Summer Reminder
If you are going to be away during the summer months, please remember to mail in your makeup envelopes. This will be of great assistance to us in trying to meet our many financial obligations. Thank you and have a great summer!
Shrine Fair Planning – Open Meeting
There will be an important Shrine fair meeting on Monday, June 5th at 7:00pm in the shrine center. Everyone is welcome. Please join us as we begin planning for the shrine fair to be held September 1, 2 and 3rd. We welcome any suggestions and advice. Thank-you. ~Wayne Pickles
Baskets in need!
Looking for large and medium size baskets for the Holy Rosary Shrine Annual Fair which is held on Labor Day weekend. The baskets are needed for our raffle table. You may drop your baskets off at the Shrine Center, Monday through Thursday between 10:00am to 4:00pm. Thank you for your support. ~Linda Bolis.
Article – The Second Joyful Mystery
This Wednesday, May 31st, we will celebrate the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In St. Luke’s account of this important event we find the “Magnificat”, the beautiful canticle of Our Blessed Mother that the Church prays every day at Vespers (Evening Prayer). Here the young virgin mother cries out: “My spirit…
Mass Intentions – May 27th to June 4th, 2023
Mass Intentions Saturday, May 27 9:00am Novus Ordo Latin Mass: Priest’s Intentions 4:00pm St Rita Sodality, Memorial Mass for Deceased Members; Antonietta Balsamo, 1st Year Anniversary; David & Elaine Pickles; Anniversary Rememb.; Carmella Mancini, MMM; Sunday, May 28 Pentecost Sunday 10:00am Antonietta Balsamo, 1st Year Anniversary; Franciszek Grzejka, Living, Sick; 12:00pm Spanish Mass: Hermanos Frias…
From the Friars: Fire and Wind
From the Friars: Fire and Wind Today we celebrate the great Solemnity of Pentecost. We remember the miraculous outpouring of the Holy Spirit manifested by the sound of a strong driving wind and the descent of tongues of fire on the Apostles and Our Blessed Mother. The English translation of the Sequence says: “Come, Holy…
Article – The Patroness of Baseball
Article – The Patroness of Baseball Happy Feast of St. Rita! We are very blessed to have the St. Rita Sodality and devotion to this great saint as part of our tradition at Holy Rosary Shrine. St. Rita has the official title of the Paton Saint of Impossible Causes, but she also has the unofficial…
100th Anniversary of The Feast of the Three Saints
For the upcoming Feast, the St. Alfio Society will publish a “Commemorative Program Book” to distribute throughout the area. We would be delighted if Shrine families and businesses would place an insert in the book, especially since our Feast is so tied with the history of the Shrine. The inserts can honor your loved ones’…
The Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality News
Thank you to all of the Holy Rosary Shrine attendees who supported our Spring Basket Raffle! It was a great success. The winner of the “Happy Spring Basket” was Corliss Paolino and the winner of the “Gardening Basket” was Czeslawa Pelczar. A grateful thank you to the members who donated the baskets and sold the…
From the Friars: If Onlys
From the Friars: If Onlys The tradition of nine days of prayer, a novena, has its origin in today’s first reading. After Jesus’ Ascension to His Father, the Apostles “devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.” They waited nine days in the…