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Shrouded in Light: Deepening Faith within the Luminous Darkness of God!

Fullness of Truth-Louisiana’s Lenten Catholic Evangelization Conference

 February 19th-20th, 2027 

 Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church

 2319 Johnston Street, Lafayette, LA 70503

“For the nearer the soul approaches Him, the blacker is the darkness which it feels.” 

 — St. John of the Cross 

 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” 

 -- Hebrews 11:1

This Lent, Fullness of Truth-Louisiana invites you to a powerfully deeper faith life by stepping into an illumination described by the Saints as God’s “Divine Darkness”. Join us at beautiful Our Lady of Fatima Church this February 19th – 20th in Lafayette, LA for “Shrouded in Light: Deepening Faith within the Luminous Darkness of God!” Hear dynamic presentations by our featured renown speakers: FR. CARLOS MARTINS (Sacred Relics Expert & Exorcist); DR. CHERYL WHITE (LSU Professor & Turin Shroud Expert); and MATTHEW LEONARD (Founder of the “Science of Sainthood”). Drawing from the insights of spiritual masters, woven together with an intriguing exploration of the Church’s sacred relic treasures, our experts will skillfully show us how science, faith, and the supernatural converge to enlighten our mind to truths our heart already “knows”. 

“Divine Darkness” is not an absence of light, but a superabundance of divine presence that overwhelms the mind. In Christian mystical tradition, it is when the soul encounters God so fully that all rational understanding is transcended. It has also been described as a “luminous darkness” — where God’s presence is so intense that it blinds the limited human mind. “Divine Darkness” teaches that God’s true nature is unknowable by finite human reason, and that the deepest mystical union is found in silence and the “dark” mystery of the divine. In short, the “Divine Darkness” of God is the mystical and fullness of the divine presence — a darkness that is paradoxically the highest form of illumination.

It is no secret that the modern secular world denounces the existence of miracles, and relegates matters of “faith” to a more credulous and superstitious age before humanity fully embraced the certainty of scientific study. However, the truth is plain and simple: miracles can (and do) happen, and both science and modern medicine can prove it! And in this present age of skepticism, where the worship of “science and reason” have pervaded the culture, the existence of the supernatural phenomena needs to be confirmed now more than ever…underpinning our faith….and our speakers will be there to set the record straight.

While belief in the supernatural ultimately requires faith, you’ll discover how science too is a gift from God to aid our faith. Now, Sacred Scripture says, “…. faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Heb 11:1). However, Scripture also speaks of miracles wrought through relics: a dead man was raised when Elisha’s bones touched him, and the clothing of Jesus and His apostles healed the sick. In the early Church, Masses were celebrated over the bones of the martyrs, and phials of their blood effected countless miracles.

Thus, miracles are unspeakable gifts from Almighty God, confirming the Faithful with mere foretastes of the glory of Heaven. Even today, nearly 2000 years after His Ascension, Our Lord still allows miracles to affirm our faith!

After all, direct successors of the Apostles themselves spoke of venerating relics; the Church Fathers encouraged it; and throughout the ages of Catholic legacy, relics of the saints are always present. The lives of the saints and the mementos they left behind, remind us of their presence and intercession for us, and the Church has always taken diligent care in preserving and documenting the authenticity of her relics.

The Shroud of Turin is an artifact unlike any other. This Conference invites attendees to specifically contemplate not only the image on the Shroud, but how we can come to certainty of knowledge and what that knowledge might mean. Like a mirror, the Shroud of Turin reflects the Gospel, and is a cloth that contains profound implications for faith, reason, and science.

So come, learn from the “masters”, hear the dramatic stories, and examine the evidence for yourself. This Conference will surely deepen your faith, and intensify your intimate bond with Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Holy Catholic Church. Don’t miss it!

To register, room reservations, see the event schedule or to learn more details, visit our website: www.fullnessoftruth.org or call: 877.218-7884 / 877.21.TRUTH.

 “For then the Divine is seen in light, but now in darkness.” 

 — St. Gregory of Nyssa