The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is joyfully celebrated on December 8th each year within the Latin rite of the Catholic Church. Also called the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, this feast is a Holy Day of Obligation. This feast takes place exactly nine months prior to the celebration of her Nativity on September 8th. Mass times are at 8:00AM & 6:00PM at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary and at 12noon at St. Leo Parish

First Saturday Mass & Devotions - 8:00am Light breakfast to follow in St. Anne's Hall Please bring a wrapped $10 gift. (No, not for a Yankee Swap!) Contact Angele Cook if you have any questions (603-312-0936) Free will offerings will be accepted...

There will be a regular Mass schedule for Thanksgiving week, including daily Mass at 8:00AM on Thursday November 27th (Thanksgiving Day). NO Holy Mass on Friday.

Jesus Needs You. Become a Permanent Adorer Today. VISIT: www.Adorationpro.org/hrsl or EMAIL: Adore@hrsl.org

Daughters of Mary, Mother of Healing Love The Sisters need Assistance moving on November 22nd From St. Leo Church in Gonic to Saint Mary Magdalen Center in Warner When they arrive in Warner, they will also need help unloading. Trucks, trailers, and people willing to drive would be helpful. Many hands make light work. All help is appreciated! For more information, contact Beth Neer at 603-833-5890

Invite your friends & family! There is something for everyone to enjoy! Food, bake sale, crafts, penny sale, theme baskets and more!

Love to Sing? The choir needs voices at St. Leo & Holy Rosary Parishes. St. Leo Choir practices Thursdays at 6:30pm and does warm up on Sundays at 10:30am (for 11:00AM Mass). Holy Rosary Choir practices on Tuesdays at 6:30pm except for the 3rd Tuesday of the month. That week practice is on Monday at 6:30pm. Warm up on Sunday is in St. Anne's Hall at 8:30am (for 9:00AM Mass). Please consider joining us! For more information or to join, call or text Kaethe Houst at 603-781-1874.

The Knights of Columbus will be selling Christmas Cards beginning the weekend of October 25th and 26th, for three consecutive weekends or until supplies run out. They will be at Holy Rosary and St. Leo Parishes after those weekend Masses.

On Saturday morning, September 20th, leaders of the Rochester Knights of Columbus met with Mike Pelletier, Headmaster of Seton Academy, to present a donation of $5,500 to help with the cost of providing a dedicated playground area for the Nursery School. Knights of Columbus members present included Curt Lalonde, Grand Knight of Rochester Council 2048, Russ Sbrizza, Faithful Navigator of Rochester Assembly 0637, and Past Grand Knight Jason Hamann. It is with honor and pride that we as Knights were able to provide our city's premier Catholic School with needed funding to support its construction.

Join us Saturday, October 11th in front of Holy Rosary Church at noon. We will gather under the banner "AMERICA NEEDS FATIMA" to pray the rosary along with more than 23,000 rallies across the country! We are asking God to save America. Since 2007, America Needs Fatima, has hosted nearly 250,000 separate rosary rallies affecting millions of Americans to bring our country closer to God through the Blessed Mother. This event is open to all.

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Friday, October 3rd - 6:00PM Holy Mass with Adoration & Benediction. Confession Follows. Saturday, October 4th - 8:00AM Holy Mass with Adoration & Benediction. Confession Follows. **Pilgrims of Hope Day Retreat will be held in St. Anne Hall immediately following the Saturday Mass. Contact Angele Cook to register for the retreat**

Led by the Daughters of Mary Mother of Healing Love To register Contact Angele at angelemcook61@gmail.com $5.00 Light lunch included Retreat is First Saturday, OCTOBER 4TH, 2025 from 7:30AM till 2:30PM at OLHR Learn more about the Sisters at www.MotherOfHealingLove.org

St. Leo has openings for the coming school year. Contact Becky at 603-332-9840 or email her at stleoccc@hrsl.org.

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Friday, September 5th- 6:00PM Holy Mass with Adoration & Benediction. Confession Follows. Saturday, September 6th- 8:00AM Holy Mass with Adoration & Benediction. Confession Follows. Women's Tea immediately following Saturday AM Mass in St. Anne Hall.

This weekend seminar primarily serves to: *establish or deepen relationship with Jesus *lead to an awakening to the power of Sacramental Baptism and Confirmation *provide an experience of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit-a fuller expression of the Spirit, as in a personal Pentecost. *is most effective when approached with faith, openness and expectancy. SEE ATTACHED FLYER FOR MORE DETAILS

You are cordially invited First Saturday Mass and Devotions 8:00AM Light breakfast to follow in St. Anne's Hall Julie O'Hara will be our speaker. Her talk is titled: "HOW A CUP OF COFFEE CHANGED MY PRAYER LIFE." Contact Angele Cook if you have any questions (603-312-0936)

HOLY ROSARY PARISH 9:00AM - 4:00PM VOLUNTEERS NEEDED BOTH ON THE DAY OF THE FAIR AND BEFORE. CHECK THE EASEL IN THE GATHERING SPACE FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION.

Starts September 2nd, 2025 will meet Tuesdays evenings from 6:00-8:00PM at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (excluding weeks when there is a healing mass) in the St. Joan of Arc Room. Cost: $39.95 for the study guide. RSVP to megantumelaire@gmail.com by August 24th

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Friday, August 15th, 2025 *A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION* SCHEDULE OF HOLY MASSES: OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY *THURSDAY AUGUST 14 | 6:00PM (VIGIL) OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY *FRIDAY AUGUST 15 | 8:00AM ST. LEO PARISH *FRIDAY AUGUST 15 | 12:00PM

All are welcome to join us at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church Rochester for our monthly Holy Mass of Healing in honor of the great St. John Paul II on TUES. AUGUST 19 AT 6:00 pm. Recitation of the Rosary begins at 5:30pm. For more information call Jackie Morganti 603-332-3576. "I will recount all your wonders, I will rejoice in you and be glad, and sing psalms to your name, O Most High." Ps. 9:2-3