Category Archives: Community

It is CORI time again!

The Shrine is required by the Archdiocese of Boston to submit all CORI forms by the end of September for Staff and Volunteers for the Fiscal Year 2024. All volunteers 18 years of age and older and any individual who may have direct and unmonitored contact with children, youth, the elderly or the disabled must…

Thank you!

Our 2023 shrine fair was a huge success thanks to the help of so many hard-working, caring and generous people who provided more support that I could have ever imagined. To see everybody working so hard at the fair brought great joy to my heart. I humbly thank-you all. I apologize for not naming everyone…

Baptisms – August 2023

May God the almighty Father, who filled the world with joy by giving us his Son, bless these newly-baptized children: Tatiana Rozemar Da Silva Raybel Alexi Guerrero Jaylanie Hernandez Alissa Hidalgo Oliver King Zarah King Adonis Thomas Lavayen Alexander Thomas Lavayen Sophia Santana. May they grow to be more fully like Jesus Christ our Lord.…

Funerals – August 2023

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon: Olivia Cavallaro David Allen Kalemba Barbara Ann Kelly Nicholas Loffredo May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. Amen.

Holy Rosary Shrine Welcomes

HOLY ROSARY SHRINE Offers a warm welcome to His Eminence Seán Cardinal O’Malley, OFM Cap., Archbishop of Boston, His Excellency Monsignor Luigi Renna, Archbishop of Catania, His Excellency Bishop Robert Hennessey, Bishop of the Merrimack Region, and Fr. Orazio Greco, Rector of the Shrine in Sicily, who are here with us for the celebration of…

Shrine Fair Volunteers Needed

We need people to help staff the different tables at the fair and other chores. Please take one of the forms available at the exits of the church and fill it out and return it to the Shrine Center. Thank you and God bless you!

New members of the BVM Sodality

The Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality is welcoming new members. We are a group of women dedicated to honoring Our Blessed Mother. We have 5 meetings per year, and we attend Masses on the Feast Days of Mary and recite the Rosary after Mass. Some of our other activities include 2 raffles with proceeds to Holy…

Holy Day of Obligation

A reminder that Tuesday, August 15th, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and all Catholics are required to attend Mass. We will have a Vigil Mass in Spanish on Monday evening at 7:00pm and Mass in English on Tuesday at 12:05pm and 7:00pm. Please call the office if you have…

Italian Festival

Holy Name Society is sponsoring an Italian Festival for its Third Gathering on Sunday, October 1st, 2023, at I:00pm. Lenzi’s in Dracut, MA, Rt. 110 will host the festival. The delicious food buffet will offer Caesar Salad, Tossed Garden Salad, Assorted Breads and Butter, Garlic Bread, Baked Three Cheese Lasagna with meat sauce, Chicken Piccata,…

Walking with the Saints

Who doesn’t love a good saint story? Join us every other week for “Walking with the Saints” – a video series where priests and religious from around the Archdiocese of Boston share about a saint they’ve come to know. Watch now on the Evangelize YouTube Channel – YouTube.com/EvangelizeBoston.