The True Cross Pilgrimage
We walked 4,500 miles to form a living Crucifix over America. Will you join us spiritually?
Millions of us know that something has gone terribly wrong with our nation. A supernatural battle is being waged to determine the fate of America.
Carrying the Actual True CrossNow you can do something about it every day by praying with us as we continue to implore God for a divine intervention to save our country.
Over an eight month period, a handful of brave men led by the gutsy apostle of Our Lady, Bud Macfarlane, completed four grueling walking pilgrimages to the Lourdes Grotto at Notre Dame to form the living Crucifix of Reparation over the United States.
Remarkably, from sunrise to sunset, two-by-two (with one man walking alone while the other rested), they carried an ancient Relic of the True Cross for over 13,000,000 steps, in often brutal weather over mountains and through deserts, all the way from four national shrines in Wisconsin, California, Washington DC, and Florida.
Stone-Cold Spiritual WarfareThis was aggressive spiritual warfare to confront the demonic forces oppressing America. A geographical Crucifix of Reparation had never been accomplished in any country.
Inspired by this unprecendented pilgrimage, hundreds of thousands of people just like you have joined the Operation True Cross movement by offering prayers, alms, and penance. Be one of them.
HOW TO JOIN US
1. Pray the Daily Prayers
Order the official prayer book, read or listen online, or print them out.Order Daily Prayers Book Only $1
2. Invite Others to Join Us
We rely on word-of-mouth, so talk to your relatives and friends. Distribute the prayer book to parishes and prayer groups while spreading the word online. Sign up for important email updates:
3. Get Rid of Demonic Influence
To quickly free yourself from demonic influence and deeply-rooted sin, we urge you to adopt the powerful Three Angelus prescription from the well-known exorcist, Father Chad Ripperger.What is the Three Angelus Cure?
4. Give Sacrificial Alms
Making a donation can bring great joy, and "almsgiving atones for sin." (Sirach 3:30) Invite God to show you how much constitutes true self-denial in your own situation.
One-time gifts and monthly donors are crucial to keeping this movement alive. The Lord sees the sacrifice, not the amount.
5. Submit Your Mass Intentions
Special Masses are offered for all Operation True Cross participants during the nine days leading up to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It's anonymous, free, and secure.WHY JOIN US
Our Lord taught us that "some demons can only be driven out through prayer and fasting," and pilgrimages have been penitential since the earliest centuries of the Church.
But the kind of prayers matter, as well.
Exorcism Prayers for LaymenIn addition to the Divine Mercy Chaplet and the profound Mantle of Mary prayer, the Daily Prayers to Save America feature the Auxilium Christianorum spiritual warfare prayers for laymen come from the well-known exorcist, Father Chad Ripperger.
Father Ripperger's prayers profoundly improve the "spiritual orientation" of everyone who offers them. They rely firmly on the Mother of God.
Honoring Our Lady of SorrowsThis is why we chose national Marian shrines as departure sites (listed below). On day one, August 14th, 2022, Feast of the Holy Cross, we formally consecrated Operation True Cross to the Immaculate Mary to honor her consoling presence at the crucifixion, where her "heart, too, was pierced by a sword."
If you love Our Lady and care about your country, join us.OPERATION TRUE CROSSCyrenes: Self-Denial and Reparation
• Pray the Daily Prayers
• Distribute the Daily Prayers
• Be Free of Demonic Influence
• Give Alms to Atone for Sin
Like Simon the Cyrene, two men at a time, these determined men helped each other carry the Holy Cross. They slept in a cramped cargo van with no running water in bitter cold and sweltering heat.
With little fanfare an no social media, overcoming injuries and illness, for nearly nine months (as documented in the Photo-Diaries below), Bud Macfarlane, 60, walked every leg of the lonely 4,500-mile journey, usually with one other volunteer Cyrene at a time.
Left to right: Gabriel Glennon, Xavier Macfarlane, and Bud at the Lourdes Grotto after Bud and Gabriel completed the harrowing 2,700-mile, four-month California "beam" during Holy Week 2023.
