Bullsbrook’s Our Lady of the Revelation Church will this weekend celebrate the anniversary of the Apparition of the Virgin Mary to Luigina Sinapi and Bruno Cornacchiola.
The Church, which is not a parish of the Archdiocese of Perth but is owned and operated by the SACRI Association, is inviting the Perth Catholic community to gather at the Church for the occasion on Saturday 9 April from 11am with recitation of the Rosary and Mass at 12noon.
A Plenary Indulgence has been granted by Pope Francis for those who visit the Shrine on the occasion of the anniversary.
Reports have it that the Virgin Mary appeared to Servant of God Luigina Sinapi on 12 April 1937.
On pilgrimage while praying at Tre Fontaine, where St Paul was martyred, Luigina experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary who told Luigina she would convert and make use of a man who combats the Church, and who will desire to kill the Pope.
The Virgin Mary also told Luigina to speak to Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, and that he would become the next Pope – Pope Pius XII.
The apparitions to Luigina have been neither approved or disapproved by the Vatican.
In 1947, exactly ten years later and in the same place which the Virgin Mary appeared to Luigina – where there is now the Sanctuary of Blessed Mary of the Third Millennium at the Tre Fontane – the Virgin Mary appeared to Bruno Cornacchiola, encouraging him to return to the Church.
A protestant tram driver and former soldier in Spain who was deeply hostile to the Catholic Church, it was just in the days prior to the Blessed Virgin Mary appearing to him that he had decided to assassinate the Pope.
Mr Cornacchiola went on to meet Pope Pius XII and present to him the dagger with which he had intended to kill him.
The Virgin Mary is reported to have continued appearing to him until his death in 2001.
The apparitions to Mr Cornacchiola have been neither approved or disapproved by the Vatican.
In the early 1980’s Bruno Cornacchiola visited Perth and together with the Lombardo family, who were devoted to Our Lady of Revelation, and the effort and love of volunteers and donors, the Church and Shrine in Bullsbrook began construction in the 1980s.
It was opened by then Archbishop William Foley on 7 June 1987.
Today, the catechetical mission of the Virgin of Revelation continues, through the SACRI Association, focused on teaching the words of Jesus Christ. For more information, contact Catherine Raspanti on 0434 362 028 or email catherine@sacriaustralia.com.au.