The Ave Maris Stella Group is comprised of Pro-Life Catholics who support the Act of Consecrating Wisconsin to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We are petitioning the Bishops of Wisconsin and are working to find the best time, place, and avenue for this public consecration.
MILWAUKEE -- A special addition made its way onto the campus of Marquette University on Monday morning, April 15.continue at Fox6
After months of planning and thousands of miles of travel, a single crate held a precious piece of Marquette's future.
"The Virgin Mary statue is actually one of the things we were lacking on this campus," said Lora Strigens, VP for Planning and Facilities Management at Marquette.
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Fox 6 News reported last week that
"A religious statue was destroyed outside St. Adalbert Parish, located near 19th and Becher in Milwaukee. A suspect shattered a statue of the Virgin Mary around 8:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6."WISN 12 posted an eyewitness's video.
Jennifer Walter now reports at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Joshua Cisero was charged Friday in the smashing of the statue with a metal pole Aug. 6.For the actual Catholic teaching at the subject, see the best of online versions of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition, English Translation, that at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Picayune, Mississippi, specifically paragraphs 2129-2132.
"Three witnesses heard or saw Cisero destroying the statue outside the church, 1923 W. Becher St., according to the criminal complaint. At the scene, the complaint said, Cisero was quoted as saying Catholics 'practice idolatry. They worship Mary ... and I destroyed it, what they worship ... That’s why I did it.'
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"Cisero's home address is listed as the Milwaukee Rescue Mission. The shelter provides resources and housing for homeless people."
Fr. Zeke Sanchez blesses the fire for the torch runs tonight on the eve of #OurLadyofGuadalupe feast @SantuarioGdlpe in Des Plaines. More than 200k expected to visit the shrine over these two days. @archchicago pic.twitter.com/gz6uNnz2zG— Chicago Catholic (@chicagocatholic) December 12, 2017
See all of those flowers on the right? Those are thousands of bouquets brought by the faithful to honor #OurLadyofGuadalupe tonight at @SantuarioGdlpe in Des Plaines. The amt flowers, candles & prayers will continue to grow through tomorrow. @Catolico_News pic.twitter.com/Db57MPczRx— Chicago Catholic (@chicagocatholic) December 12, 2017
Despite cold and snow, 200,000 pilgrims visit @SantuarioGdlpe in Des Plaines tonight. It’s the largest gathering for her feast day outside of Mexico City! OL of #Guadalupe pray for us all! @archchicago pic.twitter.com/hcpzEl6Ltr— Chicago Catholic (@chicagocatholic) December 12, 2017
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Catholics invited to join 33-day preparation for individual, family consecrationcontinue at The Catholic Spirit
Archbishop Bernard Hebda has invited the people of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to participate in preparation for a re-consecration of the archdiocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Oct. 13.
People of the archdiocese can join in the 33-day preparation for an individual or family consecration to Mary, which begins Sept. 10 and concludes Oct. 13. The archdiocesan Office of Evangelization, which is organizing the devotion, directs people to the book “33 Days to Morning Glory,” a user-friendly guide to making a personal consecration to Mary.
My visit to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help is the first of nine journeys as part of Marian Pilgrimage: Discovering Mary Across the USA. You can learn more about this project here. You can follow my future journeys and send your prayer intentions here.continue at NCReg
I’d first visited the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in 2010, several weeks after the Marian apparition that had occurred there was approved by Green Bay Diocese Bishop David R. Ricken. Back then, you might have driven right past the shrine if you didn’t know it was there. Nestled in the midst of farmland, the shrine was completely inconspicuous.
It still is today, as I experienced during a recent visit there.
That’s one thing that both baffles and entices me about this amazing place where our Lady appeared to a young Belgian woman named Adele Brise in 1859. The property, the shrine, and even the Apparition Oratory itself has maintained an aura of peace and simplicity throughout the years. Locals tell me it’s been that way since the apparitions themselves occurred.
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There’s a Mother’s Day mystery afoot at St. John Nepomucene Church. For the past 69 years, flowers have shown up at the statue of the Blessed Virgin courtesy of an anonymous donor. Though parishioners enjoy the sight of the lovely flowers, no one has figured out who the donor is.
Karen Mulry, a parishioner who is retired from her family’s florist business, said every year an envelope with a one-sentence letter and a check arrives at Reynebeau Floral in Little Chute on the Thursday or Friday before Mother’s Day. “It’s always written the same and says, ‘Dear Florist, would you please put the annual purple orchid by the Blessed Virgin again this year? Thank you very much.’ The first check was for $2 and each year, it increased a little,” Mulry said.
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“I have no idea who is behind this,” she said. “The handwriting has never changed; the format has never changed. I had a person in mind at one point. She was a neighbor and devoted to the Blessed Virgin. But she passed away and the letters kept coming. Then her son passed away, too, and the letters kept coming.”
There was one point about 30 years ago when the letter hadn’t arrived by Friday, she recalled. “My mother said, ‘It’s not going to come.’ But on Saturday, we got a special delivery letter with the request and a check.”
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