The John-Henry Westen Show - Catholic parents： sign your kids up for this online catechism course backed by Bp. Schneider

00:00:00.240 If you're a parent of young children like me and you are somewhat distraught about getting

00:00:04.440 your kids a great education in the faith, then you're going to have to stick around 1.00

00:00:07.940 for this show.

00:00:08.740 I'm going to be introducing you to the best program of faith formation for children that

00:00:14.020 I have ever seen, and it's absolutely free.

00:00:16.780 It's traditional, Marian, made with a love and care for detail, which is exemplary, and

00:00:21.180 it's also developed with the best tools for learning and memorization, allowing parents

00:00:25.860 to easily track their children's progress.

00:00:27.940 You're going to want to stay tuned.

00:00:30.000 We're going to begin, as we always do, with a short prayer, but I'm going to have our

00:00:52.300 guest, Father Anthony Pallari, lead it for us.

00:00:54.720 Father, if you would, please.

00:00:55.400 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.

00:01:00.540 Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to

00:01:05.500 Thy protection, implored Thy help, or sought an intercession, was left unaided.

00:01:11.020 Inspired by this confidence, we fly unto Thee, O Virgin of virgins, our Mother.

00:01:15.980 To Thee do we come, before Thee we stand, sinful and sorrowful.

00:01:20.120 O Mother of the Word incarnate, despised on our petitions, but in Thy mercy, give and answer

00:01:25.000 us, Amen.

00:01:26.900 Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

00:01:30.700 Pray for us.

00:01:31.540 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.

00:01:36.940 Amen.

00:01:37.880 Amen.

00:01:38.200 Father, I am very excited to do this program with you.

00:01:43.320 First of all, I'll give you a little intro, and Father Tony Pallari, for many of you probably

00:01:49.340 know him already, especially LifeSite fans.

00:01:51.300 He, of course, leads our daily rosary at LifeSite for the consecration of Russia, and 0.66

00:01:55.260 in these past days, in the midst of a 54-day rosary novena for the Lord's will to be accomplished

00:02:02.060 in this presidential election.

00:02:04.480 Father is a canon lawyer, a diocesan priest, studying for a doctorate in canon law in Rome,

00:02:10.580 and he's worked with children for the past 20 years.

00:02:14.140 Father, if you can tell us a little bit about yourself.

00:02:17.380 Sure, John Henry.

00:02:18.180 It's a real joy to be with you on the show.

00:02:19.980 Thank you for all the good work that LifeSite is doing.

00:02:22.800 For myself, I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, the oldest of four, and my parents are about

00:02:28.600 to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary very soon, and when I was at the University

00:02:33.840 of Notre Dame my freshman year, someone gave me the book True Devotion to Mary, and that

00:02:39.300 book radically changed my life.

00:02:41.220 I discovered the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and as a result, discovered my vocation

00:02:45.780 to the priesthood, and it's been the greatest gift I've ever received in my life.

00:02:49.560 I can't tell you, John Henry, what a joy it is to offer the holy sacrifice of the Mass

00:02:54.320 every morning, to be able to absolve sins, to baptize children, so forth, and at the

00:03:00.560 moment, to have the joy of praying the rosary with Catholics from throughout the world every

00:03:05.960 single day, asking Our Lady to crush the plans of the enemy under her heel in this time of

00:03:11.520 election, and grant an election according to her son's holy will.

00:03:16.580 So if you haven't already, please join us for that rosary.

00:03:19.360 But John Henry, by myself, I would just say I'm a Catholic priest, Roman Catholic priest.

00:03:22.980 I love being a Catholic priest.

00:03:25.200 I love the Catholic faith.

00:03:28.260 Awesome.

00:03:29.420 Thank you for that, Father.

00:03:30.700 Before we continue, I want to actually show people what we're talking about.

00:03:35.020 We're just going to play the very short trailer, so watch this.

00:03:39.140 Here's what we're doing.

00:03:52.980 Just over 100 years ago, God sent his mother, the Immaculate Virgin Mary, to seek out three

00:04:19.360 children for a mission, a great mission that would help save many souls.

00:04:25.520 But this mission didn't end here.

00:04:28.380 It continues today.

00:04:31.700 What if I told you that Our Lady was asking you to join Lucia, Francesco, and Jacinta?

00:04:39.080 In fact, the whole army of saints in this extraordinary mission.

00:04:46.700 To all children listening, yes, you, we need your help.

00:04:53.380 Are you ready to put on the armour of God?

00:05:00.620 To commit the whole of the Baltimore Catechism to memory?

00:05:07.220 To be inspired by the lives of the saints?

00:05:10.360 To have hundreds of activities at your disposal?

00:05:21.640 And to be taught all of this by a Roman Catholic priest?

00:05:27.380 Yes, you are.

00:05:29.560 Voice of the Family presents Our Lady of the Rosary Family Catechism.

00:05:33.940 The cost?

00:05:38.860 Just your prayers and your sacrifices.

00:05:44.300 Are you willing to follow the children of Fatima in saying yes to God? 0.90

00:05:58.280 Just beautiful.

00:05:59.360 Father, if I can get your reaction to the trailer.

00:06:02.100 It's beautiful.

00:06:02.980 The main reaction, I would say, is it's just the very beginning.

00:06:06.640 If you haven't already done so, I can't urge you enough, if you're watching this show,

00:06:10.740 to watch the first introductory lessons.

00:06:13.420 The first two lessons are already available,

00:06:15.660 where the message of Fatima is conveyed in simple language for children

00:06:19.860 that invites them to embrace this great mission

00:06:23.140 and to prepare them for the whole Catechism course that will follow.

00:06:27.900 Amen.

00:06:28.520 Well, I can tell you, I had a little preview of this for my young son,

00:06:32.380 who's nine years old,

00:06:33.840 and he saw the trailer a couple months ago,

00:06:38.380 and he's been asking me,

00:06:39.620 so, Dad, is it ready yet?

00:06:40.940 Are they doing it yet?

00:06:41.940 Are our classes starting yet?

00:06:43.380 No, no, no.

00:06:44.080 And so when it did start,

00:06:45.440 he was thrilled to watch the first couple of episodes,

00:06:48.500 where, again, he was challenged to go and accept the suffering,

00:06:54.620 it's actually mentioned,

00:06:56.020 in terms of what the Fatima children did.

00:07:00.200 Absolutely.

00:07:00.880 And for parents who might be watching this,

00:07:02.760 who might feel discouraged,

00:07:04.280 who might feel their children are not saints,

00:07:06.560 they're nothing like the children of Fatima were, 0.96

00:07:08.340 might feel, well, this sounds like maybe an interesting program,

00:07:10.800 but I'm not sure it could work for my Johnny or my Sally

00:07:13.960 or, you know, my home situation.

00:07:16.740 Well, please be encouraged,

00:07:18.380 this whole program is designed for parents

00:07:23.760 who are struggling for children,

00:07:25.080 who are very ordinary children,

00:07:26.500 with their faults, with their sins,

00:07:29.080 but to give them a chance to embrace the great mission

00:07:33.600 that God is calling them to,

00:07:34.920 because that's what I speak about in the first few lessons,

00:07:38.020 is that precisely the children of Fatima

00:07:39.900 were in so many ways ordinary children.

00:07:42.520 They even cheated on the rosary.

