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JULY 2018 Information available at: www.AzRosary.Net OR Email: [email protected] Welcome to Arizona Celebration 2018 Honoring Mary under Her Title Our Lady of Czestochowa

DIOCESE OF TUCSON DIOCESE OF PHOENIX October 20, 2018 October 21, 2018 10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church Phoenix Convention Center 8650 North Shannon Road, Tucson, AZ 85742 33 S. 3rd St. - Halls F & G, Phoenix, AZ 85004 Most Rev. Edward J. Weisenburger, Presiding Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Presiding

We look forward to the 2018 Arizona Rosary During this year's Rosary celebration, Mary will be Celebration as we honor our Blessed Mother under her honored under her title Our Lady of Czestochowa. The title Our Lady of Czestochowa, “the one who shows the attributed to Our Lady of Czestochowa are way.” This image has been an icon of and many and most spectacular. Over the years, Our Lady of strength for the people of for centuries. In this Czestochowa has been a beacon of for millions. image, Mary gestures to as the Way and Jesus is During WW I we are told that Russian soldiers fled from said to be holding the , the story of his life the Gates of Warsaw at the river Vistula when they saw among us. As we prepare to celebrate this devotion to Mary in the sky over the city. Our Lady of Czestochowa Mary in the Rosary celebration, we are called to imitate has been a beacon of hope for the people of Poland. the strength of Mary and to be attentive to those most in Together, with our faith in Almighty God, and through need. Let us join in prayer asking God for and the intervention of the Blessed Mary, we can reconciliation for all God’s people everywhere. overcome whatever adversity we face. I personally -Most Rev. Edward J. Weisenburger invite you to attend this year’s Arizona Rosary

Celebration so that we can place our intentions before NEXT PLANNING MEETING the Eucharistic Lord and ask Our Lady of Czestochowa TUCSON to be our beacon for the future. Saturday, August 25, 2018 -Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted

Ss. Peter & Paul , West Room 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. NEXT PLANNING MEETING

1946 E Lee St, Tucson, AZ 85719 PHOENIX Saturday, August 4, 2018 Diocesan Pastoral Center Future Meeting Dates - Tucson 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. September 22, 2018 St. Joseph’s, St. Francis Rm. 400 E. Monroe Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004

215 South Craycroft Rd, Tucson, AZ 85711

Future Meeting Dates - Phoenix September 8, 2018 Ss. Simon & Jude Cathedral Pray for the Success of September 29, 2018 Diocesan Pastoral Center Arizona Rosary Celebration

Message ARIZONA ROSARY CELEBRATION Chairman Lawrence G. Costanzo

We are on the back stretch going into the far turn in our race to AZ Rosary Celebration 2018. We should take a close look at where we stand in each of our committees; do we have Parish Reps to help get out the word; have we contacted friends and neighbors, businesses we frequent and solicited ads. As we come nearer to the finish line we must get into high gear to make this year’s Rosary Celebration a success. Have we been praying to Our Lady of Czestochowa for the success of Rosary Celebration? Through her intercession, there have been several miracles.

During the siege by the Saracens, the invaders became frightened when the people carried the picture in a procession around the city; the infidels fled. Later, the image was threatened with burning by an evil emperor, who had a wife, Irene, who saved it and hid it from harm. The image was in that city for 500 years, until it became part of some dowries, eventually being taken to Russia to a region that later became Poland.

In September 14, 1920, when the Russian army assembled at the River Vistula, in preparation to invade Warsaw, the Polish people prayed to Our Lady. The next day was the Feast of . The Russians quickly withdrew after the image of Our Lady appeared in the clouds over Warsaw. In Polish history, this is known as the of Vistula.

During the Nazi occupation of Poland in World War II, Hitler ordered all religious pilgrimages stopped. In a demonstration of love for Our Lady and their confidence in her protection, a half million Poles went to the sanctuary in defiance of Hitler's orders. Following the liberation of Poland in 1945, a million and a half people expressed their gratitude to the Madonna by praying before this miraculous image. As we can see, nothing is impossible if we have faith and pray to Our Lady for the success of Rosary Celebration.

