Category: Ontario
This was our second consecutive year holding the Public Square Rosary Rally thanks to your encouraging initiatives and supplies…and we tripled the number of prayerful participants to approximately 40 individuals!
I was very please with the turn out this year and everyone who attended where very enthusiastic!
Ottawa Near Rideau River Pathway
Our rally location was near the Rideau River Pathway on the edge of the street with cars passing by and pedestrians. A car passed by and honked and waved as an encouraging expression. We were able to do the rosary rally in Spanish as our group was Hispanic. It was our great pleasure to bring this Public Rosary to our Ottawa area. We hope to promote it and reach more individuals next year. Thank you for the blessed opportunity.
This was Pembroke’s 1st Public Rosary Rally. I booked the Pembroke Amphitheater well in advance so it was easier for the older people to sit and so everyone could hear us pray with the microphones.
The waterfront is generally a busy spot.
I asked our local Deacon to play his guitar and sing the songs with us. He also helped me make sure that all the parishes in our area received notification, (three weeks in advance), to put in their bulletins.
The Pembroke Diocese has both French and English parishes, therefore I asked a parishioner from one of our local French Church to help me say the Rosary in French as well. We took turns doing the intentions, 1st in English next in French and so on. I would say the first Joyful Mystery she would do the second and so on.
She also helped me welcome everyone, had them sign the attendance sheet and handed out the programs and intentions. I had copies of both French and English made.
A total of 65 people came to join us, including two Priests and one Deacon.
It was also nice to see two young families there.
I was very pleased with the turn out. Only 57 signed the attendance sheet.
If each of these 57 people brought one person next year we will have over 100.!!
When we finished singing O Sanctissima I asked Fr. Stephen to give all us a final blessing.
Pembroke had heavy rain earlier that morning but as we were beginning to set up for the Rally there was a whole in sky of no clouds and as we were saying the third Joyful Mystery The Sun came out ! It was so beautiful to see.
Thank you for giving me this beautiful opportunity to share my faith with others.
We have 37 pictures that were taken at the Rally these are the three best ones that show most of the grp and the people that helped me make it such a success.
Laurie Mintha Captain
Pembroke, Ontario
Elliot Lake
Scarborough
Walkerton, Ontario
For our second consecutive Rosary Rally, I was pleased with the turnout of 17 people, including Fr. Luc and Sister Anne (considering the CoVid-19 restrictions). It was breezy again, and warmer than last year. I am thankful for the opportunity to pray publicly for Canada, and thankful also for my helpers. God Bless Canada!
Barrie, ON
LaSalle, on
Terrace Bay, on
Toronto, ON
Thank you all? deeply from my heart and specially to Our Lady? to reach our goal of praying together and being more than ??15 people from last year. I strongly encourage all of you that couldn’t make it for this lovely Rosary Rally to tried hard next year and be never dismayed for the cause of God?? Always is worth it❣️
Gabbie Romo
Our Rally was held on the sidewalk on The East Mall and Vallaha-Inn Road, Etobicoke, Ontario. We prayed the rosary and the chaplet of Divine Mercy after we put the attached petitions across to Jesus through Our Mother. We also sang some Hymns.
We did get the attention of many cars and some people that passed that way. And I believe we did make Mother Mary and Heaven happy as we stood there for over an hour holding the banner and raising our rosaries. Praise God!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Here’s a quick post I put on Facebook for my Brother Knights in regards to yesterday’s Street Rosary Rally in Mississauga. We were on the Southeast corner of Burnhamthorpe and Hurontario.
The winds made it especially hard to set up anything. In fact, our first tent was taken down as it could not be secured safely. Resultant winds forced me to alter the Radio Maria table display.
Please be sure to join us in October 2020!
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Our rally location was near the Rideau River Pathway on the edge of the street with cars passing by and pedestrians. We had a few cars pass by and honk as an encouraging expression. We were able to do the rosary rally in Spanish as our group was Hispanic. We hope to continue to promote this Public Rosary and reach more individuals next year. Thank you for the blessed opportunity.
It was a bright sunny noon and we started the Rosary with handful of people as there were so much activities going on at the parish, but later on we increased in no. about 50 of us. As this is our first time, we hope to do better next year for more people to join, for God’s greater honor and glory.