00:07:45.400 It seems Jacinta had the idea

00:07:46.840 when they were praying the Hail Marys

00:07:48.700 to just say,

00:07:49.380 Hail Mary, Hail Mary, Hail Mary,

00:07:52.300 rather than the whole rosary prayer.

00:07:55.260 They had sins and so forth,

00:07:57.640 but they were willing to say yes

00:07:59.660 when God called them to a special mission.

00:08:03.420 And your children, if you wish,

00:08:06.500 can have that same opportunity

00:08:08.360 to be taught in the very same way

00:08:10.400 that the children of Fatima

00:08:12.200 were taught the Catholic faith

00:08:14.060 in the same way that children

00:08:15.100 from throughout the world,

00:08:16.440 saints and sinners alike,

00:08:18.000 have been taught the Catholic faith for centuries.

00:08:22.080 Yeah.

00:08:22.620 Now, this is an amazing thing.

00:08:24.120 I think a lot of parents

00:08:25.440 have been looking for this.

00:08:27.100 I know when I tried to educate

00:08:29.220 my own first seven children

00:08:31.500 through catechism lesson,

00:08:33.420 and yes, I gave them the Baltimore Catechism,

00:08:35.880 read it to them, and so on,

00:08:37.300 but it was tough,

00:08:38.860 and I think parents are somewhat intimidated.

00:08:41.040 Here you've got a program

00:08:42.980 that looks incredible,

00:08:44.580 but are parents going to be feeling,

00:08:47.120 oh, this is too much for me?

00:08:49.000 Absolutely not.

00:08:49.940 You'll find, if you're willing

00:08:51.160 to stick with the program,

00:08:52.280 that it's very doable.

00:08:53.680 Very doable, but challenging.

00:08:55.380 And I should mention this.

00:08:57.120 The introductory lessons

00:08:58.260 are meant to tell the children

00:08:59.620 the core elements

00:09:00.540 of the message of Fatima,

00:09:01.780 but that's not a separate thing

00:09:03.940 from the whole 37 lessons

00:09:06.040 that's going to teach them

00:09:07.080 the Baltimore Catechism.

00:09:08.880 It's in fact meant to help them

00:09:11.160 begin developing an attitude

00:09:13.020 that will help you as parents

00:09:14.260 in your home,

00:09:15.080 and especially prepare them

00:09:17.060 to study well.

00:09:18.540 Because this program

00:09:20.100 is not designed,

00:09:21.320 us priests,

00:09:22.080 we can often make the mistake,

00:09:23.480 even with young children today,

00:09:24.600 saying, oh, come to this event,

00:09:26.760 or come to this program,

00:09:27.680 or do this because

00:09:28.220 it's going to be really fun.

00:09:30.040 You're going to really enjoy it.

00:09:31.420 And we often don't preach to them

00:09:34.100 the basic gospel message.

00:09:37.040 The basic gospel message is,

00:09:39.600 whoever wants to follow after me

00:09:41.220 must embrace his cross and come.

00:09:44.060 And it's actually much more exciting

00:09:46.940 for a child to know not just,

00:09:49.480 hey, this is going to be fun

00:09:50.420 and we'll have pizza and balloons,

00:09:52.380 but know you're called by God

00:09:55.260 to a special mission.

00:09:57.580 You're called,

00:09:58.580 even as you're studying your catechism,

00:10:00.160 by persevering when it's hard,

00:10:02.280 by working hard at it,

00:10:03.520 by making sacrifices,

00:10:05.280 you can right now,

00:10:06.720 as a young child,

00:10:08.220 you can help save souls.

00:10:11.120 You can be helping souls

00:10:12.260 go to heaven.

00:10:13.320 You can be consoling

00:10:14.360 the sacred heart of Jesus.

00:10:15.940 You can be making reparation

00:10:17.260 for what was done

00:10:18.700 to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

00:10:20.360 You can really have

00:10:21.840 part of the same mission

00:10:23.620 that the children of Fatima had.

00:10:26.080 And then from there, John Henry,

00:10:27.280 so the introductory lessons,

00:10:28.420 it's just 15 minutes a week.

00:10:29.960 It's very doable.

00:10:31.280 You can sit down with your children.

00:10:32.500 You should sit down with your children

00:10:33.620 and watch them.

00:10:34.800 But then you're going to be given

00:10:36.720 as parents an entire program.

00:10:40.140 First of all,

00:10:41.720 rather than having to do

00:10:42.740 all the teaching yourself,

00:10:44.460 you can sit down and say,

00:10:45.700 okay, here's a Catholic priest

00:10:47.220 who's going to teach you.

00:10:49.200 And he's going to teach you

00:10:50.000 with something carefully crafted.

00:10:51.940 Every word in the lesson

00:10:52.880 is carefully crafted,

00:10:54.100 taken from the classic words

00:10:55.980 and explanations.

00:10:57.300 You have beautiful sacred art

00:10:58.820 and music.

00:11:00.060 Every lesson has the story

00:11:01.380 of a saint or a miracle

00:11:03.020 to help your children know

00:11:04.340 this truth really comes from God

00:11:06.100 and he's confirmed it

00:11:07.080 and so forth.

00:11:08.260 And they're not very long.

00:11:09.300 Each lesson is just 25 minutes long.

00:11:11.460 But then you'll have

00:11:13.380 that once a week,

00:11:14.520 but you'll have a whole packet

00:11:15.760 of activities

00:11:16.480 that you can choose from.

00:11:18.200 You can do some or all,

00:11:19.480 whatever fits best

00:11:20.440 for your particular child

00:11:21.800 that will help them begin

00:11:23.860 to interiorize,

00:11:25.400 to memorize,

00:11:26.220 to commit to memory

00:11:27.200 these messages,

00:11:29.060 the teachings,

00:11:29.820 the questions and answers

00:11:30.680 of the Baltimore Catechism.

00:11:32.180 And then,

00:11:33.480 last but not least,

00:11:35.540 you'll have a whole reward system,

00:11:37.740 a very simple one,

00:11:39.080 at your fingertips

00:11:40.140 where St. Paul speaks

00:11:42.800 about the armor of God,

00:11:44.320 putting on the armor of God,

00:11:45.620 and your children

00:11:46.220 are going to be invited

00:11:47.000 to be trained

00:11:48.440 for the spiritual battle.

00:11:50.440 And so to put on

00:11:51.340 the gird their loins

00:11:54.580 with truth,

00:11:55.780 the breastplate of righteousness,

00:11:58.460 gird their feet

00:11:59.260 with the shoes

00:12:00.080 of the gospel of peace,

00:12:01.900 take the shield of faith,

00:12:04.580 the helmet of salvation,

00:12:05.980 and the sword of the spirit,

00:12:07.360 which is the word of God.

00:12:08.820 And as they memorize questions,

00:12:10.880 little by little,

00:12:11.820 and you can quiz them yourself

00:12:13.000 in your home,

00:12:13.600 and there's a simple way

00:12:14.360 that you can keep track

00:12:15.160 of their progress,

00:12:16.540 they will receive these rewards.

00:12:18.280 And if you follow this,

00:12:20.820 I can promise you

00:12:22.020 it's going to make

00:12:22.520 a huge difference

00:12:23.660 for your children,

00:12:24.700 and any family

00:12:25.940 is capable of doing it.

