{"id":97,"date":"2022-02-01T15:48:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T15:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2022-08-02T13:44:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:44:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"97\" class=\"elementor elementor-97\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b37035 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"0b37035\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40f9464\" data-id=\"40f9464\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e0e718 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e0e718\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ba53bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ba53bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f179b04\" data-id=\"f179b04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-912d621 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"912d621\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The National Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima is a Catholic Shrine and retreat center operated by the World Apostolate of Fatima USA and dedicated to the message of Our Lady of Fatima. Pilgrims and retreatants alike come to take advantage of our peaceful setting for prayer and meditation.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9b7b4d elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9b7b4d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6f7ca9\" data-id=\"a6f7ca9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bec3091 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bec3091\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0dfcc9\" data-id=\"e0dfcc9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82c788e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"82c788e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN4330-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-313\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN4330-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN4330-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN4330-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DSCN4330.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1233735\" data-id=\"1233735\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db2567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1db2567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Shrine<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd5c8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cd5c8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nestled within 150 acres of scenic farmland, the National Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, was built in 1978 as a response to Our Lord\u2019s question to Sister Lucia:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e94de63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e94de63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cWhat is being done to spread devotion to the Immaculate Heart of My Mother?\u201d<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd5e4d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd5e4d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Shrine\u2019s purpose is to be a point-of-contact where people can encounter Our Lady of Fatima\u2019s message of prayer, repentance, and conversion. It also serves as a conduit through which the message of Fatima can spread throughout the Americas and the rest of the world.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>At the heart of the Shrine is Our Lord\u2019s Eucharistic Presence in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Towering 130 feet above the Shrine is a bronze statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, with the roof representing her mantle flowing over and protecting us, her children.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-115cfcf elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"115cfcf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;triangle&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M500,98.9L0,6.1V0h1000v6.1L500,98.9z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e985308\" data-id=\"e985308\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-368f05b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"368f05b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-940866d\" data-id=\"940866d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71fead1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71fead1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Holy House<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-319d233 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"319d233\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cThis is the holiest place on earth.\u201d<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b1947 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0b1947\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">~Pope St. John XXIII speaking of the Holy House of Loreto<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4425a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4425a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If Our Lord\u2019s Eucharistic Presence is the heart of the Shrine, then the Holy House Chapel, dedicated in 1973, is the heart of the Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Center.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The Holy House Chapel is a scale replica of the Holy House of Loreto\u2014the home of the Holy Family now residing in Loreto, Italy. The builders of the Holy House Chapel took stones from the House of Loreto, pulverized them, and added them to the mortar, making the Chapel more than just a scale representation of the House.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The altar contains a section of the very same altar from the chapel in Tuy, Spain; where, in 1929, Sr. Lucia received a vision of the Trinity and Our Lady of Fatima, extending her Immaculate Heart, and the words Grace and Mercy flowing like water onto the altar from the Crucified Savior\u2019s left arm.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f56656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f56656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A wood statue of St. Joseph as he appeared at Fatima during the Miracle of the Sun is also there to greet pilgrims. <\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-33d8e12\" data-id=\"33d8e12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11fbca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11fbca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Holy-House-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-256 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Holy-House-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Holy-House-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Holy-House-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Holy-House-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bluearmyshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Holy-House-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; 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It houses the Pilgrim Virgin Statue, which is itself an exact replica of the miraculous Pilgrim Virgin Statue carried in procession at Fatima. 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Colgan, John Haffert and Mother Mary Stanislaus<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Mary, Mother of the Life Within grotto<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stations of the Cross<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Francis of Assisi garden<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Pio of Pietrelcina shrine<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angel Gabriel statue representing the first Joyful Mystery of the Rosary (just outside the Holy House Chapel, a short walk from the entrance to the Rosary Garden)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardian Angel of the United States Peace<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pond along the Marian Way<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Lady of Fatima and the Three Shepherd Children statue<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ss. 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