I want to let you know that starting on Ash Wednesday 2025 (next week!), my new video podcast series: “Divine Mercy Calls to Our Hearts” will launch from the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy. I have created the series for our Jubilee Year of Hope in 2025 in an effort to impart Church teaching on the Jubilee Year, on HOPE, and on many spiritual teachings from St. Faustina. After all, this year 2025 is the 25th anniversary of St. Faustina’s canonization. It is also the 25th anniversary of the first Divine Mercy Sunday!
I host the show along with Fr. Mark Baron MIC from the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Mass. We have been enjoying our spiritual conversations in filming the episodes. I’ll be drawing from my book, 52 Weeks with Saint Faustina: A Year of Grace and Mercy, as well as St. Faustina’s Diary and sharing excerpts, prayers, a call to action for the week ahead. Father Mark Baron, MIC and I will be sharing spiritual advice through our lively conversations.
Be sure to check out the series at the Divine Mercy PLUS website beginning on Ash Wednesday and every week thereafter — all through Pentecost Sunday! It’s free to watch anytime. If you miss an episode, you’ll be able to see it in the archives afterwards.
A quick snapshot of the split screen of our recording after Fr. Mark and I recorded our first episode.
PS With regard to the photo above with me extending my hand towards the image of Jesus in Divine Mercy, someone had been snapping a couple of photos of me at the National Shrine in Stockbridge, Mass. Well, I couldn’t help myself. I had to turn and point to Jesus. It’s not about me, after all.
Celebrate the 2025 Jubilee at Champion Shrine as Pilgrims of Hope
An excerpt from the website of Champion Shrine:
“The Universal Church celebrates a Jubilee in the year 2025 and it is an incredible opportunity for the faithful to renew one’s life of prayer and receive special jubilee graces! With the theme, “Pilgrims of Hope,” the Holy Father desires the Church to “fan the flame of hope that has been given us and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and farsighted vision.”
Many choose to participate in the Jubilee Year by pilgrimaging to designated Jubilee Sites – from Rome to within their own Diocese! This Jubilee Year, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion has been designated a Jubilee Site by Bishop David Ricken.
With joyful hearts, we welcome pilgrims – near and far – to find spiritual refuge and hope at Our Lady of Champion’s Shrine. We invite the faithful to hold on to Our Blessed Mother’s Words to Adele, “Go and fear nothing, I will help you,” during this Jubilee Year, finding comfort in Mary, Our Mother of Hope!”
In addition, as you can see in the image above, the Champion Shrine is having a very special Marian Conference in May. His Excellency, Bishop David Ricken will be presenting. I will be presenting on both days of the event. You can learn more here in this link. And you can register there. It’s best to plan ahead and reserve your spot.
By attending the Marian Conference, you will be making a pilgrimage in the Jubilee Year of Hope! You can pray to receive a plenary indulgence. Here is some information on how that is accomplished. Scroll down on the page to see many “Jubilee FAQ’s.” There’s a lot of very good information on the page with regard to the Jubilee Year of Hope 2025.
By the way, I have written a chapter in my new book: Our Life, Our Sweetness, and Our Hope!: Jubilee Pilgrims of Hope with Mary on the beautiful Marian Apparitions of Our Lady of Champion. Bishop Ricken has read it. I am very honored and blessed to have received his gracious invitation to present talks at the Shrine. I am very much looking forward to meeting him in person, to being there in that sacred place, to presenting, and meeting all of the wonderful pilgrims who come to receive the GRACES!
The Blessed Virgin Mary is our great anchor of HOPE! God has gifted us with the most eminent gift ever — His own Mother! Mother Mary, who worked alongside her Son Jesus has much to teach us. At the Marian Conference in Champion, I’ll be presenting a talk: “Mary: Our Jubilee Year Queen of Hope!” and will speak about Mary’s joyful, loving, and sacrificial role in salvation history. Mary’s extraordinary life, apparitions, and miracles, and compelling true stories will be discussed.
I’ll also give a presentation: “Feed Your Family’s Soul: Teach the Faith and Preserve Church Tradition in Your Domestic Church” offering ways to teach the Faith in the Catholic family to encourage and equip families in their teaching roles to protect their families from the prevalent darkened culture which contradicts and tries to cancel out our Christianity. Equipped with these teachings, Catholic parents and grandparents can confidently go forward to fulfill the Catholic Church’s vision for evangelization in the family and beyond.
I will also give a testimonial talk at the dinner on Friday evening.
Author Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle once again proves herself a master of Mariology with her latest work, Our Life, Our Sweetness, and Our Hope! Jubilee Pilgrims of Hope with Mary.
Donna-Marie excels in demonstrating how the Blessed Mother personifies hope–the kind of hope that helps us to cast our eyes heavenward. She explores various aspects of Mary’s life, from the Annunciation to the Crucifixion, showing Mary’s enduring faith and trust in her Creator.
The author also cites various Apparitions as evidence of the Blessed Virgin Mary offering hope to a number of pilgrims along the way. The result is a comprehensive account of Mary’s influence throughout the Christian era.
Donna-Marie is also a messenger of the miraculous, detailing ways that the Blessed Mother has intervened to bestow love to her children. In this way, she has created a powerful case for veneration of the mother of God.
Read this book and chances are your relationship with Mary will be greatly enhanced!
Click here or on book cover image above to learn more about the book and to order your autographed copy.
