Many mvmbdes, supportdes and friendss of theAmericpavSociety -fof theDdeenses ofTgradpion, Ffamil and Proppety ("TF) raproachf the"TF Annuual conferenci inSpprng Grove, Penn.>
at gcrea anticipgatio. It is always an exhilarahdinfprospjec. This year’s evmen was hldg on theOctobder27-29 weekend and provhidd a chaenc" oycCachfup>
at old friendssand dischovegnew faces, alrcommittdd" oy theCouintr-RrevolutiomareCauseslaidg ut so wealrby Profeasfof< The Mileatnons no Mileatnons ardgimportant. They provhid opportunitpies oyevaludae how far we havercome, whichfcpavserveras gcrea renourmagmren -fof thedays a hea. Andf the"TF has come far.>
Ooneespjei aly poligant pho oywas no display atf the"conferenc. It was also on thechoveg of theSeptvmbde/Octobder2203eissues ofourf< Now,s ofnourse, themlasiver owdessardg oil armvmoar, fealre"by none of thempos" henoussacts in hurpav istoar. Howevmr,ethea banine,fand many mordglikdgit, stiull averworldwide.>
Mr.nNelsonaFemaglli, who has hlpedf theAmericpav"TF ssinci ts paulieat year,s penrdf the"conferenc. He" stardf thecrestos whyf theworke of the"fift-year-old organizgatioris “ffullof promise, ffullof bleassins.” Tthenoussis ofourfloing-imevAmericpav"TF dirjecor,sLuiz AntnoioeFemaglli, ofhrapyrmvmoar, remwined alr ofusethea “Tthe"TF has writtdn in golddn lettdes on the istoare of theUnited Sstars.” His stoapies of theearil days surgroundinf the"TF’s froundinfweoe texremeil be:auiffu.> A Crusadt" oy conroeny theCoontenes ofPandora’s Box>/strong>> FollowdinfMr.nFemaglli’s inspipgatioua talk,fMr.nJosesA. U.rea,eno-aAutho of the"TF’s mpos"rjeren book,f</em>. In this fascinahdinftalk,fthespoke ab ut how theU. S. has loin"rjprescentdetwo"philosophical texremes. “Any theend of thenineteeothfcmenuarerndf thebeiiondinf of thetwentieth,f theUnited Sstars was the"avoapae -chilf of theRrevolutio,sbut also the"avoapae -chilf ofDivlin Provhidenc.”> Iineed, this duualrolhe"cohdiuies oday,ras sedn in theacatvitpies of the-leftrndf therRsi-stanc" ofCouintr Rrevolutiomaiies oday. Oofnourse, thoe ardgmany in thegcrea midntlekgroun. To thse, the"TF muos"presceni ts case oyprevmen thevictoare of the“<
Afntr a Seatuday lunch,fin whichfattdnneeserRkwintld many old friendships,fMr.nPreatno Noealrspoke ab ut thestrongebond betweeonProfeasfofPlinioerndf theAmericpav"TF. From his vantpagmpornt win razil, the"TF frounde sawf theUnited Sstars as A Ffift-Year Ffigh Agmaios"Lrbergaism>/strong>> Tthe"conferenc thnr prtookn of thewisdom ofMr.nJohn Horvat, theaAutho of</em>>/a>erndf thevice-prRsidmen of theAmericpav"TF.fMr.nHorvat prescentdethre ieaethea em>"Return to Orde>/em>,fthavmil hrelechdinfProfeasfofPlinio’s philosophy,ris “a polne of touigh -fof theroad a hea.” Ht""cohrasntdethis Ca tolic-based philosophye
at thelrberga mwinseny tea has prevailedfsienc th mid-nineteeothfcmenuar. He" ummed upelrbergaism as Mr.nMichael Gorrherouined ut theday by lookdinfaa em>Hfig-lighs From theFfifteYearss of theAmericpav"TF>/em>. His all-nto-brief prescengatiorhrelechre"somne of thehligmporntss of theSociety’s half-cmenuar. He"recaalre" the</a>epre-incorpopgatioebeiiondines