00:12:27.200 All that it takes

00:12:27.980 is the willingness

00:12:29.160 to say 25 minutes

00:12:30.580 once a week.

00:12:31.580 We're going to watch this together.

00:12:33.200 We're going to really try

00:12:33.940 to learn,

00:12:34.840 to pay attention.

00:12:35.440 And then throughout the week,

00:12:37.860 find a total of an hour,

00:12:39.640 split up however you like

00:12:41.200 for your children,

00:12:42.360 to work on the activities,

00:12:44.260 work on learning the questions.

00:12:45.420 And if you do that,

00:12:47.040 you're going to be very surprised

00:12:48.680 by the end of the nine months

00:12:50.080 how much your children

00:12:51.860 will have learned.

00:12:54.180 So there's lots there.

00:12:55.540 So let's unpack

00:12:56.100 a little bit about that.

00:12:57.080 So first of all,

00:12:58.340 this is actually going to help

00:13:00.540 not only children,

00:13:01.660 because it's geared at children,

00:13:02.820 but it's going to help

00:13:03.780 a lot of us adults as well,

00:13:05.220 and our older kids,

00:13:06.500 who we should also do this with,

00:13:08.420 because there have been holes

00:13:09.720 in our catechetical program,

00:13:11.800 even though we went through it.

00:13:13.140 And many of us,

00:13:13.940 even adults,

00:13:14.680 are lacking

00:13:15.540 because they're,

00:13:16.320 A, weren't presented

00:13:17.080 with the right materials,

00:13:18.120 went to crummy,

00:13:18.960 I shouldn't say crummy maybe,

00:13:20.360 but went to Catholic schools

00:13:22.860 that really lacked

00:13:23.760 forming us in our faith.

00:13:25.360 Yes, they gave us

00:13:25.900 all sorts of wonderful things,

00:13:26.880 but often lacked in the faith.

00:13:28.200 So here's a refresher course

00:13:30.000 of the truths

00:13:31.220 that formed the saints.

00:13:32.820 These aren't new teachings.

00:13:34.680 These are teachings

00:13:35.380 that have been around

00:13:36.380 for centuries,

00:13:37.220 that have formed

00:13:37.820 the saints and martyrs.

00:13:39.480 So we have that,

00:13:40.900 and we have that

00:13:41.480 not only for the little children

00:13:42.960 who this is geared at,

00:13:44.360 but also for adults as well.

00:13:46.760 Absolutely, John Henry,

00:13:47.760 and I can't emphasize

00:13:48.660 that enough.

00:13:50.040 This program,

00:13:51.040 you could say,

00:13:51.340 has a stamp,

00:13:52.240 a guarantee.

00:13:53.500 This is not something

00:13:54.600 that Father Polari invented.

00:13:55.980 This is not something

00:13:56.740 that we've been working on

00:13:57.660 for the last 10 years

00:13:58.580 or 20 years.

00:13:59.820 This is what the Church

00:14:00.900 has been doing

00:14:01.620 for centuries,

00:14:03.300 and in this exact form,

00:14:05.060 has been doing

00:14:05.560 for well over 100 years

00:14:07.060 through the Baltimore Catechism.

00:14:09.060 Not only the questions

00:14:10.020 and answers,

00:14:10.600 which are very carefully crafted,

00:14:12.520 every word carefully crafted,

00:14:14.520 but the whole system

00:14:15.560 of memorization,

00:14:16.940 the explanations,

00:14:18.060 are largely taken

00:14:19.040 from what was already there,

00:14:20.200 just simplified

00:14:21.080 or put into a format

00:14:22.300 to work for children

00:14:23.160 as young as ages

00:14:23.960 8 to 10.

00:14:25.640 And what you're about

00:14:27.020 to be handed

00:14:27.840 has been carefully

00:14:29.440 tried and true

00:14:30.160 for,

00:14:30.720 tested and found

00:14:32.360 tried and true

00:14:33.100 for a very long time.

00:14:34.940 And it is something,

00:14:35.820 you write for many adults,

00:14:37.540 that will be a great help.

00:14:38.880 I think many adults

00:14:40.000 would greatly benefit

00:14:40.960 from following this program,

00:14:42.100 and even,

00:14:42.740 I would say,

00:14:43.940 adults or teenagers,

00:14:46.060 adults of any age,

00:14:47.160 who are not Catholic.

00:14:49.000 If there is someone

00:14:50.040 in your life

00:14:50.840 who you know

00:14:52.180 who seems to have

00:14:53.860 good will

00:14:54.740 or be open

00:14:55.440 to the truth,

00:14:56.940 this is a program

00:14:58.080 that you could say,

00:14:59.280 if you're really interested

00:15:00.260 in knowing the faith

00:15:01.240 and knowing some

00:15:02.000 of the miracles

00:15:02.720 God has given

00:15:03.560 to demonstrate

00:15:04.900 that it's true,

00:15:06.320 follow this program.

00:15:07.580 It's simple,

00:15:08.360 it's accessible,

00:15:09.360 but if you follow it,

00:15:10.900 it will take you

00:15:11.780 fairly deeply

00:15:12.700 into the truths

00:15:13.800 of the Catholic faith.

00:15:16.160 Beautiful.

00:15:16.840 Now,

00:15:17.060 one of the things

00:15:17.640 that a lot of parents

00:15:18.920 struggle with

00:15:19.580 is when they're trying

00:15:20.660 to give education

00:15:21.260 to their children,

00:15:22.140 homeschooling

00:15:22.960 and or in school,

00:15:24.300 it's difficult for them

00:15:26.000 to be able to

00:15:27.640 track their children's progress,

00:15:29.060 to be able to follow them,

00:15:30.380 to be able to make sure

00:15:31.400 they're doing

00:15:31.760 what they're supposed to do.

00:15:32.880 Your program has something

00:15:34.220 to help with that.

00:15:35.340 What is it?

00:15:36.020 Absolutely.

00:15:36.880 Right.

00:15:37.320 Because I know

00:15:37.700 the danger for parents

00:15:38.880 is that they can feel,

00:15:40.500 well, for me,

00:15:41.040 trying to keep the pressure

00:15:41.800 on my child,

00:15:42.400 it doesn't work,

00:15:43.100 the memorization

00:15:43.540 begins to slip.

00:15:44.400 Well, here,

00:15:45.500 if your child,

00:15:46.320 if you sign your children

00:15:47.100 up for this program,

00:15:48.620 which is completely free,

00:15:49.580 by the way,

00:15:50.160 if you sign up for it,

00:15:51.740 then they will be united

00:15:53.380 with children

00:15:53.900 all over the world

00:15:55.240 in this catechism crusade.

00:15:58.080 And so little Johnny

00:15:59.020 or little Sally

00:15:59.760 will know

00:16:01.040 that they're part

00:16:02.920 of a whole team

00:16:03.960 of children

00:16:04.400 throughout the world

00:16:05.060 in a sense

00:16:05.460 that everyone's counting

00:16:06.620 on them too

00:16:07.180 to do their part,

00:16:08.320 to earn points

00:16:09.600 for this catechism crusade.

00:16:11.800 And so when you create

00:16:12.800 an account,

00:16:13.420 which again

00:16:13.760 is completely free,

00:16:15.480 it'll give you access

00:16:16.320 access to all of the videos,

00:16:17.580 all the support materials

00:16:18.700 you'll have available,

00:16:19.420 and also access

00:16:21.540 to the catechism crusade

00:16:23.400 tracking system.

