With all the bad news in the Church and the world, it is an encouragement to read about the Catholic love for Mary in a mining city in the 630 mile-wide “mountain state,” Montana. This is part of American Catholic history, a tribute to tough men and women of various Catholic cultures who put their Faith first in difficult times. I was so impressed reading about this. What a feat! And I never even heard about it.
The Christian Review: The third tallest statue in the United States bears the image of the Blessed Mother and stands astride the jagged Rocky Mountain Continental Divide 3,000 feet above the city where I grew up. The massive 90-foot tall, sixty-ton steel statue is called Our Lady of the Rockies, overlooking Butte, Montana. Full story is here.