Our committee chairs have been working diligently to get their programs in order so that we can have a smooth event. Danny, Greg and I will be meeting with our Phoenix Convention Center counterparts to make sure we have everything in place. We have a commitment from the Phoenix Suns for half priced parking at the Jefferson St. Garage- - providing no other event will preempt us. If you park there, be sure to mention Rosary Celebration.

Our committees in Tucson have also been firming up their plans for Rosary Celebration at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church. Last year, Bishop Wiesenberger was in attendance as the incoming Bishop of Tucson. This year he will be presiding and in conversations with him I know that he is quite impressed with the program to honor Mary.

And while we are referring to Tucson, keep Gail Tucker in your . She is the spouse of Tucson co-chair Al Tucker. Gail is experiencing some medical problems. Also continue to pray for the success of Rosary Celebration. As I noted earlier in this column – nothing is impossible if we ask for Mary’s intercession.

Message ARIZONA STATE DEPUTY Thomas Kalisz

My name is Tom Kalisz and I’m the new State Deputy for the Knights of Columbus here in Arizona. For as far back as I can remember, Rosary Sunday, now the Arizona Rosary Celebration has been a beautiful outpouring of for Catholics in Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma, and many other parts of Arizona. I know that many of you have been working hard already to prepare for the celebration this coming October. Your dedication to this program is simply amazing. People like Dorothy Westfall and Helen Grayek have been involved since the beginning. The , Catholic Daughters, Catholic Renewal Ministries, the Dioceses of Phoenix and Tucson, are a list off the many groups who help put on the celebration each year. I want to personally thank every volunteer and attendee for the parts that you play in ensuring this production is successful.

Larry Costanzo has been the Arizona Rosary Celebration State Director for many years. His leadership has been spectacular. I welcome to the leadership team, Past State Deputy Larry Becker who is an understudy to Larry Costanzo. I look forward to working closely with them both.

I have quickly learned that the Chairmen for Tucson and Phoenix are true witnesses to our faith. Many thanks to Danny Haywood and Greg Mattingly in Phoenix, and Al Tucker and Karen McEwen in Tucson, for their service managing the celebration in their respective cities. I hope that in the next 12 months, I will get to meet as many of the hard-working folks who run the celebration at the grass roots so that I can thank each and every one of you personally.

This year we honor Our Lady of Czestochowa, the patron of Poland. I am humbled that this miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin Mary was chosen to be honored this year. Since I was born in Poland, I was raised venerating her image and taught about her many miracles. I hope that as we approach October you take the time to read up on the image and her history. I know you will be amazed.

I will include you in my prayers that God will work through you to achieve greatness and spread the of light to thousands this October at the Arizona Rosary Celebration.

Our Lady of Czestochowa, pray for us. Message from the Chairman Message from the Chairman TUCSON PHOENIX Al Tucker Danny Haywood & Greg Mattingly