In the morning there was a little bit rain, but at almost 12:00 noon, the sun begins to appear. It was a bright sunny day when the Rosary started. At first, there was a handful of people, sooner it increased in no.. With God’s intervention, everything went well. As this is my first time as Rosary Captain, we hope to do better if not best next year to increase in no. for God’s greater honour and glory.
The Bradford Public Square Rosary Crusade was attended by about 100 people. In the third photo, the organizer, Dom Duraes is the man wearing the brown hat and is standing to the right of Bradford Mayor Rob Keffer who said a prayer for all our leaders. I am pleased to say that the Hail Mary was said in 9 different languages, as our church, Holy Martyrs of Japan Catholic Parish is very diverse . Also, CTV Barrie News was in attendance and gave us 1 minute and 20 seconds of air time Saturday evening. Please use Google, CTV Barrie News and scroll to find the ‘Public Square Rosary Rally’ – it is a great video and I am very pleased with it, as I was unsure whether they would attend. If you have any questions, please contact me, Nancy Bobala, [email protected]
Our Rosary Rally was held at our outdoor statue of Mary, right next to the Otonabee River in Lakefield. The statue was beautifully decorated with the Rosary Banner and beautiful flowers.
It was a windy cold afternoon but we had 22 people who were dedicated and devoted to Mary and who braved the elements and prayed and sang together.
We also had an outdoor rosary made with cards on our church grounds which was very effective at attracting interest in the event.
It was looking like our group would be small but (at the stroke of 12 noon) others joined us. So we numbered 11 in total…9 from our parish of St Leonard (including our priest) plus 2 others.
Not bad for a first effort !
It did begin to rain shower the moment we blessed ourselves to start but never was enough to cause us to get our umbrellas from the car.
We considered it an extra blessing…with holy water.
We gathered at the public park at the intersection of two major streets where there’s lots of traffic, as well as, sports fields…with a team practising.
The consensus was that we’ll do it again next year…and hopefully grow in numbers.
It had been raining the previous days, but we were confident that the sun would shine on that day, and it did! When we started praying the rosary it was still cloudy then after awhile the Sun came out and shone brightly and kept us warm. It was my first rosary rally as team captain, it was a small group but we prayed from our heart. Attendees are looking forward to next year Rosary Rally.
We gather in Honour of Our Lady of Fatima asking for Her protection in our country, province, schools and wherever we are.
Nous sommes une paroisse française et appréçions notre belle bannière de Notre Sainte Mère de Fatima. en participant à notre 3e rally le 12 octobre, 2019.
À la prochaine, en plus grand nombre. !!!
Good Morning, My name is Maria. The Rosary Crusade took place on Saturday October 12th, at noon at the corner of Close Ave and King St. West, by the statue of the Blessed Mother located outside of the Holy Family Church of Toronto, Ont.We gathered about 30 people and had two volunteers to hold the banner and another person to distribute the handouts.We followed the suggested Prayer Program and prayed the fifteen Mysteries (Joyful, Sorrows and Glorious) We took few pictures at the end of the program. The Rally captain is in green jacket. You will find attached a list of names of the attendants. I collected some names. It was a nice spiritual experience for all of us who were present with no disturbances during the prayer, and we were blessed with good weather. After the rain in the morning, it cleared up by noon, but it was windy reason for placing the banner against the wall of the building for protection. I am not signing for Rally Captain for 2020 at this time. I will re-check it at the proper time. Thank you for making me a part of this great Rosary Crusade. May God continue blessing your work and sacrifices. In Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Maria Ziebert2019 Rally Captain
It was our first public rosary rally and so thankful for this amazing opportunity praying the rosary and singing to Our Blessed Mother. The sound system helped a lot. It was a windy chilly day and while praying the sun shone brightly. It was a busy intersection and we saw passengers in cars driving by making the sign of the cross. We are excited and praying for next years rally.
