Bl Francisco Marto
Modern Saints II
Their Lives and Faces
by Ann Ball
Saints are not phenomena of the past; they are with us in all eras of the Church's life, for God does not leave His Church bereft of holy witnesses. In this second volume of Modern Saints: Their Lives and Faces, Ann Ball provides brief but substantive biographies on 45 saints, blesseds, and other holy men and women from the past two centuries. Included for each is a portrait, typically an actual photograph—a true blessing for Catholics of our time. This volume contains the lives and faces of saints including:
| St Elizabeth Seton | St Joan Antida Thouret | Bl Magdalen of Canossa | St Andrew Kim & Companions | St Vincent Mary Strambi |
| St Vincent Pallotti | Mother Theodore Guerin | St John Vianney | Ven Pauline Jaricot | St Joseph Cafasso |
| St Madeleine Sophie Barat | St Euphrasia Pelletier | Fr John Joseph Lataste | Bl Mary of Providence | St Catherine Laboure |
| Bl Maria of Jesus Crucified | Cornelia Connelly | Bl Jeanne Jugan | St Mary Joseph Rossello | Bl Pauline von Mallinckrodt |
| St Paula Frassinetti | St Therese Couderc | St Vicenta Lopez | St Therese of Lisieux | Bl Maria Assunta |
| Bl Elizabeth of the Trinity | Pope St Pius X | Bl Bro Mucian of Malonne | Mother Marianne of Molokai | Francisco Marto & Jacinta Marto |
| Bl Mary Theresa Ledochowska | Dom Columba Marmion | Sr Josefa Menendez | Fr Louis Variara | Ven Matt Talbot |
| Bl Bartolo Longo | Eve Lavalliere | Concepcion Cabrera de Armida | Fr Felix Rougier | Edel Quinn |
| Ven Mother Josephine Bakhita | Artemide Zatti | Bl Katharine Drexel | Fr Mateo Crawley-Boevey | Therese Neumann |
Let these holy men and women, so close to us in time, bring guidance and encouragement on your earthly sojourn, as we wait to join them in Heaven with God and all of his elect from throughout the ages. Impr.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 510 pages, 177 Illus
And Our Lady's Message to the World
by Mary Fabyan Windeatt
Every young Catholic should know the story of Fatima. The examples of the three children who were integral to the events, the message of love and repentance, and the many miracles of Fatima will teach your student the way to holiness. The events at Fatima have been called the most miraculous occurrences since Biblical times, with effects that spread across the entire globe. Through these events and their effects, God has communicated His love and His forgiveness to the whole world. Impr.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 162 pages, 15 Illustrations
by Brother Ernest, CSC
On May 13, 1917, Our Lady appeared to three Portuguese children-Jacinta, Francisco, and Lucia. Asking them to return numerous times to the same spot on the 13th of each month, and telling them to say the Rosary with devotion. Reading this story can encourage us to follow in the footsteps of these three children who prayed the rosary with great devotion and honored Mary, the Lady of the Rosary. Has Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur
Level 1
Paperback, size 8" x 6", 30 pages
by Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D.
This book introduces children to the history of and the devotion to Our Lady of Fatima. Among the features of this book are:
- an easily understandable synopsis of the Marian appearances at Fatima, Portugal in 1917
- an explanation of the legacy of the Marian appearances at Fatima
- three great prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
Paperback, 32 pages, full colour illustrations
by Fr John De Marchi
In Heaven, where they know what is really important, they marvel that we fail to see that our Lady's coming to Fatima is the most tremendous event of the 20th century. Our Lady's message for the whole world was entrusted to three children: children, then, have the right to hear all about it, and are disposed to understand what our Lady wants and to cooperate with her requests. This book is for them.
Paperback, 168 pages
Our Lady Came to Fatima
by Ruth Fox Hume
Who would have thought that the Blessed Mother would choose to come to Fatima, that remote farming village on a rocky slope in Portugal? No one was more surprised than Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco, the little shepherds to whom she appeared in 1917.
In this 27th volume of the acclaimed Vision Books series for youth, readers will be enthralled by the story of the village and its people, of the scornful neighbours and the puzzled parents. Above all, it is a warm story of three little ones who insisted that Our Lady had indeed come to Fatima, and from whose faith grew one of the greatest spiritual movements of our time. Illustrated.
Paperback, 190 pages
by Msgr. Joseph A. Cirrincione
"Amen I say to you: Whoever shall not accept the Kingdom of God like a little boy shall not enter into it." —Luke 18:17
Francisco Marto was just a boy; but along with his sister Jacinta and his cousin Lucia dos Santos, he experienced the monumental apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima—proving that even an illiterate shepherd child can become a pivotal figure in world history, as well as a great saint. And indeed Francisco did become a saint for our times.
Excerpted from the letters and memoirs of Sr. Lucia dos Santos contained in Fatima in Lucia's Own Words, Blessed Francisco Marto of Fatima describes the life of this little boy whose visions, along with his sister and cousin, radically changed the world. Although he could not hear Our Lady, Francisco participated in the apparitions of Fatima by seeing Our Lady and feeling her presence. Despite his youth, these apparitions (and the messages Lucia relayed to him) galvanized him to become as holy as he could. Francisco took Our Lady's directive to him specifically to pray "many Rosaries" quite seriously, and he prayed it constantly. He also began to practice severe mortifications and pray before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Along with Jacinta and Lucia, he suffered at the hands of the local Freemasonic authorities.
Finally, in 1918, he and Jacinta contracted the Spanish flu. He died less than a year later after receiving Holy Communion for the first time.
Booklet, 64 pages
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