TFP Call to Chivalry Camp: Hungary’s Great Catholic Heroes Teach “Advance Always! Retreat Never!”
From November 18-22, young Catholic boys from across the country participated in the Call to Chivalry Fall Camp held at the White Buffalo Resort in rural Arkansas. The event was organized by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and Tradition, Family, Property–Louisiana. This year’s theme focused on the Catholic history of Hungary.
The Virtue of Chivalry and Hungary’s Great Heroes
The camp promoted talks and daily activities that stressed the importance of chivalry and its long-lost virtues so needed today.
During the rough-and-tumble games, chivalrous behavior was encouraged and unchivalrous conduct was penalized. Every aspect of the camp had in mind the moral and character formation of camp participants.
The camp also aimed at giving the boys good role models to admire. To do this, TFP speakers focusing on great Hungarian heroes that included Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint Stephen of Hungary, Saint John Capistrano and crusader John Hunyadi.
The Hungarian theme was present during outdoor games. Team captains invoked their Hungarian patrons before each game. “Pray for us!” came the resolute response after shouting out saint names. The boys also encouraged each other with expressions “Viva Cristo Rey!” and “Advance always, retreat never!”
Catholic Hikes and Nightly Campfires
These fall campers especially liked the hike up the cliff across the river from the campground. After crossing the river in boats, the young men scrambled up the cliff to their destination—a large cross 450 feet above the river. From the summit, the group prayed the rosary and sang hymns and crusader songs, which echoed over the plain below.
The hike served to remind camp them that crusaders are called to embrace the crosses of hardship and suffering. However, those who take up their crosses find true peace and joy.
On another day, the boys hiked the Indian Rockhouse Trail which included an exploration of the nooks and crannies of a big cavern.
Every night after dinner, participants gathered around the campfires. The day would end with boys listening to inspiring stories. They also enjoyed homemade hot cider and the traditional s’mores and hot chocolate.
A Grand Finale to a Blessed Camp
After a very blessed camp, the event closed with the recitation of the Holy Rosary in a solemn procession with flags, torches and a statue of Our Lady. Next came the medieval banquet which featured salmon, freshly-caught fish, shrimp alfredo pasta and a Dobos Torte cake in the shape of the Belgrade Castle defended by Hungarian John Hunyadi.
Each camper received a magnificent framed picture of Saint Stephen of Hungary on horseback.
Fortified in their faith, the boys went home inspired by Catholic heroes and ready to confront the spiritual battles that await them in this fallen modern-day world.
These events enkindled a fiery zeal for the Catholic Church in their souls. Thus, the Call to Chivalry Camps play a role in forming the next generation of Catholic leaders who will take up the crusader Cross in defense of moral values and Christian civilization.
As the spiritual battles rages, these boys are ready to always advance for good and never retreat in the face of evil.
Time to Stop Transgender Tyranny at the University of Louisiana
When a Twenty-year-old was invited to speak on campus, some activists at the University of Louisiana—Lafayette, hoped to shut her down.
On November 8, Tradition, Family, Property (TFP) —Louisiana received an email asking for help and quickly mobilized to allow her to speak.
“Gender Affirming Care” is Harmful
The speaker was Chloe Cole, a young lady who regretted her transition to be the opposite sex. On November 20, she spoke on campus about how transgender “medical” care caused permanent damage to her body that has changed her life forever. Due to “gender affirming care,” she will never be able to bear a child.
Unfortunately, pro-transgender students organized a protest against Chloe Cole’s talk on November 11. They did not care to hear the other side speak. They said that people like Chloe should not be allowed to come, since they are full of hatred and bigotry.
Time to Stop Transgender Tyranny at the University of Louisiana
Transgender Protesters Alienate the Crowd
A volunteer with TFP – Louisiana, tried to interview the pro-transgender students, but they largely rejected the offer. One centrist student nearby remarked, “It looks bad for them to not communicate with the other students.”
After twice trying to force the TFP volunteer off campus, the group had to move since they were occupying another’s reserved territory. While they were relocating, a young lady nearby candidly stated, “Those people aren’t right. Transgenderism is against the Ten Commandments!”
Indeed, most of the curious students watching the protest either had no idea what it was about or were against canceling Chloe Cole. On social media, the protesters said when it comes to this issue, they will not play nice.
TFP Campaign for Natural Law
In response to the protest, TFP – Louisiana held a campaign, just outside one of the campus’s main entrances. The rally was quickly joined by a number of students who held signs and a banner which read, “God Created Them Male & Female.” Unlike the pro-LGBT protest, volunteers and friends of the TFP held an open and courteous campaign.
The TFP members and friends handed out hundreds of fliers titled Ten Reasons why Transgenderism is the Family’s Worst Enemy. Their signs read, Biology is not Bigotry and Honk Against Gender Ideology. Many in cars honked in support.
