Mission

Our ‘Hope’, if you will, is to build & design a Shrine to Our Lady with the simple goal of educating our families in the Teachings & Traditions of Mother Church. The grounds, with numerous gardens, are directed to the Understandings & Wisdom of our Catholic Faith. The Shrine will also offer opportunities to stay the night(s) for contemplative discernments, Catholic retreats or simply, to be still and pray. 

If you believe that Fr. Mark Bryan Beard has interceded for you in a miracle, please send it to the email address below. Include all pertinent information, such as date, name of person, description of miracle, and place of miracle. Please keep a record and documentation for yourself. This is not a formal investigation, however a form for us to keep track of the miraculous deeds Fr. Mark Beard has interceded for us before and after his death.

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3167 Old Highway 51 S.

Osyka, MS 39657

Our ‘Hope’, if you will, is to build & design a Shrine to Our Lady with the simple goal of educating our families in the Teachings & Traditions of Mother Church. The grounds, with numerous gardens, are directed to the Understandings & Wisdom of our Catholic Faith. The Shrine will also offer opportunities to stay the night(s) for contemplative discernments, Catholic retreats or simply, to be still and pray. 

“As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.” - Pope John Paul II

Fr. Mark Beard

If you believe that Fr. Mark Bryan Beard has interceded for you in a miracle, please send it to the email address below. Include all pertinent information, such as date, name of person, description of miracle, and place of miracle. Please keep a record and documentation for yourself. This is not a formal investigation, however a form for us to keep track of the miraculous deeds Fr. Mark Beard has interceded for us before and after his death.

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