September Special Events

September is a big anniversary month for Our Lady of America and the first 4 central apparitions and accompanying messages that were received by Sr. Mildred Ephrem Neuzil in the Our Lady Mother of Mercy Chapel at Sylvan Springs in Rome City, Indiana.

As part of our celebration activities, we will be making a special effort to involve special speakers for our Friday Night Rosaries and extend the chapel hours to accommodate devotional visitors on the following anniversary dates. All are welcome. "Bring me my children."

Friday, September 14
Mass and Rosary with Benediction and Reconciliation

Internationally-known Ferdinand Roccanti will offer a number of his devotional paintings for exhibit and purchase. You will be amazed at the quality of his works...especially from a man who had no prior artistic experience until Jesus told him to buy art supplies. Ferdinand said "But Lord, I don't have any talent for painting." Jesus replied "I do!"

Ferdinand and his wife Barbara have shared their motivational stories with hundreds of audiences over the years and they will be on hand to meet and greet with our Friday prayer group. You will always remember this couple's beautiful response to Our Lady's call.

Friday, September 21
Mass and Rosary with Benediction and Reconciliation

Tuesday, September 25
51st Anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Our Lady Mother of Mercy Chapel reported by Sr. Mildred Ephrem Neuzil. Chapel will be open from 9am-9pm.

Sometime between 7-8 pm Our Lady said:

"I am pleased, my child, with the love and honor my children in America give to me, especially through my glorious and unique privilege of the Immaculate Conception. I promise to reward their love by working through the power of my Son's Heart and my Immaculate Heart miracles of grace among them. I do not promise miracles of the body, but of the soul."

Our Lady emphasized this very much. She is anxiously concerned about our inner life. She continued: "For it is mainly through these miracles of grace that the Holy Trinity is glorified among men and nations. Let America continue and grow in its love for me, and I in return, in union with the Heart of my Son, promise to work wonders in her. My child, I desire that this be known."

Wednesday, September 26
51st Anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady of America in the Our Lady Mother of Mercy Chapel reported by Sr. Mildred Ephrem Neuzil. Chapel will be open from 9am-9pm

Immediately after morning Mass concluded, Our Lady appeared for the first time as Our Lady of America with these words:

"I am Our Lady of America. I desire that my children honor me, especially by the purity of their lives."

Between 4-5pm that same day, Our Lady of America appears again:

"My child, I entrust you with this message that you must make known to my children in America. 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. I desire, through my children of America, to further the cause of faith and purity among peoples and nations. Let them come to me with confidence and simplicity, and I, their Mother, will teach them to become pure like to my Heart that their own hearts may be more pleasing to the Heart of my Son."

Thursday, September 27
Our Lady of America appears again. Chapel open from 9am-9pm

"Our Lady again appeared to me while I was at prayer. She held the world in her hands. From her eyes tears were flowing upon it, as though she longed to cleanse it from its guilt.

It was then that I heard these words filled with sorrow and longing:

"Behold, O my children, the tears of your Mother! Shall I weep in vain? Assuage the sorrow of my Heart over the ingratitude of sinful men by the love and chasteness of your lives. Will you do this for me, beloved children, or will you allow your Mother to weep in vain? I come to you, O children of America, as a last resort. I plead with you to listen to my voice. Cleanse your souls in the Precious Blood of My Son. Live in His Heart, and take me in that I may teach you to live in great purity of heart which is so pleasing to God. Be my army of chaste soldiers, ready to fight to the death to preserve the purity of your souls. I am the Immaculate One, Patroness of your land. Be my faithful children as I have been your faithful Mother.

"These are my words, O my daughter. Make them known to my children.

"I desire to make the whole of America my shrine by making every heart accessible to the love of my Son."