HGM222 - April 2026

Protected: The Joy of Giving and of Loving

Dona Lucilia understood very well that the essence of human relationships lies in the affinity between souls and in the happiness that comes from...

Protected: True Action Is Only Born of Contemplation

In a previous article,1 we were able to consider the heroic virtues of St. Joan of Arc. We recalled her feats of arms, her military...

Protected: Did You Know…

…why Saturday is dedicated to Our Lady? The consecration of Saturday to Mary is a tradition that dates back to the Carolingian era, when Charlemagne’s...

Protected: Our Lady of Saudade – The “Saudades” of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Like a master “who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old” (Mt 13:52), the Divine Paraclete always makes new aspects...

Protected: Heralds Worldwide

  Twenty-five Years of Pontifical Approval O n February 22, the Feast of the Chair of Peter, twenty-five years were completed since the pontifical...

Protected: Venerable María Teresa González-Quevedo y Cadarso – Teresita, Living Tabernacle of Mary

In the firmament of the Holy Church, certain stars seem to shine exclusively for God. There are, of course, vocations that have become known...

Protected: Constancy in Joy and Sorrow

Of course, I did not know Dona Lucilia as a girl, but I can easily reconstruct how her mentality was formed when I consider...

Protected: Fidelity to the Lay Vocation

Catechism of the Catholic Church §898 By reason of their special vocation it belongs to the laity to seek the Kingdom of God by engaging...

Protected: You Have Won Us Over, Dona Lucilia!

It was raining heavily in Recife, the capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1968. Some followers of Dr. Plinio had travelled to that city to carry...

Protected: A Hundred and Fifty Years Ago, Dona Lucilia Was Born

Born on April 22, 1876, on the first Saturday after the joys of Easter, Lucilia was the second of five children from the marriage...

Protected: Alliance Between Counsel and Mercy

St. Thomas Aquinas establishes an interesting relationship between the gift of counsel and the fifth beatitude: “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain...

Protected: Mother and Counsellor of the Popes

May 10, 2025. In front of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, a multitude of the faithful crowded together...