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 Saint 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.
* Details of the locations and dates of the Diocese of Lansing Eucharistic Rosary Congresses can be found below:
October 4th – October 11th Immaculate Heart of Mary Adoration Chapel, Lansing, 24 hours a day
Sunday, October 4th
St Michaels, Grand Ledge, Noon – Midnight
*Live stream from St. Michael’s 7:00pm https://youtube.com/@stmichaelglchurchvideo...
St Jude, DeWitt, 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Monday, October 5th
St Michael, Grand Ledge, Midnight – Noon
St. Joseph, Howell, 9:00am - 8:00pm
St. Matthew, Flint, 1:00pm - 7:00pm
St Jude, DeWitt, Noon – 1:00pm
Dominican Sisters, Cloistered 8:00pm - Midnight
Tuesday, October 6th
St. Paul - St. Joseph Oratory, Owosso, 6:00am – 6:00pm
St. Mary and St. Joseph, Durand, 8.30am - 3:00 pm
St. Mary Magdalen, Brighton, 9:30am - 12:30pm
St. Mary, Pinckney, 10:00am-7:00pm
Sts James, Cornelius & Cyprian, Mason, Noon – Midnight
Holy Family, Adrian, Noon – 7:00pm
Sacred Heart, Hudson, 4:45pm – 5:45pm
St. Jude, DeWitt, 7pm – 8:00pm
St Agnes, Fowlerville, 7:00pm – 8:00pm
St. Mary, Manchester, 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Dominican Sistersm, Cloistered, Midnight – 6:00am
Wednesday, October 7th
Sts James,Cornelius & Cyprian, Mason, Midnight - Noon
St. Mary, Pinckney, 6:00am - Midnight
Most Holy Trinity, Fowler, 6:00am – 6:00pm
St. Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing, 7:00am – 7:00pm
St. Joseph, Dexter, 9:00am – 5:00pm
St. Gerard, Lansing, 9:00am – 6:00pm
St. Isidore, Laingsburg, 9:30am – 7:30pm
St. Jude, DeWitt, 9:00am – 10:00am
St. Mary Magdalen, Brighton, 4:00pm – 7:00pm
St. Agnes, Fowlerville, 5:00pm – Midnight
St. Peter, Eaton Rapids, 5:00pm – 9:00pm
Our Lady of Fatima, Michigan Center, 5:00pm – 6:00pm
St. Mary Student Parish, Ann Arbor, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
St. Mary, Williamston, 8:00pm – Midnight
Thursday, October 8th
St. Mary, Pinckney, Midnight – Midnight
St. Mary on the Lake, Manitou Beach, 8:15am – 9:15am
St. Joseph, St. Johns, 8:30am – 6:00pm
St. Jude, DeWitt, 9:00am – 10:00am
St. Mary, Chelsea, 9:00am – Midnight
St. Charles & Helena, Clio, 9:00am – 8:30pm
Holy Family, Ovid, 9:30am – 6:30pm
St. Andrew, Saline, 10:00am – 8:00pm
St. John the Evangelist, Davison, 10:00am – 8:00pm
St. Therese, Lansing, 5:30pm – 6:00pm
Friday, October 9th
St. Mary, Pinckney, Midnight – 7:00pm
St. Mary, Chelsea, Midnight – 9:00am
Church of the Resurrection, Lansing, 9:00am – Midnight
St. Patrick, Brighton, 9:00am – Midnight
St. Thomas the Apostle, Ann Arbor, 9:00am – Midnight
Holy Spirit, Brighton, 9:00am – Midnight
St. Martha, Okemos, 9:00am – 9:00pm
St. John the Evangelist, Fenton, 9:00am – 5:00pm
St. Mary, Westphalia, 9:00am – 6:00pm
Mary Queen of Angels, Swartz Creek, 9:00am – 4:00pm
St. Jude, DeWitt, 9:00am – 10:00am
St. Robert/Good Shepard, Flushing, 9:30am - Midnight
St. Rita, Clark Lake, 9:30am – 10:30am
Our Lady of Fatima, Michigan Center, 9:00pm – 10:00pm
Saturday, October 10th
St. Patrick, Brighton, Midnight – 9:00am
Church of the Resurrection, Lansing, Midnight – 8:00am
St. Robert/Good Shepard, Flushing, Midnight – 8:00am
St. Thomas the Apostle, Ann Arbor, Midnight – 9:00am
Holy Spirit, Brighton, Midnight – 8:30am
St. Anthony of Padua, Hillsdale, 8:30am – Noon
Dominican Sisters, Cloistered, 1:00pm – Midnight
Sunday, October 11th
Dominican Sisters, Cloistered, Midnight – 11:00am
Immaculate Conception, Milan, 11:30am – 12:30pm