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Open House
Saturday  June 16, 2007  Our Lady's Workshop  1 - 4 p.m.

Our Lady’s 37th Anniversary was a very successful and grace-filled weekend. About 80 pilgrims gathered for the Open House at Our Lady’s Workshop. They got a first-hand look of our sizeable operation when they toured the offices and pressroom. They also enjoyed good conversation, refreshments and our gardens.

Our Lady's workshop

James Donohue, Vice President of SMWA (rt.), greets pilgrims as they come off the bus.

Regina Fox, International Pilgrimage Organizer

Fr. Ted Bradley of Spokane, Wash.

Bill Dykes, LOSM (rt.) was also on hand to greet pilgrims as they got off the bus and entered the workshop.

Hanging in the pressroom is this gorgeous 7-foot crucifix carved from native wood by master artist, Felix Jesus Avalos, of La Rue, Tex.

Michael Mangan, President of SMWA (rt.) speaking with Ralph Lux, our Chicago, Ill., organizer and Harry Lux, of Lombard, Ill.

The Castricum Family from Budd Lake, NJ

Francis Harrington of Burlington, Mass., a professional pressman who volunteers his services frequently throughout the year for SMWA, demonstrates the printing process.

Here's our web press

Francis demonstrating how our folding machine works.

In the mailroom getting their sacramentals

Michael exhibiting the sword of St. Michael, a replica from the Vatican Museum, that hangs in his office

Michael showing the pilgrims the reliquary that contains a piece of the crucifix that Veronica of the Cross would clutch during her ecstasy and that the Blessed Mother would kiss at every Vigil. The pilgrims had the special privilege of venerating this at the end of the tour.