The Year of the Rosary - Why? Immaculate Heart Messenger Catholic Magazine - January-March 2003
Subtitle: The Year of the Rosary - Why?
Publisher: Fatima Family Apostolate International
Published: January-March 2003
Place of publication: Hanceville, AL
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Catholic; faith; Rosary
Genres: magazine; Catholic
First sentence: We know what is required for peace in the Church, peace in our families.
Description: The Immaculate Heart Messenger is the quarterly publication of the Fatima Family Apostolate. This 52-page magazine in full color is produced by an apostolate that has been endorsed repeatedly by the Cardinal Prefect of the Pontifical Council of the Family.

It offers you the most timely and colorful magazine available today, which is in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. God wants such devotion spread throughout the world, as announced at Fatima. At the same time this magazine covers the whole range of Catholic faith and its practice as each Pope has said, "Fatima is a reaffirmation of the Gospels."

Father Robert J. Fox, editor of the Immaculate Heart Messenger, offers the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass daily at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament built by Mother Angelica, the founder of the Eternal Word Television Network, (EWTN). The Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Angels and this Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament - where Father offers daily Mass - is located near Hanceville, Alabama. Readers of the Immaculate Heart Messenger will be included in Father Fox's prayers for members of the Fatima Family Apostolate.

Cover artwork by Catholic Artist Mark Sanislo - USA - Minnesota - Minneapolis


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Holy Rosary Issue


* Pope Calls for a Rediscovering of the Rosary and the Year of the Rosary  * Learning to Meditate the Mysteries of Light * Rosaries of Reparation and First Saturdays for the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart * Fatima Family Apostolate in Poland * What's Eating Away at USA? * Fatima is for Holiness of the Family * Blessed Jacinta and Blessed Francisco of Fatima - Why We Should Teach Their Lives to Today's Children  * Sermon of Pope John Paul II in Consecrating Poland's Fatima Sanctuary Shrine * Love-giving and Life-giving Marriages  * Mary's White League in Poland * Editorial - The Year of the Rosary - Why? * Finally Home for Christma * Pilgrimage to Damascus-Soufenieh and  Poland, November 10-28, 2003  * Fatima Family Forum * Questions & Answers * News Briefs & Comments * FFA Chatterings


Editorial - The Year of the Rosary - Why?

We know what is required for peace in the Church, peace in our families. Yet, the majority of our Catholic people have not been following the road map needed for these objectives. That which would bring peace to the world, families, the Church, is sadly neglected.

We are often poor stewards of the richness of Jesus Christ. Our Lord ended the parable of the unworthy steward of the rich man, saying: "For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than the children of light" (Luke 16:1-8).

We are indeed children of light. We have a great richness in the fullness of true faith. Jesus, the Light of the world, shows us the certain way. How well do we avail ourselves of the riches of the Kingdom of God?

Jesus has sent his Mother repeatedly. At Fatima she was "all of light". That is the way Sister Lucia describes the beautiful Woman from heaven. The heavenly Lady gave her name at the time of the miracle of the sun, "I am the Lady of the Rosary". Each time our Mother, all of light, asked that we pray the Rosary every day. She requested that it be prayed properly, namely, while meditating on the mysteries. She showed little Jacinta, only a seven-year-old, pictures of the Mysteries, teaching her how to meditate while praying the Rosary.
Notes: Author Fr. Robert J. Fox's Website http://www.fatimafamily.org Fatima Family Apostolate International a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.  Today June 2009 - Fr. Fox is  "retired" and offers daily Mass at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, which is part of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery Hanceville, Alabama. He continues to write books and is the editor of the Immaculate Heart Messenger Magazine and his programs can be seen on EWTN TV.