On Monday, August 25, 2025 at 7PM at St. Joseph Church in Manteno, the St. Joseph Knights of Columbus will be hosting the one-hour rosary-centered prayer service which has come to be known as The Silver Rose Ceremony. It honors and shares the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe by promoting respect for human life. Everyone is invited to attend.
A silver rose on a nine-month pilgrimage will be the centerpiece of this special prayer service.
The journey of the silver rose begins each year in March and ends on Dec. 12, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. During that time, Silver Roses travel from parish to parish along eight routes throughout North America. Several of those routes begin in Canada and end in Mexico.
The Silver Rose Program began in 1960, when the first rose – a real, live one – was blessed by a bishop in Ontario. The rose then traveled to New York and then to Texas where it was taken across the border into Mexico. The rose ended its pilgrimage at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Monterrey on Dec. 12, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. To better ensure future annual trips, a silver rose was ultimately made. Today, due to the popularity of the program throughout the North American continent, eight silver roses travel unique routes.
Through [the Silver Rose Program] we honor not only Our Lady of Guadalupe but we also reaffirm our dedication to the sanctity of human life. It is to the Blessed Mother that we turn in prayer as we work to end the Culture of Death that grips our society. It is most appropriate that we turn to Our Lady of Guadalupe who made known her will through Juan Diego and the miracle of the roses.
Share the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe and promote respect for life by attending this prayer service stop along the pilgrimage route.
Refreshments will be served following the ceremony.
Contact Ed Leeson for more information.
815-468-7419
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