The Catholic Defender: Our Lady of Heede, Queen of the Poor Souls in Purgatory
- Donald Hartley
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Yes, the apparitions of Our Lady of Heede, titled "Queen of the Poor Souls in Purgatory," received significant local Church approval, with the Bishop of Osnabrück declaring in 1959 that the manifestations showed "undeniable proof of the seriousness and authenticity," finding nothing contrary to Catholic faith, and allowing pilgrimages, though a final, universal Church decree remains reserved.
When 4 girls Anna Schulte, Greta Gauseforth (11) (1926-1996) and Maria Gauseforth (13) and Susanna Bruns (+1994) went to church for All Saints Day suddenly perceive a hundred feet a "floating light" to a meter from the ground, then see a "light form" resembling a woman's silhouette.
Frightened, they re-entered the church.They reported that The Blessed Virgin had appeared to them with the Divine child in her arms.
Another girl, Anna Schulte, surprised left the church, exploring the place indicated by Margaret and Grete, and "go to the Virgin with her Child."
The ceremony ends. Maria and Grete, accompanied by Anna and Adele Bruns, fifteen years, and her sister Susanne (died September 22, 1994), they decide to go back to the cemetery.
It's there, between the two cypresses!, Margaret exclaims.
The apparition remained silent.
All the girls saw the Virgin except for Adele, who impatiently said, "go back to the house,
I am not sure about these stories." Margaret and Grete told their mother and immediately alerted Fr. Staelberg, priest of the parish.
The news was received in village with predictable skepticism and amusement.
It wasn’t until the girls shown a dramatic change in their way of life that villagers began to wonder.
The girls switched from pleasures and amusements to long and fervent prayer, impatiently waiting for the hour when they would see the Heavenly Vision again.
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