Necedah Shrine (officially "Queen of the Holy Rosary, Mediatrix of Peace Shrine" ^[1]) is a Marian shrine located in Necedah, Juneau County, Wisconsin, in the Diocese of La Crosse. On November 12, 1949, Mary Ann Van Hoof (1909-1984) reported to have received a vision from the Blessed Virgin Mary. In her various visions, Van Hoof said she was told to "bring the truth to people" through prayer and the Rosary. The Roman Catholic Church does not recognize the shrine, and put Van Hoof under interdict. A Virgin Mary shrine is a shrine marking an apparition or other miracle ascribed to the Blessed Virgin Mary. ... Necedah is a village in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. ... Juneau County is a county located in the state of Wisconsin. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  Ranked 23rd  - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 310 miles (500 km)  - % water 17  - Latitude 42° 30′ N to 47° 05′ N  - Longitude 86° 46′ W to 92° 53′ W Population  Ranked... The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse was erected on March 3, 1868 by Pope Pius IX in western Wisconsin. ... is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mrs Mary Ann Van Hoof (1909-1984) was an alleged Marian visionary who was said to witness manifestations of the Virgin Mary at Necedah, Wisconsin, at which she and her followers constructed a Necedah Shrine. ... Our Lady redirects here. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... For other meanings see Interdict The word interdict usually refers to an ecclesiastical penalty in the Roman Catholic Church. ...

Visions

Van Hoof reported that she received nine visions between November 2, 1949 and October 7, 1950. Pilgrims reportedly saw Van Hoof in a state of religious ecstasy^[1]. The messages were recorded on a tape recorder, and long hand by at least two people^[1]. Some messages were repeated word for word, but in most cases Van Hoof was inspired by her own language^[1]. There were 100,000 people attending vision on August 15, 1950, and witness accounts vary significantly. Many messages were given at home^[1]. is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Van Hoof said that she suffered the Passion of Our Lord on the Fridays of Advent and Lent. Van Hoof reported she was told in a vision that the most perfect way of offering mass is the Tridentine Mass approved by Saint Pius V and the Council of Trent for the Latin Church. ^[2] She was reportedly told that the Novus Ordo Mass developed in the Vatican shortly after the Second Vatican Council is watered down^[2]. Believers believe in modest dress, not talking with the priest before Mass, only priests should distribute Holy Communion, not taking communion by hand, and oppose numerous other changes which were implemented, in some parts of the world, in the years after Vatican II^[2]. Given their later association with married Old Catholic clergymen it appears however that the shrine group has no problems with a married priesthood. The Passion is the theological term used for the suffering, both physical and mental, of Jesus in the hours prior to and including his trial and execution by crucifixion. ... Advent (from the Latin Adventus, implicitly coupled with Redemptoris, the coming of the Saviour) is a holy season of the Christian church, the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Christ, also known as the season of Christmas. ... It has been suggested that Cuaresma be merged into this article or section. ... The Tridentine Mass (Pontifical High Mass) being celebrated at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Wyandotte, Michigan - 1949. ... Pope St. ... The Council of Trent is the Nineteenth Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. ... The Latin Church is that part of the Roman Catholic Church where the Latin rites are or were used in the liturgy. ... The Mass of Pope Paul VI is the liturgy of the Catholic Mass of the Roman Rite as revised after the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). ... For other uses of Mass, see Mass (disambiguation). ... The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II, was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. ... The Old Catholic Church is a community of Christian churches. ... Clerical marriage is the practice, followed in most Protestant and Orthodox churches, of allowing clergy to marry and have a family. ... This article is about religious workers. ...

Believers are building a new "House of Prayer" at the spot of the visions.

