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Bud Macfarlane

Our founder Bud Macfarlane has helped tens of thousands of readers through his truly unique message since the dawn of the Internet. His goal is to change your life.

A master storyteller with over a million novels in print, Bud is funny, jolting, and often profound. Twice-a-month. Total privacy.

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About Bud Macfarlane

Bud MacfarlaneThe most popular Catholic novelist in America, Bud grew up in New Jersey, is a Notre Dame grad, and has four adult sons. He started the Ohio-based Mary Foundation in 1991.

He recently spearheaded the daring spiritual warfare campaign, the True Cross Pilgrimage, as part of the Operation True Cross national prayer movement.

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Help God Save America

It all began in 2020 when Bud and Father John Anthony Boughton CFR "pinned" the Mantle of Mary on the extreme four corners of the United States. Countless Catholics participated nationwide through prayer and fasting.

Pray with Us

Since then, nearly two hundred thousand people have joined Operation True Cross by offering the 12-minute Daily Prayers to Save America:

Rid Yourself of Demonic Influence

To protect themselves spiritually, many are now adopting the extraordinary Three Angelus Cure from the world-renowned exorcist, Father Chad Ripperger, to receive personal deliverance from demonic influence, deeply-rooted sin, and even serious mental illness:

The True Cross Pilgrimage

Bud Macfarlane led a small team of brave men as they carried an authentic Relic of the True Cross 4,500 miles to complete a grueling walking pilgrimage to form a living "Crucifix of Reparation" over America.

We pray. God wins. No matter what your particular circumstances or where you live, you can join all of us spiritually while learning more here:

More About Operation True Cross

What is the True Cross Pilgrimage?

What is the Three Angelus Cure?

Podcast: Father John and Bud

Read: Why This Movement Exists

Photo-Diary: Mantle Over America

Podcast: Carrying the True Cross

Meet the Founders

Father John Anthony Boughton, CFR
Father John Anthony Boughton, General Servant of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, is a grizzled Texan who graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and served in the United States Navy. He is the first Catholic in his family line in over five hundred years.


Bud Macfarlane, Troublemaker

Father John Anthony enlisted his friend, Bud Macfarlane, bestselling novelist and the tireless leader of the Mary Foundation, to bring this prophetic act of faith into reality through its tens of thousands of worldwide supporters.




OPERATION TRUE CROSS
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• Distribute the Daily Prayers
• Be Free of Demonic Influence
• Give Alms to Atone for Sin

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