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The bishops, priests and lay faithful who took part in our week of study last August
Picture taken after a Mass in St. Michael’s parish church in Rougemont

u study of Social Credit. I believe that this is very overcome Goliath one day. I am convinced! With faith,
important. It must be diffused in all levels of society. my friends, the financial world will be improved.
Whether in universities, even in very modest areas, it Most Rev. Jean Zerbo, Archbishop of Bamako,
does not matter; this doctrine must be made known, Mali:
particularly so that the vices of the global system – So, thank you to all those who allowed us to live
today the world economic system – will be revealed, here like a family in this house dedicated to our Mother
manifested, and that the people will know the truth. As (the House of the Immaculate). When the children are
the prophet Hosea said (4:6): “My people are destroyed found where the mother is, it is truly a great fraternity.
for lack of knowledge”… It is really something harmful Thank you for doing all you could so that we could also
and vicious. And we must fight this. May the light live this fraternity… Thank you to our pilot (Mr. Alain
spread everywhere! This is everybody’s fight! We Pilote, who was the lecturer during the week of study)
must spread the truth of what is the real nature of this who helped us to take off when we were confused,
system. who knew how to help us have a gentle landing. When
Most Rev. Jean Pierre Kutwa, Archbishop of he sensed that the passengers were sleeping, he knew
Abidjan, Ivory Coast: how to immediately introduce another element so that
We must never stop giving thanks. With the others, I we would digest well what he was teaching. I tell you
would like to thank the initiators of this meeting… This that these takeoffs and landings were successful.
is very dangerous ground, this area of finance. And you Thank you in a special way to the families that took
have helped us to understand; we all see for ourselves. the risk of bringing their children. Someone earlier
You are fighting with unequal weapons, speaking in spoke to us of the future, of the next generation. I
material terms. The financiers have a lot of material congratulate the families. The presence of children in
means; you have very little, but it does not discourage our midst gives a youthful air, a vitality to our week
you. You wish to go to battle against them. of study, and I encourage them. Yes! From now on
It is not only a material battle, but it is also a spiritual we must sow in their hearts a good seed, that of the
battle. There again you are struggling on unequal Word of God, the Love of God, that of giving ourselves
terms. But this time, it is in our favor because they have for the other. I wish also that the efforts that you are
the support of the devil, Satan, Mammon, who is a making to accompany them will reap a good harvest in
created being. You, on the other hand, have the Creator their hearts and bear fruit, for the future of our battle
as your support, so you are the stronger ones. What for the civilization of love.
causes me to rejoice is this: you have established this What type of resolution can we make? I said that
struggle, you have started the beginning of this fight in Mr. Pilote guided us well with a good pedagogy.
God. I believe that this rooting in God will permit you He provided us with appropriate documents… The
finally, in the face of Goliath, (because it is a Goliath) to resolution that I will make now is to leave here to fight

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