Community Calendar

The 2016 Our Lady of Guadalupe Silver Rose - One Life, One Rose Program began in April 2016 with six Silver Roses starting from Canada, crossing the United States to Mexico ending on December 12, 2016 on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Monterrey, Mexico.

2016 marks the 56th year of the program which began in 1960 as a project of the Columbian Squires of North America to honor the Blessed Virgin under her title of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas. The program has continued since then as a project of Columbian Squires circles, councils and Fourth Degree assemblies in several jurisdictions.

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson said "Through this program, we honor not only Our Lady of Guadalupe and express the unity of the Order, but we also reaffirm the Order's 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."  More information on the Silver Rose Program can be found at: http://kofc.org/un/en/service/church/rose/support_materials.html

One of the Silver Roses will be in the Springfield Diocese from August 26 to August 30.  The Knights of Columbus Councils in Sigel and Effingham will be hosting Our Lady of Guadalupe Silver Rose - One Life, One Rose Prayer Services on Sunday August 28th.  The locations and times are as follows:

St. Michael the Archangel Council 11100 of Sigel at 11:00 a.m. after the 10:00 a.m. Mass at St. Michael the Archangel Church, 200 N. Church St. in Sigel.  The contact person is Grand Knight Phil Fearday – (217) 663-5003.

Effingham Council 665 at 2:00 p.m. at the Effingham Knights of Columbus Pavilion (inside if inclement weather) at 1501 W. Fayette Avenue in Effingham.  The contact person is Faithful Navigator Greg Koester – (217) 821-7731 or Grand Knight Jim Bierman – (618) 683-2647.

The public is invited and welcomed to attend any or all of the prayer services.