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September 7 |
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Rosary Vigil |
Veneration
of Rosary |
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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 adorned with a beautiful new mantle sewn and donated by Our Lady's Workers of Northern California. |
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| Our Lady of the Roses Shrine on the Vatican Pavilion site |
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| An impressive crowd of about 300 pilgrims praying the Rosary and extending birthday greetings to their Mother. |
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| At 9 p.m. the pilgrims raise their Rosaries and sacramentals for Jesus and Our Lady to bless. |
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| Michael Mangan, President of St Michael's World Apostolate, interviews Dr. Manuel Fernandez and his wife Grace, for St. Michael's Radio Program. They traveled from Miami, Fl. for tonight's Rosary Vigil. |
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| Long-time devotee and Shrine Guard, Michael Drake, at his post behind the excedra. He drove with his wife, Susanna, from Michigan for tonight's Rosary Vigil. Our Lady directed that two Shrine Guards be posted behind the excedra during the Vigils and Holy Hours. |
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| Rosaries, medals, statues and other religious gifts, all blessed by a good loving priest and, of course, by Jesus and Mary, are available at our service area, which is operated by Peter Frank, lay Order of St. Michael. |
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| Long-time devotee and New Jersey organizer, Haruno Lawson, distributing the roses that adorn the Shrine to the pilgrims. 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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Votive candles are passed out to the
pilgrims and Shrine Guards for the closing of the Rosary Vigil when all
raise them and repeat:
Mary, light of the World, pray
for us |
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| Do you need a candle? |
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| Shrine guards, Frank Gibney (l) and Seamus O'Neill. Among their many duties, a Shrine guard helps to keep order and safety for the pilgrims at the Rosary Vigils and Holy Hours. |
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| Marking the first Anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack on America, Michael Mangan leads the faithful in a moment of silence and prayer for the victims and their families. |
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Last updated: 01/31/07 |