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Our Lady of America
One special note regarding Our Lady of America is that on October 13, 1956, she requested that a statue of “Our Lady of America” be enshrined in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., as a special place of pilgrimage and a special safeguard for our country. Devotees of the Our Lady of America apparitions and messages are working and praying to help make this happen. Recently, a statue of Our Lady of America was placed in the rotunda entrance of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington D.C. where visitors are welcome to come and venerate the statue.
It is Mary’s call for purity (chastity) in the United States that causes One More Soul to link arms with her as Our Lady of America. We seek to honor her and join her as she asks her children “to strive constantly and faithfully to renew and reform themselves in their inward and outward lives." We encourage you to visit www.OurLadyofAmerica.org to learn more about this apparition and to read Our Lady's messages and a beautiful prayer written by Sister Mary Ephrem at Our Lady's request.
Our Lady of America:
Our Hope for the States
Our Hope for the States
LOLA 183 pp $14.95
In 1956 The Blessed Virgin Mary first appeared to Sister Mildred Neuzil, declaring herself Our Lady of America. She requested that all her American children dedicate themselves to herself in love and purity, and lead all the nations to peace. She said, “I wish it to be the country dedicated to my purity. The wonders I will work will be the wonders of the soul. They must have faith and believe firmly in my love for them. I desire that they be the children of my Pure Heart.” In this book, Dan Lynch reflects on this message of love in the light of Catholic Church teaching and Our Mother’s other visitations in our time.
"I am Our Lady of America. I desire that my children honor me, especially by the purity of their lives.”
—The Blessed Virgin Mary's first words as Our Lady of America, spoken to Sister Mary Ephrem, September 26, 1956
—The Blessed Virgin Mary's first words as Our Lady of America, spoken to Sister Mary Ephrem, September 26, 1956
One More Soul's 2008 Resource Guide featured an image of Mary, the Mother of God, that many people had never seen before. In response to the inquiries we received from our customers wanting to know more about this image, we wanted to share the story of Our Lady of America with our readers.
In the 20th Century alone there have been reports of hundreds of appearances of the Virgin Mary throughout the world. The Catholic Church teaches that public revelation (which includes everything we need to know for our salvation) ended with the death of the last of the Apostles. However, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church #67 states, "Throughout the ages, there have been so-called 'private' revelations, some of which have been recognized by the authority of the Church. They do not belong, however, to the deposit of faith. It is not their role to improve or complete Christ’s definitive Revelation, but to help live more fully by it in a certain period of history. Guided by the Magisterium of the Church, the sensus fidelium [sense of the faithful] knows how to discern and welcome in these revelations whatever constitutes an authentic call of Christ or his saints to the Church."
Even when the Church approves or encourages belief in an apparition, however, it is not necessary for the faithful to believe in the apparition (as contrasted to public revelation, which we must believe if we hold the Catholic Christian faith). Yet many find in these apparitions encouragement and help in loving Jesus.
Most reported apparitions have been given no verdict by the Church (which follows an extensive investigation), but a relative few have been given the verdict of having evidence of supernatural character. There are a greater number (although it is still very rare) of cases in which the Church, through the local Bishop, while not issuing a definitive verdict, gives permission and/or encourages prayer and devotion at the apparition site. The apparition of Mary under the title of Our Lady of America to Sister Mary Ephrem (Mildred Neuzil, 1933-2000) beginning in the 1950s is one of the latter cases, according to the extensively researched "Mary Page" sponsored by the International Marian Research Institute (see http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/aprtable.html). Also, Sister Mary Ephrem's spiritual director was, until his death in 1972, Archbishop Paul Liebold of Cincinnati. Recently Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis said the following in a letter to his fellow Bishops:
In the 20th Century alone there have been reports of hundreds of appearances of the Virgin Mary throughout the world. The Catholic Church teaches that public revelation (which includes everything we need to know for our salvation) ended with the death of the last of the Apostles. However, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church #67 states, "Throughout the ages, there have been so-called 'private' revelations, some of which have been recognized by the authority of the Church. They do not belong, however, to the deposit of faith. It is not their role to improve or complete Christ’s definitive Revelation, but to help live more fully by it in a certain period of history. Guided by the Magisterium of the Church, the sensus fidelium [sense of the faithful] knows how to discern and welcome in these revelations whatever constitutes an authentic call of Christ or his saints to the Church."
Even when the Church approves or encourages belief in an apparition, however, it is not necessary for the faithful to believe in the apparition (as contrasted to public revelation, which we must believe if we hold the Catholic Christian faith). Yet many find in these apparitions encouragement and help in loving Jesus.
Most reported apparitions have been given no verdict by the Church (which follows an extensive investigation), but a relative few have been given the verdict of having evidence of supernatural character. There are a greater number (although it is still very rare) of cases in which the Church, through the local Bishop, while not issuing a definitive verdict, gives permission and/or encourages prayer and devotion at the apparition site. The apparition of Mary under the title of Our Lady of America to Sister Mary Ephrem (Mildred Neuzil, 1933-2000) beginning in the 1950s is one of the latter cases, according to the extensively researched "Mary Page" sponsored by the International Marian Research Institute (see http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/aprtable.html). Also, Sister Mary Ephrem's spiritual director was, until his death in 1972, Archbishop Paul Liebold of Cincinnati. Recently Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis said the following in a letter to his fellow Bishops:
“In a particular way, Our Lady of America expressed her desire that the United States of America, through her intercession, be devoted to the purity of love. She identified herself to Sister Mary Ephrem as ‘Our Lady of America, The Immaculate Virgin.'" Later he writes,
