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 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 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 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…
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’…
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 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…
Mass Intentions Saturday, May 20 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 21 7th Sunday of Easter 10:00am Antonietta Balsamo, 1st Year Anniversary; Franciszek Grzejka, Living, Sick; 12:00pm Spanish Mass:…
This Thursday, May 18th is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. It is a holy day of obligation. The evening Mass will be in Spanish as normal on Thursdays. Confessions will be available at 6:00pm also. There will be a 7:00pm Vigil Mass on Wednesday evening in English and a 12:05pm English Mass…
SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2023 – 8:00PM HOLY ROSARY SHRINE May 13th is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. On this date in 1917 Our Blessed Mother appeared for the first time to three shepherd children in this small town in Portugal. She told them: “pray the Rosary every day to obtain peace for the…