October is the month of the Holy Rosary.  Before our Sunday Mass at 10am we are going to pray a decade of the Rosary for our parish.

There are many saints who have written about the power of the Holy Rosary.  It is a great time to take up this very special devotion with renewed faith and trust  Here are just a few quotations from the saints about the Rosary.

“Of all prayers the rosary is the most beautiful and the richest in graces…love the Rosary and recite it every day with devotion.”  St. Pius X

“How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.”  St. John Paul II

“If you say the Holy Rosary every day, with a spirit of faith and love, our Lady will make sure she leads you very far along her Son’s path.” Saint Josemaria Escriva

“Commend your children to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. When parents pray the Rosary, at the end of each decade they should hold the Rosary aloft and say to her, ‘with these beads bind my children to your Immaculate Heart’, she will attend to their souls.”

St. Louise de Marillac

We pray the Rosary every Friday morning during Adoration after the 10am Mass.  Why not come and join in this great prayer during October.

There will be a coffee morning with Bible study after the 10am Mass on Tuesday.

Congratulations to Charlie Downs and Elena Westby who will be getting married on Saturday 4 October. We wish them every blessing for their married life together.