The Friday Night Rosary begins at 6:30 pm. Free Tours are available beginning at 4:00 pm every Friday. Impromptu rosaries are started and recited by visitors all throughout the weekend on Holy Family Hill. Everyone is welcome to join in.
Our Lady the Immaculate Virgin, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to support Our Lady's request to have her likeness, as Our Lady of America, placed in the National Shrine to The Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. and to support the preservation of the Holy Ground in Rome City, IN where the central messages of Our Lady of America were given and this special devotion began. OLTIV, Inc. claims no affiliation with any other group or website promoting this cause.
“In cases which concern private revelations, it is better to believe than not to believe, for if you believe and it is proven true, you will be happy that you believed, because our Holy Mother asked it of you. If you believed and it should be proven false, you will receive all the blessings as if it has been true, because you believed it to be true.” Pope Urban VIII
"What can be concluded canonically is that the devotion was both approved by
Archbishop Leibold and, what is more, was actively promoted by him. In addition, over
the years, other Bishops have approved the devotion and have participated in public
devotion to the Mother of God, under the title of Our Lady of America."
The Most Reverend Raymond L. Burke, Archbishop of Saint Louis
May 31, 2007
Luci put together more of her photos in a wonderful slide presentation. Please enjoy and forward to friends. Let them all know of Our Lady of America.
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A beautiful presentation of Our Lady's place. Thank you Luci for the work put into this for all to see what a wonderful site this really is. The orbs are amazing to see.
Just last night I gave this website to a lady from my church. She was going to go home and pull it up to view the grounds and all the pictures. We have a mutual friend in Indiana, so hopefully she will also get to come to see the works in place.
I am sure Our Lady is very happy for so many to be able to see her special home.
May Our Lady and Her Son bless each of you who stop and visit.
JStolle
Brothers and Sisters in Christ-
I am looking for a solid individual(s) interested in helping to do Our Lady's work at Sylvan Springs.
I have been following events very closely at this particular place for over 15 years now and I feel that this property is far too important to Our Lady of America to not be protected for the faithful.
After lengthy discussions with the family who currently owns the property, I have come up with a workable plan to protect this Holy Ground for Our Lady and "all of Her children" as She has requested.
However, I will need the help of qualified people to assist me with additional financial backing and stewardship of the not-for-profit which will take over ownership and directorial control according to what I feel are Our Lady's wishes for this site.
My plan would offer substantial tax incentives to those participating as well as the asset protection and long-term viability this project mandates. It would also bring it into alignment with Church laws concerning shrines and their ownership and management by religious orders.
I can assure you that neither the current owners nor I have any profit motive in this. Our goal is to take this particular property to its highest and best use as a spiritual destination for those in need.
If you have been reading any of the personal testimonials here over the last 6 months, you will agree that this place has been pre-ordained to this work and it needs the active involvement of Her faithful children to continue.
I invite you to contact me directly at my business number 260-432-9702 to discuss the details of this proposal.
Yours in Christ,
Alex Fiato
Fort Wayne, IN
I find it most appropriate that this video essay, which was beautifully done by Luci, begins with the Holy Family. That says it all with Our Lady of America. No more explanation is necessary!
Very nice collection of photos.
Question for Luci: Is this the only time you have ever had photos like this? what are your thoughts as to what they are? did you feel anything when you were there that you could share with me/us?
Jan,
I have never taken photos like the ones I have submitted, ever. I was in awe the whole time I was there. I saw nothing unusual, but I felt so anxious, so expectant, like I was in a very special place. I was trying to imagine the building with all of the life and movement of the past. I could see the sisters doing thier work, I felt sad the the building and grounds are not full of people and children. I touched the oil on the wall in the room. I climbed the hill where the statue of the Holy Family is. I did not dare expect to see the sun spin, I feel that Our Lady will allow me to see what I need to. I truly did not know what to expect. I could not leave until I went up that hill, though. I had not heard anything, or nor did I know about the apparitions before I heard about them on the radio. I believe the orbs could be angels, as this is such a special place. I hope in my heart that they are. I cannot wait until I go back. I am so sorry I did not take any picutres of the Good Friday Well. There are more photos I need to take, and if it my task to share them, I cannot wait.
Luci
Just a question ... and I am not the negative anonymous ... far from it. I love what I see here. Anyway, I'm wondering, after the time of the ownership of this property by the cult group, if the chapels, buildings, grounds were blessed/reconsecrated/or exorcised. I know that whenever people representing "spirits" of opposition to Christ have entered or demonstrated in some of our cathedrals/churches/shrines the representatives of the holy places have held such blessings/exorcisms/reconsecrations to cleanse them of any lingering influences from the other side, casting them out as in scripture, so that whatever good fruits are happening can increase in abundance. Thank you.
In answer to the last question: Yes!
Bishop D'Arcy reconsecrated the large chapel himself with a Mass for over 300 people from his Youth Ministry in 2001.
Benediction was held by Father Robert Hoevel on a regular basis beginning in 2001 and the entirety of the property was blessed with Holy Water and Blessed salt.
