The Catholic Defender: Easter At JRTC Ft. Polk Louisiana 2008
In the summer of 2008 while deployed to a 30 day training cycle at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) Ft. Polk Louisiana, this...
The Catholic Defender: Our Lady of Cuapa 1980 Nicaragua
On 5/20/2018 on our Deepertruth: "Journey with Mary" series, Co-Host John Carpenter presented the story of Our Lady of Cuapa which took...
The Catholic Defender: Devotion and Prayer before a Crucifix
In my quest to find promises Jesus offers to His people to help them avoid Hell, the very mechanism of His Death is a source Jesus calls...
The Catholic Defender: The Crown of Thorns, A King's Ransom
Jesus appeared to Sr Mary Martha Chambon (March 6, 1841 – March 21, 1907) making this promise, "The Holy Crown is for the faithful soul a...
The Catholic Defender: Jesus Offers The CUP of Salvation, The New Covenant
On Holy Thursday of Holy Week, Jesus ties the Holy Mass with His Passion and Death on the cross. The cup that Jesus offers as the cup of...
The Catholic Defender: The Fourth Man in the Fire As Protector
King Nebuchadnezzar created a golden statue and wanted to honor his creation setting up a herald to cry out: "Nations and peoples of...
The Catholic Defender: Modern Siege of Alamo
It was mid summer early fall 2006 when I took my Daughter Petra to the Alamo to meet some good friends from DCF (Defenders of the...
The Catholic Defender: The Value of a Spiritual Communion
With the recent world wide Pandemic taking place as over 199 nations and territories have been affected by the coronavirus, many lands...
The Catholic Defender: A Tribute To My Father
My Father, Donald Lee Hartley, (far upper right) is an Army Veteran, who served our Nation. Recently I learned that his Brother Joseph,...
The Catholic Defender: The Mountain Movers
Jesus said to His Apostles, "I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here...