00:16:25.240 And so for each one

00:16:25.980 of your child,

00:16:26.620 it's very simple.

00:16:27.660 Each lesson,

00:16:28.320 there's maybe about

00:16:29.300 10 questions and answers.

00:16:31.200 And so after spending

00:16:33.060 the week reviewing,

00:16:34.480 studying with them,

00:16:35.560 you'll quiz them

00:16:36.320 in whatever way

00:16:37.080 you prefer,

00:16:38.020 whether that's orally

00:16:39.080 or written

00:16:39.540 or however you wish

00:16:40.220 to do it.

00:16:41.360 And however many

00:16:42.260 they're able to answer back

00:16:43.680 and say the right answer,

00:16:45.240 well then you'll just log on

00:16:46.620 and you'll click off

00:16:47.600 those questions

00:16:48.340 as answered correctly

00:16:49.220 by them

00:16:49.720 and they'll earn

00:16:50.420 that many points.

00:16:51.580 And it will keep track

00:16:52.640 of their points

00:16:53.360 as they go along

00:16:54.660 such that

00:16:55.700 you'll have this motivation.

00:16:57.720 You'll be able to say,

00:16:58.120 Kajani,

00:16:58.540 you're now at 20 points,

00:16:59.920 you're at 80 points,

00:17:00.840 you're at 110 points,

00:17:02.760 and you've earned

00:17:03.960 the breastplate of faith,

00:17:06.360 sorry,

00:17:06.560 the breastplate of righteousness

00:17:07.480 and the shield of faith,

00:17:08.780 but you don't have

00:17:09.480 the other part

00:17:10.060 of the armor yet.

00:17:11.500 And so it's something,

00:17:13.480 the whole program really

00:17:14.400 in many ways

00:17:14.980 is meant to make things

00:17:15.900 very visual,

00:17:16.920 very concrete.

00:17:18.400 And I can promise you,

00:17:19.480 John Henry,

00:17:19.820 even working with adults

00:17:20.860 in spiritual direction,

00:17:22.780 it's often a night

00:17:24.140 and day difference

00:17:25.160 between whether

00:17:26.180 they're not just committed

00:17:27.300 to doing something,

00:17:28.560 but whether they're

00:17:29.160 also accountable.

00:17:30.460 Say if they're filling

00:17:31.060 out a spreadsheet

00:17:31.780 or they're having

00:17:33.580 some regular checklist

00:17:35.180 where they're showing

00:17:35.920 someone whether they

00:17:36.700 followed through

00:17:37.280 on their obligations or not,

00:17:38.500 it makes an enormous

00:17:40.120 difference in them

00:17:41.380 being able to be faithful.

00:17:42.480 So that's one of the

00:17:43.000 real strengths of this program

00:17:44.320 is you will have this

00:17:45.760 as parents

00:17:46.520 at your fingertips.

00:17:48.820 Absolutely.

00:17:49.460 Now,

00:17:49.660 one of the great things

00:17:51.220 about this

00:17:51.740 is it stresses

00:17:52.540 memorization.

00:17:54.600 First of all,

00:17:55.560 that has been

00:17:56.260 for my life

00:17:57.420 one of the things

00:17:58.220 that has been

00:17:58.680 so beneficial.

00:18:00.060 The knowledge

00:18:01.020 of the faith,

00:18:02.000 like the old answer,

00:18:03.180 the one probably

00:18:04.180 that most people

00:18:04.960 still remember

00:18:05.580 from the Baltimore

00:18:06.220 Catechism,

00:18:06.860 why are you alive,

00:18:07.780 to know,

00:18:08.200 love,

00:18:08.340 and serve God

00:18:08.820 in this world

00:18:09.220 so we can be happy

00:18:10.040 with Him forever

00:18:10.600 in the next,

00:18:11.960 is so essential

00:18:12.900 because you carry

00:18:13.780 that with you

00:18:14.620 and in times of hardship,

00:18:16.380 in times of struggle,

00:18:17.420 where you're actually

00:18:18.340 really wondering,

00:18:19.820 what am I alive for

00:18:20.940 in the first place?

00:18:21.680 You're down in the dumps.

00:18:23.280 Those words,

00:18:24.500 because they're memorized,

00:18:25.480 come back to you

00:18:26.300 and you're able

00:18:27.100 to dwell on them

00:18:28.020 and take comfort,

00:18:28.920 not only comfort and solace,

00:18:30.060 but also encouragement

00:18:31.080 in them

00:18:31.520 in that it pushes you forward.

00:18:34.140 Tell us a little bit

00:18:35.040 about your key here

00:18:37.580 for why you have memorization.

00:18:40.600 Absolutely.

00:18:41.100 Well, the first reason

00:18:41.780 I would say,

00:18:42.340 like the entire program,

00:18:43.580 is that the Church

00:18:44.340 has done it for centuries.

00:18:45.460 So there's usually

00:18:45.940 a very good reason

00:18:46.760 why the Church

00:18:47.740 has done something

00:18:48.400 and there certainly

00:18:49.120 is in this case.

00:18:50.820 I'll use the analogy

00:18:51.820 of civil law.

00:18:52.580 When I studied civil law

00:18:53.840 and had to take

00:18:55.000 the California

00:18:55.800 mini bar exam,

00:18:57.720 one thing was you study,

00:18:59.360 you read lots of material

00:19:00.680 and you learn

00:19:01.280 all kinds of rules

00:19:02.600 of case studies

00:19:03.400 and so forth.

00:19:04.060 But then you have

00:19:05.600 to commit a lot

00:19:06.760 of it to memory

00:19:07.540 so that on the exam,

00:19:09.500 when you're presented

00:19:10.280 with a particular case

00:19:11.860 of a crime,

00:19:12.740 of something,

00:19:13.520 and you only have

00:19:14.340 a very short period

00:19:15.280 of time,

00:19:15.740 one hour,

00:19:16.440 to quickly analyze,

00:19:18.460 bring into play

00:19:19.780 all the key laws

00:19:21.260 and rules

00:19:21.720 and elements

00:19:22.220 and points of analysis,

00:19:23.560 if you don't have it memorized,

00:19:25.560 you're incapable

00:19:26.300 of analyzing

00:19:27.720 the question correctly,

00:19:28.620 of saying

00:19:28.940 what should be done.

00:19:30.300 But if you do have

00:19:31.260 those things in your mind,

00:19:32.440 you can right away

00:19:33.620 bring all the elements

00:19:35.120 into play

00:19:35.740 and see with precision

00:19:36.960 this is what should be done.

00:19:39.180 Well,

00:19:40.080 much more important

00:19:40.960 than a law school exam

00:19:42.600 is real life

00:19:44.300 where every day

00:19:45.760 and more and more

00:19:46.300 at a very young age,

00:19:47.880 your children

00:19:48.660 are confronted

00:19:49.580 with all sorts

00:19:51.100 of situations

00:19:51.900 and as adults,

00:19:52.960 of course,

00:19:53.360 you're confronted

00:19:53.740 with them too.

00:19:54.900 And they often don't say,

00:19:55.880 hang on a minute,

00:19:56.880 I'm going to go read

00:19:57.620 some books

00:19:58.080 and I'll get back

00:19:58.760 to you in this situation.