I was wondering if everyone could say a prayer for my Sister-in-law Karen today. She is having her surgery this afternoon. Thank You, Rocco
Thank you for sharing Luci.
What a wonderful blessing for you.
Thank you for answering my question about the reconsecration. That is very good information for those who might inquire about its history.
Rocco:
We will pray !
Rocco,
Prayers are being said right now for Karen by all, I am sure, who are reading this.
God bless,
t.w.
Thank You, Rocco
This just in...
Rocco's sister-in-law Karen has pulled through her surgery. Our prayers have been answered.
The family will have the full story for you later today. Check back for the update from Rocco.
I would like to thank all who had the time to pray for my sister-in-law Karen. She had surgery today for recurrent kidney cancer that was diagnosed 10 years ago. She had her kidney and numerous lymph nodes removed 10 years ago and it metastasized to the lymph nodes again. Her surgery went much, much better than expected today. We will find out more tomorrow but the docs think they have it all. She has been drinking the water from the Springs since she found out about her recurring tumor about a month ago. She has been praying to Our Lady of America and wore the medal during her surgery. Unfortunately it was lost during surgery. They had warned her before the surgery that it might get lost and it did. We believe her strong Catholic beliefs and the help of all your prayers have helped pull her through this difficult time. Thanks so much again, Rocco
Rocco,
We will keep her tenderly in our prayers.
The Lady of America Medal was not lost, it is probably now in the possession of someone else who needs in desperately.
I have had that happen, and I always know Our Lady of America is passing it on to others who need her protection and prayers.
I believe this medal now became a gift from Karen to someone else who now needs it.
God bless!
That is such great news Rocco! Was there a positive follow-up today?
The Friday night rosary will have over 100 people this week and the weather is supposed to be excellent. I am certain it will have to be held in the main chapel where the apparitions of Our Lady of America happened. I always get such a wonderful feeling in that chapel. I am excited and I hope to bring family and friends for this week. Hope to see you there.
My mother is in final stages of bone cancer and has been experiencing tremendous pain the past month or so that the doctors have been unable to alleviate entirely.
I followed my heart and went to Rome City to pray for her comfort in these final days. I filled some coolers with water and drove back home noticing how very uplifted I felt after having visited this special place of Our Lady of America. The feeling of Her presence was palpable. I wish I lived there.
I gave my mother the water to drink with her dinner and a little while later she commented that her deep pains were gone and that she must be getting heavier pain pills from the doctor. Actually, she had not had her pain medications yet and wasn't due for another hour. She made it all through the night with no pills and we had a great talk together. I told her about my day and Our Lady of America and I read her excerpts from the messages from the website I downloaded. I also showed her photos and she was so taken with all of it.
We are praying to Our Lady for Her help and ask that everyone please remember us and all who are suffering today during your prayers. Thanking you all in advance.
What great news for You Brenda! Our Lady is really working to get us together. I can feel it too when I am there. I hope and pray that many more will be enjoying Our Lady's peaceful calm together soon.
I hear this Friday's rosary will be extra special. The busload from Elkhart/South Bend is full and many are coming by car from surrounding states. The weather is supposed to be sunny (make your own conclusions here) and it should be a delightful time to walk the grounds.
I hope to see the church filled for OLOA.
Our Lady and her Son are truly busy! And I too continue to be called to Her service (and Our Lord's too!)
Prior to finding OLOA over the Mother's Day weekend, I was stumbling across the number 81 everywhere. In fact, I only noticed the number 81 because I stumbled upon it so frequently. (And coincidentally, the number 81 is my son's hockey number too!)
Two weeks later, I made my first (and so far only..but prayerfully that will change!) trip to Sylvan Springs, had begun to pray the rosary with regularity, and began for the first time to feel hope again!
The more rosary time I spent, the less frequent the number 81 sightings became. (I know..what is with 81??????)
Over the past week and a half, we have been readying our house for sale (in the hopes of heading towards Northern Indiana for a job prospect!). I have had little time to say a rosary, so have been saying the Infant of Prague Chaplet, praying for intercession in simple prayers to Our Lady, to St. Jude, to St. Anthony, to St. Pio (thanks TW, ILK and crew for turning me into a St. Pio freak!), etc. Quite frankly, I was working from 5:30 a.m. to midnight every day getting the house ready (and working full time!!!) and I couldn't find the time for a rosary.
Starting Monday evening, there came the number 81 again. I mentioned something to my hubby last night (tuesday) and he said "Weird, I came across 81 several times today!". And I knew what She was telling me.
See...over memorial day weekend (which also happened to be when I was at Sylvan Springs and recited the Rosary with the regulars), I was sitting out by my Mother in Law's lake, reciting my rosary. I was (and still am!) a rosary "newbie" so I still had my cheat sheet for the Glory Be and Oh My Jesus (as well as Hail Holy Queen). (here is a link my cheat sheet...
(http://www.newadvent.org/images/rosary.pdf)
After I was finished, my 14 year old son said "That is a lot of Hail Mary's". I said "Yes it is..in fact it is a total of...." and I glanced at the sheet where it was numbered clearly..."81 Prayers!" Wow. And there it was.
