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2009 February & March Vigils / Holy Hours |
Welcome to Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers Shrine, staffed and directed by St Michael's World Apostolate. |
Vigil Coordinator, James Donohue, LOSM and Mary Ann Pressamarita of East Hampton, Conn. singing Christmas carols at the February 2 Vigil of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Purification officially ends the Christmas cycle. |
Each Vigil at 9 p.m., during a solemn interval, the pilgrims kneel and raise their Rosary to Heaven invoking the powerful intercession of Jesus and Mary. |
February 8 Sunday Holy Hour for priests |
(l. to r.) Peter Frank, LOSM, and Michael Mangan, LOSM and SMWA President. |
The moon emerges in the background during the February 10 eve of Our Lady of Lourdes Vigil. |
OUR LADY INSPIRES POPE
Polaroid photo taken of Our Lady’s statue (c.)
by William Dykes, LOSM, at the February 10, 2009 Rosary Vigil. He took the
photo on his own initiative for the intention of Michael Mangan, LOSM. |
March 15 Sunday Holy Hour |
March 19 St. Joseph Vigil |
About 100 of the faithful attended this Vigil |
"Prayer is the most powerful force in the light now, My children. It is a form of penance; it is a form of begging for the repatriation of souls." Our Lady, Sept. 28, 1977 |
Joseph Valle, 12, of Kew Gardens, N.Y. praying devoutly at the March 22 Sunday Holy Hour. |
First-time pilgrims, Raphael and Frank Wence drove all the way from Buffalo,
N.Y. to offer their prayers of atonement at the March 24
eve of the Annunciation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Vigil. They were
very impressed and overwhelmed by the experience and plan on joining |
Michael Mangan, LOSM and SMWA President, leading a rosary. |
Last year's May Crowning |
ANNUAL MAY CROWNING May 3, 2009 10:30 a.m.
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SMWA photos by Darryl Bolisay, LOSM |
Last updated: 10/29/09 |