Here at our Lady’s Shrine our Rosary Octave of Prayer will begin on Wednesday, October 7. AMM staff will pray the Rosary daily through next Wednesday, October 14. We hope you, too, will pray the rosary each of the eight days of this octave of prayer. Send us your intentions and the names of your loved ones to be remembered during the eight days of prayer. You may also burn Votive Lights for your special intentions. Pope Francis has urged all Catholics to pray the Rosary daily to unite us as one spiritual family and to help the Church in its time of trial. Saint Pope John Paul II taught that through this ancient prayer, we receive abundant grace, “as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.” 

Here at our Lady’s Shrine our Rosary Octave of Prayer will begin on Monday, October 7.  The rosary will be recited at the Shrine Church each day of the octave for your special intentions on Monday at 6:45 p.m., CT, Tuesday through Friday at 7:45 a.m., CT, and on Sunday at 10:45 a.m., CT.  Send us your intentions and the names of your loved ones to be remembered in the Masses and prayers during the eight days of prayer. You may also burn Votive Lights for your special needs. During the eight days of the octave, please meditate on the Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious  and Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary, and prayerfully consider the actions of Jesus and Mary to better imitate their holiness in your life. We hope you will join us in person or in spirit.

The Association of the Miraculous Medal in Perryville, Missouri, invites you to participate in our 3rd Annual Rosary for Life. This event will take place on Saturday, January 21, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.  The Rosary for Life will begin at 10:00 a.m. inside the Shrine Church. After the rosary is recited two speakers will talk about the preservation of life. A banner, which will be carried by a local group in the March for Life in Washington, D.C., will be available for participants to sign. Please invite your family and friends to attend this event in which we ask our Blessed Mother to intercede for the protection of life. For more information about the Rosary for Life in Perryville, call 1-800-264-6279 and ask for Frank.