the great power which Our Lady exercises.

During the storm which soaked the crowd to the bone, Our Lady caused the sun to spin and turn. Its flames turned scarlet red. It shook and trembled until it began to zigzag toward the earth. It plunged down as if it was going to crash into the earth. At the moment doom seemed imminent, the sun returned to its original place in the sky. The rain drenched earth was completely dry. “The Miracle of the Sun” was witnessed by people up to twenty-five miles away.

This great miracle shows the extent of Our Lady’s power protecting her faithful servants who pray her rosary. She can come to us in our great need again if we only but ask. This upcoming October 13th, Saturday, at noon across the United States, America Needs Fatima will be holding over 23,000 rallies in honor of the Miracle of the Sun. Please join in praying the rosary as Our Lady asked.

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Robert E. Ritchie, Executive Director

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privilege of being a Rally Captain is witnessing miracles which come about on account of the Rosary. Mr. De Paz lives in Miami, Florida, and has been doing Rosary Rallies for twelve years. He held his first Rally on the 90th anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady at Fatima of May 13, 1917. The devotion and enthusiasm of his Rally participants encouraged Mr. De Paz to organize and hold a monthly Rosary Rally at Orange Park at noon on every second Saturday of the month. Soon, his small group of Rosary Warriors had grown to be approximately 100 people.

Over the course of his 12 years as a Rally Captain, Mr. De Paz has witnessed many small miracles and sparks of faith.

One of Mr. De Paz’s Rallies attracted a tourist from Italy. This tourist not only joined the Rally, but called his mother in Italy to tell her about it, and about the beautiful statue of Our Lady of Fatima that graced the Rally. The tourist’s mother was so inspired that she also prayed a Rosary to participate in spirit with those in Florida.

A little miracle happened the day before the October Rally, 2017. . . Someone asked Mr. De Paz if they could take anything for him to Cuba. He quickly gathered together abundant material for Rosary Rallies and sent it with his friend. Because of his swift action, fifteen Rosary Rallies in Cuba were organized by the De Paz family. Mr. De Paz’s niece later told him, “Keep praying for us, Our Lady is going to surprise you this year—we are doubling the amount of Rosary Rallies! Other provinces are coming on board!” By starting with just one small rally, Mr. De Paz was able to touch people around the world. He answered Our Lady’s call to become a witness to the Faith, praying in the public square.

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arolina, a young woman from California had an amazing encounter with Our Lady during her mother’s illness. Here is her story. “About ten years ago my mother hosted a visit with the statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Before her visit she had been in the hospital and had a difficult operation that was not healing well. The doctors decided that she needed another operation that would involve removing 3/4th’s of her intestines. The doctors informed her that the surgery was risky. She decided that she would not have the surgery.

During the visit of Our Lady she sat next to the statue. After Our Lady left she told her family that she would have the surgery and that she was no longer afraid. An hour into the surgery the surgeon came out and told the family that he could not find the problem anymore. The surgeon said he did not know how that could happen.

He described it as a miracle.” Carolina’s family attributed this miracle to Our Lady’s intervention.

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“... Having just finished praying for a second time the gift rosary sent by America Needs Fatima, I was going to my office to write you a letter of regrets, bypassing the offer received offering me a chance to become a Rally Captain for October 13th. The reason I would have sent a recusal notice is that my wife and I are both in our eighties, she being a small stroke victim, and I her primary caregiver. However, when I re-read your invitation, especially the part that says: “All you need to do is pray the rosary in a public place with a few friends and a banner,” I changed my mind. I am enclosing the response card with this letter to let you know that I will be a Rally Captain! It will give me the opportunity to get together with members of my family, including some children and grandchildren who are not yet in the knowledge of (or habit of) praying the rosary. So it is a Godsend of an invitation really. My family, as many as care to participate, will, I hope, gather with me in our parish Prayer Garden to participate so that our small rally will be counted among those hoped-for 23,000 rallies on October 13th.

Thank you for the invitation and I thank God that through His Divine Providence, the whole family can add to the honor we would like to give to Our Blessed Mother (“To Jesus through Mary”) and to bless others as God blesses us with this remarkable opportunity. Very sincerely yours, in Christ Jesus…”

— Mr. A.G.,Arizona

ur Lady is recruiting by her grace a great many more captains in her army. Mr. Francis Slobodnik, Our Lady’s recruiter, reported that on Sunday, August 12th, a small group of public square rosary rally volunteers, attended Mass at a church in Topeka, Kansas. One of the volunteers asked the parish priest for permission to speak about the public square rosary crusade that Sunday. After the two Masses a tally of 25 new rally captains was made.

This is the enthusiasm which Our Lady blesses with great outcomes!

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n anonymous woman from Pittsburg relayed how her family was impacted by Our Lady and the generosity shown by Our Lady towards her military son. Her son entered the marines and fought in Iraq. While there he found two large crates and was curious to see what they contained. He feared they were explosives. When he opened the box he found it was filled with rosaries and scapulas. He, along with is fellow servicemen, took both from the box to keep or give to friends. A few weeks later he put on his scapula and placed his rosary in his pocket. While on patrol his tank

“I don’t think the Devil wants me to do this! Three times, I put this sign-up card for Rally Captain in our mail box and the mail man would not take it.

Don’t know why. I hope you get it this time! God bless you for all you do for His Mother!”

—Sr. E. R., Connecticut

hit a landmine and all were killed but the man who wore the scapula.

After the young man returned home he told his mother his story and how grateful he was to be alive. The young marine felt certain that it was because of the rosary and scapula that he survived. He wished with all his heart to thank the person who sent the boxes with the rosaries and scapulas. His mom replied, “Well, you can.”

She went on to tell him that she met a woman who told her that she had sent two boxes of scapulas and rosaries to US Troops in Iraq. The mother said that her son could go and thank the lady in person because she lived only a few blocks from where he lived in Pittsburg.