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    Holy Rosary Shrine - Santuario del Santo Rosario

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Come, Contemplate with Mary the Face of Christ

Holy Rosary Shrine is dedicated to fostering union with Jesus through Our Blessed Mother and her Holy Rosary. Central to our mission is beautiful and reverent worship, preaching His Word, devotional and evangelization events, and service to those in need. Staffed by the Franciscans of the Poor Christ, we offer extended hours for the Sacrament of Confession, Eucharistic Adoration, retreat days and Franciscan and Marian spiritual formation. The Shrine has a rich history of being home to many different ethnic groups in the "Immigrant City" of Lawrence, Massachusetts which continues to this day.

Confession Times

Confession Times

Information about confession times and days and how to make a good confession.

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How to Pray the Rosary

How to Pray the Rosary

The Rosary Center & Confraternity. Promoting devotion to the Rosary for more than 500 years.

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Rosarium Virginis Mariae

Rosarium Virginis Mariae

Letter from St. John Paul II about the importance of the Holy Rosary.

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From the Friars: Instruments of Peace

Happy Feast Day of St. Francis to all of you! Today we reach the culmination of the Jubilee Year—Oct. 4th—as we celebrate the Poverello (The Poor Man from Assis). Through true gospel living, authentic witness to the Cross, and personal testimony to the power of the Resurrection, St. Francis still finds a way to fulfill his greatest prayer during his own lifetime… to touch our lives with the love of Jesus Christ.

On behalf of all the friars I want to express my deepest gratitude to the Holy Rosary Shrine Community. You as well have touched our lives as friars. St. Francis of Assisi never planned on forming a community of brothers, and well, to be quite honest, it was never our original intention to run or administer a Shrine. As Franciscans of the Poor Christ, we have come to learn that holiness consists no in fulfilling one’s own desires, but discerning God’s will together and learning to love it above and beyond one’s own will. Please continue to pray for our community as we strive to live the art of holiness in a culture that idolizes personal fulfillment at the expense of communal living.

Picture of a painting depicting St Francis

St Francis, by Jusepe de Ribera. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

St. Francis says in his testament, “The Lord gave me brothers…and there was no one to show me what to do. And so, the Lord revealed to me that we must living according to the Rule of the Holy Gospel” (Testament). This Oct. 4th we will be receiving multiple new young men into our community. All of them eagerly desire to follow in the footsteps of St. Francis. I ask and beg you to warmly welcome them into the Shrine community and challenge them to be happy and holy. Ask them their story and why they want to be a Franciscan of the Poor Christ.

With your help and prayers, we will continue to grow together and truly live, “according to the Rule of the Holy Gospel”.

May God bless all of you on this wonder Feast Day of our founder, St. Francis of Assisi.
Fr. Peter