Silver Rose at St. Mary in Rock Island

Share the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe and promote respect for life by participating in this meaningful pilgrimage. The Silver Rose program demonstrates the unity between Knights of Columbus in Canada, the United States and Mexico, through a series of prayer services promoting the dignity of all human life and honoring Our Lady.

Each year, from early March through mid-December, Silver Roses are stewarded by Knights of Columbus councils along routes from Canada to Mexico. Every stop the Silver Rose makes throughout the pilgrimage is a rosary-centered occasion for Knights, parishioners and community members to pray for respect for life, for the spiritual renewal of each nation, and for the advancement of the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

“Through [the Silver Rose Program] we honor not only Our Lady of Guadalupe and express the unity of the [the Knights of Columbus], 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. As we think in terms of ‘One Life, One Rose,’ 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.”

– Past Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson

You may also like the following events from Peoria Chapter Knights of Columbus:

• Next Monday, 1st September, 07:00 pm, Silver Rose and Holy Hour for the Unborn at St. Mark in Peoria in Peoria
• Next Tuesday, 2nd September, 05:00 pm, Silver Rose at St. Mary in Canton in Canton
• Next Friday, 5th September, 05:00 pm, Silver Rose at Immaculate Conception Church Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Carthage in Carthage