Our Lady of America: Unheeded Approved Apparition

Geremia · #1 Mar 25, '12, 10:12 am

I never knew about Our Lady of America until recently. Apparently, in 2007 then-Archbishop Burke wrote how the apparition is approved. It occurred to Sr. Mary Ephrem (Mildred Neuzil) of Ohio on September 25, 1956, and continued for many years thereafter. There's even an approved prayer for Our Lady of America.

My question is: Has Our Lady's request in Sr. Mildred's apparitions that a statue of Our Lady of America be enthroned in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., been heeded? According to the basilica's website, there isn't a statue of Our Lady of America in the National Shrine.

Considering Our Lady of Guadalupe saved Mexico from its culture of death (cf. Warren Carroll's Our Lady of Guadalupe and the conquest of darkness), Our Lady of America needs more devotion!

**Bookcat** · #2 Mar 25, '12, 10:34 am

Make sure to read the entire commentary you first linked.

He notes that:

"What can be concluded canonically is that the devotion was both approved by Archbishop Leibold and, what is more, was actively promoted by him."

**Bookcat** · #3 Mar 25, '12, 10:36 am

Jimmy Akin of Catholic Answers: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/ameri...tion-was-what/

Geremia · #4 Mar 26, '12, 8:46 pm

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Originally Posted by Bookcat

"What can be concluded canonically is that the devotion was both approved by Archbishop Leibold and, what is more, was actively promoted by him."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookcat

Jimmy Akin of Catholic Answers: www.ncregister.com/blog/americas-1st-approved-apparition-was-what/

Thanks for the link

Even "stage 3 approved" apparitions are still private revelations that do not bind Catholics religiously to adhere thereto, so whether Our Lady of America apparitions are a "stage 2" or "stage 3" doesn't seem to matter so much as that U.S. Catholics should be more devoted to Our Lady under any of her official titles.

(Happy feast day of the Annunciation, BTW.

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