On Tuesday, October 17, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, dobbins jim wrote:
> >Last Thursday, my husband and I attended a talk at our parish by Mary
> >Ellen Lukas. She has had the stigmata ever since a trip to Medjugorje.
> >Our Lord and Our Lady also talk to her. She is from Hazelton, PA, and
> >has the permission of her bishop to travel and talk. I may have this
> >wrong, but I believe her work is called "The Lord's Work."
> >I have been an "observer" on the List, but thought this worth sharing.
> >If anyone has a chance to hear and see Mary Ellen, please do so. Her
> >talk about going to Our Lady with our problems and being persistent in
> >prayer was so down to earth that it hit home. And seeing someone
> >experiencing the stigmata...well, Jesus sure loves us!
> >Kathleen
> I attended the Mary Ellen Lucas session at Holy Rosary on Oct 5 and the
> healing Mass with Fr. Don Rinfret at St. Louis Church on Oct 12. The
> session on Oct 12 was extremely powerful. As she spoke, her crown of thorns
> stigmata began to bleed and after her talk, she gave everyone a hug as
> Fr. Don blessed us. It was amazing to have her look into your eyes with
> that big smile and those big blue eyes of hers, with rivers of blood
> streaming down her face. Fr. Don, her ministry team partner, is Fr. Don
> Rinfret, S.J., the priest of the East for Our Lady of Light headquartered
> in Cincinnati. Our Lady of Light has three priests: Fr. Don in the East,
> Fr. Smith in Cincinnati, and Fr. Sweeney at Holy Family parish in Ogden,
> Utah. The ministry of Fr. Don and Mary Ellen Lucas is called Our Father's
> Work, and subsists on donations. They have to do a lot of travel and have
> been invited by the bishops of several diocese to speak in the churches in
> those diocese. They have been or will be going to the diocese of
> Baltimore, Scranton, Washington DC, Little Rock, Raleigh-Durham, Ireland,
> the Phillipines, and others. If you ever have a chance to go to one of
> these talks, don't miss it. If you want them to come, the bishop has to
> approve it first. Fr. Don has several letters from other bishops he can
> send to your bishop to aid in his decision.
> Mary Ellen has been a visionary since she was 3 years old, and the Blessed
> Mother cured her of a serious ailment at that time, and about a year and
> a half ago, also cured Mary Ellen's new baby girl. Mary Ellen is a 40
> year old wife, mother of three girls, and very special messenger of God.
> You can write to her ministry to get on the mail list of where they will
> be, to make contributions, or to get tapes of her talks ($4.00 per cassette
> tape),by writing to:
> Our Father's Work
> 44 Hoffman Road
> Gettysburg, PA 17325-8227
> The first time I saw Mary Ellen was Summer of 1994. Fr. Don had told me
> about her. She prayed over a fellow with cancer and when she was about four
> feet from me, I could smell roses so strong it was amazing. She and Fr. Don
> are very special to our Lady and I recommend them to you very highly.
> Jim Dobbins
>
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