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In the 1950's there was a barber named Joe Battaglia.
"He had an idea that the virgin Mary appeared to him at night and wanted him to build a shrine to her as a message of peace and a message to go back and pray and so forth."
Battaglia described the vision as a glowing figure outside his window, looking like a brilliant white christmas tree. The barber then went outside and the figure began to take shape, he says, ultimately coming into focus as the blessed mother. He said Mary told him "don't be afraid, my dear, I have a mission for you."
According to Franczyk "So he built this incredible shrine, and it took him a year to do it...you know, brick by brick by brick, incased in glass, with a statue of the virgin Mary."
Video: http://www.wgrz.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=1266699134001
From http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/141228/37/Unknown-Stories-Our-Lady-of-Seneca-Street
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