00:20:00.420 No,

00:20:01.000 they're on the spot

00:20:02.080 and they're feeling pressure

00:20:03.700 and there's confusion

00:20:05.400 and they've got to make

00:20:06.620 a quick decision.

00:20:08.060 And so,

00:20:08.620 if they have

00:20:09.960 this Baltimore Catechism

00:20:12.020 in their memory,

00:20:13.200 they've got right away

00:20:14.420 in play

00:20:15.100 clarity

00:20:16.080 on all sorts

00:20:17.660 of situations

00:20:18.340 that they can be facing

00:20:19.400 and on the truth

00:20:20.580 that comes from God.

00:20:22.300 So,

00:20:22.980 it makes

00:20:23.460 an enormous difference

00:20:24.880 and I can't urge

00:20:25.920 parents enough

00:20:26.680 to give your children

00:20:27.620 this gift

00:20:28.280 of memorizing

00:20:29.800 the questions

00:20:30.380 and answers

00:20:30.800 of the Baltimore Catechism.

00:20:33.480 Amen.

00:20:34.360 Amen.

00:20:35.160 So,

00:20:36.000 this is all being offered,

00:20:37.480 you said,

00:20:38.140 for absolutely free.

00:20:40.240 How does that work?

00:20:41.400 Because this is no small feat.

00:20:43.140 This is very

00:20:43.940 professionally produced.

00:20:45.440 This is,

00:20:46.280 it's not only filmed

00:20:47.840 beautifully,

00:20:48.840 it's recorded,

00:20:50.340 it's done.

00:20:51.240 You were in

00:20:51.940 Fatima, Portugal

00:20:52.920 to film

00:20:54.160 some of the episodes.

00:20:55.300 How is this being

00:20:57.500 like that?

00:20:58.700 Well,

00:20:59.140 we were very blessed,

00:21:00.580 John Henry.

00:21:00.960 Right from the beginning

00:21:01.660 of the program,

00:21:02.320 we had a tremendous

00:21:03.460 benefactor

00:21:04.260 who assured us

00:21:05.280 he would take care

00:21:05.860 of everything

00:21:06.320 and that was

00:21:07.020 St. Joseph.

00:21:08.080 So,

00:21:08.340 we've been in good hands

00:21:09.140 from the very beginning.

00:21:10.760 We know St. Joseph

00:21:11.460 has promised us

00:21:12.280 he'll take care of things.

00:21:13.380 Our job is to produce

00:21:14.260 the program

00:21:14.800 and offer it for free,

00:21:16.340 which is what we are

00:21:17.100 doing.

00:21:18.320 But,

00:21:18.760 yes,

00:21:19.560 we are in need of vocations.

00:21:20.920 Sorry,

00:21:21.360 in need of,

00:21:21.740 in need of vocations

00:21:22.440 in the church too,

00:21:23.120 but we're in need

00:21:23.500 of donations

00:21:24.040 for the program.

00:21:26.240 And it's true,

00:21:27.240 what's been accomplished,

00:21:28.680 we filmed a lot

00:21:29.940 of the lessons

00:21:30.660 on site in Portima

00:21:32.580 or a number of the lessons

00:21:33.420 on site in Fatima,

00:21:34.700 Portugal.

00:21:35.800 And then the quality

00:21:37.180 of production,

00:21:37.920 I think,

00:21:38.180 is a very high level.

00:21:39.340 You'll judge for yourself

00:21:40.220 when you see it,

00:21:40.960 or John Henry already

00:21:41.620 has seen some of them,

00:21:42.480 but for those watching this,

00:21:43.540 you'll judge for yourself.

00:21:44.940 It's really a very high level

00:21:46.320 of production,

00:21:46.820 and that usually

00:21:47.720 is extremely expensive.

00:21:50.180 Well,

00:21:50.600 we have a team

00:21:51.480 that's been

00:21:53.500 incredibly sacrificial,

00:21:55.140 and we have someone

00:21:55.820 who very generously

00:21:56.900 made a loan

00:21:57.640 to fund

00:21:59.000 all the initial startup

00:22:00.340 to this point.

00:22:01.680 But we're at a point

00:22:02.640 right now

00:22:03.240 where we do definitely

00:22:04.120 need donations.

00:22:05.420 And so,

00:22:06.620 please,

00:22:07.400 if you would consider,

00:22:08.360 if you're watching this

00:22:09.120 right now,

00:22:10.320 you can give the gift

00:22:11.600 to children

00:22:12.280 all throughout the world

00:22:13.660 and countries

00:22:14.240 all over the world

00:22:15.320 of having this

00:22:16.960 available for free.

00:22:18.480 high-quality catechism

00:22:20.540 with a Catholic priest

00:22:21.980 teaching the children

00:22:22.900 right there in their home

00:22:24.000 with parents

00:22:24.540 having all the tools

00:22:25.800 to train their children

00:22:27.420 in the faith

00:22:28.080 in a way that will last

00:22:29.040 for life.

00:22:30.640 And so,

00:22:31.160 to do that,

00:22:32.100 I would encourage you

00:22:33.080 watching this,

00:22:33.940 would you be willing,

00:22:34.920 I would ask you,

00:22:35.580 would you be willing

00:22:36.200 to sacrifice

00:22:37.220 one night out

00:22:39.320 or one meal together?

00:22:41.820 Depending on where you live,

00:22:43.580 maybe that's $25,

00:22:45.000 maybe that's more,

00:22:45.820 maybe that's less,

00:22:46.840 depends on where you are.

00:22:48.860 But please,

00:22:50.540 would you please consider

00:22:51.820 donating $25,

00:22:54.580 sacrificing one night out

00:22:56.280 to provide this gift

00:22:58.360 to children

00:22:58.920 all throughout the world?

00:23:02.540 Let me actually

00:23:04.160 broaden that a little bit.

00:23:06.200 One of the things

00:23:07.100 that people have often

00:23:08.420 looked for today

00:23:09.120 is how can I support the faith?

00:23:11.120 What am I to do?

00:23:12.140 This stuff is going crazy.

00:23:13.760 The whole world

00:23:14.360 is going crazy.

00:23:15.080 But inside the church,

00:23:16.660 things have been going nuts.

00:23:17.700 How do I defend the faith?

00:23:19.060 What can I do?

00:23:20.420 Well, here's something

00:23:21.480 you can actually do

00:23:22.720 in a very real way

00:23:24.040 to instill the faith,

00:23:25.300 and not just any faith,

00:23:27.100 the traditional faith,

00:23:28.920 the faith of our fathers,

00:23:30.360 the faith of the martyrs

00:23:31.720 and saints,

00:23:32.980 into not only your children,

00:23:35.620 children around the world today

00:23:36.880 and in the future.

00:23:38.280 So there's a real investment

00:23:39.780 opportunity here

00:23:40.700 that you can make.

00:23:41.780 Maybe you're too old

00:23:42.960 to have children

00:23:44.260 of your own of this age

00:23:45.180 and maybe you don't

00:23:45.640 have any grandchildren.

00:23:46.840 This is an investment

00:23:47.840 into your own

00:23:48.840 eternal future as well.

00:23:50.140 You're helping

00:23:50.540 to spread the faith.

