2003 Letters

The Rosa Mystica Foundation of America does not affirm the personal account of spiritual events that appear in any letter submitted to the foundation.

Richard Wallace, who is the caretaker for the Rosa Mystica House of Prayer, submitted this letter to the M.A.N. Foundation on October 24, 2003.

My name is Rick Wallace and I am a combination of gatekeeper and greeter at the Rosa Mystica House of Prayer in Edmeston, NY. I would like to share with you an experience that happened to me on our closing weekend of October 11-12th.

On Saturday afternoon at around 2:55 p.m., I was starting to close the Rosa Mystica House of Prayerwhen a couple arrived from Rhode Island. They were somewhat disappointed that I was closing for the day. I said, "Please come in. I won't close until you are finished praying." They also told me they were meeting a group from Miami, Florida on Sunday noon at the Rosa Mystica House of Prayer.

When I arrived home Saturday evening, after dinner, I was feeling unsure about the path I was traveling with Rosa Mystica. In my prayers that night I asked, if possible, to be shown a sign if I was on the right path.

Sunday morning I arrived at the Rosa Mystica House of Prayer at 11:00. After opening the doors the couple from Rhode Island returned and at noon sharp the couple from Florida (former residents of Central America) arrived. Also, a girl and her friend came from Connecticut and Delmar, NY and a gentleman arrived from Utica, NY making a very warm gathering.

I was checking on things at the gift shop and making sure the visitors were comfortable. I took some time to rest out on the deck overlooking the beautiful valley. I have M.S. (multiple sclerosis) and I was starting to get a little tired. The slight rest was welcomed.

While I was meditating, I heard more pilgrims arrive at the Rosa Mystica House of Prayer. As I was getting into my wheel chair in the deck's doorway, I could sense the aroma of what I thought was some perfumed scent, but there was no woman near me. So, it had to be the scent of roses.

That afternoon I was invited to say the 3:00 rosary with the group. We would say a decade in Spanish and then a decade in English. During this time a woman exclaimed that there was blue and gold glitter on the left side of my shirt, pants and my left shoe. I looked at the gentleman from Utica and he also had glitter on his clothes. Soon after several feathers were found on my left shoulder.

When I arrived at my other home in Albany, NY my wife and son John immediately saw the glitter and were awed by it. A group member from Miami later told me the glitter and feathers were a sign of the presence of the Holy Spirit. I showed the feathers to a nun who sang in our choir and she told me they were a relic of St. Michael the Archangel.

Needless to say, the sign I had been asking for was shown to me.



This letter is printed in part with the permission of Deirdre Henehan and was received after the September 12-14, 2003 retreat.

"Thanks so much for giving us the Rosa Mystica House of Prayer; it is truly a holy place, where God's work is being done. Again thank you. My son Joseph (Ren) and I had a blessed pilgrimage." Deirdre and Ren Henehan



The following letter is printed with the permission of the author, Mary Timmis, and dated August 22, 2003.

"I just want to tell you that I made a pilgrimage by myself to the Rosa Mystica prayer house. I live in Ct. The caretakers were busy working so it was open. I saw the face of the staute oiling and there was a strong aroma of roses present. God Bless you for all that you do. It was a very moving experience for me and I felt as though I was in Medjugorje. Could you tell me if Mother Leonardi had any particular prophecies about this site besides just the location? Ten years ago I was in Italy and I tried to find the prayer house there of mother Leonardi, but just couldn't. God Bless, Mary."



The following excerpt is from a letter submitted by Maryann Elliott and dated July 31, 2003.

"Dear Noreen (Von Zwehl),

I enjoyed reading your correspondence today with the spiritual experiences mentioned by the members who attended the weekend at the beautiful Rosa Mystica House of Prayer.

I held back my own experiences because people do not believe private miracles or apparitions.

With the exception of Sunday (July 13th), I saw Padre Pio in back of the altar. I saw his figure down to his waistline all through the Holy Mass. It was so clear to me, yet I could not figure it out. I noticed a Cross where He stood. I stared. The Cross was slightly above his eyes and the long part came over his nose. But his face was clear. Later on I discovered that where Padre Pio appeared down to his waistline turned out to be the Holy Tabernacle. I did not know at first that it was the Tabernacle where he appeared and stood during the Holy Mass. The following day I clearly observed the whole Tabernacle. Maybe the whole thing was a figment of my imagination, even though I saw Padre Pio very clearly.

Another experience may not be unusual. The blue color of the Cross was shining on Father McCarthy's vestment during the time that Father stood in front of the podium.

The miracle of the Fatima sun has remained with me since 1967 when I spent three weeks there, taking a three week course of study on the entire message of Our Lady of Fatima. From 1967 onward our Prayer Group (St. Padre Pio) followed our Lady of Fatima.


This letter is printed in part with the permission of the author, Corinne Barnes.

Dear M.A.N. Foundation;

My name is Corinne Barnes and I am a member of St Mary the Assumption Church in Binghamton, NY. I was watching Catholic TV over the summer and saw a show about the Rosa Mystica House of Prayer. So on July 13th, 2003, my 10-year-old daughter and I drove out to Edmeston and visited the chapel. It is beautiful! We met Scapular John there, who was packing his things from the retreat, and he let my daughter and I go inside the Rosa Mystica House of Prayer. In there I felt non-stop goose bumps all over my body, and I couldn't help being moved to tears at seeing the statue of Mary. Scapular John offered to pray over me 3 times (an experience I have never had in my life) and I fell to the Spirit twice. This experience has changed my life.



A letter sent to Noreen Von Zwehl. Reproduced with the approval of the author Mr. Joseph Wisk.

The MAN Foundation
Noreen Von Zwehl
1121 Oyster Bay Road 
East Norwich, NY 11732


Dear Noreen,

I missed your presence and pray you will be active shortly. I thank you for the opportunity to be present at the dedication ceremonies at the Rosa Mystica House of Prayer and have something to report to you.

Re: Dancing sun:

Saturday 7-12-03 about 6:45 PM on N/S N.Y. Route 8 on the way from Angel Hill in Edmeston to our motel and restaurant in Norwich, several of us saw which one lady described as moving hosts. My description follows:

I'm a retired Hospital Microbiologist and Public Health Sanitarian and accustomed to identification of various sorts: organisms, objects, observations or conditions set before me.

I was seated at a window, in a mid bus location on the right side of the bus, talking with a gentleman in the group from Long Island N.Y. when a lady, directly in back of me shouted several times, "Look at the sun the Host is moving".

I looked at the sun, which was breaking through the clouds, and initially saw only the brightness of the sun. Then, looking at the sun, focusing (I was reluctant for fear of affecting the retina), I saw the disc of the sun, which was in an immobile position and another similar disc but less brilliant moving about erratically on my left of the immobile sun disc and bouncing about on the nearby clouds: it was seen by me as one would see a spot of light from a spotlight, but without a ray/beam. This I never saw before.

This continued for several minutes, and then stopped. Immediately afterwards and lasting about 5 minutes I saw multiple after-images of the sun discs (Hosts) in a dark orange shade, but did not see an after-image of the immobile sun disc.

The lady in back of me said she's seen dancing sun images before, which she called Hosts, and associated such phenomena with an affirmation of some type. I accept what I saw as an unexplainable occurrence, and unless proven otherwise a miracle (after-images are seen regularly by many and perhaps all).

I recall the reported occurrences of the dancing sun in various apparitions elsewhere.

Yours truly,

Joseph S. Wisk
Michigan, USA

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