Saint Rose of Lima Church

ANNOUNCEMENTS
October 26, 2025

1. Holy Sprouts Playgroup will meet after the 9:30 Mass today.  The theme will be All Saints and All Souls Day.  Parents and their children ages 1 to 7 are welcome.  No registration or fees are required.

2. The Knights of Columbus are collecting filled Cross Catholic Outreach Christmas Boxes of Joy this weekend and next weekend. Thank you for helping bring joy to children in need this Christmas!

3. The St. Rose Columbiettes inducted ten new members this month (6 from St. Rose of Lima Parish).  Their next meeting is Tuesday, October 28th at St. Joseph’s in East York.

4. The Parish Office will be closed on Wednesday, October 29th, while parish staff attend a Diocesan Workshop.

5. The Knights of Columbus will host their Grand Slam Breakfast next weekend after the 7:30 am and 9:30 am Masses.  All are welcome.  Don’t forget, they will be collecting winter Coats for Kids at this breakfast.

6. This year, All Saints Day is not a Holy Day of Obligation, but we will still joyfully celebrate this beautiful Solemnity at St. Rose on Friday, October 31st at 6:30 pm and Saturday morning at 9:00 am.  Let us come together to honor all the saints—known and unknown—who inspire us by their holy lives and remind us that we, too, are called to holiness.

7. There will be no 11:30 Mass at the school next Sunday.

8. On Sunday, November 2nd (All Souls Day), Fr. Celestine will lead the Order for Visiting a Cemetery at Holy Saviour Cemetery at 1:00 pm to pray for all the faithful departed buried there.  We hope you will join us as we remember and pray for our loved ones who have gone before us in faith.