00:23:52.000 The faith that is being

00:23:52.840 lost everywhere

00:23:54.060 has a real shot

00:23:55.440 in the arm here.

00:23:56.740 And I'm so glad

00:23:58.920 to be associated

00:23:59.900 with this

00:24:00.420 in promoting this.

00:24:02.140 It's going to be there.

00:24:03.020 It's going to be there

00:24:03.620 for free

00:24:04.180 for all families.

00:24:05.320 This is a gift

00:24:06.100 to families

00:24:07.460 from Father Polari

00:24:08.800 and from Voice of the Family,

00:24:10.440 which is producing

00:24:11.460 this series as well.

00:24:13.080 Lydia Keogh,

00:24:13.880 I should mention,

00:24:14.540 is the video producer

00:24:15.800 who's done

00:24:16.240 absolutely fantastic work

00:24:18.100 and LifeSite's

00:24:19.300 working along with this

00:24:20.220 to promote it

00:24:21.220 and help it

00:24:21.940 wherever possible.

00:24:24.080 So we really want

00:24:25.380 to give this gift

00:24:27.480 to families.

00:24:28.240 But in order to do this,

00:24:30.220 that opportunity

00:24:31.900 for you to support it

00:24:33.200 is there as well.

00:24:34.540 Father,

00:24:35.260 it's an incredible thing.

00:24:37.460 I've seen it,

00:24:38.680 parts of it already.

00:24:39.660 my own one child,

00:24:41.960 the last one I have

00:24:43.080 who could go through this

00:24:43.920 because he's the right age,

00:24:45.100 although we will give it

00:24:46.040 to our older kids as well,

00:24:47.100 but is so enthusiastic

00:24:49.260 about it.

00:24:50.660 What brought you

00:24:51.620 to doing this

00:24:52.420 and what was your

00:24:53.760 sort of inspiration

00:24:54.880 in all of this?

00:24:56.140 Yes,

00:24:56.620 one of the main culprits,

00:24:58.080 John Henry,

00:24:58.460 was yourself,

00:24:59.400 of course,

00:25:00.000 because right at this time,

00:25:01.720 I think,

00:25:02.000 in fact,

00:25:02.280 this very day,

00:25:02.900 I believe,

00:25:03.480 we were in Rome

00:25:04.280 a year ago

00:25:05.000 for a Young Adults Conference

00:25:06.660 and at that point,

00:25:09.100 we were talking

00:25:09.900 and I mentioned

00:25:10.680 I was teaching catechism

00:25:11.760 as many priests do

00:25:12.740 to children

00:25:14.160 back in my diocese

00:25:15.860 and you said,

00:25:16.640 Father,

00:25:17.380 would you consider

00:25:18.400 recording a series

00:25:19.260 for children?

00:25:20.900 And so I looked around

00:25:23.400 and I thought,

00:25:23.640 well,

00:25:23.680 there must be something

00:25:24.320 like this out there

00:25:25.100 that already exists.

00:25:25.880 Surely someone has already

00:25:26.680 done this out there

00:25:27.480 and couldn't find anything

00:25:29.640 like this available online.

00:25:31.460 Then I thought,

00:25:31.820 okay,

00:25:31.940 well,

00:25:32.060 it needs to be done

00:25:32.860 but there must be

00:25:34.280 a better priest

00:25:35.040 or there are a lot

00:25:35.540 of better priests

00:25:36.140 out there.

00:25:36.580 One of them must be

00:25:37.220 willing to do this

00:25:38.040 and looked around

00:25:39.820 and was unable

00:25:40.920 to get anyone

00:25:41.720 to say yes.

00:25:42.380 So finally,

00:25:44.280 it seemed if I wasn't

00:25:45.580 willing to say yes

00:25:46.360 to do this,

00:25:46.880 it wasn't going to happen

00:25:47.720 and so prayed about it

00:25:49.220 and I felt even

00:25:50.120 if only 10 families,

00:25:52.500 children in 10 families

00:25:53.460 benefited from this,

00:25:54.860 it would be really

00:25:55.840 worth doing.

00:25:57.300 And I must say,

00:25:58.740 a crucial point

00:25:59.680 from the get-go

00:26:00.360 is we were able

00:26:00.820 to bring on board

00:26:01.740 with a very good team,

00:26:03.540 a very talented

00:26:04.460 young producer,

00:26:05.340 Miss Lydia Keogh,

00:26:06.300 as you mentioned,

00:26:07.140 and a very talented

00:26:07.880 young producer.

00:26:08.580 I think you're going

00:26:09.060 to really appreciate

00:26:10.340 her work.

00:26:11.420 And so then we set

00:26:12.060 to work

00:26:12.480 and the spring

00:26:13.580 was spent very carefully

00:26:15.480 crafting the script

00:26:16.580 because we wanted

00:26:17.760 every word

00:26:18.520 to be carefully chosen

00:26:19.700 for the children.

00:26:21.040 So we took

00:26:21.860 the traditional

00:26:22.380 Baltimore Catechism,

00:26:23.380 which of course

00:26:23.780 we haven't changed,

00:26:25.100 and then we took

00:26:26.080 the carefully crafted

00:26:27.160 explanations,

00:26:28.320 but they were crafted

00:26:29.560 for older children

00:26:30.840 and so we tried

00:26:32.280 to adapt them

00:26:33.060 or make them

00:26:33.600 short enough

00:26:34.140 that they could

00:26:34.520 work for children

00:26:35.720 as young as

00:26:36.180 ages 8 to 10.

00:26:37.460 We drew from

00:26:38.020 another traditional

00:26:38.580 catechism,

00:26:39.340 we pulled in

00:26:39.800 from St. Thomas Aquinas

00:26:40.880 and so forth,

00:26:41.980 and the whole spring

00:26:42.780 was spent writing,

00:26:43.740 revising,

00:26:44.400 carefully crafting that,

00:26:46.020 and then began filming.

00:26:48.360 We were able

00:26:49.280 to get to Fatima

00:26:50.120 the first week

00:26:51.500 of September

00:26:52.340 and film on site there,

00:26:54.060 both the initial lessons

00:26:55.060 and a final lesson,

00:26:56.040 which you'll have

00:26:56.600 to look forward to,

00:26:57.440 where we talk through,

00:26:58.600 show them

00:26:59.000 where the great miracle

00:27:00.700 of the sun took place.

00:27:01.800 But then the key,

00:27:04.080 the rest of the filming

00:27:04.780 took place over the summer

00:27:06.280 and I can't wait

00:27:08.040 for you all to benefit

00:27:08.780 from the program.

00:27:09.660 I think it's going to be

00:27:10.480 really a blessing,

00:27:11.340 I hope it's going to be

00:27:11.900 really a blessing

00:27:12.460 for children throughout

00:27:13.740 the world.

00:27:15.260 Absolutely.

00:27:15.920 Now, it's key

00:27:17.440 that it's Our Lady of Fatima,

00:27:18.960 not only because

00:27:20.140 Our Lady of Fatima

00:27:20.960 figures in so much

00:27:22.300 during this time

00:27:23.340 in the world,

00:27:23.740 but also key

00:27:24.760 for young people

00:27:25.540 because young people

00:27:26.520 were challenged

00:27:27.080 with Our Lord,

00:27:28.600 choosing Jacinta,

00:27:30.180 Francesco,

00:27:30.880 and Lucia,

00:27:32.860 who were at the time

00:27:33.940 6, 7, 8,

00:27:35.380 then 7, 8, 9,

00:27:37.160 and then 9, 10, 11,

00:27:38.180 when they were first

00:27:39.100 sought out by Heaven.

