3. To bring souls
to Jesus through Mary for conversion and holiness, and to bring them closer to
Jesus through Mary than they ever could get on their own;
4. For every
soul that completes this consecration, to bring us closer to the day that Our
Lady prophesized at Fatima : " In the end, my Immaculate Heart will Triumph",
and to assist in bringing all hearts under the reign of Jesus and
Mary.
Origins of the Apostolate :Tony Mullen and I founded
the Apostolate in late December, 1999 ,with the objective of encouraging those
who love Our Lord and Our Lady , to consecrate their lives to Jesus through
Mary, by completing the de Montfort Total Consecration, and providing them with
the means to do so, at no cost to the individuals. Our goal was 1,000
consecrated souls as a gift to Our Lady during the Great Jubilee Year, and to
form an Apostolate of those who have completed the consecration, and who desire
to help Our Lady to spread this devotion to others. By the end of the fifth
year, we expected only 5,000 cumulative requests for our package to have been
received..
Cumulative Requests Received Each Year :
Our Lady
had other plans. By the end of the Great Jubilee Year, 3,212 requests for the
package were received. During the second year, 4,293 more requests were
received, by the end of the third year, another 3,958 requests were
received. By the end of the fourth year, another 4,748 requests were
received and the fifth year brought another 8,027 requests, for a
cumulative total of 24,238 requests over 5 years. The number of
requests received during 2004 were significantly higher than any of the other
previous years, and equals about half of of the 16,211 cumulative
total for the first four years, indicating exponential growth during the fifth
year.
Cumulative Numbers of Apostolate Members by
Year :
Expectations for Apostolate members were no more than 50 by the
end of the fifth year. Actual Members were 70 by the end of the first year, and
another 41 during the second year, and another 32 during the third year, and
another 18 during the fourth year, and another 49 during the fifth year, for a
cumulative total for five years of 210 Apostolate members. Members came
from a total of 26 countries : 10 countries during the first year, and from 6
more countries by the end of the second year , and 2 more countries during
the third year, and 4 more countries during the fourth year, and 4 more
countries during the fifth year. These countries are : Argentina,
Belarus, Canada, Columbia, Costa Rica, England, India, Indonesia, Ireland,
Kenya, Korea, Mexico, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines,
Romania, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, West
Indies, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Countries From Which Packages Have Been
Requested :During the first year, packages were mailed to 43 countries
worldwide. During the second year, requests were received from 18 more new
countries , and from 8 more new countries in the third year, from 9 more
countries in the fourth year,and 7 more countries during the fifth
year, for a five year total of 85 countries.
Total number of
countries where packages have been mailed : 85, to inculde :
Antigua,
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium,
Belize, Botswana, Brazil,Canada, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curapcio,
Denmark, Egypt, Federal States of Micronesia (Caroline Islands), Finland,
France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India,
Ireland , Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Malasia, Malta,
Mauritius, Mexico, Nethutille, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria,
Norway, Oman, Peoples Republic of China, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,
Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Kiribati, Romania, Saint Lucia, Saint Thomas
(Virgin Islands), Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, South
Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey,
Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Venezuela,
Wales, West Indies, Yugoslavia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Other requests
received: from Sailors aboard the USS Nimitz, and the USS
Ardent.
Countries Consistently Requesting the Largest Number of
Packages :United States, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Canada, Australia, and
the Philippines.
Sources
from which Requests for Consecration Packages are Received :
Members of
the Friends of Our Lady Apostolate ( Thanks to each Member
)
Joyce Lange's Lists (
Thank you, Joyce )
http://www.ourlady33.com ( Thank
you, Richard )
http://www.freeforcatholics.com ( Thank you, Anthony )