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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…

From the Friars: If Onlys

From the Friars: If Onlys The tradition of nine days of prayer, a novena, has its origin in today’s first reading. After Jesus’ Ascension to His Father, the Apostles “devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.” They waited nine days in the…

Mass Intentions – May 20th to May 28th, 2023

Mass Intentions Saturday, May 20 9:00am Novus Ordo Latin Mass: Priest’s Intentions 4:00pm St Rita Sodality, Memorial Mass for Deceased Members; Antonietta Balsamo, 1st Year Anniversary; David & Elaine Pickles; Anniversary Rememb.; Carmella Mancini, MMM; Sunday, May 21 7th Sunday of Easter 10:00am Antonietta Balsamo, 1st Year Anniversary; Franciszek Grzejka, Living, Sick; 12:00pm Spanish Mass:…

Ascension Thursday

This Thursday, May 18th is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. It is a holy day of obligation. The evening Mass will be in Spanish as normal on Thursdays. Confessions will be available at 6:00pm also. There will be a 7:00pm Vigil Mass on Wednesday evening in English and a 12:05pm English Mass…

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…

Mass Intentions – May 13th to May 21st, 2023

Mass Intentions Saturday, May 13 9:00am Novus Ordo Latin Mass: Priest’s Intentions 4:00pm BVM Sodality; Holy Name Society; Daniel Pierro; Thomas Ninahan; Alfio & Grace Fichera, Remembrance; Gaetano & Nella Lardizzone, Remembrance;  Thank you to St. Anthony for favor received; Sunday, May 14 6th Sunday of Easter 10:00am Julia Klisiewicz & Zofia Pelczar, In Memory;…

From the Friars: The Marvel of Motherhood

Dear Shrine Community, Happy Mother’s Day! During the entire month of May we venerate Our Blessed Mother and the essential role She plays in bringing us Yeshua—the Aramaic version of the name for Joshua in Hebrew; the roots from which comes the Holy Name of ‘Jesus’, which means “God saves!”. The middle name of Jesus…