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Open House

Saturday  June 25, 2011
Our Lady's Workshop
12 - 4 p.m.

About 70 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.

(from l. to r.) Romel Alvarado of Rutherford, N.J., Joseph Castricum of Budd Lake, N.J. and Manuel Fernandez, Jr. of Miami, Fla.

Anniversary Gift Shop  In the mailroom, rosaries, medals, books and other sacramentals were laid out and made available to the pilgrims who purchased many items for their loved ones back home. Our Lady's Worker, Alice Dennis (c.) of Bay Shore, N.Y., assisted the devotees.

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

The pilgrims venerated 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.