On Sunday, Sept. 25, from 2-3:30 p.m., Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, 1023 Swann Road, Lewiston, will be the site of the 31st annual Rosary Crusade for World Peace sponsored by the Niagara Council of Catholic Women of the Diocese of Buffalo. “Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary intercedes for all humanity” is this year’s theme.
Father Bernard Confer, OP, of Our Lady of Rosary Monastery, Buffalo, will be the homilist and the long-time moderator will be Msgr. J. Thomas Moran, pastor of St. Bernard Parish in Youngstown.
The crusade, which is open to the public, will include an outdoor rosary procession, coronation of the statue of Mary, blessing of children and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Pope Benedict XVI has bestowed his apostolic blessing upon all participants in this year’s event.
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