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Necedah Shrine

Town of Necedah, Italy

Necedah Shrine

Necedah Shrine, officially known as the Queen of the Holy Rosary, Mediatrix of Peace Shrine, is a Marian shrine located in Necedah, Wisconsin. On November 12, 1949, creator of the shrine, Mary Ann Van Hoof (1909–1984) reported receiving a vision from the Virgin Mary. She claimed that in subsequent v

isions she was told to "bring the truth to people" through prayer and the Rosary. Van Hoof later created a small shrine at where she supposedly saw the Virgin Mary, which grew into what it is today. The Roman Catholic Church investigated and found the reported visions and other phenomena indisputably faked, and when Van Hoof and her followers refused to desist in their worship at the Necedah Shrine, put them under interdict. Van Hoof and the shrine's followers then left the Roman Catholic Church and joined themselves to the Old Catholic movement. The shrine has accumulated various controversies over time, including a shrine-related shooting, various allegations of pedophilia, an alleged connection to a failed recall election in Wisconsin and inadequate medical practices at a shrine-ran orphanage.

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