‘Go and Fear Nothing’ — The Story of Our Lady of Champion, by Matt D’Antuono (Feb. 2024)

Matt D’Antuono is a physics teacher, a Great Books discussion moderator for the Angelicum Academy, and an associate of the community of the Friars of the Renewal. He lives on a hobby farm in New Jersey with his wife and nine children. He holds bachelor’s degrees in physics and philosophy, a master’s degree in special education and a master’s degree in philosophy, and he is currently working on a PhD in philosophy. …

Patrick O’Hearn’s new book Go and Fear Nothing: The Story of Our Lady of Champion.

Patrick O’Hearn has taken the story of Adele Brise’s Marian apparition and put it into a book for children.

My family and I live on a hobby farm. It’s not much. We have rabbits, chickens, bees, dogs, cats and a big garden, and we all have our farm chores. The older kids share a rotating schedule of chores, and there are times, like the winter, when it gets difficult. Distributing water to the animals in freezing temperatures is not a fun task. But at least they are not having to do the chores with only one eye.

When Adele Brise was a young girl, while making soap with her family, some lye burned her eye. She was blind in her right eye for the rest of her life, but she continued to do all the chores required in her family.

At the entrance to our property, there is a sign that says Ora et labora, which means “work and pray,” a traditional Benedictine motto. Adele, too, learned to pray along with her work, and her devotion as a child was strong. She and her family brought their hardworking attitude and their devotion with them when they moved from Belgium to America. Adele had a dream to become a religious sister, but she did not see how that could happen if they moved to a place where there were no religious communities and her family would need her help. …

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