This is Holy Family School of Faith.

Welcome to our Rosary Meditations.

We've been reflecting upon the approved apparitions of Our Lady of America in which Jesus, Mary,

St Joseph, and St Michael appeared to Sister Mary Ephraim, a sister of the Precious religious order from 1954 to 1984.

The apparitions took place principally in Rome City, Indiana and in Fostoria, Ohio.

Monsignor Paul Leibold, who later became the Archbishop of Cincinnati,

was Sister Mary Ephraim's spiritual director from 1940 to 1972.

He approved the supernatural nature of the apparitions as well as the messages, the diary, the statue, and the medal of Our Lady of America.

In 2007, Cardinal Burke was asked by the bishops of the United States to investigate the apparition.

He then, concluding his investigation, wrote a letter to every bishop,

verifying the approved status of this apparition

and encouraging all bishops to do as our lady had requested in her messages

to Sister Mary Ephraim.

So let's begin on the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

In the 1940s and 50s, America was a moral leader in the world.

American Catholics were deeply devoted to Mary.

The shrine to the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. was the largest shrine in the world not connected

to an apparition site.

Furthermore, on May 13, 1846, the United States bishops chose Mary, conceived without sin, so Mary as the

Immaculate Conception as the patroness of our country and the US was dedicated to the most pure heart of Mary.

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