This is Fr. Riccardo's homily from the Friday evening Mass for the Fatima Conference.

Mr. Colin Donovan discusses the newly canonized saints Franciso and Jacinta Marto and leads the attendees in reciting the Litany of St. Francisco Marto and St. Jacinta Marto.

Talk #4: "Penance, Penance, Penance–The First Saturday Devotion in Reparation for the Blasphemies Committed Against Mary's Immaculate Heart," Sister Irenaeus, O.P., Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist.

Talk #3: "Fatima: Actualities and Events, 1917-2017," Dr. William Thomas.

Talk #2: "From the Cloud of Mt. Carmel to the Miracle of the Sun: The Prophecy of Elijah Revealed," Dr. Robert Fastiggi.

Talk #1: Have Nothing to Do with the Dragon, Fr. John Riccardo.

This is Fr. Riccardo's homily from the opening Mass for the Fatima Conference.

Fr. Riccardo continues to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral letter Unleash the Gospel in this homily from the 10 AM Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Fr. John describes how a chance encounter with a gentleman on a golf course led to a life-changing encounter with Jesus in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Fr. John remarks that Jesus is the Good Shepherd who goes looking for His lost sheep so that he may bring us back and save us from our pasts.

Fr. Riccardo discusses some important events from his mother's life and the importance of absolution while beginning to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral letter Unleash the Gospel.

Fr. Riccardo looks at the reasons why Pope Pius XII defined the dogma of the Assumption of Mary in 1950 and what Jesus might want to say to each of us as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.