| Mary's Triumph
Is Coming!
Laurence D. Behr, Executive Director
Sep 10, 2003
Dear Friends of the Arch of Triumph of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary and International Shrine of the Holy Innocents,
I am pleased to share with you the following
article appearing in the September 7-13 issue of National Catholic
Register, at page 3, reporting on our recent Celebration of the
Culture of Life and Civilization of Love. We know that the Triumph
of Mary's Immaculate Heart is indeed coming, because she said it
would! Let us all pray and work for that great day.
MARY’S
TRIUMPH PROGRESSING ON GOD’S SCHEDULE, ARCH PROMOTER SAYS
BUFFALO, N.Y. (CNS) -- Despite appearances
to the contrary, the period of worldwide peace promised by Our Lady
of Fatima in 1917 is close at hand, according to the executive director
of a lay Catholic association planning to erect the world’s
tallest monument as a tribute to Mary.
New York attorney Laurence Behr, who heads
the Association for the Arch of Triumph of the Immaculate Heart
of Mary and International Shrine of the Holy Innocents, spoke Aug.
24 at the second annual “celebration of the culture of life
and civilization of love,” held in a Buffalo park.
Behr said Catholics in increasing numbers
are recognizing that the proposed 700-foot-tall ascendable arch,
along with a shrine dedicated to the worldwide victims of abortion,
will have great power to move and inspire people toward devotion
to Mary’s Immaculate Heart and conversion to the Catholic
faith.
When she appeared in Fatima, Portugal, Mary
predicted that Russia would be converted, that “my Immaculate
Heart will triumph” and that the world would know a period
of peace. She also said, “Jesus wishes to establish in the
world devotion to my Immaculate Heart.”
“This is our great goal, to help fulfill
the desire of Jesus, that the world honor and love his mother and
her Immaculate Heart,” said Behr, adding that Jesus is unwilling
for the world to know peace until it does so. Behr said Buffalo
is the best location for the shrine because it is the crossroads
of large population centers in Canada and the United States and
has the highest concentration of U.S. Catholics. Above all, he said,
“Our Lady herself chose Buffalo as the place for her triumphal
entry into America.” In 1947 the pilgrim virgin statue of
Our Lady of Fatima was not allowed to enter the United States through
New York City, Behr said, but instead came from the Canadian province
of Ontario into Buffalo.
“The papers of the day reported it
as ‘the greatest event of the year’ and that it caused
‘the largest traffic congestion ever recorded,’”
Behr said. “That is what I call a triumphal entry into America.”
Behr said his group has made strides toward
its goal, winning many supporters across the United States and Canada
and around the world. The cost of the arch/shrine project is estimated
at $100 million.
Among other speakers at the Aug. 24 event
were Vermont Probate Judge Dan Lynch, national guardian of the Missionary
Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Dr. Bryan Thatcher, founder
of the Eucharistic Apostles of the Divine Mercy, based in Tampa,
Fla. Both are directors of the association.
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go to www.ncregister.com
]
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Are shrines still relevant to the modern
world? More than ever! Indeed, Pope John Paul II himself has remarked,
that shrines are doing for the people of our day, what monasteries
did for the good of souls in earlier centuries.
For
additional insight, read this recent interview with Bishop Gaspar
Quintana Jorquera of Copiapo, Director of the Shrines and Popular
Religiosity Section of the Latin American Bishops' Council, http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=40500
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HELP SPREAD THE WORD! E-mail
us at LDBehr@archoftriumph.org,
to be sent flyers describing our great undertaking for Our Lady
and her innocent unborn, for sharing with friends, prayer groups,
Knights councils, other organizations, and fellow parishioners!
BE OUR LOCAL LIAISON FOR THE TRIUMPH!
It requires only a desire to help spread the word in your local
community, with our guidance and support, and the prayers and support
of our many Local Liaisons around the world! View at www.archoftriumph.org/liaisons.html
To get started, email me at ldbehr@archoftriumph.org
.
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NOW HERE! The VIRTUAL ARCH of Triumph of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary! Now, you can view your own name, the
names of your loved ones, and the names of the hundreds of Mary's
Children who have donated already, to build the Arch of Triumph
of Mary's Immaculate Heart! Just go to our Home page to begin your
tour, or to add your and your loved ones' names, www.archoftriumph.org
.
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HELP BUILD The Arch of Triumph
of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and International Shrine of the
Holy Innocents!
All contributions are gratefully received,
and are fully tax deductible.
CANADIANS! Thanks to our
new partnership with Our Lady Queen of Peace Center, a Registered
Charity based in Edmonton (Charitable Reg. No. 1347-486-98RR0001),
you may now deduct your contributions toward the building of Mary's
Triumphal Arch and Holy Innocents Shrine. Just make your checks
payable to Our Lady Queen of Peace Center, and mail them to the
address below in Buffalo.
INCENTIVES: For each donation
of at least $100 US, one name may be inscribed on Mary’s golden
Arch of Triumph and also upon the Virtual Arch, of a person, living
or deceased, born or unborn ($175 US per wedded couple; $250 for
group names). Please consider adding $7.00 to defray transaction
costs. Donors of at least $1000 will also receive a beautiful signed
certificate. Donors of at least $2000 may also have names placed
on bronze plaques in the Chapels of the Sacred Heart, the Immaculate
Heart, the Triumph, or the Holy Innocents, as they may choose. Qualifying
donations may be cumulative.
SEND AND MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Arch of
Triumph of the IHM, PO Box 394, Buffalo, NY 14201. Make SECURE charge
and check account donations on our Web site, http://www.archoftriumph.org/virtualarch/purchase.php
or by calling toll free, 1-866-205-6512. Or, you can print a donation
form for faxing or mailing, at http://www.archoftriumph.org/printdonation.html
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Dedication to Our Lady of Victory and to
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