TABLE OF CONTENTS (36 pages)

Watchword and Wish for 2016:  Faith, by Father Mathurin of the Mother of God, O.D.M.  .....Page 3

- Faith in Divine Providence - "Do not despise prophecies"

Blessed Father Frederic of Ghyvelde (1828-1916)  .....17

- Apostolate in the Holy Land - Missionary in Canada - His life in Quebec - The miracle of the eyes of the  Virgin

The Conversion of Alphonse Ratisbonne by the Virgin Mary (1814-1884)  .....23

- A good but lightheaded young man - A pleasure trip - From Marseilles to Rome - One encounter leads to another - The Baron suggests a little "test" - January 20, 1842 - "It was really Her!" - "And you would make me wait?" - With the Jesuits - Growth of the Work of Sion - Ecce Homo Convent - Only one step from Calvary to heaven

The True Spirit of Prayer  .....37

- by Father Theodore Ratisbonne (1802-1884)

- Glimpse of his life