Arizona Rosary Celebration 2018, honoring Mary under Her We are well into this year’s Arizona Rosary Celebration. This title Our Lady of Czestochowa, will be celebrated in Tucson on year’s Tucson celebration is on October 20, 2018 at St. Saturday, October 20, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., at Elizabeth Ann Seton in Tucson. Tucson’s Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 8650 North Arizona Rosary Celebration will have the Most Rev. Edward J. Shannon Road, Tucson, AZ 85742. Most Rev. Edward J. Weisenburger presiding. Weisenburger, Bishop of Tucson, will preside. The Arizona Rosary Celebration guest speaker this year is Most Rev. On October 21, 2018 is our Phoenix Arizona Rosary Patrick Zurek, Bishop of Amarillo, Texas. Celebration. Presiding over our celebration is the Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmstead. We are very fortunate to have as our The next planning meeting for our Arizona Rosary Celebration guest speaker this year, the Most Rev. Patrick Zurek, Bishop of will be held on Saturday, August 25, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to Amarillo, Texas. On Saturday night, October 20, 2018, he will 11:30 a.m., at Peter & Paul Parish, North Campbell be attending our Pilgrimage , and Dinner. Avenue and Lee Street, Tucson, AZ 85719. The meeting will Please consider coming to this function; it is an exceptionally be held in the school’s Madonna West Room. This location is good evening. on the east side of Campbell Avenue, across from the Banner Medical Center. The August meeting will also be held at this This year we are celebrating Our Lady under Her title of Our location. Lady of Czestochowa. After studying of Czestochowa, it is amazing how many people have asked The September 22, 2018 meeting will be held at and sought her help. Additionally, the Knights of Columbus Parish, 215 South Craycroft Road, Tucson, AZ 85711.This State Deputy, Thomas Kalisz has also chosen Our Lady of meeting will be held in the Parish Office Building, Saint Francis Czestochowa to be honored by the Knights this Fraternal Year. Room. Now to get down to business. Our monthly Steering Additionally, there will be a rehearsal for the Rosary Committee Meetings are of most importance. Committee th celebration participants on Wednesday, October 17 , at Saint Chairs, I would like to see each of you at our Committee Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 8650 N. Shannon Road. The Meetings. It helps us to see where we are in our progression time is tentatively scheduled for 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and will in this year’s Celebration. If you cannot make the meeting, be confirmed in a future announcement. send me your report. Remember, our Steering Committee

For information contact: Al Tucker at Meetings are on the first Thursday of the month at Fray Garces [email protected], 520-825-1248; or Karen McEwen at Columbian Hall on 49th and Northern Avenues at 7:00 p.m. [email protected], 520- 870-5122 We are working hard on getting our Parish Representatives. As of right now we have several parishes that are not TUCSON represented at Arizona Rosary Celebration; we need to bring Parish Representatives them aboard. On the First Saturday of the month we meet with the Parish Representatives. We need to invite more parishes

The Parish Representative is very important to the success of to get involved. Dorothy Westfall is the Chairperson for this the Arizona Rosary Celebration. Having a parish committee. She always needs help to complete this task. representative helps us to timely provide and distribute Please consider helping her. Dorothy can be contacted at information about the rosary celebration to the various Phone: 602-944-6811, Email: [email protected]. ministries within the parish and to parishioners in general. Our next meeting is on August 4th at the Diocesan Office at Following are some suggestions on how parish 9:00 a.m. representatives can promote the Arizona Rosary Celebration and maximize their parish participation. The other business at hand is the Advertising Ads. Our only source of income is our Program Book. We need to ask our AZ Rosary Flyers, Posters and Tri-Folds: Hand out flyers at friends and our businesses that we know to buy ads. every opportunity. Visit meetings of the various parish If anyone would like help with this year’s celebration, please ministries and other parish gatherings to extend personal contact me, Danny Haywood, Phone: 602-469-0758, Email: invitations and distribute flyers. Keep flyers handy for any [email protected], or Greg Mattingly, Phone: 623- opportunity. Distributing of the Tri-Folds is additionally 910-8414, Email: [email protected]. If you can’t help suggested. Posters are also available at the planning meetings physically, please help prayerfully. This undertaking takes a lot for distribution and display at your parish. PS: Include of prayers. the Holy Hour/Friday Dinner and Poster Contest Flyers in your distributions. All flyers and the Tri-Fold are also available from the Arizona Rosary Celebration Website www.AzRosary.net. Notices for parish bulletins: Suggested weekly bulletin PHOENIX announcements have been sent to parishes via the Diocese. Altar Servers These are also available on the website www.AzRosary.net. Do all you can to influence having your parish use the weekly In Phoenix, Altar Servers are invited to attend the Arizona bulletin announcements. Rosary Celebration on October 21, 2018, at the Phoenix Convention Center. Before the event, Altar Servers will arrive Help Select a Family to Represent Your Parish in the and sign in at the Convention Center in Room 155, starting at Procession: Assist your pastor in selecting a family. 11:00 a.m. Altar Servers will be joined by a Diocesan This family is to bring one and to arrive at the St. representative for a pizza lunch. After lunch they will process Elizabeth Ann Seton Church procession area by 9:15 a.m. for into the Convention Center. After the celebration, they will be the celebration on October 20, 2018. The Bishop’s letter to the picked up at the Convention Center by parents.