00:27:40.440 And so you've got

00:27:41.340 these little children,

00:27:44.000 you know,

00:27:44.260 7, 8, 9-year-old children,

00:27:45.680 who are sought out

00:27:47.540 by Heaven

00:27:48.000 to choose

00:27:49.580 for this great mission.

00:27:51.200 And you so brilliantly,

00:27:52.800 Father,

00:27:53.100 used that challenge

00:27:54.620 from Heaven,

00:27:55.700 using the self-same

00:27:56.820 words of Our Lady,

00:27:58.200 to challenge

00:27:58.800 our little children

00:27:59.680 to take up the faith,

00:28:01.560 and even to take up

00:28:02.700 suffering for the faith,

00:28:04.700 just as the Fatima children

00:28:05.840 were doing.

00:28:06.460 It's brilliant,

00:28:07.660 it's encouraging,

00:28:09.100 and I'd like to hear

00:28:10.580 your comment on that,

00:28:11.660 but also if you would,

00:28:12.660 just maybe in conclusion,

00:28:13.720 tell us what your hopes are

00:28:15.600 for this program.

00:28:17.880 Absolutely, John Henry.

00:28:19.100 So, yes,

00:28:19.940 the whole program

00:28:21.300 is designed on trying

00:28:22.520 to pass on faithfully

00:28:23.980 what God chose

00:28:26.000 to ask of children

00:28:26.920 through Our Lady of Fatima.

00:28:28.600 I really believe

00:28:29.340 that if God had Our Lady

00:28:30.380 speak in that particular way,

00:28:31.880 call them to this great mission,

00:28:33.440 then that's the best way

00:28:34.500 we should present the faith

00:28:35.700 also to children of today.

00:28:37.300 And for any parent

00:28:37.900 who might be worried,

00:28:38.620 okay, my children aren't saints,

00:28:39.960 and so this is not

00:28:40.860 going to be doable

00:28:41.440 if they're supposed to imitate

00:28:42.720 what the children of Fatima did,

00:28:44.000 well, no, don't worry.

00:28:45.840 The children of Fatima

00:28:46.700 were very ordinary,

00:28:47.980 and the way that this program

00:28:48.960 is designed,

00:28:49.940 is to call very ordinary,

00:28:52.300 maybe even rather sinful children

00:28:54.080 to embrace a great mission

00:28:56.820 and something that's

00:28:57.360 very exciting for them,

00:28:58.480 that is challenging,

00:28:59.820 that calls them to sacrifice,

00:29:01.300 but in a way that's accessible

00:29:02.560 for every single one of them.

00:29:04.300 And so, you asked in conclusion

00:29:06.580 my hopes for this program,

00:29:07.780 and my hopes would be threefold.

00:29:09.480 First of all,

00:29:10.640 I would hope

00:29:11.660 that some of the children

00:29:12.700 who follow this program

00:29:13.780 will one day become saints,

00:29:16.340 because that's the gift

00:29:18.720 that God is offering them.

00:29:20.340 It's not the gift I'm offering them

00:29:21.820 because of any holiness I have,

00:29:23.700 but the great teachings

00:29:25.240 of the Catholic faith,

00:29:26.460 the teachings passed on

00:29:27.560 by Our Lady of Fatima,

00:29:28.820 are designed for that.

00:29:30.460 And so my hope is

00:29:31.900 that already at a very young age,

00:29:34.020 children can begin

00:29:34.820 saying yes to God

00:29:36.220 and follow along that path

00:29:38.300 that will bring many souls

00:29:39.300 to heaven.

00:29:40.460 The second hope

00:29:41.680 is that it will be

00:29:42.440 a real help

00:29:43.340 and a real solace

00:29:44.560 for parents

00:29:46.040 as the primary educators

00:29:47.780 of their children.

00:29:49.000 So many parents I know

00:29:50.300 who want to do

00:29:51.100 the right thing,

00:29:51.840 who really want their children

00:29:52.860 to be formed in the faith,

00:29:54.660 and who are at a loss.

00:29:56.340 They may even have found

00:29:57.060 good books,

00:29:57.600 but they don't know

00:29:58.060 how to pass it on.

00:29:59.460 Well, the goal

00:30:00.580 is to place in your hands

00:30:02.400 a tool that you can use

00:30:05.420 to teach your children,

00:30:06.840 not just adequately,

00:30:08.960 but teach your children

00:30:09.900 very well the Catholic faith.

00:30:13.300 You could say working smart,

00:30:15.020 that is making the most

00:30:16.640 of small amounts of time,

00:30:18.120 but that will be very effective

00:30:19.240 if you follow this program.

00:30:21.400 And lastly,

00:30:22.360 my third hope for this program

00:30:23.900 is that for those

00:30:26.200 who are not Catholic,

00:30:28.080 those who may not

00:30:28.920 have any faith,

00:30:29.680 or those who might be

00:30:30.920 some other faith,

00:30:31.540 or those who might have

00:30:32.140 fallen away,

00:30:33.160 that through this program

00:30:34.360 they will discover

00:30:35.820 the only true faith

00:30:37.860 that comes from God.

00:30:39.700 This is designed

00:30:40.760 so you can hand it

00:30:42.000 to a friend.

00:30:42.600 You can say,

00:30:43.060 look,

00:30:43.680 if you'd really like to know,

00:30:45.560 watch this.

00:30:46.560 It's accessible.

00:30:47.940 It will take you through

00:30:49.260 not just what the church believes,

00:30:51.500 but over and over again

00:30:53.020 showing you miracles

00:30:54.120 that God has done

00:30:55.100 to confirm the truth

00:30:56.820 of the Catholic faith.

00:31:00.080 Amen.

00:31:01.020 Amen.

00:31:02.200 Father,

00:31:02.800 I wanted to thank you

00:31:04.400 on behalf of Catholic parents

00:31:06.100 everywhere

00:31:06.460 who will benefit

00:31:07.140 from this program,

00:31:08.120 on behalf of the children

00:31:09.940 who will be formed

00:31:10.560 in the faith,

00:31:11.520 on behalf of

00:31:12.320 half a voice of the family

00:31:13.580 who are a sponsor,

00:31:14.820 or who are helping

00:31:15.880 to produce this

00:31:16.600 and LifeSite

00:31:17.080 helping to get it

00:31:18.160 out there as well.

00:31:20.080 Thank you.

00:31:21.400 And may God bless you.

00:31:22.760 And if you wouldn't mind

00:31:25.500 before we close

00:31:26.320 giving us your final blessing.

00:31:28.220 But before we do that,

00:31:29.420 I wanted to just say

00:31:30.320 after the blessing,

00:31:31.560 the program,

00:31:32.560 the show,

00:31:33.400 the episode will end,

00:31:34.500 but we're going to just air

00:31:35.680 a few minutes

00:31:37.120 of telling parents

00:31:39.180 what it's about

00:31:40.000 from the program itself

00:31:41.080 so you can see it.

00:31:43.720 Absolutely.

