Category Archives: Community

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…

Article: Procession in Honor of Our Lady of Fatima

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…

Our Lady of Fatima Candlelight Procession

Please join us on Sunday, May 14th at 8:00pm for an outdoor procession in honor of Our Lady of Fatima led by the Portuguese Community. At Fatima, Our Blessed Mother appeared as Our Lady of the Rosary so it is very appropriate that we honor her, and her Divine Son, here at Holy Rosary Shrine.

Curso Bíblico

Todos estan invitados a participar en un curso bíblico que comienza el martes 16 de mayo a las 7:00pm en el Centro del Santuario. Las clases seguirán cada martes después. Por favor contactar Maxi al 978-489-9055

Spanish Community Meeting

There will be an open meeting for the Shrine Hispanic community on Monday, May 22 at 7:00pm at the Shrine Center. All are invited to come and discuss how we can better build up God’s Kingdom here at HRS. We hope to stream the meeting live also for those who are not able to attend.…

BVM Morning Reflection

The Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality will be presenting a “Morning of Reflection” with Rev. Andrew Beauregard, FPO, on Saturday, May 13, 2023 for the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima, from 9:00am to 12:00pm The morning will begin with the 9:00am Mass celebrated in the lower church. This will be followed by a light…

Evening of Healing

Lazarus Center of Healing Shrine in Wakefield invites people of all faiths who are in need of healing from any type of illness, depression or addiction etc.. to a healing service on Wednesday, May 10th at 6:00pm. The service begins with Adoration, Rosary and Confession followed by Holy Mass with the Sacrament of the Sick.…

Mass in Honor of the Three Saints

Please join us for a Holy Mass in honor of Saints Alfio, Filadelfo and Cirino on Wednesday, May 10th at 6:30pm in the Upper Church. This is the date of the actual martyrdom of the three brothers.