WE ARE BUILDING A
BEAUTIFUL SHRINE!
SUPPORT AN HISTORIC MOVEMENT TO HONOR THE MOTHER OF GOD
AND HER PROTECTION OF THE SANCTITY OF LIFE
Be a part of an effort to raise $100,000,000 to build The Holy Protection of the Mother of God National Shrine.
JOIN US IN BUILDING THIS BEAUTIFUL MARIAN SHRINE TO HONOR AND PROTECT THE SANCTITY OF LIFE
Be a part of our effort to raise $100,000,000 to build The Holy Protection of the Mother of God National Shrine.
A NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE DESTINATION IN WHICH THE SACREDNESS OF LIFE IS CELEBRATED
This will be a heavenly appeal-in-stone to the LORD and His Holy Mother's intercession for the protection of life in our culture. It will be a national shrine built in sacred Byzantine style as a prayerful convergence of Eastern and Western Christian traditions. We intend to build a 1000-year church of timeless beauty for generations to come as a holy site of pilgrimage and renewal for a culture of life.
Join us in donating to this magnificent project.
Why build a shrine?
Think of the miracles connected to the great Marian shrines around the world. We need a sacred place in the U.S. for fervent prayer to Mary, who protects the vulnerable in our culture of death. No nation can abort over 65 million innocent children and escape divine chastisement. We seek to make a monumental offering as a visible sign of our contrition as a nation for the sins of our fathers, to avert the hand of God and heal hearts.
Throughout Christianity's two millennia, the LORD has given His Holy Mother to assist His people in prevailing against the threats of their age.
Be it Constantinople, Lepanto, Guadalupe, Fatima, or any of the other innumerable examples, the Theotokos has been a harbinger of goodness and a protection of the vulnerable throughout Christian civilization.
And so now it is our turn: faced with the seeming impenetrable darkness of the culture of death, we turn to the 'woman clothed with the sun' (Rev. 12:1) for the triumph of life and the renewal of our culture.
The Holy Protection of the Mother of God
In the Catholic tradition, Mary is known for her intercession on behalf of the vulnerable.
Mary’s formal title as “Holy Protection” originates in the Byzantine tradition when she miraculously appeared in 10th century Constantinople as the besieged city petitioned her assistance. In answer to their prayers, the Theotokos appeared over one of Constantinople's prominent churches, held out her veil and draped it above the city as her sign of protection. Not only was Constantinople spared, but the invading pagan hoard would soon convert to Christianity only decades later. Again in 1675, she appeared over a Ukrainian monastery during a Turkish siege, holding out her veil in the same manner.
We, too, ask for her continued intercession and protection today as we strive not against Turkish arrows but against the demonic assaults on our children in the culture of death. Claim your place in this epochal battle between good and evil: Contribute from your storehouse to the creation of a national rally point for God and family. Yesterday, Moses built a banner altar (Exodus 17). Today, won't you join us in doing the same?
The Holy Protection of the Mother of God Shrine will:
- Tower above 40 acres of gorgeous wooded grounds.
- Captivate visitors with its stunning Kyivan-Byzantine architecture.
- House a museum honoring the virtuous witness of 20th-century men and women who laid down their freedom and lives for God's design on life and faith, esp. Ukrainian martyrs under Communism.
- Provide a sacred haven for counseling, spiritual direction, retreats, and shelter for women with at-risk pregnancies.
- Inspire a new generation of pro-life witnesses.
Your support will make this plan a reality!
Every day thousands of people will see the Shrine as they fly in or out of the Pittsburgh International Airport, or drive on the I-376 parkway.
Why this location? Because 57% of Americans can drive to Pittsburgh in one day; no other metropolitan area offers that degree of accessibility.
The Shrine's proximity to the Pittsburgh airport will help enable it to become a national Marian pilgrimage site.
Work is underway!
This bold project has already gained support. The foundation, in conjunction with world-renowned liturgical architects, McCrery Architects of Washington, DC, and LGA Partners of Pittsburgh, PA, and world-class builders, Mosites Construction Company of Pittsburgh, PA, are all working to make this shrine and apostolate a reality.
We need your prayers and financial support to ensure the shrine will open by 2028.
Our Goal is
$100 MILLION
$1WILL YOU SUPPORT THE SHRINE?
This is a monumental project and $100 million is an ambitious goal. Nevertheless, with God's grace we know we can achieve it with your help.
You are invited to a once-in-an-era opportunity to build something both magnificent and healing for our culture. We need an army of faithful generous benefactors giving abundantly from the heart, praying fervently, and bringing this good news to their neighbor.
By the grace of God and the intercession of His Holy Mother this vision will come to pass!
Is the Lord calling you to join us?
“Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said,
'It is more blessed to give than to receive'”
(Acts 20:35).
Leave your mark in a place that honors the sanctity of life.
GIVE TODAY
Email us at: info@holyprotectionshrine.org
or
Would you rather mail in your gift? Send it to this address.
Holy Protection Shrine
P.O. Box 761
Carnegie, PA 15106
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