The Feast Of Our Lady Of Fatima 102th anniversary honored and commemorated through public Holy Rosary fruitful event at the Catholic Family of Parishes In Norfolk county ON at the St. Mary’s church Simcoe – on Saturday October 12th 2019 -this thanksgiving weekend October 2019!! This year’s Team Captain Elizabeth Christian Cruz O’Malley.(your humble Marian Devotee and servant) About 50 parishioners joining the CanadaNeedsOurLady.org nationwide rally public Holy Rosary in Canada upon the invitation of the Director Mr. Michael Renaud together with Ms. Lourdes Tapia ever kind and generous Coordinator with the team and staff. About 50 parishioners attended joined us in fervent prayers followed by light snack and refreshments!! From this fruitful event the Our Lady of Fatima 1st Saturday Prayer Group was formed the meeting starts on November 02, 2019 (1st Saturday- Prayer meeting and camaraderie followed by the regular 5:00pm anticipated mass). Cheers on this great blessing!! Our heartfelt gratitude and thanks to our Fr. Al Duframoint, Fr. Lucio Covuto and Parish staff and team from the Catholic Family of Parishes, the Portuguese community and members of the organizing team who supported the event and for your continuous kind assistance!! ❤️
The Rally was held by the Barry’s Bay, Combermere and Foymount areas/
Approximately 40 people showed up on a grey, showery day. The reason the gathering was so limited was caused in part by one of the parishes not publishing the event for 2 previous Sundays, as requested. The part-time secretary forgot to include the memo sent to her for inclusion in the Parish Bulletin. That area usually sends a significant number of people to the Rally.
However, that did not prevent the event from being prayerful and a solid display of our faith and love for Our Lady. The statue of Our Lady of Fatima – 42 inches high – was proudly displayed on a table for all to see and to whom to pray.
Thank you to you for providing us with what was needed to pray fervently and with pride.
Well it pored rain . Most of the morning., just as 12:00 approached the sun came out.. it was quite windy but we were fine.. we stood at the front our Church St. Bernadette’s in Ajax at the corner of Harwood and Bayly .. a very busy intersection.,I did not count the people but I think 45 people..two Priests…and very loyal Rosary people..we have pictures. They were sent to me in messenger from someone else’s phone.. have to figure how to send them.. a passerby joined us I welcomed him gave him the prayers.. he said he is coming back to Church., with his boys..he was curious by the sign.. so beautiful. ..Mary’s face.
Hello just a brief report about our rosary on Brown’s Line Etobicoke.
!8 people came and we prayed. the photographer did not come so there are no pictures.
If next year comes perhaps things will be better.
Port Perry, Immaculate Conception Church
The Rally took place after the 5:00 p.m. Mass on October 13, 2018. This was the last of our Processions which are held on the 13th of each month from May to October.
At the Delta Centre, Cambridge, Ontario
It was at the Delta Centre, between ” Listenup Canada ” and ” Cash Money ” at the intersection of Dundas and Highway 24. I had only one (1) person, my nephew, to join me this year, but next year I believe I will have more. It was my nephew who took the pictures for me on my cell phone. This is one of the main intersections in Cambridge.
Thornhill Green Park in Vaughan, Ontario
Mississauga
Mississauga
We had our bilingual ( English-Polish) Rosary Crusade at the corner of Rathburn and Tomken in Mississauga.It was wonderful! First time for all participants!
Some asked for us to do it again, and we will!
St. Margaret’s Church in Midland
We held our Rosary Rally on the 14th of October in front of St. Margaret’s Church in Midland, Ontario. There were about 20 people in attendance.
I pray that Our Lady was pleased with our prayers,
May God bless you and the work done by Canada Needs Our Lady.
19 Flamingo Dr. Elmira ON
We had our public rosary in Elmira. It was held in our Rosary Garden in front of the church, on the fairly busy street. I received the banner and prayer guidelines which we followed, with several different people sharing in leading the prayers. It was well received and many expressed a wish to have this outdoor rosary more often.
St Joseph’s On The Lake, North Bay
Mississauga
Rosary Rally 2017 Mississauga, ON
https://youtu.be/dFbh6ZJWT6s
This video is about a public Rosary Rally held Oct.14th, 2017 in Mississauga ON at Burnhamthorpe/Hurontario. It was orchestrated by Canada Needs Our Lady. It commemorates the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima apparition, Oct 13, 1917. Its part of 21,570 Rosary Rallies that were done across North AmerIca.
Mississauga
This was the first public rally held at St. Gertrude’s Parish. Attendance was by word of mouth since I was not able to get the announcement in the church bulletin. We had 11 people attending and everyone participated in the event. Everyone is looking forward to next year, and with advertisement we will make it a bigger event.
Saint Catharines – Montebelllo Park
There were around a hundred people in total. It was great.
The kit arrived just 3 days before Oct 14, 2017. I had just 3 day to bring this to life. With the support of a parishioner and a friend we managed to draw in a huge crowd. The church I belong to was very supportive.
