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Quotes from Akita: The Tears and Message of Mary (Part 2)

We continue our series of notable excerpts from the definitive book on the Marian apparition in Akita, “Akita: The Tears and Message of Mary” by Fr. Teiji Yasuda, who was the convent chaplain during the time of the apparitions and Sr. Agnes spiritual director. This part contains some significant spiritual insights from Fr. Teiji regarding […]

December 18, 2019

Quotes from Akita: The Tears and Message of Mary (Part 1)

With the news of a new message from Sister Agnes Sasagawa, the story of the Akita returned to the fore of Catholic consciousness. Since then, WQPH has relayed messages from sources close to Sister Agnes, including her desire that people become familiar with the definitive Akita documentary by David Dionese, which we have transcribed. With […]

December 1, 2019

Benedict XVI Institute for Africa (BIA) releases schedule for international conference

Nov 11/21 – The Benedict XVI Institute for Africa (BIA) has released a full schedule of their upcoming international conference on The African Perspective of Pope Benedict XVI’s Thought, beginning on Wednesday, November 27th, and concluding on Friday, November 29th. This conference marks the ten year anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Africa, specifically, […]

November 21, 2019

Fr. Richard Heilman confirms the Akita story's source

On October 27th, when WQPH posted the story about the new message from Sr. Agnes Sasagawa of Our Lady of Akita, many Catholic commentors offered interpretations of the message, including Fr. Richard Heilman of RomanCatholicMan.com, who co-hosts Grace Force with Doug Barry. WQPH raised questions to our source about the message but we were not […]

November 16, 2019

UPDATED: Bishop Strickland gives a powerful testament of faith before image of Our Lady during the USCCB 2019 conference (watch)

Update 11/14 8:44 – an earlier copy of the article stated the bishop was John Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia. A reader wrote in to correct us, and we confirmed with another photo, this was Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas. We regret the error. On November 13th, Catholics rallied again to pray the Rosary […]

November 14, 2019

Rosary rally outside USCCB Conference prays for renewed devotion to Our Lady

It was shivering cold outside the conference hall of the USCCB’s 2019 Fall General Assembly in Baltimore, where a group of participants from as far as Indiana joined together with Pro-Life event organizer Jack Ames, to pray the Rosary with the image of Our Lady of America. They prayed for all the USCCB Bishops gathered […]

November 12, 2019

An update from Sr. Agnes: "I felt the time is near."

Our source for the new message from Sr. Agnes has come back in contact with us and relayed with great urgency a part of the new message, which our source omitted accidentally out of haste. The courier received new permission from Sr. Agnes to communicate this omitted detail. We have included again the Japanese of […]

November 11, 2019

An update on the new Akita message

We are back in contact with our source (thank you to all who offered prayers!) who promised to send a “more detailed message” soon. In the meantime, she encouraged us to watch the following video which we have obtained a copy of: Our source reiterated that Sister Agnes finds this video to be a good […]

November 9, 2019

WQPH Celebrates 7 years of being on the air

On November 1st, WQPH marked the 8th year anniversary of the day we took to the air. To reflect upon this occasion, WQPH founder, Mary Ann Harold, who has piloted the station through many challenging waters, took time from her hectic schedule answer some questions about the station…

November 7, 2019

WQPH's statement on our story of the new message from Sr. Agnes of Our Lady of Akita

You may have already read the news which WQPH broke, and has traveled fast. Please find the story here, which we have updated with a new translation from the original Japanese of the message. Since then, we have been overwhelmed by the responses and inquiries and now feel it is incumbent upon us to to issue […]

November 5, 2019

A new message from Sister Agnes of Our Lady of Akita

UPDATE 11/2: we have included a new translation from a English/Japanese speaker, and made a few other small edits to this article WQPH has obtained a new message from Sister Agnes Sasagawa, the nun who received the message of Our Lady of Akita, who is sometimes referred to as the daughter of Our Lady of […]

October 27, 2019

Benedict XVI Institute for Africa hosts first conference on the theology of Joseph Ratzinger

On October 17th, theologians from around the world gathered at the Mundelein Seminary in Illonois for a three day conference to share thoughts on what how the theological work of Joseph Ratzinger / Benedict XVI can shape the Church in Africa, which continues to flourish with faith.

October 16, 2019

Fr. Michel Rodrigue, Apostle of the Last Times? (Part II)

Part II of a talk by Fr. Michel Rodrigue of Quebec, who has founded the order of the Apostolic Fraternity of Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, gives a stunning testimony of the miraculous founding of his order, and the messages from private revelations that he has received about a worldwide warning that precedes the Final Battle.

September 21, 2019

Fr. Michel Rodrigue, Apostle of the Last Times? (Part I)

Part I of a talk by Fr. Michel Rodrigue of Quebec, who has founded the order of the Apostolic Fraternity of Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, gives a stunning testimony of the miraculous founding of his order, and the messages from private revelations that he has received about a worldwide warning that precedes the Final Battle.

September 21, 2019

Editorial: the ache of holding on

WQPH reflects on this difficult period of waiting for divine intervention. (Image “IMG_2897” by wolfnowl is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

September 16, 2019

Quotes from The Agony of Jesus by Padre Pio

This short meditation on the Sorrowful Mystery of The Agony in the Garden by beloved Saint and Mystic Padre Pio, offers a concentrated examination of the soul of Jesus and the sinner He was born to save during this darkest hour of his ministry. We found the following quotes provide a helpful outline of the […]

August 28, 2019

In Memory of Martha Frisoli-Gibson: artist, writer, speaker, healer, friend, sister, and long-time WQPH contributor

It is was great sadness that we mark the passing of Martha Gibson, who has contributed so much to the station over the years. Martha was a remarkably brilliant and gifted person who used her talents to help especially abused and suffering women, which was her special ministry; she hosted Martha Trowbridge Radio LLC to […]

August 21, 2019

Life-saving prayer to Saint Joseph

My grandfather had a special devotion to St. Joseph. He carried with him the St. Joseph prayer which he would hand out to anyone who seemed receptive to it, regardless of their faith or lack thereof. (Photo credit: “Battle of Dak To, November 1967” – by Gilles Caron)

August 21, 2019

Editorial: Fatherhood, the beginning of all things.

“I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times; playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.”

June 16, 2019

A miraculous healing by Our Lady of America!

The remarkable image of Our Lady of America, which was charitably lent to us by Dan Lynch Apostolates, has already brought so many graces upon the faithful of Massachusetts, and yesterday, a friend of the station reported a miraculous healing which occurred in the presence of the image during Memorial Day weekend. My mother was […]

May 31, 2019