Pastors includes information regarding the Parish Family Altar Server Coordinator information can be found on the Representative. website at www.AzRosary.net. It is mandatory that anyone working with youth comply with local Diocesan Safe Assist with Altar Server Registration and Instruction Environment or Call to Protect guidelines. Knights of Columbus Information to Your Parish Altar Server Coordinator: must comply with Supreme guidelines. In Phoenix, altar server Check to ensure that your Altar Server Coordinator has coordinators and adults helping at the event must be current with Safe Environment compliance at the Diocese. received the Altar Server’s letter. If not, please contact

Katheryn Hutchinson, 520-419-4889, Registration Forms for the Altar Servers can be found on the [email protected]. Assist Katheryn in getting the website. The forms must be presented at the registration table letter and other pertinent information to the parish Altar Server on the day of the event. All servers are asked to bring their Coordinator if needed. own cassock, surplice, and cincture.

Visit Parish Youth Groups: include visits to the parish youth For more information contact Sonja Kassube Phone: 602-615- 1080, Email: [email protected] groups in your visits to parish ministries and clubs. This includes Life Teen, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and any other ministries/organizations in the parish that include youth. Blessing Procession & Family with Encourage having rallies and participation in the Blessing PHOENIX

Procession and other elements of the Arizona Rosary Celebration. Each group in the Blessing Procession will be permitted 4 people in the procession. There may be several groups per Church. Please make sure each group is registered. Assist with Poster Contest Notifications: Confirm that the Registration forms for the Procession as well as Family school and religious education staff has received Poster with Roses can be found on the website at Contest material and check to see if there are any questions. www.AzRosary.net. All groups must register upon arrival. The Refer questions to Samuel Kiser 520-820-5808, registration table closes at 1:00 p.m. All groups are required to [email protected]. sit in the procession area. If there is a handicapped person in your group, please call Donna Wiedoff. We ask that each Family with Roses bring one rose per family to place in the Assist with Registering Blessing Procession Participants: basket. If you have any questions please contact Donna All groups who wish to participate in the Blessing Procession Wiedoff, Phone: 602-292-1294 must be registered using the Blessing Procession Registration Form (available at planning meetings and on the website www.AzRosary.net. Ensure that your parish groups are aware of and have access to the registration form. Assist with PHOENIX obtaining, filling out and submitting if needed. Blessing Holy Hour and Saturday Dinner Procession Registration forms for Arizona Rosary Celebration

Tucson can be sent to: Bill McEwen at Following the 5:00 p.m. Mass and Holy Hour at Saint Paul's [email protected]. Catholic Church 330 W Coral Gables Dr., Phoenix, AZ 85023, we will kick off the Phoenix Celebration with dinner and a visit Intention Box for Petitions: These are boxes for with our guest speaker, Most Rev. Patrick Zurek. The dinner is parishioners to place intentions that will be placed before Our catered by Sharko’s. This dinner will give us all a chance to Lady’s image at the Arizona Rosary Celebration. Suggest meet the guest speaker personally. having an assistant who will take care of the intention box and “not forget” to have the intentions brought to the Rosary The cost of the dinner is $22.00. Tickets can be purchased by Celebration on October 20, 2018. See the “Prayer Campaign” sending a check to: Catholic Renewal Ministries, Diocese of notes for further information about Intention Boxes. Phoenix, P.O. Box 13102, Chandler, AZ 85248, or Calling Marge Chavez: 480-201-6691. Make checks payable to: AZ Rosary Celebration

