Holy Family Apostolic Sanctuary hosted a Family Renewal through the Release of the Holy Spirit Retreat at Malvern Retreat House in Malvern PA.
The Facility, the grounds and the staff at Malvern were superb.
We blessed the entire conference room with Holy salt and we prayed blessings over each chair prior to the beginning of the retreat.
On Friday evening we began at 5:00 sharp with a Eucharistic Procession led by Fr. Jim Harnan, MSC. Sanctifying the group of 170 with Benediction and Divine Praises.
Testimonies were shared by John Martinez, Vickie Smith and Todd St.Romain about their deep calls to conversion and repentance. Vickie received several words of knowledge about the sufferings of some who were present that evening. Several healings were divinely given including one lady’s leg that grew out nearly an inch while many observed and even videoed it. I received healing from spinal stenosis and pinched nerves in my lower back which I had suffered with for ten years. I had major back surgery scheduled for May 5, 2026 and I have since cancelled that surgery and claimed this healing in the name of Jesus.
Praise the Lord!
We ended that evening with a powerful video presentation of the Stations of the Cross and then in reverent silence processed to Our Lady’s Chapel for Holy Hour of Adoration.
All were in silent awe and you could have heard a pin drop as we sat silently in Jesus presence with our hearts laid bare.
On Saturday morning we were blessed to have deeply moving presentations from Jackie Schratz, Mission Project Love, and Jim Fifth, After the Warning.
Jackie is a dynamic speaker who spoke beautifully about the sacrament of marriage and the necessity of the graces bestowed upon married couples who become one flesh and raise their families to become rooted in the faith, witnessing the example of the love and grace of their parents.
It was extraordinary!
Jim shared his testimony of his previous life of living completely without God and turning to the dark forces of the occult. He became completely enamored with these dark forces even thinking that he himself possessed these powers. He was chosen to be delivered from this darkness and he shared with us the furious battle between heaven and hell to save his soul. He pointed out the fact that many of our children and grandchildren are easily ensnared into these occult practices through tarot cards, video games and in many books as our world normalizes evil.
Jim made a complete conversion to Catholicism and was led to start up a website called After the Warning, where he collects messages from Heaven from around the world as God’s eternal voice warns and prepares us for the coming of the Illumination of Conscience (The Warning), the chastisements and the need for sincere repentance and true conversion as these times draw nearer.
Fr. Jim celebrated a phenomenal Mass and throughout the retreat he remained available for confession hearing over a hundred confessions…and what a great confessor he is.
After lunch Vickie lovingly prepared us by cultivating our hearts to receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Through her divine gift of knowledge she performed several healings in the name of Jesus as well as sharing much about how she became a chosen instrument of God and how the gifts of the Holy Spirit manifested in her life, filling her with confidence to step out of the boat, like Peter in faith to do God’s work.
After Fr. Jim renewed our baptismal vows John Martinez prepared us for heartfelt prayer and we began singing praise and worship music together with hands raised high swaying like leaves in the wind. In a mighty voice John called down from heaven the power of the Holy Spirit and we began to anoint and pray for people and John placed a blessed veil of Veronica, the Holy face of Jesus, and nearly all rested in the Spirit surrendering themselves to Our Lord to receive whatever He had intended to bestow on them. Many were overjoyed, some were overwhelmed as many shed tears of joy.
It was truly a transformative experience!
After supper we prayed together The Patriotic Rosary invoking God’s blessing upon our great country and every soul in each and every state as well as all branches of our government. We will post a copy of the Patriotic Rosary on our website ( holy familysanctuary.com) for you to download and to pray and share with friends and family as our country is in dire need of prayer.
Once again, Our Lady’s Chapel filled in reverent awe as we ended with Holy Hour.
Sunday morning began with a hearty breakfast followed by a healing service led by Vickie Smith. She gently prepared us for how to proceed in an organized fashion while providing all with an idea of what to expect. 
For nearly four hours everybody, row by row lined up and each their turn she anointed and prayed over each person allowing Jesus to fill them with restoration touching their hearts with His love and filling each with a peace and a joy that came straight from Heaven.
Many people received healing, deliverance and some even experienced prophetic visions. There was much fruit! Several people rested for over 30 minutes and many of us prayed with them to receive the gifts that Jesus wanted to bestow upon them.
It was very powerful!
Although this amazing healing service took a little longer than we had originally planned, the Divine Current was so strong that it could not be stopped, nor should we have made any attempts to do so. We ended the retreat with Holy Mass in Our Lady’s Chapel and that Mass, the readings, the gospel followed by Fr. Jim’s Homily were divinely orchestrated.
It is no coincidence that Our Queen Mother led us to have the retreat this weekend following Easter and Divine Mercy Sundays.
Our sincere apologies to those who had tight travel arrangements that day and were unable to attend the closing Mass.
I believe that many new disciples were anointed during this Retreat as Apostles of the End Times and I encourage each and every one of you to allow your new gifts to manifest in your lives and allow The Blessed Mother and the Holy Spirit to guide you into your mission.
Boldly proclaim your experience with your friends, family and prayer groups.
Share with them the Holy Family Sanctuary website (HolyFamilySanctuary.com) to study the teachings, podcasts and messages from Heaven allowing the fruit from this Divinely Appointed retreat to ripen in your lives, visibly for others to partake in.
If anybody has a testimonial that they would like to share about your personal experience of healing, transformation or prophetic vision please share via our website by clicking “Contact Us” on our website and we will add it to our testimonials so that others may be lifted up.
God bless!