A young man helping the campaign stated, “As far as I can tell, around 80% of the students we met during our two hours here, are favorable to us.” Several students told the volunteers that they subscribed to the TFP Student Action YouTube channel and follow the TFP on various platforms.
Louis, a student at UL, told the volunteers, “Thank you for being here! You are the only ones coming out here on this issue.” One young lady continued, “Thank you so much! Those on campus really need to hear this.”
Society Needs the Family
While handing out their fliers, TFP volunteers showed students that transgender ideology warps the idea of man and woman, thus obscuring the roles of mother and father. Without the stability of a mother and father in the home, the most basic building block of society crumbles. Family is what makes a society strong, but transgenderism attacks this at its ideological core.
This lack of stability leads to broken homes and fatherless children who grow up without guidance and find themselves in terrible situations. God created males and females for a reason and the consequences of breaking that structure is reflected in shattered communities throughout our country.
Time to Stop Transgender Tyranny at the University of Louisiana
Pro-Transgender Backlash
However, such arguments did not move the hard-hearted pro-transgender activists. Several confronted the volunteers with obscene words and gestures.Indeed, pro-transgender activists label opponents ashaters, when the only ones cursing and screaming during the TFP campaign, were those on the pro-LGBT side.
One such cursing individual stated, “I believe that everyone should live the way that they believe they should live!” To this, Anthony, a TFP volunteer, replied, “Should a murderer believe that he should live as a murderer?” The angry student shot back with a qualifier, “Yeah! But they should be locked up.”
So, by transgender logic, even murderers must be affirmed in their decisions albeit held accountable for their actions. A truly caring person would stop the murderer before he committed the crime rather than affirm him in his decision. However, transgenderism twists the idea of compassion by telling people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear. Just as the alcoholic should be helped out of his alcoholism, the compassionate person should help the transgender out of confusion.
Men can Identify as Cows According to Pro-Transgender
Another relativistic man stated that each person has the right to identify with whatever he wants. A TFP volunteer asked if a man could identify as a cow. To the volunteer’s astonishment the relativist replied, “Yeah! If a person wants to dress up and have surgeries to look like a cow, I don’t see anything wrong with that.”
He even continued saying that Catholic hospitals do not have the religious freedom to deny “gender affirming care” that is contrary to Church teaching. This state of mind proves the tyranny and lack of tolerance of the transgender movement.
If you Love God, Keep His Commandments
Later on, a man in a shiny Tesla, screaming curses at the volunteers, made a U-turn to confront them. Thomas was holding the TFP standard when this screaming individual yelled out of his car window, “God loves me!” Thomas simply replied, “Do you love God?” The man stammered in the affirmative to which Thomas continued, “Then keep His Commandments.” He was so shaken that he drove off in a rage.
Pray for a Return to Order in America
Much could be written about the different interactions with the largely pro-family public, but suffice it to say that two hours in the sun was worth it. Many students were alerted to the conflict on campus, most of whom had no previous knowledge of the Chloe Cole talk or the LGBT protest. The public showed their support with honks and friendly waves. Several students even joined TFP – Louisiana in campaigning against transgender tyranny at UL. They spread the message: Pray for a return to order in America and defend God’s law.
The Devil’s Final Battle: TFP Author Uncovers the Truth about the Homosexual Movement
On October 22, 2024, TFP author Jose Antonio Ureta spoke in Lafayette, Louisiana, at the headquarters of Tradition, Family, and Property – Louisiana. He introduced his book, The Breached Dam – The Fiducia Supplicans Surrender to the Homosexual Movement,as part of a speaking tour throughout Texas and Louisiana.
The book outlines how Pope Francis’ declaration, Fiducia Supplicans, helps promote the homosexual agenda inside the Church. He presented evidence that shows how prophetic Sister Lucy, the Fatima seer, was, when she wrote that, “the Devil’s final battle will be over marriage and the family.”
A Veteran in Defense of the Church
Jose Antonio Ureta is originally from Chile, but now resides in France, where he is a senior scholar and researcher of the French Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property. He is also a member of the Plinio Correa de Oliveira Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a founding member of Fundacion Roma, one of Chile’s most influential pro-life and pro-family organizations, and a director of the John Paul II Academy of Human Life and the Family.
He co-authored The Synodal Process is a Pandora’s Box with Mr. Julio Loredo de Izcue in 2023, with a foreword by Cardinal Raymond Burke. The Breached Dam was also co-authored with Mr. Loredo, and published earlier this year in 8 languages.
Are Catholic Campuses Truly Catholic
Thomas Drake, the President of Tradition, Family, and Property – Louisiana,set the tone for Mr. Ureta’s talk in Lafayette, Louisiana when he asked the audience, “When we send our children to a Catholic college, or even high school, we don’t expect them to be confronted with an LGBTQ+ drive on campus to recruit them to a sinful lifestyle!…or do we?” Given the times, many in the audience replied they would not be shocked if this happened.