For information, call Marge Chavez, 480-201-6691. Forms for the dinner are available on the website at www.AzRosay.net. TUCSON PHOENIX Holy Hour and Friday Dinner Ministry Tables

The Arizona Rosary Celebration will begin in the Tucson If your Church or a Religious Group would like to tell people Diocese on Friday, October 19, 2018 with Holy Hour at Our about their program, why not reserve a Ministry Table at the Lady of Fatima Church, 1950 W. Irvington Place, Tucson AZ Arizona Rosary Celebration? The cost is only $35.00. Your 85746. Rev. Patrick Crino, Pastor of Ss. Peter & Paul Parish message will be delivered to thousands of people attending the and Knights of Columbus State Chaplain, will be the Celebrant for the Holy Hour. The Arizona Rosary Celebration 2018 guest Celebration. speaker, Most Rev. Patrick Zurek, Bishop of Amarillo, Texas will also participate at the Holy Hour. For more information see the website or contact: Richard Wagoner: Phone: 602-621-3406, Email: Following the Holy Hour, a Dinner will be hosted by Our Lady [email protected]. of Fatima Council #14121. The Holy Hour/Dinner Flyer (which includes a dinner reservation form) is available for download on www.AzRosary.net (in the “Events” pull down) and will be PHOENIX available at the planning meetings. A Hawaiian Dinner will be Confessions provided at a dinner price of $15.00 per person. The dinner menu features a choice of Kahlua Pork or Teriyaki Chicken. As Confession, it is a beautiful Sacrament passed onto our priests a special feature, Bishop Zurek will attend the dinner and be by The Lord. "Only priests who have received the faculty of available for greetings and chats. Also joining us of course will absolving from the authority of the Church can forgive sins in be our always affable Father Pat. the name of Christ" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1495).

TUCSON "The spiritual effects of the sacrament of are: Altar Servers - reconciliation with God by which the penitent recovers grace;

- reconciliation with the Church; Our Arizona Rosary Celebration is full of memorable and - remission of the eternal punishment incurred by mortal sins; inspiring activity. Among the top for beauty and inspiration are - remission, at least in part, of temporal punishments resulting the Altar Servers processing in their albs as part of the from sin; Bishop’s Procession. We will be delighted to have every parish - peace and serenity of conscience, and spiritual consolation; in the diocese present with their youth Altar Servers in addition - an increase of spiritual strength for the Christian battle" to a representative family and parish ministries participating in (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1496). this celebration honoring Our Lady of Czestochowa. After the ceremony, every Altar Server in the procession will receive a On Sunday, October 21, 2018 we will celebrate the Annual blessed by Francis plus photographs Arizona Rosary Celebration at the Phoenix Convention Center. of the Altar Servers will be taken with Bishop Weisenburger. One of the beautiful parts of this day is the Sacrament of Confession. On behalf of the organization committee I am The Altar Server Coordinator and Altar Server Individual asking that if you know of any priests that may be able to come registration forms with instructions will be mailed to every Altar and hear confessions from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 p.m., please Server Ministry Leader in the Diocese during the first week of let me know. Our priests are spread very thin so the sacrifice August 2018. Registration forms are also available on they make to come and hear confessions is appreciated www.azrosary.net in the “Events” pull down at top of the main beyond any words of thanks. Contact Frank Yanez, Phone page. 602-402-4090 or by email at [email protected]

For more information regarding Altar Server participation from Bus Transportation the Diocese of Tucson in the Arizona Rosary Celebration, PHOENIX please contact Katheryn Hutchinson, Phone: 520-419-4889, One of the best ways to promote Arizona Rosary Celebration is Email [email protected]. to sponsor a bus.