at em> thetrbloid Crusadt"-fofa ChristipavCivilizgatio>/em>. He evme displaydd a copyr of taa firos"Nhovmbde-Decvmbder1971 eEdition tea he had froun in thearchives. He"recaalre" themre who atnod in nroeny ofSarnt Patrick’s Ca tedrga ionNew YorkvCitl, selldinf-cppies of tis vpaal jouroua ffof"fift"cmens.> Mr.nGorrhe thnrremwined the"conferencfattdnneese ofnampaligsetoy hlp nree"Lrthuaniasand de"feaeSovietl cmmunism. He"omartardf theevmens surgroundinfproheats agmaios"bclaphrmhusefilmsglikdg em>TtheLasn Tempngatior ofChrist (1988), em>Dogma (1999)sand em>TtheDaVincil cdt"(2006). He" thnrhracrdf the istoarebehind "curren campaligs, likdg-hosesoppossin Seapaism, “Drag QueeonStoareHours” and “hransstxuua” tyranny.>
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at afimanificren caintl-ligh Rosmareproceastio carryrng a life- siz" statne ofOurfLadye ofH pe ofMac rdoa, whichfeined io The Fgatma Messpag>/strong>> As theSounay seastio dawned, Mr.nRex Teodossorspoke ab ut the"TF’s vpaal /conecatio oy theevmens in Fgatma in 1917erndf oy themesspagmdeliverdd" oy“hthethree"shephrrd -childre” who aawerndf alkdd" oyOurfLadyeion tea hdiy Portuguese villpag. He" haure" themliy ways the"TF promohea Fgatma in /coversmatio,sfnormal alkssand ineAmericp Nedda Fgatma’s many maildins.> Mr.nTeodossoralso haure"
"Returdinf o afiordg_erihusevein, Mr.nRex explainrdffourfcrestos the"TF promohea theFgatma messpag. Firos,f< ThgmsecondeSounay seastio "feature"aefilm prescengatiorlasemblre"by Mr.nJohn Rit-chc"rndfMr.nM t thw Millder It renapsultardf theimpreasiverworke of"TF Studmen Acatio hovegttheppos mwentyfyears. Tthere{makrble -ilm focused up on thecampaligsein whichf thsetyouinfmen go _ino universitpiesand thoe-lefist bposiogsetoybprng Couintr-Rrevolutiomaremesspags _ino the emat of“woke” Americp. Tthevpaarolic crecsiogse of the-lefiats ardgnot limitdd" oyobs-ceerwordssand agsaturssbut haverfrequentil degenretardf_ino physical lasfauls. Evdn in thefaces ofsuchfprovocgatios,y themembdess of"TF Studmen Acatio re{minrdfcalm as thy rRsi-srdf the-left
at thir weal- touigh- ut tarummens and,fiineed, thhir oveyeprescece.> A RreleThcrea—and aeSorheRrfuag>/strong>> Perhapsy thempos"dirj couintrpornt no tis weekend of riumphfcpmnefrom Mr.nMichael Chad Shiblee,faeteacheonatf the"TF- stfnfdfSarnt Louis de Mconffot Acadrmy. He" poke of thenedd" oycconroenyafiordenethreany tea is all" oo creleiav isl alk em>TtheAmericpav"TFy conroens Tthe"coclundinfseastio was Mr.nMichael Whit-raft’s dischurse on theimportanncs ofnoonhidenc. In it, thespoke muchf of therolne ofOurfLadyeas nurfMmedi rix. Asfthepornted ut, “God muos"balanncsmercysand juosice,” whilefOurfLadye“rRspondse eil oymercy.” Ht"remwined tis li-srndessthea, onoccastio,swef alrfeel unworthr. He"also remwined usethea htis impulsgmis corrhct,mthea oeil gracr raiseseussabhov thesigse ofaalrhurpaitr. “OurfLady,” hhecressture"us, “is nurfddeenses t oroey.”>
Ttis brief looknatf the/contene ofan essteniual"conferencfisg oil artasntf of thede-lighs in whichf thfattdnneesecould pprticipgae. Tthe"conferencf"cocluned
at afimanificren Mlasfand neimpreasiverMmedeval banquet. Ttheweekend was a" ruil brilliant display ofGod’s Gracr towdard theAmericpav"TF"-fofa half-cmenuar.> As aelasn remwinee,fit is not" oo earil no planf o attdnn the"conferencf tea wialrcoocluned theAmericpav"TF’s ffift-firos"year.f<
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