We are so grateful for your donations — every cent goes back into our projects.
We currently need funds to cover the website and research materials, but most funds
are spent on childcare, so Theoni has time to write, research, and speak on various subjects.
These are some of our current/completed projects:
RESEARCH: Theoni is currently organizing ten years of research on Our Lady of Champion and the seer, Adele Brise, to help the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help. A Libellus has been sent to the Vatican for permission to open the cause of canonization for Adele. Theoni is listed as a “witness” on this document. For months, she has been working with Belgian researchers to gather documentation from Adele’s homeland that even the Shrine archives do not currently hold. It’s time-consuming work that must be meticulously labeled and evaluated!
“APPARITIONS OF OUR LADY OF CHAMPION” with Holy Heroes: Have you ever wondered what makes one Marian apparition “authentic” while another is rejected? Well, soon you and your teen will have the PERFECT book for that! This book will take you deep into the process of apparition approval investigations. Using church documents and a decade of research, I’ll take you into the mind of the bishop whose duty it was to investigate the apparitions in Wisconsin in 2010. This book will be packed with photos and archival evidence!
GLORY STORIES: Theoni wrote a script to tell the story of Our Lady of Champion for the much-beloved Glory Stories series produced by Holy Heroes.
“JELLYBEAN: A Baby’s Journey to God” is a picture book for families grieving after baby loss. It was written by Theoni and her husband, Bastian, after the loss of their little girl in 2020. As part of her outreach, Theoni has done over a dozen interviews and talks on baby loss.
BABY LOSS MEMORIALS: Theoni has several beautiful memorials to her 4 lost babies that generous Catholic artists made for her family in their time of crisis. She worked with with Baritus Catholic and Catholic Paper Goods to create healing works of art for other grieving families. Prints, stickers, and other items are available on Etsy.
Readers have requested a sequel to “The Woman in the Trees.” Packed with more in-depth research, the sequel continues to tell the story of Adele Brise and Slainie Lafont. After the Great Fire of 1871, the entire peninsula must rebuild their lives and towns. As they struggle against nature, another real-life historical figure joins the story — an infamous anti-Catholic missionary who tries to pick off the sheep in Adele’s flock. Adele joins the bishop to fight this charismatic and cunning preacher, but there are still some in her own church who seek to shut her entire mission down. Follow Slainie’s family, Adele and the sisters, and the Belgians of Wisconsin into the 20th century. This project is currently in the planning stage.
“ALTAR BOY” is a historical fiction novel for children that takes place in the 1970s. The story will bring together various stances still currently debated in the Church about traditional practices and newer ones, along with some of the huge cultural shifts a young Catholic boy would have faced in the wake of Vatican II. This project is currently in the planning stage.