In imitation of Christ, by taking on suffering in their bodies to atone for sin, these men fearlessly confronted the high-level demons that feed off the blood of the innocent, sexual perversion, and the idolatry of the self—sins that cry out to heaven for justice.
These powers and principalities must be cast down forever by Saint Michael the Archangel and the heavenly host.
As you can imagine, the Cyrenes endured persistent diabolical attacks while silently embracing suffering for you, your family, and the fallen-away.
Satan Fears the CrossFrom Lucifer to the lowest scum of hell, all demons are liars and cowards. They are terrified of the True Cross because they know Christ shed his precious blood and died upon it to atone for all sin.
Here is Bud's ancient fragment of this same cross inside the reliquary we crafted from a crucifix to carry around our shoulders:
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Now you can support our mission while gracing your home—or the home of someone you love—with the same crucifix we used as the official reliquary of the True Cross Pilgrimage.
Touched to the Actual True Cross
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It is blessed by a priest, sprinkled with Lourdes water, then touched to Bud's authentic Relic of True Cross and his other first-class relics of Saints Anthony, Jude, Benedict, and Thérèse.
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BUD'S PHOTO-DIARIES
Bud Macfarlane, a bestselling novelist, is a uniquely gifted writer—he's always warm, funny, jolting, and insightful. His gripping accounts of the Cyrenes' tribulations and triumphs, including extraordinary photos from all over our beautiful nation, are enchanting:
Northern Beam
Wisoncsin #1: The First Step of 13,000,000 Steps
Wisconsin #2: Did Anthony Actually See the OTC Angel?
Eastern Beam
DC #1: Our Lady's 3 Old Men Cross the Appalachians!
DC #2: A Clear, Striking Sign from God
Western Beam
California Begins: Harsh Conditions
Cali #2: Dark Forces in the Heavens
Arizona: Our Lady Sends in the Marines
New Mexico: Can You Outwalk a Snowstorm?
Texas: Rainbows and Butterflies
Oklahoma: We Need Your Prayers Now
Indiana: Mary Crushes the Serpent!
Southern Beam
Note: You can subscribe to Bud's legendary twice-a-month email message here. It's completely private and free.Our Lady's Hidden Army
Operation True Cross has no earthly power, wealth, or influence. There is no marketing campaign beyond your conversations with like-minded friends and giving a simple, beautiful $1 prayer book to others.
You can do this because everyone can do this.
"Be not afraid!" Jesus meant it. We believe it. Together, side by side, we will aim and fire exorcism prayers and reparations into the soft white underbelly of the dragon until he is vanquished and Christ the King reigns fully over our beloved land!
Saint Clement I
It is only by sacrificing and suffering, offered as penance, that you will be able, by the grace of God, to convert sinners.
Saint John Vianney
We also boast in our afflictions, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance proven character, and proven character hope—and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts.
Romans 5: 1-6
The Four Marian Shrines
To the Lourdes Grotto, Notre Dame IN
2022 Sept: from Champion WI 2022 Oct: from Washington DC 2023 Jan: from Santa Clara CA 2023 April: from St. Augustine FL
Bud's Call to Action
As only he can, let Bud Macfarlane tell you why he founded Operation True Cross:If you break your leg, you go the the emergency room. If your car isn't working, you bring it to a mechanic. If you are clinically depressed, by all means seek out a counselor—but when you are under spiritual oppression from the devil, you must turn, face him, and fight...
A Spiritual Warfare Campaign
Help God Save America
The Operation True Cross pilgrimage is part of movement that began in 2020 when Father John Anthony Boughton CFR and Bud Macfarlane "pinned" the Mantle of Mary on the extreme four corners of the United States. Countless Catholics participated nationwide through prayer and fasting.
Pray with UsSince then, over two hundred thousand people have joined Operation True Cross by offering the 12-minute Daily Prayers to Save America:
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
As outlined above, the Mary Foundation's founder, 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 Three Angelus Cure?
Read: Why This Movement Exists
Photo-Diary: Mantle Over America
Podcast: Carrying the True Cross
Meet the Founders
Father John Anthony Boughton, CFRFather 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
• Pray the Daily Prayers
• Distribute the Daily Prayers
• Be Free of Demonic Influence
• Give Alms to Atone for Sin
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