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October 26 |
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Veneration
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Rosary Vigil |
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| Welcome to Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers Shrine staffed and directed by St Michael's World Apostolate. |
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| Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers Shrine. Send us your petition and it will be in our petition box for the next Rosary Vigil. |
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| A crowd of about 300 pilgrims praying the Rosary. It was a beautiful, clear autumn evening with the temperature in the 50s. |
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| Jesus and Our Lady promised to be present at the sacred grounds as long as one person comes here to pray. |
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| Cecilia Cuellar (l) and her mother praying the Rosary. |
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| Rosaries, medals and other sacramentals are available at our gift area. |
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| Pilgrims from the Ukraine. |
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| At 9 p.m. the invocation of the blessing of Jesus and Mary: "All who are able to kneel, please kneel, and with faith lift your Rosary up to Heaven and Jesus and Mary will bless us." |
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| Fr. Skurla (l) blessed the pilgrims at the Vigil |
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| Peter Donohue (holding camera) with his twin brother James Donohue (Vice President of St Michael's World Apostolate) waits for the picture to eject from the SX-70 camera. He hopes he will get a photo from Heaven. |
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| Peter with his miraculous photo |
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| Pilgrims bring roses to adorn the Shrine. Alice Dennis and other Shrine helpers distribute them to everyone later in the evening. These roses are blessed by Jesus and Our Lady during the Rosary Vigil and have the power of cure and conversion. |
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| Angela Urquia hands out the blessed roses |
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With a vigil candle
raised, pilgrims repeat the invocation: Mary, light of the World, pray for us Our Lady of the Roses, pray for us Mary, Help of Mothers, pray for us. |
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| Michael Mangan, President of St Michael's World Apostolate, gives final announcements. |
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Last updated: 01/31/07 |