Marina Sirtis (Counselor Deanna Troi) | Great Rosary Campaign: Star Trek Edition

Feb 22, 2026

A playful blend of Star Trek fandom and a Catholic rosary campaign. Discussion of Star Trek's themes of human dignity and moral worth. A focused prayer intention for Marina Sirtis and her character Counselor Deanna Troi. A call to spiritual penance and hope for conversion framed by scripture and traditional devotions.

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ANECDOTE

Star Trek Shaped A Lifelong Faithful Affection

Joshua Charles recounts Star Trek's personal influence on him since childhood and his gratitude for the cast.
He links specific values from the show like respect for life and human dignity to how it shaped his thinking and aspirations.

INSIGHT

Star Trek Themes Align With Catholic Values

Joshua Charles observes that Star Trek, while not explicitly Catholic, contains themes consonant with Catholic teaching like dignity and pro-life respect.
He uses those thematic overlaps to justify praying for cast members' spiritual conversion rather than criticizing the show.

ADVICE

Pray The Rosary And Do A Holy Hour For Conversion

Joshua Charles invites listeners to pray the Rosary for the conversion of Star Trek cast members, starting this week with Marina Sirtis.
He prescribes a specific penance: a Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament for her conversion to Catholicism.

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The Great Rosary Campaign is an ongoing prayer and penance campaign for the conversion and strengthening of both Catholic and non-Catholic leaders.

As a "Trekkie" (lover of Star Trek), we will be devoting several Great Rosary Campaigns to praying for the conversion of all remaining Star Trek cast members to the Catholic Faith.

THIS WEEK of the Great Rosary Campaign: Star Trek Edition, we are praying for the conversion of Marina Sirtis, who played Counselor Deanna Troi on the various Enterprises in "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Please join us in praying that she may "live long and prosper" unto eternal life.

The SUGGESTED PENANCE this week is a Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament, the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist.

In these dark times, we must fight evil with the most powerful weapons we have. The Rosary is foremost among them. Join the Great Rosary Campaign today at: www.GreatRosaryCampaign.com.

Countless Saints and Popes have told us that the Rosary is incredibly powerful for three things in particular:

Keeping the Faith
Moral renovation
Conversions of non-Catholics

The Great Rosary Campaign is also based on several biblical themes and principles.

First, PRAY FOR OUR BRETHREN. “Pray for one another…” (Jas. 5:16). “So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith" (Gal. 6:10).

Second, PRAY FOR OUR ENEMIES. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven" (Matt. 5:43-44).

Third, PRAY FOR ALL MEN, PARTICULARLY LEADERS AND THOSE IN AUTHORITY. “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men, or kings and all who are in high positions…” (1 Tim. 2:1-2).

Fourth, GOING INTO BATTLE WITH THE ARK. When the ancient Israelites came to Jericho, God didn't tell them to besiege the city. Instead, He told them to march around it with the Ark of the Covenant seven times, and on the seventh the walls would fall. We will now "march" in prayer for seven days with the New Ark of the Covenant, Our Lady, through the Rosary. We pray in hope that on the seventh day, a day especially devoted to Our Lady (Saturday), extraordinary graces of conversion will be given to those we are praying for.

Fifth, EVANGELISM AND APOLOGETICS = LOVE + ARGUMENTS + PRAYER + PENANCE. Ultimately it is God who reveals Himself to a soul, and empowers them to say "yes" to Him by His grace. He chooses to use us, but He does not have to. We must remember that as we evangelize and defend the Faith, our arguments will be fruitless unless informed by love (charity), and reinforced by prayer and penance.

Sixth, RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL. “Do not return evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have been called, that you may obtain a blessing" (1 Pet. 3:9).