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Spiritual Bouquet For The Holy Father
Our Holy Father needs our continued prayers to
lighten that overwhelming burden.
This is the 56th year that the Necedah Shrine devotees have gathered a Spiritual
Bouquet for the Holy Father. Join us
by filling out the spiritual bouquet form (located else were in this Newsletter)
and mailing the totals to us. Make
copies and give to friends. Please
encourage others to do like-wise, so we can mail the bouquet during the
Christmas Season.
HOUSE OF PRAYER
With installation of the
reinforcing bars nearly completed volunteers continue to build and install the
forms for the next concrete pour.
Plans are to make the second concrete pour in the first part of October.
Volunteers have been coming from outlaying parts of
Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Everyone is welcome to join us for our Saturday work bee
and lunch
Phone: (608) 565-2617
E-mail: (shrineinfo@queenoftheholyrosaryshrine.com)
God Bless our Volunteers!
Reinforcing
Bars In place
Volunteers
Building Forms
August
15th Anniversary Day Observance
"What a wonderful day!" This is the only way to describe it. As visitors began assembling for
the noon Procession, they were quick to give credit to Heaven for blessing us
with a warm sunny day tempered with a light breeze.
We were very pleased to see visitors from five of our neighboring midwest states, plus others from Florida,
New Jersey, Nebraska and even some from as far away as Poland and the
Philippines.
The noon Procession again started at the Caretaker's house led by the Crucifix bearer, the flag bearers,
the carrier for the statue of Our Blessed Mother held shoulder high, those
carrying Her gold-jeweled crown, and then the Pro-Life flag bearer, followed by
the long train of visitors proudly carrying their respective state or country
flags while singing the Shrine song "Ave, Ave" to honor Our Heavenly Mother.
When the Procession reached the Sacred Spot of the Apparitions, the large statue of Our Lady over the
Sacred Spot was crowned while everyone sang the song, "Bring Flowers of the
Rarest". This was followed by additional prayers and songs until the
Prayer Vigil with the fifteen decade rosary, which began at 1:00 P.M. It
was very humbling to witness the devotion displayed by all present toward Our
Heavenly Mother.
After the Vigil everyone was invited to join us for refreshments served in the Mediatrix of Peace Hall.
While there they were given a detailed description of the House of Prayer and an
update on the progress being made in its construction. Realizing that our
progress is the results of volunteers, it was heart-warming to hear their
enthusiasm and desire to see us succeed. They promised to pray for our success
and some even offered to help with the work.
Procession to the Sacred Spot of the Apparitions
FLAGS FROM STATES AND
COUNTRYS OF PILGRAMS
October 7th Anniversary Day Observance
A picture-perfect day greeted everyone today for our Observance of
the Anniversary
of the October 7, 1950 Visitation of the Blessed
Virgin to Mary Ann Van Hoof. The trees were in full color, the temperature was
unseasonally warm, and a breeze made it most comfortable. Thank you, Holy
Mother!
Visitors came from all of our surrounding states, plus the more distant
states of Kansas and Pennsylvania, and even from Canada.
They joined our noon Procession with the statue of Our Blessed Mother, as they
proudly followed behind carrying the flags of their respective areas.
After the crowning of the life-sized statue of Our Lady at the Sacred Spot
of the Apparitions, the prayerful crowd joined us for the Prayer Vigil with
the fifteen-decade rosary and the hymns in honor of Our Holy Mother and Her
Divine Son, Jesus. It was a most beautiful sight to see the young and
old showing their appreciation for what Our Heavenly Mother did out of love for
us.
With the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of the National Anthem
closing our Vigil, everyone was invited to the Mediatrix of Peace Hall for
cookies and apple juice. The wonderful day was so appreciated that many
lingered just to visit.
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