Rosary for Life

Throughout the month of October, bishops representing each of Wisconsin’s five Roman Catholic dioceses will lead rosaries online to celebrate Respect Life month and the Month of the Holy Rosary. These virtual events will be held for five consecutive Sundays from 7:30-8:00 pm and the series kicks off on October 4, 2020, with the Most Reverend William P. Callahan, Bishop of La Crosse. The closing Rosary will be led by the Most Reverend Jerome E. Listecki, Archbishop of Milwaukee, on November 1, the Feast of All Saints, and will conclude with the Litany of the Saints.

All are encouraged to go online and join the Wisconsin bishops in this statewide prayer initiative to preserve and protect the sanctity and dignity of human life.

All events will take place Sunday evening from 7:30-8:00 pm. Click the links below to participate in the livestreams. 

• Oct. 4 – The Most Reverend William P. Callahan, Bishop of La Crosse
• Oct. 11 – The Most Reverend Donald J. Hying, Bishop of Madison 
• Oct. 18 – The Most Reverend David L. Ricken, Bishop of Green Bay 
• Oct. 25 – The Most Reverend James P. Powers, Bishop of Superior 
• Nov. 1 – The Most Reverend Jerome E. Listecki, Archbishop of Milwaukee 

Promotional materials and other event information are available at https://diolc.org/live/.

Photo at Right: A stained glass window at St. Francis Xavier Church in Superior depicts the Blessed Mother appearing to Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France.

The Rosary is Not Just About the Lives of Jesus and Mary--It's about our life, too.

While meditating on the life of Jesus, we are able to look at our own lives from the perspective of Jesus’, that is, from birth to death and beyond our lives are intricately connected to our lord and savior’s. In this way, our own lives and those around us become filled with meaning.

In our prayer along the journey of life, the rosary is never the same, no matter how many times we meditate on the mysteries because we do not stay the same. Each time we pray the rosary, we bring to God the circumstances and people in our own life. Each time we pray the rosary we have a slightly different focus using a different kernel from each mystery.

• Rosarium Virginis Mariae (John Paul II)