Interdict

Van Hoof and her followers were put under interdict by the Roman Catholic Church as the Catholic Church considers the visions of Mary Ann Van Hoof of the Blessed Virgin Mary to be false, and Bishop John Patrick Treacy (1948-1964) of the Diocese of La Crosse had ordered the Necedah Shrine to be closed already in 1950, long before the liturgical changes and uncertainties in the Church arose. Van Hoof and her associates did not obey these legitimate orders, however. Bishop Treacy's successors refused to recognize the shrine. Bishop Frederick William Freking (1964-1983), Treacy's immediate successor, excommunicated Van Hoof and anyone else associated with her shrine, precipitating her final schism with the Roman Catholic Church.[1] For other meanings see Interdict The word interdict usually refers to an ecclesiastical penalty in the Roman Catholic Church. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... Our Lady redirects here. ... John Patrick Treacy (July 23, 1891-October 11, 1964). ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frederick William Freking (August 11, 1911 – November 28, 1998) was Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin. ... Excommunication is religious censure which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. ... The word schism (IPA: or ), from the Greek σχισμα, schisma (from σχιζω, schizo, to split), means a division or a split, usually in an organization. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ...

Criticism

According to one critical website, Van Hoof was brought up as a spiritualist, and her first husband was a divorcé, which would have been illegitimate and invalidating under church doctrine, as would her subsequent divorce of her first husband, and remarriage to Ted Van Hoof, as well as her third marriage to her final spouse, Ray Hirt. In the first and third cases, there may have been no marriage certificate. ^[3] Spiritualism is a religion in which contact with the spirits of the dead through a medium is central. ... For the record label, see Divorce Records. ...

This did not stop Mary Ann Van Hoof and Myrtle Sommers from maintaining and recording disclosures from a traditionalist Marian apparition manifestation at the site. In the Library of Congress, there are two volumes listed as credited to the Queen of the Holy Rosary Mediatrix of Peace Shrine which were dated until 1978. However, as their website notes, it still maintains some commemorative and merchandising services. A traditionalist Catholic is a Roman Catholic who believes that there should be a restoration of the liturgical forms, public and private devotions, and presentation of Catholic teachings that prevailed in the Catholic Church just before the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). ... Apparition of The Virgin to St Bernard by Filippino Lippi (1486) Oil on panel, 210 x 195 cm Church of Badia, Florence A Marian apparition is an event in which the Virgin Mary is supposed to have supernaturally appeared to one or more persons, typically Catholics, in various settings. ... Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building, from July 8, 1888 to May 15, 1894. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...

Unity Publishing, an orthodox and non-schismatic conservative Roman Catholic organization, noted that other people associated with the shrine have had other difficulties and legal procedures started against them. In 1987, Old Catholic priest Father Garry McLaughlin, a clergyman associated with the shrine, was convicted of mail fraud. David Schott, another married Old Catholic priest of the shrine, was later convicted of paedophile offenses against an eleven-year-old boy. With the alleged assistance of Shrine personnel, he escaped custody. Harry Binkowski, another Shrine acolyte, shot and killed Tommy Huber, an associate. The police were called, and Binkowski, an apparent survivalist, was shot dead. It was later learnt that he had amassed considerable armaments in his on-site dwelling: [2] The Old Catholic Church is a community of Christian churches. ... The Old Catholic Church is not so much a religious denomination, as a community, part of whose member churches split from the Roman Catholic church in 1870. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      This article...

As for the content of the alleged revelations, there are repeated references to imminent Chastisement, a thermonuclear World War III, Soviet submarines, and accusations that the mainstream Roman Catholic hierarchy and Papacy have been subverted (allegedly even already before the controversial Second Vatican Council and its chaotic aftermath). According to Unity Publishing, the shrine associates claim that a spaceship will transport "the faithful" to an underground civilization, "Middle Earth", at the end of the world.[3]. Revelation of the Last Judgment by Jacob de Backer Revelation is an uncovering or disclosure via communication from the divine of something that has been partially or wholly hidden or unknown, which could not be known apart from the unveiling (Goswiller 1987 p. ... For self punishment, see castigation For the band, see [[1]] ... A nuclear holocaust is often associated with World War III For other uses, see World War III (disambiguation). ... CCCP redirects here. ... For other uses, see Submarine (disambiguation). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ... The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II, was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. ... For the eschatological beliefs of various religions, see End Times. ...

