Catholics gather for a week of prayer and fasting

“I keep in mind at one level, she stated, ‘My daughter, you will need to do that. God desires this. Prayer is the reply to the world’s issues.’ I am going to always remember what she stated. So I believe that gave us encouragement,” she stated.

St. John Paul II additionally gave the group two apostolic blessings, one in 1997 and the opposite in 2001. Pope Francis additionally gave his apostolic blessing to members on the twenty second convention.

EWTN’s foundress, Mom Angelica, was the keynote speaker in 2000 and gave a chat on the Lord within the Eucharist. Jim Caviezel joined the convention in 2003 because the keynote speaker after ending the filming of “The Ardour of the Christ.” 

Flynn instructed CNA that she is inspired by how way more receptive Catholics are to prayer and fasting now. 

“Years in the past it was like pulling tooth to attempt to get folks to see the significance of the rosary and fasting. Now I hear folks saying, ‘Inform me the right way to quick, and will you suggest some good books on fasting,’” she stated.

Flynn feels optimistic about different points of the Church as properly.

“There are prayer networks all over the place now, in contrast with 30 years in the past. The prayer networks are wonderful. They provide me nice hope,” she added. 

“There’s a whole lot of nice ministries on the market in contrast with 30 years in the past; there are various Marian teams, many pro-life teams, a whole lot of publishers; there are simply super ministries on the market now that weren’t there earlier than,” she stated. “So though the battle appears to be intensifying, you see the good goodness occurring.”

This 12 months’s convention may even be held just about along with in particular person. The week’s occasions can be live-streamed on the IWOPF web site, Fb web page, and YouTube channel starting Oct. 1.