Veronica Lueken (July 12, 1923 – August 3, 1995) was a Roman Catholic housewife from Bayside, New York, who, between 1970 until her death in 1995, reported experiencing apparitions of the Virgin Mary, Jesus, and numerous Catholic saints.
She gave messages she claimed to have received from them at both the grounds of Saint Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church in Bayside, and at the exedra monument at the 1964 New York World's Fair Vatican Pavilion site in Flushing Meadows Park.[1] Lueken and her husband Arthur W. Lueken, Sr. (died August 28, 2002) had five children. They met in Flushing Meadows Park skating rink on September 1, 1945 (Saturday, Labor Day weekend) and married the following November 1945.[2]
Bishop Francis Mugavero, then Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, stated in 1986 that "a thorough investigation revealed that the alleged visions of Bayside completely lacked authenticity" and that "the messages and other related propaganda contain statements which, among other things, are contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church".[3]
- ^ Morris, Michael (2015-09-29). "Exedra Monument at the Site of the Vatican Pavilion". Archives of the Archdiocese of New York. Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ "Memorial for Arthur W" (PDF) (obituary). Our Lady of the Roses Mary Help of Mothers Shrine. 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ Mugavero, Francis (1986-11-04). "Declaration Concerning the 'Bayside Movement'". EWTN. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-12-31.