All Aboard America Laidlaw Bus Lines TUCSON 480-962-6202 602-484-7646 Prayer Campaign 48 seats $ 470.00 56 seats $ 390.00 55 seats $ 520.00

This continuous program of prayers for the success of the OLPH School Bus (No AC) Paradise Valley Bus Arizona Rosary Celebration is led by Martha Flores, President, 480-945-6190 602-256-0101 Diocese of Tucson Commitium, Legion of Mary. For 56 seats $ 200.00 47 seats $ 535.00 information about the prayer campaign, please contact Martha 55 seats $ 615.00 at 520-704-5047 or [email protected]. Paradise Valley School Bus 602-449-2251 56 seats $ 80.00 The “20 step prayer campaign”, which can be found in the “resources” pull down from the www.AzRosary.net home More detailed information can be found on the website; page, is used to guide this program. www.AzRosary.net. Or contact Jim Reynolds, (602) 653-5814, [email protected] TUCSON Ushers Bus Transportation PHOENIX

Some parishes, at a distance from the celebration location, We are seeking Catholic men and women to help direct and have used locally obtained school buses and a few in or near seat the public. The duties also include the aid and town parishes used local van or mini-bus transportation. These assistance to the public for all possible disturbances that seem to be good options. Our Lady of Grace Parish in may occur and to call for help. You will need a cell phone Maricopa has used school busses from Bee Line for that day to call the head usher Joe Danko, 602-710- Transportation, 2676 N. Trekel Road in Casa Grande (phone 0418. He will be the direct link with security and medical. If 520-316-3382) as a source for transportation other than you have a Knight or a friend from Church, please costlier coaches. The Bee Line location in Casa Grande only asks them to join you. The event starts at 2:00 p.m. We are offers school busses. requesting all ushers to be on site at 10:30 a.m. for final St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Casa Grande used the Bee instructions. The doors open at Noon. Line Tucson Transportation in past years and reported being very satisfied with the service. The cost was $810.00 for a 56- All ushers working this event will need to be in compliant passenger bus between Casa Grande and St. Elizabeth Ann with the Phoenix Diocese Safe Environment Training. Seton. BEE LINE TUCSON, PO Box 17391, Tucson AZ 85731, 520-760-8784. Our goal is to have 50 + ushers for the Phoenix event. Please respond to my email even if you will not be able to The St. Anthony of Padua Parish Representative additionally attend this year. We are looking for a head count. reported that ALL ABOARD AMERICA in Mesa also provided very good service for their parish. Their cost for a 56 If you have any questions or concerns, please Contact Joe passenger bus was about $900.00 Danko Email: j [email protected] , Phone: 602-710-0418 ALL ABOARD AMERICA, 220 S. Country Club Road, Mesa between 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. 800-848-4728, 480-222-6940, [email protected]

We continue to investigate various options and will publish these with contact information in future newsletters. PHOENIX Suggestions and recommendations are most welcome. Please send to Al Tucker at [email protected]. Supporting the Arizona Rosary Celebration

TUCSON The annual Arizona Rosary Celebration is Arizona's largest Prayer Intention Boxes gathering of Catholics; over 8,000 attended last year from all over the State. The primary source of income for the These are boxes for parishioners to put intentions in that will celebration is revenue received through the sale of be placed before Our Lady’s image at the Arizona Rosary advertising in the souvenir program book. Every Celebration. After the celebration, these intentions will be organization, parish, business, club and Knights of brought to the Santa Rita in Sonoita where the Columbus Council, and Assembly, throughout the State, intentions will be prayed for daily throughout the year. Last should purchase an advertisement to help support the year, the reported having read every one of the Arizona Rosary Celebration. The souvenir program book intentions (many 100’s at least) and having been very touched. has the potential to end up on every Catholic Coffee Table The boxes are optional for size and shape and are usually in the State of Arizona. decorated, as decided at each parish, to be colorful and attractive. The intentions are to be brought to the rosary For information about program book ads and donations celebration on October 20 (see above parish representative contact: Rick Garrison, Phone: 480-522-7064, Email suggestions). [email protected] Advertisement forms can also be found on the website www.AzRosary.net. Ads over $50.00 can Prayer Intention Forms are available for download on be purchased by Credit Card by calling Rick at 623-536- www.AzRosary.net. Although optional for using, these are 4801 picturesque and will help gain attention along with a colorful, decorated intention box. The intentions should be brought to The deadline for Program Book ads is: the celebration on October 20 in large baggies where a collection receptacle will be available near Our Lady’s statue. September 8, 2018 Suggest not bringing the parish intention boxes to the rosary celebration- save for next year.

