A Franciscan Fights for the Faith – DVD

These are the words of Sister Mary of St. Peter, a cloistered nun of Carmel, France, as she described the frightening revelations she received from Christ in 1847. Exactly 100 years later, a humble dedicated Franscican priest, inspired to follow the same admonition, set out on a journey that was to last 27 years, and which would take him deep into Central America. There he not only spread the Holy Gospel far and wide – often on horseback to remote jungle villages – but he also dedicated his life to a struggle against the godless Communism that was rampant throughout the area.

Our Lord revealed to Sister Mary of St. Peter that Communists were “the enemies of the Church and of her Christ,” and that “most of these wolfish men had been born in the Church, whose bitter open enemies they now are.”

Whether by Divine intervention or by simple instinct, Father Clement Procopio recognized the evil that the Lord had revealed to Sister Mary of St. Peter a century earlier. The story of this priest’s years of selfless dedication to the salvation of souls entrusted to his care and to the eradication of Communism is more gripping than fiction.

Here is Fr. Procopio’s fascinating story – as only he knows it and as only he can tell it. In these times when the news all too often makes pride in our clergy difficult, hear the inspiring story of one holy priest’s fight for the Faith.

Father Procopio was born in Rumford, Maine, and lives today in California. He was educated in Massachusetts and on June 8, 1944 was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the order of the Franciscans. Father spent the better part of his priestly duties as a missionary in Central America. He speaks fluent Italian and Spanish. But he doesn’t ride horses anymore.