Joe Vincenzo's Story Joe is an Advisory Board member who was kind enough to share his personal witness with us here. My name is Joseph Vincenzo. I live in Ashtabula, Ohio with my family and children. My first visit to the grounds of the Servants of Mary was in July of 1996 when I first walked the grounds around what struck me as the most spectacular and beautiful statues of the Holy Mother and her son Jesus that I had ever seen. As I walked around looking up at the statue, and unexplainable feeling of peace and love came over me. The deep serenity that I felt in viewing the wonderful statuary and grounds drew me back several times all the way from north Ashtabula. Not long after my initial visit to the grounds of the Servants of Mary I was diagnosed with a stomach disease called " shoskie ring". To treat the disorder the doctor informed me that he would need to stretch my stomach three to four times a year. Not long after the first time this procedure was done, when I returned to the grounds of the Servants of Mary, I asked the Holy Mother to ask God to heal my stomach. When I looked up, I felt that Mary was directing me to Jesus as if to say, "Pray to my son". My testimony is that ever since this time I have not been to the doctor for my stomach condition. This was ten years ago! That is the miracle that was given to me through the gratitude and for the sake of the whole community benefiting from the ground of the Servants of Mary. I now return often, sometimes with help from my family, as a groundskeeper, mowing the lawn and doing other things to help keep the grounds beautiful and to help it prosper for others to enjoy as I do.   God Bless,   Joseph Vincenzo November 29, 2009   If you have a shrine story you would like to share, contact us.