Since 1975, the shrine has disaffiliated itself from mainstream Roman Catholicism, affiliating itself instead to an Old Catholic, conservative schismatic organization, the American National Catholic Church. Former Old Catholic Archbishop Edward Stehlik, who had previously presided at the shrine, was married twice beforehand. According to Milwaukee media cited on F. John Loughlan's website [4], he misled others about a faked former past as an ordained Roman Catholic priest and a Discalced Carmelite monk. He later attempted to become an Episcopalian priest, and also asserted that he was gay. The Old Catholic Church is a community of Christian churches. ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... This article is about the Episcopal Church in the United States. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ...

Fidelity Magazine, a Roman Catholic periodical, quotes one of Van Hoof's messages, in its February, 1989 Issue as detailing that the devotees of the Necedah Shrine would be spared Armageddon when, right before the world's doom, a 1,200 year-old man named Joe will come in a spaceship to save them. The evangelist John of Patmos writes the Book of Revelation. ...

Aftermath

The shrine currently runs a private primary school, established in 1982, as well as a Visitors Center. Despite local Wisconsin Catholic hierarchy disassociation, the shrine still conducts business and is strongly affiliated with Roman Catholic anti-abortion politics and pro-life groups. It is also integrated into an associated network of Marian apparitions that usually go unrecognized by the mainstream US Roman Catholic hierarchy. According to F. John Loughnan's website, the Necedah Shrine may have served as an inspiration for Mrs Veronica Lueken's Bayside Marian apparition in New York, as Mrs Lueken apparently lived in Indianapolis in 1953, and may have visited the shrine. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... ... This article is about the social movement. ... Apparition of The Virgin to St Bernard by Filippino Lippi (1486) Oil on panel, 210 x 195 cm Church of Badia, Florence Marian apparitions are events in which the Virgin Mary is purported to have supernaturally appeared to one or more persons, typically Catholics, in various settings. ... Veronica Lueken (1923-1995) was a Roman Catholic housewife who lived in Bayside, New York. ... Apparition of The Virgin to St Bernard by Filippino Lippi (1486) Oil on panel, 210 x 195 cm Church of Badia, Florence A Marian apparition is an event in which the Virgin Mary is supposed to have supernaturally appeared to one or more persons, typically Catholics, in various settings. ...

Although his study focuses on Lueken and the Bayside Marian apparition, Michael Cuneo's framework of Catholic apocalyptic apparitionist dissent is also applicable to Van Hoof and the Necedah Shrine. ^{[citation needed]} As with the Bayside apparition, the Necedah Shrine message referred to a Chastisement, promoted an anticommunist and apocalyptic worldview, which incorporated elements of conspiracy theory. In addition, it regarded the Catholic Church and Papacy as convulsed by institutional crisis, which meant that its 'seer' and her followers could rely on their own thaumaturgical (or magical) claims to authority rather than adhere to assessment of the local Ordinary on the veracity or otherwise of her visions. Unlike the Bayside shrine (which remains convincedly Roman Catholic institutionally) however Van Hoof and her followers relinquished ties with the official Roman Catholic hierarchy, rather than accept the authority of the institutional Church. Instead they have taken up ties with Old Catholic clergymen and the Marian apparitions ostensibly approved of this association, which is normally forbidden to Roman Catholics. This evaluation by Mr Cuneo and Mr Loughnan is however not shared by all and others point out to liceity of the actions of the Necedah Shrine given the possibly injust treatment it received from the local Roman Catholic bishop. For other uses, see Conspiracy theory (disambiguation). ...

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
• Maloney, Marlene. "Necedah Revisited: Anatomy of a Phony Apparition" Fidelity Magazine (Volume 8, Number 3) February 1989 pg. 18-34. E. Michael Jones, editor. ISSN 0730-0271
• Queen of the Holy Rosary Mediatrix of Peace Shrine
• 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: "Volume 1: 1950-1970", "Volume 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

Reference

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} July 2006, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 3 of Shrine Newletter
2. ^ ^{a b c} July 2006, Volume 8, Issue 3, Various pages of Shrine Newletter
3. ^ Necedah at Unity Publishing

See also

• Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
• Veronica Lueken

The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Catholic shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary in La Crosse, Wisconsin. ... Veronica Lueken (1923-1995) was a Roman Catholic housewife who lived in Bayside, New York. ...

External links

• Necedah Shrine
• 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"