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Van Hoof reported that she was told in a vision that the most perfect way of offering [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] was the [[Tridentine Mass]] approved by [[Pope Pius V|Saint Pius V]] and the [[Council of Trent]] for the [[Latin Church]].<ref name="July2006a">July 2006, Volume 8, Issue 3, Various pages of Shrine Newsletter</ref> She was reportedly told that the [[Mass of Paul VI|Novus Ordo Mass]], developed in the Vatican shortly after the [[Second Vatican Council]], was watered down. Advocates of the Tridentine Mass oppose numerous changes implemented after Vatican II.<ref name="July2006a" /> |
Van Hoof reported that she was told in a vision that the most perfect way of offering [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] was the [[Tridentine Mass]] approved by [[Pope Pius V|Saint Pius V]] and the [[Council of Trent]] for the [[Latin Church]].<ref name="July2006a">July 2006, Volume 8, Issue 3, Various pages of Shrine Newsletter</ref> She was reportedly told that the [[Mass of Paul VI|Novus Ordo Mass]], developed in the Vatican shortly after the [[Second Vatican Council]], was watered down. Advocates of the Tridentine Mass oppose numerous changes implemented after Vatican II.<ref name="July2006a" /> |
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The [[revelation]]s |
The [[revelation]]s contain references to imminent [[chastisement]], a thermonuclear [[World War III]], [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[submarine]]s, and accusations that the mainstream [[Roman Catholic]] hierarchy and [[Papacy]] had been subverted. |
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Van Hoof also reported that she had made contact both telepathically and physically with the ruler of a race of blonde-haired, blue-eyed [[Nordic aliens]]. At first calling himself "the White Knight" because his [[extraterrestrial]] name was too hard to pronounce, Van Hoof later said that the space aliens' supreme ruler asked to be called "Prince Joseph" because that was what his name meant in English. "Prince Joseph" is said to have told Van Hoof that the space aliens were on average four feet tall and lived lifespans of thousands of years. Van Hoof related that "Prince Joseph" attributed the space aliens' short stature, long lifespans, and blonde-haired, blue-eyed physique to the fact that they lived according to [[divine law]] and had committed no [[original sin]], playing off of the [[racist]] notion of [[blackness]] as a curse for the wicked. (See: [[Curse of Ham]]). The Shrine community claims that interactions between Van Hoof and "Prince Joseph" were recorded, however many of the recordings were subsequently lost in the [[1980s]], although some supposedly still exist. Additionally, it is said that the ruler of the [[Nordic alien]] race traveled in a flying saucer type [[spacecraft]], which Van Hoof boarded on several occassions. Van Hoof is also said to have once boarded the flying saucer's [[mothership]], a space station. <ref>[http://www.diamondstarlightbeacon.com/new_apparition.htm "THE NECEDAH SECRET REVEALED", Contact Synopsis.]</ref> |
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== Interdict == |
== Interdict == |
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Revision as of 19:29, 23 July 2014
Necedah Shrine, officially the Queen of the Holy Rosary, Mediatrix of Peace Shrine,[1] is a Marian shrine located in Necedah, Wisconsin. On November 12, 1949, Mary Ann Van Hoof (1909–1984) reported receiving a vision from the Blessed Virgin Mary. She claimed that in subsequent visions she was told to "bring the truth to people" through prayer and the rosary. The Roman Catholic Church investigated and found the reported visions and other phenomena indisputably faked, and when Van Hoof and her followers refused to desist, put her under interdict.
Visions
Van Hoof reported that she received nine visions between November 12, 1949 and October 7, 1950. Many of the visions Van Hoof saw happened in her back yard at home.[1] Pilgrims reportedly saw Van Hoof in a state of religious ecstasy. The messages she received were recorded on a tape recorder, and written in long hand by at least two people. Some were repeated word for word, other paraphrased; 100,000 people attended the vision on August 15, 1950, and witness accounts vary significantly.
In 1956 Mrs. Van Hoof was made aware of certain revelations made by the Madonna to George Washington concerning various trials his country would experience. Mrs Van Hoof was given the ability to interpret these revelations.[2]
Van Hoof said that she suffered the Passion of Our Lord on the Fridays of Advent and Lent.
Van Hoof reported that she was told in a vision that the most perfect way of offering Mass was the Tridentine Mass approved by Saint Pius V and the Council of Trent for the Latin Church.[3] She was reportedly told that the Novus Ordo Mass, developed in the Vatican shortly after the Second Vatican Council, was watered down. Advocates of the Tridentine Mass oppose numerous changes implemented after Vatican II.[3]
The revelations contain references to imminent chastisement, a thermonuclear World War III, Soviet submarines, and accusations that the mainstream Roman Catholic hierarchy and Papacy had been subverted.