St. Dunstan Catholic Church
North York
Helped by my neighbors, Legion of Mary Presidium and other friends, the Rally was held at the major intersection of Don Mills and Sheppard in North York. About 50 people attended. Some people passing by got drawn to the rally and joined us willingly and with a smile on their faces.
Yesterday, October 14th, between 12 noon and 1pm, we had 30 people attend the Rosary Rally, at the corner of St. Joseph and Orleans Blvd in Orleans. This included representatives from the Divine Mercy Cenacles as well as the Rosary Team and the CWL all from Divine Infant Parish. Representatives from other Parishes who heard of the event by word-of-mouth also joined in.
There were beautiful hymns and prayers printed out to sing and recite, including the Angelus, the Rosary, the Litany to Our Lady, etc. We had several honks and smiles. Remarkably, a jogger who was passing by stopped and joined us in the Rosary. What a powerful witness!
Our Lady Queen of Fatima did something remarkable; the moment we finished singing Ave Maria and say the Angelus, the rain stopped drizzling, the sun shone up in the sky and the procession was wonderful.
Mississauga
On October 14, 2017 we celebrated the 100-th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima Apparitions at St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church, with the kind permission of Pastor Father Raymond Peter, the generous help of custodian Bruce, parish secretary Nellie, and with the presence of a special guest – Our Lady of Fatima, a four-foot-high beautiful statue courtesy of the Sisters of Mount Carmel Monastery in St. Agatha, Ontario. This Public Square Rosary Rally was an initiative of the Canada Needs Our Lady organization, a special campaign of the Canadian Society for the Defence of Christian Civilization, which predicted a total of 600 such rallies to be held across Canada at the same time, during this special centennial anniversary. Mary, the Mother of God appeared to the 3 shepherd children Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta in Fatima, Portugal in 1917 – a total of six times, with the final apparition on October 13, 1917. On the same day the Miracle of the Sun also occurred to prove the authenticity of Mary’s apparitions and to strengthen people’s faiths, where the sun unnaturally began to spin in the sky and to fall towards the earth – a miraculous spectacle that was witnessed by 70,000 people. Mary’s messages to the children of prayer (especially the rosary), repentance, self-sacrifice, reparation and peace are messages that our world needs to hear today as well. This considering: widespread abortions (100,000/year in Canada alone), frightening natural disasters of apocalyptic proportions (i.e. recent hurricanes in the Caribbean and the U.S.), nuclear threats, and rampant attacks on the sanctity of marriage and families by most western governments and institutions.
This was a celebration with various ethnic groups attending, with songs of praise and various prayers, especially the rosary, which was said in four different languages, English, Polish, Spanish and Portuguese. Afterwards a beautiful feature film about the Fatima Apparitions entitled “The 13-th Day”, was shown in the church hall, with stunning images of the visions and the final miracle, that was never before fully realized on screen. The audience also enjoyed very delicious refreshments of coffee, tea and cookies during the film, courtesy of the ladies of the parish (Doris and Pat) and delicious pastry baked by generous outside volunteers (Tina and Grace).
A special thank you to everyone who contributed to make this a very special and blessed celebration of God’s message of hope for mankind, as revealed by the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima.
“Tell everybody that God grants us His graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, that they should ask her for them, that the Heart of Jesus wants the Immaculate Heart of Mary to be honoured along with Him, that they should ask the Immaculate Heart of Mary for peace because God has placed it in her keeping” – Saint Jacinta Marto
Everything went well, and we had almost 35 people attend. Thanks be to Our Lady, there was no rain and the temperature was good. We had the privilege of having with us Father George from Saint Mary’s basilica, and we had him crown the Blessed Mother who oversaw our rally. After having read the intentions of the rally, I asked him to add any intention he may like. He simply said, “The banner says it all, to pray for Christian Civilization.” He had the RR invitation posted in the church. The first picture you view is that of Prof. Edward Vrscay, a good friend of ours, who was very instrumental in organizing the rally. It was held at the clock tower in Queen Victoria Park.
Rideau River Pathway
Markham, Hwy 7 and McCowan Rd.
About 150 people came to pray the Rosary.
A very busy intersection.
We split in groups of about 20.
Our Lady was really there with us.
