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OUR LADY OF AMERICA - NEWSLETTER
January 15, 2007
Feast of St. Paul the Hermit
"Who is She who comes forth like the morning rising,
fair as the Moon, bright as the Sun,
terrible as an army set in battle array?"
[Song of Solomon 6:10]

Messages of Our Lady of America freely available

This apostolate has asked the well respected law firm of Ice Miller, LLP to research the validity of claims by Patricia Fuller a/k/a Sister M. Joseph Therese that she alone controls all things concerning Our Lady of America.  Mr. Michael Swift, Partner at Ice Miller LLP, in a letter sent today to Bishop Leonard Blair of the Diocese of Toledo, issued an opinion that those messages given by the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of America to Sister Mary Ephrem and as approved by Monsignor Paul F. Leibold and many of the other historical devotionals are in the public domain. Because the messages are in the public domain, anyone can copy the messages and distribute such copies to the faithful.

As indicated on her website and in other correspondence, Patricia Fuller has claimed: "I want for the faithful to know that the Only authentic source of information about Our Lady of America or the writings of Sister Mildred Neuzil come from the Our Lady of Nativity Convent and the Our Lady of America Center in Fostoria, Ohio."   The research and opinion of Ice Miller LLP indicates that this claim is simply inaccurate.

Furthermore, the messages themselves indicate that the bishops are the ones who are responsible for the promotion of this devotion to Our Lady of America. (See: January 1957; August 22, 1957; February 23, 1959)

This is a great day for this devotion to Our Lady of America!  It appears that erroneous assertion by Patricia Fuller may have held back the wide distribution of the messages for many years.  We urge the Christian faithful, with all deliberate speed, to make this devotion known by as many persons as possible and to respond to Our Lady's call for Purity. Each and every one of the Faithful may freely spread these approved messages from the Blessed Virgin Mary.

This apostolate is making Holy Cards and Message books available to all, free of charge. These new devotionals, without copyright notices, are currently being printed and will start shipping near the end of January.

Meanwhile, you may download all of the messages and holy card and start printing them at home or at the neighborhood printer, making them available free of charge or a free will offering only. Please join us in this work of Our Lady. Remember, only publish and distribute the messages that are approved by Monsignor Paul F. Leibold.   Any changes to the messages would not have proper Church approval. This includes the addition of any messages that have been presented as received after the death in 1972 of Monsignor Paul F. Leibold.

We make holy cards available free of charge to anyone who has the ability to distribute them to groups. Make your request for your free Holy Cards by clicking here.

To see full text of the letter Click Here.

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