Just prior to the Consecration of the Shrine, Bishop Rapallo wrote this Pastoral Letter in 1980.  In a beautiful manner he links the past with the future. He highlights in a succinct and spiritual manner the role and place of the Shrine ...more.
Bishop Rapallo's Pastoral Letter-The Consecration Of The Shrine
“Love is just a word until someone
 comes along and gives it meaning.”
Here is a collection of interesting documents that provide further information on Our Lady of Europe and the Shrine.  Their value lies in the underlying personal expectation of what devotion to Our Lady should entail.  They are offered on their original setting and circumstances but are still of great benefit and interest.
The full text of what Bishop Healy wrote in “The Bishop Speaks” forty-seven years ago.  It was published in “The Cathedral Newsletter” of Sunday 22nd October 1961.  His text deserves to be given full prominence ...here.
Bishop Healy's Dream
More recent picture of the statue of Our Lady of Europe.