A record number of parishes are participating in this year’s Diocese of Lansing Rosary Congress which begins this evening and will run through until Saturday, October 15. Ave Maria!

“There are few more beautiful ways to prayerfully meditate upon the life of Jesus Christ than through the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,” said Bishop Earl Boyea, “Hence, I would heartily encourage people to participate in this year’s Rosary Congress across the Diocese of Lansing.”

A Rosary Congress is the continual praying of the Holy Rosary in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament for seven days and nights in a particular parish or diocese with the aim of wrapping our country, our state, our diocese, and our family within the protective mantle of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Diocese of Lansing Rosary Congress is now into its third year. Initially, eight parishes participated. Last year that number had grown to 20 parishes. This year 40 parishes are taking part plus one high school.

The Rosary Congress began in Poland in 1979, when the Polish people prayed through Mary’s intercession for the coming of Pope Saint John Paul II to his beloved homeland. The First National Rosary Congress in the United States was held in Washington, D.C., in 1988, at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The details of this year’s Rosary Congress are as follows:

1. Holy Family, Adrian: Sunday, October 9, 6-7pm; Monday, October 10, 6-7 pm; Tuesday, October 11, 6-7 pm; Wednesday, Oct 12, 12-1 pm; Thursday, October 13, 6-7 pm; Friday, October 14, 6-7 pm, in Spanish; Saturday, October 15, 8:15-9:15am.

2. Father Gabriel Richard High School, Ann Arbor: Thursday, October 13, 3pm to Friday, October 14, 3pm.

3. Old Saint Patrick, Ann Arbor: Friday, October 14, 8:15-9:15am.

4. Saint Francis of Assisi, Ann Arbor: Thursday, October 13, 9:45am-6:30pm

5. Saint Mary Magdalen, Brighton: Thursday, October 13, 4-7pm.

6. Saint Patrick, Brighton, Friday October 14, 9 am – 5 pm

7. Saint Mary, Charlotte: Thursday, October 13, 9am-7pm.

8. Saint Mary, Chelsea: Thursday, October 13, 9am to Friday, October 14, 9am.

9. Saint Rita, Clark Lake: Thursday, October 13, 7-8pm.

10. Saints Charles/Helena, Clio, Thursday, October 13, 9 am – 8 pm

11. Light of Christ, Deerfield: Wednesday, October 12, 1-2pm.

12. Saint Jude, DeWitt: Tuesday, October 11, 5-6 pm; Wednesday, October 12, 9-10 am; Thursday, October 13, 9-10 am; Friday, October 14, 9-10 am.

13. Saint Joseph, Dexter: Wednesday, October 12, 12pm-12am.

14. Saint Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing: Thursday October 6, 12 pm to Friday, October 7, 12pm.

15. Saint Matthew, Flint: Tuesday, October 11, 1-7pm.

16. St. Robert Bellarmine, Flushing: Friday, October 14, 9:15 am to Saturday, October 15, 8:15 am.

17. Saint Agnes, Fowlerville: Tuesday, October 11, 3-8pm.

18. Saint Michael, Grand Ledge: Sunday, October 9, 12pm to Monday, October 10, 12pm.

19. Saint John the Baptist, Howell: Saturday, October 15, 12-4pm.

20. Saint Joseph, Howell: Friday, October 14, 9am-8pm.

21. Saint John the Evangelist, Jackson: Tuesday, October 11, 9-10am.

22. Saint Isidore, Laingsburg: Thursday, October 13, 9am-9pm.

23. Christo Rey, Lansing: Thursday, October 13, 1-6pm.

24. Saint Gerard, Lansing: Wednesday, October 12, 9am-8pm.

25. Saint Mary, Manchester: Friday, October 7, 8-10pm

26. Catholic Community of Saints James, Cornelius & Cyprian, Mason: Tuesday, October 11, 12pm to Wednesday, October 12, 12pm.

27. Our Lady of Fatima, Michigan Center: Monday, October 10, 5-6pm; Wednesday, October 12, 5-8pm; Friday, October 14, 9-10am.

28. Saint Martha, Okemos: Wednesday, October 12, 6pm-Midnight

29. Saint John the Baptist, Ypsilanti: Thursday, October 13, 9-10am.

30. Immaculate Conception, Milan: Saturday, October 15, 8am-Noon.

31. Saint Anthony of Padua, Hillsdale: Tuesday, October 11, 1-8pm.

32. Saint Thomas the Apostle, Ann Arbor: Friday, October 14, 9am-Midnight;

33. Church of the Resurrection, Lansing: Wednesday, October 12, 9pm to Thursday, October 13, 7.30am.

34. Saint Mary on the Lake, Manitou Beach: Thursday, October 13, 10am-1pm.

35. Saint Mary, Pinckney: Wednesday, October 12, 9am-9pm.

36. Saint Joseph, Ypsilanti: Wednesday, October 12, 3-9 pm.

37. Saint Mary Cathedral, Lansing: Friday October 14, 12:30 – 6 pm

38. Saint Joseph, St. Johns: Friday October 7, 8 am to Saturday, October 8, 8 am

39. Holy Rosary, Flint: Saturday, October 15, 8 am – 12 noon.

40. Saint Mary Student Parish, Ann Arbor: Wednesday, October 12, 6-9 pm

41. Saint Therese, Lansing: Friday, October 14, 9-10 am

To find out more, go to: https://www.rosarycongressusa.org/