Van Hoof also reported that she had made contact both telepathically and physically with the ruler of a race of blonde-haired, blue-eyed Nordic aliens. At first calling himself "the White Knight" because his extraterrestrial name was too hard to pronounce, Van Hoof later said that the space aliens' supreme ruler asked to be called "Prince Joseph" because that was what his name meant in English. "Prince Joseph" is said to have told Van Hoof that the space aliens were on average four feet tall and lived lifespans of thousands of years. Van Hoof related that "Prince Joseph" attributed the space aliens' short stature, long lifespans, and blonde-haired, blue-eyed physique to the fact that they lived according to divine law and had committed no original sin, playing off of the racist notion of blackness as a curse for the wicked. (See: Curse of Ham). The Shrine community claims that interactions between Van Hoof and "Prince Joseph" were recorded, however many of the recordings were subsequently lost in the 1980s, although some supposedly still exist. Additionally, it is said that the ruler of the Nordic alien race traveled in a flying saucer type spacecraft, which Van Hoof boarded on several occassions. Van Hoof is also said to have once boarded the flying saucer's mothership, a space station. [4]
Interdict
After an investigation failed to support the validity of the apparitions, in 1951 John P. Treacy, Bishop of La Crosse, told the Van Hoofs to remove religious artifacts from their farm and stop circulating literature about the apparitions.[5] In an official statement issued in 1955, he declared the visions to be false and prohibited worship associated with them.[5] Van Hoof and her associates did not obey these orders. In May 1975, Bishop Frederick William Freking (1964–1983), Treacy's immediate successor, placed Van Hoof and six of her key followers under interdict,[6] precipitating Van Hoof's final schism with the Roman Catholic Church.
Aftermath
Since 1975, the shrine has continued to operate, but has disaffiliated from mainstream Roman Catholicism, and affiliated instead with an Old Catholic, conservative independent Catholic organization.[citation needed] The shrine runs a private primary school, established in 1982, and a visitor center. Believers are building a new "House of Prayer" at the spot of the visions.
Seven Sorrows of Our Sorrowful Mother's Home for Unwanted Infants - The name of the orphanage that used to be run by this community in the 1970s.[7]
Bibliography
- Cuneo, Michael. "The Vengeful Virgin: Studies in Contemporary Catholic Apocalypticism" in Millennium, Messiahs and Mayhem. Henry Robbins and Susan Palmer, editors. New York: Routledge, 1997. ISBN 0-415-91649-6
- Johnson, Kevin Orlin. Apparitions: Mystic Phenomena and What They Mean, Dallas, 1998.
- Kselman, Thomas A. and Steven Avella, "Marian Piety and the Cold War in the United States," Catholic Historical Review 72 (1986): 403–424
- Maloney, Marlene. "Necedah Revisited: Anatomy of a Phony Apparition" Fidelity Magazine, vol. 8, no. 3 (February 1989) pp. 18–34. ISSN 0730-0271
- Swan, Henry My Work With Necedah Necedah: For My God and My Country Inc, 1959.
- Van Hoof, Mary Ann and Myrtle Sommers. Revelations and Messages as Given Through Mary Ann Van Hoof at Necedah Wisconsin: Vol. 1: 1950–1970, Vol. 2: 1971–1975. Necedah: For My God and My Country Inc., 1978.
- Zimdars-Swartz, Sandra. "Religious Experience and Public Cult: The Case of Mary Ann Van Hoof." Journal of Religion and Health 28 (1989): 36–57.
- Zimdars-Swartz, Sandra Encountering Mary. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-691-07371-6
References
- ^ a b July 2006, vol. 8, no. 3, p. 3 of Shrine Newsletter
- ^ "Heaven's Messages", Queen of the Holy Rosary Shrine
- ^ a b July 2006, Volume 8, Issue 3, Various pages of Shrine Newsletter
- ^ "THE NECEDAH SECRET REVEALED", Contact Synopsis.
- ^ a b Curran, Timothy (May 5, 1975). "Bishop at La Crosse Moves Against Van Hoof Shrine". The Capital Times. p. 1, cols. 1–3.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Curran, Timothy (May 6, 1975). "Mrs. Van Hoof Gets Interdict". Wisconsin State Journal. p. 21, cols. 1–3.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Seven Sorrows of Our Sorrowful Mother Infants Home
External links
- Necedah Shrine
- Jones, Meg. "Honoring a vision: The church lends it no credence, but Necedah shrine to the Virgin Mary still draws believers" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 29, 2008.
- John Loughnan's website on Necedah Apparitions
- Case, Thomas W. "The Tridentine Rite Conference and Its Schismatic Cousins" Originally published in Fidelity Magazine, 1993
- Cekada, Anthony "The Old Catholics of Necedah"
- Joseph Dwight "My Personal Reasons Why I Left the Shrine at Necedah, Wisconsin"