We need have no undue fear for our health if we work hard for the kingdom of God. God will take care of our health if we take care of His cause. In any case, it is better to burn out than to rust out.
– Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Victory Over Vice
Hurrah for Archibishop Fulton J. Sheen, faithful servant of God!
Today is supposed to be the Archbishop’s beatification day. The process is being held up, but I’m confident the esteemed televangelist will receive the title Blessed – and then Saint – in due course. We need to recognize a modern day Saint like Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen to reinvigorate the Church, and God never fails His Church.
Help us petition in prayer with a novena. A novena is a prayer spread over nine days. This one, the Novena of Venerable Servant of God Fulton J. Sheen, takes about two minutes per day. There are also optional videos that go through the novena with you, about four minutes each; the videos are available in both English and Spanish.
It’s super short. Please pray with us!
Fulton Sheen Resources
- The Life is Worth Living series won the Archbishop an Emmy Award, and hours upon hours of the insightful and entertaining content is available on YouTube. Looking for more? He also hosted The Fulton Sheen Program.
- The Archibishop’s book Life of Christ is an excellent resource for getting to know Jesus better. Archbishop Sheen dramatically recounts the birth, life, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ, also providing a portrait of His Person, both as God and as man.
- Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has a Collection of works; available together or separately, the Collection includes Calvary and the Mass: A Missal Companion, The Moral Universe, and Victory Over Vice.
- There are so many other books spanning a variety of topics about God and man’s place in His plan. Want help understanding marriage, or figuring out where to go from here, or attaining peace, or learning about the holy family? The Archbishop provides insight on all that and more.
- Are you lucky enough to still have a CD player? Are you looking ahead to Lent? Archbishop Sheen’s Good Friday service on April 8, 1977 drew a record crowd of over 6,000 people. It was recorded, and Saint Joseph Communications packaged it into an audio retreat.
- The Archbishop’s most acclaimed miracle is saving a baby boy who was dead for 61 minutes – bringing him back to life and healing the numerous other conditions that resulted from his death. The mother wrote a book about the miracle.
- Just looking for the pre-sainthood t-shirt? It’s adorable.
