Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WAS EXPANDED IN LATE 2018. IN APRIL 2019 THE BOARD ELECTED AL LANGSENKAMP AS THE NEW PRESIDENT. AL IS A RETIRED BUSINESS OWNER AND EXECUTIVE FROM CARMEL INDIANA. UNDER AL'S LEADERSHIP THE FOUNDATION HAS FOCUSED ON THE STABILIZATION AND RECLAMATION OF THIS HISTORIC STRUCTURE AND PREPARING FOR LARGER NUMBERS OF VISITORS IN 2020 AND BEYOND. AL HAS FOCUSED ON THE HISTORIC RELIGIOUS HERITAGE THAT HAS THIS PLACE AT ITS ROOT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEVOTION TO OUR LADY OF AMERICA, THE IMMACULATE VIRGIN AS INSPIRED BY SR. MARY EPHREM, C.CP.S. IN 2018 BISHOP RHOADES OF THE DIOCESE OF FORT WAYNE - SOUTH BEND FORMED A COMMISSION TO STUDY THE DEVOTION. ON MAY 7, 2020, BISHOP RHOADES ESTABLISHED DEVOTION TO OUR LADY OF AMERICA, THE IMMACULATE VIRGIN AS AN APPROVED PRIVATE DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND PRAISED THE HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE OF KNEIPP SPRINGS IN ROME CITY INDIANA (OUR FACILITY) GREAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. MOLD HAS BEEN REMEDIATED, POWER, WATER HAVE BEEN RESTORED, 200 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES HAVE BEEN ADDED, ROOFING INSPECTED AND REPLACED WHERE NECESSARY. IN SUMMER OF 2021 OUR VISITOR WELCOME CENTER WILL OPEN AND WE WILL ACCEPT PILGRIMS AND VISITORS. WE EXPECT TO SOON HAVE A REGULAR SCHEDULE OF MASS AND CONFESSION AS APPROVED BY BISHOP RHOADES. FUNDING HAS COME FROM AN EXPANDED BASE OF PUBLIC DONORS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $334.6K

  • Our Lady, Patroness Of America Center

    ON AUGUST 6TH, 2022, BISHOP KEVIN C. RHOADES OFFERED THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS, CONSECRATED THE CHAPEL, AND RENAMED IT THE ORATORY OF THE HOLY FAMILY. THESE ACTS OF OUR BISHOP SIGNALED THE OPENING OF THE OUR LADY, PATRONESS OF AMERICA CENTER, AND THE ORATORY OF THE HOLY FAMILY, ALONG WITH HIS VISIBLE SUPPORT FOR OUR WORK. OVER 750 PEOPLE ATTEND HIS MASS, WITH NEARLY 400 PEOPLE IN THE OVERFLOW TENT OUTSIDE. NEARLY 6,000 PILGRIMS VISITED THE CENTER, PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAMS, PRAYED, OR JUST STROLLED THE BEAUTIFUL GROUND ON THE 62 ACRES. ENTERING 2023, WE FOCUSED ON FURTHER RECOVERING SPACE IN OUR 100+-YEAR-OLD BUILDING, MAKING IT MORE FUNCTIONAL AND COMFORTABLE FOR OUR VISITORS. WE ARE CONSISTENTLY AMAZED BY VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND MANY INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS. WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS AND TOURS. WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY HAD OUR FIRST SATURDAY MASS AND THE DIVINE WILL CONFERENCE. WE ADDED THE PILGRIM WALK, CELEBRATING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEVOTION TO OUR LADY OF AMERICA, WHICH DREW A SURPRISING 350 PILGRIMS. FUNDING CONTINUES TO BE FIRM WITH AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DONORS. DONATIONS FOR 2022 WERE DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM 2021. 2021 WAS A STRONG YEAR DUE TO OUR BENEFACTORS REACTING TO THE SIGNIFICANT NEED TO GET THE FACILITY OPEN FOR PILGRIMS. THAT WORK WAS COMPLETED MAINLY BY MID-2022, AND DONORS PULLED BACK SOMEWHAT. HOWEVER, THE EXPANSION OF THE DONOR BASE HAS PRIMARILY OFFSET THAT. THE MESSAGE OF HOPE OUR LADY OFFERS OUR COUNTRY IS BEING WELL RECEIVED AND IS GAINING MOMENTUM. IN 2023, BISHOP KEVIN RHOADES WILL RETURN TO OFFER HOLY MASS AND TO DEDICATE A NEW ALTAR FOR THE HOLY FAMILY ORATORY.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $486.4K