This Struggle is not New
During his talk, Mr. Ureta explained how the pro-LGBTQ lobby has infiltrated into the religious sphere. As early as the seventies, organizations like Soulforce and the Catholic Theological Society of America were presenting documents hostile to Church teaching on points of human sexuality.
Soulforce stated its mission saying, “We believe that religion has become the primary source of false and inflammatory misinformation…The Roman Catholic Church teaches that our orientation is ‘objectively disordered’ and our acts of intimacy ‘intrinsically evil’…Our goal is to confront and eventually replace these tragic untruths…”
In 1977, the Catholic Theological Society of America commissioned Fr. Anthony Kosnik to edit a collective work on Human Sexuality: New Directions in American Catholic Thought. The author argues that, “the Bible does not provide us with a simple yes or no code of sexual ethics,” and he dared to criticized the Catholic tradition for insisting that moral aberrations, like sodomy, bestiality, and so on, are considered intrinsically evil acts, under no circumstances justifiable.
The LGBT Movement is a Moral Revolution
Another pioneer in pro-homosexual activism in the seventies, Paul Varnell, wrote in the Chicago FreePress, “So, the gay movement, whether we acknowledge it or not, is not a civil rights movement, not even a sexual liberation movement, but a moral revolution aimed at changing people’s view of homosexuality.”
Thus, Mr. Ureta stressed the poison behind the phenomenon of the sexual revolution, both inside and outside the Church. He said, this revolution aims at a total upheaval of Catholic doctrine and societal norms centered on the family.
The Case of Fiducia Supplicans
In light of this offensive against morality, Mr. Ureta explained Pope Francis’ latest declaration, Fiducia Supplicans and what the faithful’s reaction should be.
The document contradicts an earilier declaration by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2021, which states, “it is not licit to impart a blessing on relationships, or partnerships, even stable, that involve sexual activity outside of marriage (…), as is the case of the unions between persons of the same sex.”
The Devil’s Final Battle: TFP Author Uncovers the Truth about the Homosexual Movement
In 2023, Fiducia Supplicans, stated the exact opposite. It admits, “the possibility of blessings for couples in irregular situations and for couples of the same sex, the form of which should not be fixed ritually by ecclesial authorities to avoid producing confusion with the blessing proper to the Sacrament of Marriage.”
The declaration was signed by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez and approved by the Pope. it stipulates that the blessing should not be given in a ceremonial fashion, but spontaneously, with no resemblance to a civil union.
Four Fallacies in Fiducia Supplicans
Mr. Ureta then pointed out four major fallacies present in the declaration.
The first was the invention of the “pastoral blessing.” The declaration, he said, contrasts this new category with the previous category of liturgical blessings. Fiducia Supplicans states that these pastoral blessings differ from liturgical blessings because they do not necessitate prior moral perfection.
However, Mr. Ureta pointed out that the Church has never made prior moral perfection a necessity, since the priest blesses all the faithful at the end of Mass, some of whom may not be in the state of Grace. Moreover, blessings fall under the category of sacramentals, such as holy water, which can be given even to non-Catholics, if they sincerely ask for them.
The problem with this new pastoral blessing is not the need for prior moral perfection, but the scandal it would impart, by giving a visual approval of the state of practicing homosexuals.
The second was the assertion that blessing the couple does not necessarily bless the union. The subterfuge consists in trying to distinguish between the couple and the union, when what makes a couple is that which unites them. In this case, the unifying factor is the homosexual way of life and to bless sin is impossible.
The third is that partners only ask their relationship to be blessed in their positive aspects. However, a person cannot pretend that the different aspects of their conjugal relationship can be placed in watertight compartments to be considered separately.
Even so, Mr. Ureta continued, the “positive aspects” themselves, in such a relationship, may contribute to sustaining their sinful lifestyle, while impeding any genuine conversion which grace may otherwise obtain. Blessing that which keeps a sinful relationship together may entrench them even deeper and farther away from God.
The last fallacy is the attempt to separate the Church’s pastoral action from Her doctrine. This way of thinking underestimates the gravity of sin and its consequences. If doctrine is separate from pastoral care, why then did Jesus instruct the adulteress and the other sinners He converted to, “Go and sin no more.” (John 8:11)
We Must Resist
Mr. Ureta’s timely talk encouraged all the faithful to resist the implementation of Fiducia Supplicans. He recalled the Christmas message of Cardinal Robert Sarah, who wrote about resisting the declaration, “In doing so, one is not opposing Pope Francis but rather standing firmly and radically against a heresy that severely undermines the Church, the Body of Christ, as it contradicts Catholic Faith and Tradition.”
To finish, Mr. Ureta left the audience with these inspiring words, “This is our calling: to engage in the final battle between the Lord and the kingdom of Satan, a struggle that Sr. Lucy foretold would be fought ‘over marriage and the family.’ We must approach this fight with courage, remembering that ‘Our Lady has already crushed his head.’”
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