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TUCSON PHOENIX Blessing Procession & Prayer Campaign

Parish Representative Family

“More things are wrought by prayer than this world This consists of various participating groups from throughout dreams of.” This Tennyson quote is a favorite of . the diocese who process into the church following the Bishop’s Our event has the potential of bringing about many victories -- Procession and are blessed by the Bishop as they process spiritual victories we dream of. Reports given at our meetings past his station at the front of the altar. Registration Forms for groups wishing to participate in the Blessing Procession are are the successful evangelization stories of individuals available on the Website www.AzRosary.net and found in the returning to the sacraments of reconciliation and of “Events” pull down from the top of the home page. This conversions. includes the form for registering the family who will represent your parish as chosen by the Pastor. Each parish is As an update, our May and June meetings gained 50 invited to send a family to represent the parish in the Blessing individuals lighting a candle and 100 committed to praying a Procession. The families precede the other participating Rosary. Our meeting in July, we will be asking you and others groups. We should receive 2 different forms for each parish to offer a Holy Hour. (One or more for groups/ministries and one for the representing family). For information, please contact Bill Reminder, if you have a favorite quote about prayer, please let McEwen, Email: [email protected], Phone: 520-579- us know so we can share it. A few quotations about prayer 0779. have been found -- we will try to have them on display at future meetings. TUCSON Poster Contest Current prayer alerts: Through August and well before

September 8 (the deadline), we ask for prayers for the funding The Poster Contest is offered to all Diocese of Arizona Rosary Celebration. Pray that advertising and and parish religious education program students and home- donations will come in. Another area is the need for parish schooled children in grades Kindergarten through 8th grade. representatives. There are still parishes without a Information regarding the contest: rules for materials, the representative. Pray that individuals will come forward to theme, and submission location, and deadline, will be mailed to serve. school and directors of religious education in August 2018. Poster Contest information, including a Tucson Diocese Poster Prayer: August is the month of Our Lady's Assumption and of Contest Flyer, are posted on the website www.AzRosary.net the Church celebrating Mary's Queenship. The “Hail Holy in the “Events” pull down on the home page. The theme this Queen” is an appropriate prayer we can pray to ask Mary, Our year is: Our Lady Of Czestochowa and One of Her Many Queen and Mother, to assist us. It is an easy prayer we can Miracles. pray throughout the day.

For information regarding the poster contest, please contact: Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To Samuel Kiser, Phone 520-820-5808, or Email thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this [email protected]. valley of tears! Turn, then, O most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us TUCSON the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Supporting the Arizona Rosary Celebration V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Purchase of advertisements in the Program Book is our main source of financial support for this annual celebration to honor Our Lady of Czestochowa, pray for us. Our Blessed Mother. If you know of any business, organization or individual who would (or might) like to have an ad in our program book, please send their contact information to Mary Prayer to Our Lady of Czestochowa Ann Cleveland Email: [email protected] or Phone: 520-574- 7380. Also send (or take to our planning meetings) the advertisers in your parish bulletins. "We fly to your patronage, O holy Mother of God; that Individual donations are also an important and greatly despise not our petitions appreciated support for the Arizona Rosary Celebration. For in our necessities, information and forms contact Mary Ann as noted. but deliver us always from all dangers,

Program Book Ad and donation forms, including the popular O glorious and blessed Virgin. “Booster” forms, are available on website www.AzRosay.net Our Lady, our Patroness, in the “Resources” pull down. our , our Joy! Reconcile us to your Son, The deadline for Program Book ads is: September 8, 2018 commend us to your Son, present us to your Son.

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