I recently visited with Ralph Martin President of Renewal Ministries on his EWTN television show: “The Choices We Face” to discuss Divine Mercy, St. Faustina, and my book 52 Weeks with Saint Faustina: A Year of Grace and Mercy. We also chatted about my life a bit which you can see in the first show. In this 2nd show we also discussed Our Lady of Fatima, the shepherd children, and so much more. You can see the show below. I hope that you enjoy it. God bless you!
Here is a wonderful endorsement sent to me today by Ralph Martin:
“I’m not usually keen about reading one of the 30 days or 52 weeks kind of books as I don’t usually find them going into depth enough to decently treat the saint they are focusing on. But it was different with Donna-Marie’s book. As I began to skim through it in preparation for doing a Television interview with her I realized that this book was different and I wanted to read it from cover to cover. This is the best integration of the main events of St. Faustina’s life and the best presentation in a clear, orderly way, of her spiritual teaching that I know of. I am very grateful for this book and highly recommend it.”
Ralph Martin, S.T.D.
Director of Graduate Theology Programs in the New Evangelization
Sacred Heart Major Seminary
Archdiocese of Detroit
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I have been very busy of late and haven’t had the chance to blog much at all. However, I’ll pause from the deadlines to share a bit here today.
Not long ago, I was blessed to visit the Renewal Ministries television studio in Detroit, Michigan to film two television shows with Ralph Martin who had invited me to share with him on air about my new book 52 Weeks with Saint Faustina: A Year of Grace and Mercy.
It was a whirlwind trip, getting in one evening and up the next morning to be whisked to the studio to do the two shows before heading straightaway to the airport to fly back home. I think we got a lot accomplished that day of filming. All by God’s amazing grace.
I had posted this photo on instagram saying it was representing a special mission. It was really twofold. I was carrying a cassock to the studio for the priest who was also filming that day. He had forgotten it at the hotel. As well, my other important mission was for the reason that I was there in the first place–to film the shows! I had my carry-on suitcase with me because I would be leaving for the airport immediately after filming the shows. Quick tweaking to make sure that I wouldn’t shine too much on camera. 🙂 A silly picture of me with my eyes closed, talking about something (God only knows what!) before the filming as I was getting miked-up.Ralph and I had a lot to say about dear St. Faustina and Divine Mercy. In this first show though, we also talked about my life and spiritual journey.One of the assistants snapped this photo out in the Green Room (where they could see us on this monitor). Again, I have no idea what we were talking about! 🙂 We were chatting while the tech guy re-adjusted Ralph’s microphone.It was such a pleasure and a blessing to have that time with Ralph on his show to share about the wonderful Saint Faustina and her great mission from God to propagate Divine Mercy. The Rosary you can see on my book that is on the table contains a relic of Saint Faustina. I got that Rosary while I was in Poland two years ago when leading a pilgrimage. By the way, I kept a relic of Saint Faustina with me throughout the entire writing of the book.
The shows called “The Choices We Face” will air on EWTN television in the Spring of 2020. I will keep you posted. In my next blog post I will share something special that Ralph sent to me today…stay tuned!
