Welcome to October, the month of the Holy Rosary! This month also marks the beginning of the yearly Diocese of Lansing Eucharistic Rosary Congress. What? Let us explain.
Eucharistic Rosary Congresses consist of seven days of Eucharistic Adoration and Hourly Rosary in response to Our Lady of Fatima’s call to conversion, consecration, and prayer! The Eucharistic Rosary Congress promotes the mission of the current National Eucharistic Revival, to renew our worship of Our Lord, Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and to encounter His healing grace.
The Rosary Congresses began in Poland in May 1979 to coincide with Pope St. John Paul II’s historic visit to the former Communist country. They are now held in dozens of dioceses throughout the United States.
In 1988, one of the original participants of the Rosary Congress in Poland came to America to bring the gift from Our Lady to us. He found a small group of faithful people on the east coast who grasped the spirit of the congresses and began to organize.
The First National Rosary Congress was held in Washington, D.C., in 1988, at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, now a Basilica. Over the next five years the National Rosary Congress drew as many as 500 people who came from all over the country as well as outside of the country, who stayed at Catholic University during the week of prayer and adoration. There were many activities and conferences during those Congresses to encourage and strengthen the faithful, and to educate them in True Devotion to Mary and other practices such as wearing the Brown Scapular, praying the Liturgy of the Hours, and holding candlelight processions.
After the official prayer of the Church, the Liturgy of the Hours, the Rosary is the most powerful form of prayer. It is said that in 1214, the Blessed Virgin told St. Dominic that the principal weapon the Holy Trinity relies upon to reform the world is the Rosary. Throughout history there are numerous examples showing the power of Our Lady when humanity turns to her intercession through the Rosary.
Text above from the official website of the Eucharistic Rosary Congress: rosarycongressusa.org.
Details of the locations and dates of the Diocese of Lansing Eucharistic Rosary Congresses can be found below:
October 6th
Immaculate Heart of Mary – Lansing
Our Lady of Fatima – Michigan Center
St Michael – Grand Ledge
St Joseph – Dexter
St Jude – DeWitt
October 7th
Holy Redeemer – Burton
Immaculate Heart of Mary – Lansing
St. Catherine Laboure – Concord
St Mary Star of the Sea – Jackson
St Matthew – Flint
St Michael – Grand Ledge
St Matthews – Flint
St Thomas Aquinas – East Lansing
October 8th
Cristo Rey – Lansing
Holy Family – Adrian
Holy Rosary – Flint
Immaculate Heart of Mary – Lansing
Light of Christ – Deerfield
Most Holy Trinity – Fowler
Sacred Heart – Hudson
St Agnes – Fowlerville
St James – Mason
St John the Baptist – Yps
St Joseph – St Johns
St Mary – Durand
St. Paul – Owosso
October 9th
Christ the King – Flint
Church of the Resurrection – Lansing
Immaculate Heart of Mary – Lansing
Most Holy Trinity – Fowler
Our Lady of Fatima – Michigan Center
St Gerard – Lansing
St Isidore – Laingsburg
St James – Mason
St Joseph – Gaines
St Jude – DeWitt
St Mary – Pinckney
St Mary Student Center – Ann Arbor
St Peter – Eaton Rapids
October 10th
Church of the Resurrection – Lansing
Holy Family – Ovid
Immaculate Heart of Mary – Lansing
SS Charles & Helena – Clio
St Andrew the Apostle – Saline
St Francis of Assisi – Ann Arbor
St John – Davison
St Jude – DeWitt
St Mary – Chelsea
St Mary Magdalen – Brighton
St Mary of the Lake – Manitou Beach
October 11th
Fr Gabriel Richard High School – Ann Arbor
Holy Redeemer – Burton
Immaculate Heart of Mary – Lansing
Lansing Catholic High School – Lansing
Our Lady of Fatima – Michigan Center
St John the Baptist – Howell
St John the Evangelist – Fenton
St Joseph – Howell
St Jude – DeWitt
St Martha – Okemos
St Mary – Chelsea
St Mary – Pinckney
St Mary – Westphalia
St Mary Queen of Angels – Swartz Creek
St Patrick – Brighton
St Robert Bellarmine – Flushing
St Therese – Lansing
October 12th
Immaculate Heart of Mary – Lansing
St Anthony of Padua – Hillsdale
St Jude – DeWitt
St Robert Bellarmine – Flushing
St Thomas the Apostle – Ann Arbor
October 13th
Immaculate Heart of Mary – Lansing
St Augustine – Howell
St Mary Cathedral – Lansing