Silver Rose

Each year a Silver Rose honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe and reaffirming our commitment to the sanctity of human life is carried by Knights from Canada, through the United States, and into Mexico to arrive at the Basilica in Monterrey, Mexico on December 12, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

This year three Silver Roses will travel from Canada to Mexico. One of the Silver Roses will arrive in Trenton Diocese June 8th and remain until June 13th when it will be delivered to Knights in Pennsylvania.

Dates

Wed, June 2nd, 2010 St. Peter The Apostle 179 Baldwin Road Parsippany, NJ 07054-2005	8:00 pm Devotional

Thr, June 3rd, 2010 Our Lady of the Holy Angels 465 Main Street Little Falls, NJ 07424-1134	8:00 pm Devotional

Fri, June 4th, 2010 St. Mary Church Passaic, NJ	8:00 pm Devotional

Sat, June 5th, 2010 St. James Church 145 Grove Street Woodbridge, NJ 07095-1813	5:30 pm Presentation of silver rose The Knights of Columbus representing the Diocese of Metuchen, led by District Deputy Michael Choma (Diocese of Metuchen, Middlesex council #857) will present the Silver Rose at a prayer service. The service will take place after the 5:30 p.m. Mass. The celebrant will be Fr. Peter Tran.

Mon, June 7th, 2010 St. Mary's Church 516 West 6th Street Plainfield, NJ 07060-2188	7:00 pm Devotional

Tue, June 8th, 2010 Church of St. Ann 1253 Lawrenceville Rd Trenton, NJ	7:30 pm Prayer service.

Wed, June 9th, 2010 St. Joseph Parish 540 North Olden Ave. Trenton, NJ 08638	7:30 pm Prayer service, bilingual Spanish.

Thr, June 10th, 2010 Church of St. Mark 215 Crescent Parkway Sea Girt, NJ 08750	6:00 pm Procession and prayer service, litany and rosary. 8:00 pm Procession and prayer service, bilingual Spanish.

Fri, June 11th, 2010 St. Joseph's Church 685 Hooper Avenue Toms River, NJ 08753-7714	7:30 pm Prayer service, multi-lingual Latin, Polish, English, Italian, Spanish.

Sun, June 13th, 2010 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 642 Market Street Camden, NJ 08102-1124	2:00 pm Devotion followed by a transfer of the Silver Rose to the Knights of Columbus of Pennsylvania.

History

The Our Lady of Guadalupe Silver Rose Program began in 1960 as a project of the Knights of Columbus Columbian Squires of North America to honor the Blessed Virgin under her title of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas.

Links

A good summary story and it brings in the story of the Rose.: http://www.ourladyofguadalupe.info/story.htm
A story of the apparitions and the miracle.: http://www.sancta.org/nican.html
A short story of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the rose.: http://www.bridgebuilding.com/narr/glag.html
The brutal story behind the miracle and prayers of the Popes.: http://www.sancta.org/patr-unb.html