Did you know that our Annual Shrine Fair, held on Labor Day weekend, is our Shrine’s largest fundraiser? With the help of many outside donors and generous parishioners, we are able to continue to provide wonderful raffle prizes and gift items every year. As the raffle table coordinator, I am kindly asking for your support…
Mass Intentions for July 2nd to July 10th Saturday, July 2nd 9:00am Priest Intentions 4:00pm St. Rita Sodality; In thanksgiving to St. Rita, FFR; John Dadducci, Birthday Remembrance; Antonio & Mary Ferrara; Christine Ferguson, 14th Anniversary; Antoinetta Balsamo; William Ellard; Dawn Marie Borrelli; In Thanksgiving to The Holy Trinity, FFR; The Catalano Family; David &…
From the Friars: True Freedom This 4th of July, as we fire up the grills and gather to celebrate the birth of our nation, let us call to mind the words of Thomas Jefferson which continue to inform and inspire us today, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,…
For all of us who have spoken, written, worked, marched, and prayed to reverse Roe v. Wade, today’s Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson is deeply significant and encouraging. This decision will create the possibility of protecting human life from conception; it calls us to recognize the unique burden faced by women in pregnancy;…
The Bread and Roses Sandwich Ministry here at Holy Rosary Shrine is changing its name to Helping Hands at Holy Rosary Shrine. Since there are many agencies in our community that could use our aid, i.e. women’s shelters, St. Anne’s Home, Lazarus House, etc., we would like to offer assistance to these groups as well…
Holy Rosary Shrine would like to congratulate Father Francis Mawn on his 40th anniversary to the priesthood! Fr Mawn was ordained on June 5, 1982 at Holy Cross Cathedral by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros. If you would like to drop him a congratulatory note he can be reached at St Mary of the Assumption, 300 Haverhill…
Mass Intentions Saturday, June 25th Inmaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgen Mary 9:00am – Tridentine Mass 4:00pm – Rosario “Ray” Fichera, 12th Anniv.; Mario Giarusso; Bertha Hodgdon & Dec’d Family; John Minahan, Birhday Remembrance; Antoinetta Balsamo, MMM; In thanksgiving to the Blessed Mother, FFR; Elaine Pickles, Birthday Remembrance; In thanksgiving to the Sacred Heart of…
From the Friars: Fire From Heaven When the Samaritans would not receive Jesus, James and John say to him, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?” No wonder Jesus called them the Sons of Thunder. This sounds extremely harsh to us but, as always, it is important to…
The Holy Rosary Shrine Office will be close on Monday, June 20th, 2022 in observance of Juneteenth Day. Mass will be at usual time.
26Let everyone be struck with fear, let the whole world tremble, and let the heavens exult when Christ, the Son of the living God, is present on the altar in the hands of a priest! 27O wonderful loftiness and stupendous dignity! O sublime humility! O humble sublimity! The Lord of the universe, God and the…
