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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: I Am With You Always

At the center of history is the Incarnation, the Eternal God united to Himself a human nature in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. For 33 years He walked among us. Today He walks among us again, hidden under the appearance of bread in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Our brief Corpus Christi procession is a witness to our belief that Jesus Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords, and He is the food that we all hunger for, whether we realize it or not.

Our country is suffering from an identity crisis. Many are falling into the spider’s web of believing that we decide for ourselves who we are, even to the point of surgically mutilating the human body to conform to misleading desires. Others are convinced that we can create robots, or cyborgs, that will surpass human persons in every way. The truth is that we are unique creatures, body and soul, made in the image and likeness of our Creator. Therefore, the God-Man, Jesus Christ, “fully reveals man to man himself,” as Gaudium et Spes states.

The first National Eucharistic Pilgrimage (NEP) was held during 2024. During May of that year in Victoria, TX, a young man who had been raised Protestant was struggling with the big questions of life. One morning he opened his Bible and prayed for the first time in many years. He wondered if Jesus had heard his pleadings. Later that day he saw a Eucharistic procession (the NEP) passing by. A Catholic pilgrim noticed him and explained what was going on. After more conversation and prayer, the young man stated that he wanted to go with Our Lord all the way to Indianapolis, where the Eucharistic Congress was to be held.

National eucharistic Pilgrimage

On Pentecost Sunday the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage began in St. Augustine, FL. There, in 1565, the first Mass was celebrated in what would become the United States of America. This Pilgrimage marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. They are making their way north and will arrive in Boston on June 27th.

Those who walk with Jesus are saying to the world that He is the Truth that makes us free.

May the crowds flock to Him once more.

Fr. Peter