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January 2001, the first month of the new millennium,
The Association for The Arch of Triumph of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary and International Shrine
of the Holy Innocents, a not-for-profit New York
corporation, was formed in Buffalo, New York.
As described in detail in our
Prospectus, the Association’s purpose is
to build a truly world-class, globally significant shrine,
to be located on the shore of Lake Erie adjacent to
downtown Buffalo. The shrine will feature primarily
a monumental, ascendable, golden triumphal arch, The
Arch of Triumph of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, to be the world’s tallest
monument measuring 700 feet to the tip of the golden
Cross that will surmount its peak (seven being the mystical
number of perfection, as Mary represents the perfection
of humanity).
The
great and evident promise of this vast undertaking,
for promoting the Culture of Life and the New Springtime
of the Church, so ardently hailed by our beloved and
prophetic Pontiff, Pope John Paul II, has won for
it the support of a distinguished
National Advisory Board. These experienced
Catholic leaders firmly believe, as do the Association’s
founders, in the great value of shrines as instruments
for the spiritual renewal of both individuals and
society. The special character of this
shrine, including as it does a beautiful monument
of vast proportions, moves it into that rare category
of culture-shaping architecture, shared by only a
handful of edifices in each quarter of the globe.
This
grand triumphal arch will hail the Triumph of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, which Mary predicted at Fatima, Portugal
on July 13, 1917, as following upon Russia’s worldwide
propagation of atheistic communism (predicted by Mary
prior to the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917),
persecutions of the Church, and numerous wars of the
20th Century. At that time, Mary told Lucia, Blessed
Jacinta and Blessed Francisco:
But
in the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph, the
Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, Russia will
be converted, and a certain period of peace will be
granted to the world. (For succinct details
of Mary’s Fatima apparitions and messages, see
The
Story of Fatima)
Directly
below the Golden Arch of St. Mary, The International
Shrine of the Holy Innocents (described
more fully in the
Prospectus), will feature a large, central
mural of Our
Lady of Guadalupe. Our Lady’s appearance
in that personage to Blessed Juan Diego in Mexico
City on December 12, 1531, precipitated millions of
Indian conversions to Christianity, ending the Aztec
practice of human sacrifice. Due to this historic
ending of the Aztec “Culture of Death” through her
intervention, Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness
of the International Pro-Life Movement. Thus
Pope John Paul II, preaching before her image in January
1999, proclaimed:
“May
the Continent of Hope also be the Continent of Life!
This is our cry: Life with dignity for all! The
time has come to banish once and for all from the Continent
every attack against life. Holy Virgin of Guadalupe,
Queen of Peace, save the nations and people of this
Continent!"
It is
the spiritual sons and daughters of Jesus and Mary who,
uniting, will make possible this astounding tribute
to Our Lady and Our Queen; this unprecedented and bold
initiative against the Culture of Death’s encroachments
upon the lawful domain of the Culture of Life, and Civilization
of Love—which is this world, created by God and
found by Him to be good.
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Please, DONATE
NOW, and do your part in calling our society
back to God. TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE,
IN THE WORLD! God’s children must once again acknowledge
Him, and learn to govern their lives according to His
Holy Word. For every $100 of your donation,
the name of a person, living or deceased, born or unborn,
may be indelibly inscribed on the Golden Arch of Mary’s
Triumph! Donors of $1000 will receive also a beautiful
signed certificate of recognition. Donors of $2000
or more may, in addition, have bronze plaques engraved
with their or their family’s names placed in the Chapels
of the Sacred Heart, of the Immaculate Heart, or of
the Triumph, or in the Holy Innocents Shrine, as they
choose. (To arrange larger dedicatory gifts, contact
Executive Director Laurence D. Behr, Esq., Tel. No.
716-856-1300, e-mail
LDBehr@ArchofTriumph.org.)
PRAYER OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE ARCH OF TRIUMPH
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Almighty
Father God, Thou hast provided inexhaustible
treasures for our salvation, through the working
of Thy Holy Spirit in all ages, and by the
holy and exemplary lives of all Thy saints! Grant
that we too, inspired by that same Spirit,
may accomplish fitting works of piety and
devotion toward Thy Servant and Son, the King
of Kings, Jesus our Lord, and Thy Handmaid
and Daughter, the Queen of Queens, Mary Most
Holy, and grant that we may always live in
our hearts the Triumph of Her Immaculate Heart
and the Sacred Heart of Christ Our King, and
of His Holy Cross, until that great day dawns
when the world resounds, from pole to pole,
with one cry: “Behold our God, to whom
we looked to save us! This is the Lord
for whom we looked; let us be glad and rejoice
that He has saved us!”* Amen.
*ISAIAH
25:9
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