00:31:44.280 And just before I give

00:31:44.900 the blessing

00:31:45.340 so you know what's coming up,

00:31:46.480 this will show you

00:31:47.300 a couple glimpses

00:31:48.380 of what some of the lessons

00:31:49.720 will be like.

00:31:50.300 So please stay tuned.

00:31:51.140 And this will give you

00:31:51.720 a glimpse of what's in store

00:31:52.920 for you through this program.

00:31:55.360 All right.

00:31:56.000 So if you would bow your head.

00:31:59.220 May Almighty God,

00:32:00.300 through the intercession

00:32:01.020 of the Immaculate Heart

00:32:02.140 of the Blessed Virgin Mary

00:32:03.280 and of St. Joseph,

00:32:04.820 her spouse,

00:32:06.060 pour out his graces

00:32:06.720 upon each one

00:32:07.440 of your families.

00:32:08.620 Benediccio Dei Omnipotentes,

00:32:10.460 Patris et Filii

00:32:11.840 et Spiritus Sanctit,

00:32:12.720 Shundat Supervos et Mani et Semper.

00:32:15.160 Amen.

00:32:16.820 Amen.

00:32:17.260 Amen.

00:32:17.940 Thank you so much, Father.

00:32:19.080 And we'll see you next time

00:32:20.480 on The John Henry Weston Show.

00:32:27.680 Welcome to Our Lady of the Rosary

00:32:29.680 Family Catechism.

00:32:31.260 Jesus Christ is the same

00:32:57.680 yesterday, today, and forever.

00:33:00.540 In every generation,

00:33:02.140 we have one fundamental choice,

00:33:04.760 either to embrace Jesus Christ

00:33:06.940 and the fullness of truth

00:33:08.240 that He came to reveal,

00:33:09.880 that is,

00:33:10.320 to submit our lives to Him

00:33:11.760 in the obedience of faith,

00:33:13.560 or to prefer the love

00:33:15.560 of the world

00:33:16.320 and its vanities. 0.60

00:33:17.180 And we may follow Thee

00:33:21.960 never to die alone.

00:33:28.380 In 1917,

00:33:30.220 the world was plagued

00:33:31.280 by war and sin.

00:33:32.760 And so,

00:33:33.360 God sent His Holy Mother

00:33:34.660 right here to Fatima

00:33:36.260 to offer a solution.

00:33:39.140 He sent her

00:33:39.940 to three young children,

00:33:42.120 to children firmly rooted

00:33:43.560 in the unchanging truths

00:33:45.400 of the Catholic faith,

00:33:47.280 to children who would give

00:33:48.640 an unconditional yes,

00:33:50.500 who would embrace

00:33:51.500 a mission of holiness

00:33:52.460 that would save

00:33:53.160 countless souls.

00:33:55.000 Would you like

00:33:55.900 your own children

00:33:57.320 to have that same opportunity?

00:34:00.960 Would you like them

00:34:02.120 to be formed

00:34:02.900 in the unchanging truth

00:34:04.860 that comes from God?

00:34:07.220 We are pleased

00:34:16.400 to offer you

00:34:17.180 an entire video catechism course

00:34:19.720 filled with beautiful

00:34:21.000 sacred art and music

00:34:22.420 so that your family

00:34:24.100 can have this opportunity,

00:34:26.320 the opportunity

00:34:27.200 to be formed

00:34:27.920 by the timeless truths

00:34:29.280 of the Catholic faith

00:34:30.380 as handed on

00:34:31.840 in the classic

00:34:32.940 Baltimore catechism.

00:34:35.100 As a Catholic priest,

00:34:36.440 I will be teaching

00:34:37.840 your family

00:34:39.040 the carefully crafted words

00:34:41.300 of the Baltimore catechism,

00:34:43.080 drawing from the classic

00:34:44.580 explanations provided therein,

00:34:46.780 and will be teaching them

00:34:48.300 about many of the

00:34:49.300 countless miracles

00:34:50.340 that God has worked

00:34:51.800 throughout history

00:34:53.020 and about some

00:34:54.200 of the great events

00:34:55.240 that have occurred

00:34:55.940 in the lives

00:34:56.960 of the saints.

00:34:58.540 My hope is that

00:35:00.260 this series will equip

00:35:01.580 you as parents

00:35:02.780 and your important role

00:35:04.340 as the primary educators

00:35:05.920 of your children

00:35:06.820 and that it will enable

00:35:08.340 all the members

00:35:09.320 of your family,

00:35:10.440 whether young children,

00:35:12.180 teenagers,

00:35:13.200 adults,

00:35:13.780 or those returning

00:35:14.640 to the faith

00:35:15.300 to learn and internalize

00:35:17.360 the truths

00:35:18.040 of the Catholic faith.

00:35:19.940 Above all,

00:35:21.320 I hope that it will

00:35:22.000 encourage you

00:35:22.860 and your children

00:35:23.560 to embrace

00:35:24.560 Our Lady's great call

00:35:26.180 to holiness,

00:35:27.460 so much needed

00:35:28.500 in today's world.

00:35:39.820 So what does this mean

00:35:41.640 practically?

00:35:43.940 Well, it will mean

00:35:45.040 not only growing

00:35:45.820 in your understanding

00:35:46.960 of these saving truths,

00:35:48.500 but also committing them

00:35:49.620 to memory.

00:35:50.820 And with the help

00:35:51.640 of the additional activities

00:35:52.880 provided for each

00:35:54.120 of the 37 lessons,

00:35:55.440 you will be able

00:35:57.060 to help your children

00:35:58.420 commit to memory

00:35:59.620 the answers found

00:36:00.840 in the Baltimore Catechism.

00:36:03.260 And you will have access

00:36:04.520 to an online reward system

00:36:06.420 designed to foster

00:36:07.520 the focus

00:36:08.220 and motivation

00:36:09.140 of your children.

00:36:11.460 It will enable you

00:36:12.520 to track your children's progress

00:36:14.300 so that they can achieve

00:36:15.700 different levels

00:36:16.640 as Crusaders for Christ

00:36:18.340 and can take part

00:36:19.680 in a worldwide crusade

00:36:21.560 of learning the Catechism.

00:36:23.280 I encourage you

00:36:24.880 to learn more about this

00:36:26.140 through the information

00:36:27.240 pack provided.

00:36:29.880 Just as in 1917,

00:36:32.520 so also today

00:36:33.500 God is looking

00:36:34.460 for children

00:36:35.180 deeply rooted

00:36:36.580 in their Catholic faith,

00:36:38.460 for children who are

00:36:39.620 willing to say yes

00:36:40.780 to Him.

00:36:42.000 Are you willing

00:36:42.920 to help your children

00:36:44.560 do that?

00:36:46.560 If so,

00:36:48.040 I look forward

00:36:48.680 to seeing you

00:36:49.420 for Our Lady of the Rosary

00:36:50.900 Family Catechism.

00:36:53.280 Hello, this is

00:37:17.240 John Henry Weston.

00:37:18.240 I'd like to invite you

00:37:19.260 to subscribe to the

00:37:20.440 John Henry Weston Show

00:37:21.600 YouTube channel.

00:37:22.400 if you haven't already

00:37:23.460 done so.

00:37:24.460 There you will find

00:37:25.440 all the past episodes

00:37:26.620 and much more.

00:37:27.960 Thanks again for watching

00:37:29.120 and may God bless you.

The John-Henry Westen Show - October 27, 2020

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