$40,000 in rare coins left at Md. holy site
EMMITSBURG, Md. - Operators of a Catholic shrine in Maryland thought they had been blessed with a big donation this month when a worker found $40,000 worth of rare coins on the grounds.
But officials at Mount St. Mary's University said Wednesday that the bags of money had only been left at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes for safekeeping.
Shrine Director William Tronolone says the owner returned to retrieve them about a week later, on Nov. 16.
He says she told him she wanted the Blessed Virgin Mary to watch over her treasure while she was out of town.Tronolone says the school's security chief persuaded the woman to put the coins in her bank safe deposit box.
EMMITSBURG, Md. - Operators of a Catholic shrine in Maryland thought they had been blessed with a big donation this month when a worker found $40,000 worth of rare coins on the grounds.
But officials at Mount St. Mary's University said Wednesday that the bags of money had only been left at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes for safekeeping.
Shrine Director William Tronolone says the owner returned to retrieve them about a week later, on Nov. 16.
He says she told him she wanted the Blessed Virgin Mary to watch over her treasure while she was out of town.Tronolone says the school's security chief persuaded the woman to put the coins in her bank safe deposit box.