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Our Lady's 33rd Anniversary Rosary Vigil |
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An estimated 1200 pilgrims came from all over the world. Many arrived by airplane, as well as by charter bus. |
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| James Donohue, lay Order of St. Michael |
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Jesus said on September 14, 1985: "The Rosary has always been music to Our hearts." Well, we had a symphony this day when we prayed 19 Rosaries (from 3 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.), many litanies, the long exorcism of St. Michael and sung an abundance of beautiful traditional hymns. |
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The service area
provided pilgrims with various religious gifts: |
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| A priest offered the sacrament of penance . . . |
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| . . . for the entire Rosary Vigil. |
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At 9 p.m. the pilgrims raise their Rosaries
and sacramentals for a blessing from Jesus and Our Lady. |
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| Miraculous photo snapped during the blessing |
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| Nighttime falls on the Rosary Vigil |
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| Pilgrims bring roses to adorn the Shrine. Our Lady's 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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| Many arrived by airplane, as well as by charter bus |
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The sick and suffering were placed in the infirm circle, a roped-off area designated by Jesus in 1980 for special healings. |
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| Candles are passed out to pilgrims in anticipation of the candlelight ceremony. Phyllis Carbone, a very close friend of Veronica, helping out. |
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| A pilgrim with her child. Our Lady said to Veronica of the Cross, "Come to Me, all mothers who weep for their children. Come to Me and I will solace you. Understanding pours forth from My Mother's heart. Come, and I will place My mantle about you, and you will find great comfort with Me" (March 24, 1973). |
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| David Martin, St. Michael's Radio moderator, interviews SMWA President, Michael Mangan. St Michael's Radio Program can be heard on this website every Sunday at 8 p.m. (click here) |
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| Regina and Jim Fox have been devotees for 28 years and for 20 years have organized international pilgrimages which have assisted countless pilgrims. |
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| A priest devotee talks to a pilgrim |
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Dr. Manuel Fernandez, of Miami, Florida, came to the grounds to offer his prayers and petitions to Our Lady of the Roses and to give thanks for his wife's cure of breast cancer. |
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| Bill Dykes, lay Order of St. Michael, looks over one of the miraculous photos taken this evening |
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| Shrine guard, Frank Gibney, leads the Angelus |
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Fr. Robert Skurla |
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| Traditional Catholic hymns are sung |
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| Father imparts his priestly blessing |
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To conclude the vigil, all the pilgrims raise candles to herald the 33rd Anniversary of Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers. Vincent McDonnell, Vigil Coordinator, leads them in repeating the words: Mary, Light of the
World, pray for us |
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