by The Sisters of Mary | Oct 14, 2025 | Blog, Father Al
For Venerable Aloysius Schwartz and the Sisters of Mary, two devotions form the heart of their spiritual life: the Eucharist and Mary, the Mother of God. Devotion to Mary naturally includes love for her prayer, the Rosary. From the beginning of their mission, the...
by Paul Gesterling | Jul 22, 2025 | Blog, Father Al
A Plea for Miracles in the Face of Suffering This week, the Catholic world rallied in prayer for Laura Horn, wife of renowned apologist Trent Horn, after the couple shared heartbreaking news: Laura has been diagnosed with malignant brain cancer. In a moving episode...
by Kevin Wells | Jan 15, 2024 | Blog, Father Al, Sisters
Today marks the 91st anniversary of an event that led to one of the greatest movements of rescue of the poor, humiliated, and rejected in the history of the world. When the Blessed Mother visited a 13-year-old peasant girl in a tiny frozen-over Belgian village, the...
by Kevin Wells | Dec 13, 2023 | Blog, Father Al
As you read this sentence, a remarkable event is unfolding in a small golfing village named Hobe Sound on the eastern coastline of Florida. Martin Kavanaugh, one of the most influential men in the Professional Golf Association over the past four decades, is learning...
by Kevin Wells | Nov 15, 2023 | Blog, Father Al
THE PRAYERFUL MYSTIC; OR THE NON-STOP WORKER BOTH/AND Few could pin Fr. Al down. At the tortuous moments just prior to his death from Lou Gehrig’s Disease, he belted out whispered commands to those at his bedside: Please remind the Sisters that they must pray three...
by Kevin Wells | Sep 15, 2023 | Blog, Father Al
“THANK YOU LORD, I NEEDED THAT” As the Feast Day of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus approaches, it is good to recall how the Church Doctor and Carmelite nun broke like teams of wild stallions into Venerable Aloysius Schwartz’s (founder of World Villages for Children)...