A lot seems to be moving here, and it appears that His hand with Her intercession is at work...I think both Our Lady and Our Father sent me a gentle reminder that I was forgetting in all of the craziness...exactly what I needed to do...and whose will was more important than mine!
(Oh...after my husband's comment last night..I went off and did a 15 decade rosary...)
Jo
Dear Jo,
Thank you for the inspiring story about the "81" and the Rosary.
It is amazing how Our Lady chooses to get our attention.
I am so happy for you that you discovered our newer contemporary saint, St. Padre' Pio. If you haven't found out yet, you will soon that he is very, very powerful!!
I am happy I could be one along with Ilk Elkhart to guide you to him; or should I say Our Lady of America guided you to him. Padre' Pio is a great advocate for Our Lady of America. So therefore, I am assuming, Our Lady of America is a wonderful advocate for him.
Please pray with us this Friday the weekly Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet where over 100 people are planning on coming to Sylvan Springs to be part of it. We wish you all could join us; but we know that all that cannot make it there will be with us in their prayers.
God bless us all,
T.W. South Bend, In.
Please remember ILK in Elkhart this morning in your prayers as he undergoes surgery at this very moment.
We ask the intercession of Our Lady of America to help his heart to heal quickly so he may return to Our Lady's work.
Padre Pio was never an advocate of the so-called lady of America. In fact, he seemed completely unaware that such a chimera even existed. I think if Padre Pio could speak to us from heaven he would tell all of you to turn away from this evil deception that is centered in Sylvan Springs, which is named after the demon Sylvanus, and to turn back to God and His mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary.
It's time to face the failure of that evil place in Indiana and ask forgiveness for having accepted such a blasphemous and cheap imitation of Our Blessed Mother. This sort of deception was prophesied thousands of years ago. Sylvanus Springs is just one of many demonic fakes that are infesting the world in our time, and there will be more such frauds in the near future which will continue to spread until the arrival of the false prophet. How sad to see that many of you fall prey so easily to demonic deceits. It makes me wonder what will become of some of you when the anti-Christ himself arrives. His deception will be much more cleverly crafted and intense than the fraud being worked on you at that place in Indiana. Wake Up!
Fortify yourselves spiritually with prayer and penance and fasting. Return to the truth of the Church. The days ahead will try men's faith in ways that it has never been tried before. There will be numerous false signs and miracles which will be crafted by the devil to delude men's souls and lead them away from God. Only the elect will not be deceived. Only they will remain steadfast and true to Christ. You must decide where you stand. Discern and choose wisely, good people, for the hour is upon you.
God bless you and show you the way!
Geeesh! What a terribly ignorant soul you are. You choose to ignore the continued good fruits that have been produced at the site of the Our Lady of America apparitions.
Just WHAT part of the messages from Our lady do you find corrupt?
If ANYTHING has had an evil tone to it, that I have witnessed with this movement, it is YOU. I advise people to ignore your attempts to dissuade faithful people from growing closer to Jesus. You are doing the devil's work, as an anonymous coward, and you will be defeated.
FYI:
I just got a text message from Padre Pio and he says that the anonymous person should get back on their medication!
that's funny! good one.
I always felt that angels and saints were using technology to great advantage.
Padre Pio was too distracted by his acknowledging another neglected and disbelieved apparition site - Garabandal. That should be a good precedent for his personal approval of OLOA, if anyone would have been able to give him the details!
And, negative anonymous, you HAVE heard of Rome's Santa Maria de Martyres - the former Pantheon or temple to all the gods???!!!
Why, each time you comment, do you HAVE to put your foot in your mouth? The temptation to correct your ill conceived statements (and historical prejudices) is just toooo delightful! Must confess I suppose!
Anonytoo
ILK of Elkhart has come through his surgery today and should be up and around by midnight tonight. The doctors determined his condition was less severe than initially suspected. Our Lady of America was obviously with him today. Hopefully, he will be sent home on Monday for a month of healing.
Please continue to pray for his speedy recovery and the success of his son Bobby's treatments.
Please join us to "Pound the Hill" at Sylvan Springs this Friday.
Thank you my Mother for prayers that continue to be answered. Now to pray that ILK has a speedy and easy recovery!
To my newfound friends...it looks like I will be able to join you for more Friday rosaries in the future, as God's will appers to have us moving to within 20 miles of Sylvan Springs before the end of the summer!
If there are any prayers left out there (and this is being totally selfish as there are many sick who need your prayers more than I), please pray for a quick quick sale of our home in this scary market so that we may leave our current area with no "noose" around our neck!
time for a st. joseph statue in the backyard. that man gets things done!
I am sure we will all pray for your quick move Jo. It looks as if it were meant to be.
I like the idea of the St. Joseph statue in the back yard, as far as covering all your bases. But I also believe you will be there when Our Lady wants you there.
You are so fortunate! I as most of us are 1 1/2 hours away. Just think, you can go there daily!!
God bless you, and welcome home!!
T.W. in South Bend, In.
I am looking forward to joining the rosary this evening.
And what beautiful weather.
See everyone later today.
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