First Saturday Parish Rosary at St. Anthony's Church, 7/2/2011

  

My large Rosa Mystica statue and

the Blessed Mother's sacred relics make

their monthly visit to St. Anthony of

Padua Church (Kailua) for the First

Saturday Rosary devotion

Today, the first Saturday of July, also happened to be the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary... so it was especially appropriate that we honored the Blessed Mother with a 'bouquet' of spiritual roses, via our monthly parish rosary. A small group of parishioners participated in this month's Rosary Prayer, which we offered up for various prayer intentions that included increased vocations in our Diocese, and greater devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.

  

St. Anthony Parishioners praying the

rosary on Our Lady's Feast Day... one of

the women thoughtfully gifted the Holy

Virgin with a small bouquet of

fragrant pikake flowers

I'd also like to send out a special, heartfelt 'MAHALO' to a young friend of mine named, 'Jessie'...  she's been regularly participating in the First Saturday Rosary since it began in Octobor 2010, but she'll be relocating with her family to the US mainland in a few days. Her bright smile and youthful enthusiasm for the rosary was refreshing and always a joy to see. I wish Jessie and her family the Lord's blessings and Our Lady's protection in all their future endeavors - Jessie and her mother will be missed.

  

My friend, Jessie, holding a small

Guadalupe statue that I gave her as a

farewell gift... in return, she surprised

me with a gift of her own - a picture

of Mary that she drew.

For our Kailua neighbors out there (or anyone else who's interested)... the next First Saturday Rosary will be on 8/6/2011 at 4:30pm. The regularly scheduled Vigil Mass will follow at 5:00pm in the main church.  We'd love to have you join us!