World Apostolate of Fatima Fort Wayne–South Bend Division PO Box 10032 Fort Wayne, IN 46850
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World Apostolate of Fatima FORT WAYNE—SOUTH BEND DIVISION
Annual Holy Mass & Breakfast SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018 Holy Mass Concelebrants: Fr. Glenn Kohrman and Fr. Robert Garrow Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne 7:30 am: Confession, Holy Rosary, First Saturday Meditations 9:00 am: Holy Mass
After Holy Mass: Marian procession followed with breakfast at the Grand Wayne Center Guest Speaker: Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe, M.F.V.A. Chaplain of EWTN
Sponsorship and breakfast reservation forms inside! Fatima Today
The message of Fatima is a perennial one. Prayer and fasting for the world is a great thing. The messages is not a new one but beckons us back to the Sacred Scriptures. There are a plethora of passages that encourage us to pray and fast. Fasting reminds us of our human limitations. If our health is good, fasting is something we should all do, and if you are like me, you should do more of it. Our world seems to have lost any sense of civility. We all need to realize that each “Sacrifice yourselves for sinners, and every person on earth was created as an infinitely valuable, one of a kind masterpiece and say many times, especially created by God for a mission. This mission need not be grandiose but rather in the little whenever you make some sacrifice: sacrifices we make each day, we will have an eternal impact on those around us. We are likely O Jesus, it is for the love of Thee, for not to recognize the benefit of such acts until we meet in eternity. the conversion of sinners, and in Clearly one of the telltale signs of the veracity of private revelation is how it has reparation for the sins committed impacted the lives of those graced with experiencing the revelation. Little Francisco and against the Immaculate Heart of Jacinta died at an early age and Lucia lived a long life as a consecrated religious who M a r y.” counseled popes. This seems to be a slam dunk as regards to how the private revelation Our Lady of Fatima impacted those who experienced it. (Third Apparition, July 13, 1917) There was a recent book, The Pope and the President, written by Paul Kengor. It relates in stellar fashion how Our Lady’s messaged seemed to have impacted in profound ways the collapse of Communism and the papacy of Saint John Paul II and presidency of Ronald Reagan. An incredible denuclearization of close range nuclear missiles was agreed upon on December 8, 1987, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Recall that Our Lady promised that the triumph would be through her Immaculate Heart. The Soviet Union was dissolved and became Commonwealth of Independent Republics (Russia reconstituted) on December 25, 1991. For the Russians their Christmas is January 6th in the Orthodox calendar, but for the West we celebrate the birth of our Lord on December 25th, what a Christmas gift. Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart triumphed, but we must not relax our efforts to pray and fast. Dostoevsky seemed to foreshadow in his work, The Brothers Karamazov that Russia would be at the heart of the renewal of Christianity. I was told by the custodian of the International Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima that they are now teaching Christian ethics in Russia. The reason simply being because they have recognized the devastation that atheistic approaches had yielded in Russian. Our world is fraught with such division, we must continue to rely on Our Lady’s intercession. We must never lose heart. Continue to pray and beg for the grace to help the world recognize all that is true good and beautiful. Fast and pray if your health permits, live the Fatima Message and know that God has great plans for you. Remember, you are an infinitely valuable, one of a kind masterpiece, created by God for a mission. Do it. Love God and neighbor and never lose heart, we are part of God’s Blue Army to champion Christ. who loves us more than we can even begin to imagine. May God bless you and may Our Lady wrap you in the mantle of her protection! Fr. Glenn Kohrman Chaplain of the Diocese of Fort Wayne South Bend World Apostolate of Fatima (WAF)
Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe, M.F.V.A. - Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe is the Chaplain of the Eternal Word Television Network where he initially came to work in 1985 as an engineer. Two years later he became one of the founding members of the men’s community which Mother Angelica founded in 1987: the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word. The motto of the friars is: The lost I will seek out, the strayed I will bring back. They do so by utilizing the modern means of com- munication reaching millions of souls throughout the world. Fr. Joseph was ordained to the priesthood in 1993 and often celebrates the daily televised Mass. He has produced a Pro-life Rosary which airs on Saturdays and a television series on the faith of farmers in his homeland of Eastern Iowa entitled Faith in the Heartland. He also hosts an ongoing EWTN television series on Lay Movements in the Church entitled: The Church Universal. 2018 BREAKFAST TICKET RESERVATIONS
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Questions? Please contact Ida at 574-376-0046 WORLD APOSTOLATE OF FATIMA Fort Wayne—South Bend Division
ST DIOCESAN COUNCIL 101 YEAR SCHEDULE Episcopal Advisor Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades Join the World Apostolate of Fatima (WAF) Fort Wayne-South Bend as we continue ____ to learn, live and spread the Fatima message in its 101st year. Spiritual Director Fr. Glenn Kohrman JULY ______16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Associate Spiritual Director Fr. Robert Garrow AUGUST _____ 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary BOARD OF DIRECTORS 22 Queenship of Mary - 6:30 pm Sacred Heart, Warsaw, IN _____ Celebrant: Fr. Glenn Kohrman President Holy Mass, Holy Rosary, Benediction Ida List SEPTEMBER _____ 8 The Navitity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Vice President 12 The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary Anita Senesac 15 Our Lady of Sorrows _____ Secretary OCTOBER Judy Kohrman 5 All-School Diocesan Wide, Children’s Eucharistic Holy Hour - www.childrenoftheeucharist.org _____ Holy Hour Booklet available to print at - www.fatimafwsb.org Corresponding Secretary 6 Annual Holy Mass & Breakfast, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne Theresa Schortgen 7:30 am - Confession, Holy Rosary, First Saturday Meditations _____ 9:00 am - Holy Mass with Fr. Glenn Kohrman and Fr. Robert Garrow After Holy Mass - Marian Procession followed by breakfast at the Grand Wayne Center Treasurer Guest Speaker: Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe, M.F.V.A. – Chaplain of EWTN Chris Schortgen 7 Our Lady of the Rosary _____ 7 Rosary Coast-to-Coast - http://rosarycoasttocoast.com TRUSTEES Rosaries are encouraged to take place on Sunday Oct. 7, 2018 at 4pm Eastern. Trustee Chris Renbarger Join us in our cry of “fiat” to Jesus through the Immaculata. Trustee (Vacant) Trustee (Vacant) NOVEMBER 21 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Follow our 101st year at DECEMBER 8 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary www.FatimaFWSB.org! 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe Like us Visit: fatimafwsb.org on Facebook! For updates on events and an opportunity to reserve breakfast tickets online. Find us on Twitter! After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, The Rosary is the Most Powerful Weapon in Heaven’s Arsenal! Sweet Heart of Mary, Be My Salvation! St. Padro Pio