Mississauga
West Mall and Burnhamthorpe in Toronto
St John Fisher Parish, Brampton
The Rosary Rally was a great success over 100 attendees. We had live Marian Hymns. We sent up helium balloons in honor of Mother Mary’s 100th anniversary we also served cake in Mother Mary’s honor. Great success weather was also good.
Peterborough, Ontario
Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic School in Peterborough
St. Isidore Parish in Kanata
Lac des Huit Milles
Brampton, ON Chinguacousy Park
It was so amazing my “Yes” to our Lord did not disappoint me. I trusted our Lord and said Yes to the call without going much into details. First week I told people about CanadaNeedsOurLady Rosary Rally by word of mouth. When I got my banner and the program materials I was so excited and began to find ways to advertise my Rally. I got in contact with the local municipality, our Church and also through emails.
5 families came together and we had an awesome time with our Lady. It was raining in the morning and when almost time to start our Rosary the cloud enveloped us. I prayed that the rain be delayed until later. Our Lady heard the prayer and sun came out and stayed until we finished our rosary.
It was a beautiful experience as this was my first time doing anything publically. I thank and praise God for this opportunity to meet new people I never knew before, and the grace he provided us
to together as a small community.
Celebration square
Jackson Park, Windsor
Participants were very happy after the rally, they found happiness peace and they want to know when is the next rally will take place so that they can bring their families and friends. They felt that the athmosphere within the group changed to very pleasant and relaxing. They stayed about 30 minutes after the rally and many participants were not able to sign in as they came late.
Arnprior, Ontario ~ Malloch Road Cemetery
There were 29 people in attendance and everyone received a “Canada Rosary” which we, the members of Our Lady of Peace Rosary Guild had made for the Rally. There was a very light mist, but everyone had either an umbrella or a raincoat. Two priests attended as well, and our Parish priest, Fr. John Burchat led the Divine Praises.
Hollinger Park, Timmins
27 people attended.
It was a beautiful day and a wonderful blessing for all attendees.
People particapated by leading a decade of the rosary or leading the group in one of
The prayers in the programme.
Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this important rosary rally.
Janine Chittle on behalf of my mother Lucille Cecile.
My parents joined us in the rosary from their home.
Two dear friends were unable to attend and also prayed the rosary with us from their home.
This was our second consecutive year holding the Public Square Rosary Rally thanks to your encouraging initiatives and supplies…and we tripled the number of prayerful participants to approximately 40 individuals!
I was very please with the turn out this year and everyone who attended where very enthusiastic!
This was Pembroke’s 1st Public Rosary Rally. I booked the Pembroke Amphitheater well in advance so it was easier for the older people to sit and so everyone could hear us pray with the microphones.
The waterfront is generally a busy spot.
I asked our local Deacon to play his guitar and sing the songs with us. He also helped me make sure that all the parishes in our area received notification, (three weeks in advance), to put in their bulletins.
The Pembroke Diocese has both French and English parishes, therefore I asked a parishioner from one of our local French Church to help me say the Rosary in French as well. We took turns doing the intentions, 1st in English next in French and so on. I would say the first Joyful Mystery she would do the second and so on.
She also helped me welcome everyone, had them sign the attendance sheet and handed out the programs and intentions. I had copies of both French and English made.
A total of 65 people came to join us, including two Priests and one Deacon.
It was also nice to see two young families there.
I was very pleased with the turn out. Only 57 signed the attendance sheet.
If each of these 57 people brought one person next year we will have over 100.!!
When we finished singing O Sanctissima I asked Fr. Stephen to give all us a final blessing.
Pembroke had heavy rain earlier that morning but as we were beginning to set up for the Rally there was a whole in sky of no clouds and as we were saying the third Joyful Mystery The Sun came out ! It was so beautiful to see.
Thank you for giving me this beautiful opportunity to share my faith with others.
We have 37 pictures that were taken at the Rally these are the three best ones that show most of the grp and the people that helped me make it such a success.
Laurie Mintha Captain
Pembroke, Ontario
Ottawa Near Rideau River Pathway
Our rally location was near the Rideau River Pathway on the edge of the street with cars passing by and pedestrians. A car passed by and honked and waved as an encouraging expression. We were able to do the rosary rally in Spanish as our group was Hispanic. It was our great pleasure to bring this Public Rosary to our Ottawa area. We hope to promote it and reach more individuals next year. Thank you for the blessed opportunity.
Elliot Lake