Altar Rosary Society

The Altar Rosary Society is a prayer and service group that meets monthly. Our mission is to foster devotion to the Blessed Mother through recitation of the Rosary in our monthly meetings, at local nursing homes and homes of ill parishioners.

We have a prayer shawl group that prays while knitting and crocheting shawl and lap blankets for the ill and baby blankets and hats. We care for the needs of the altar and raise money for various parish needs. The Altar Rosary is open to all parishioners, ages 18 and older.

There are many activities and events throughout the year such as our Annual Retreat, Christmas dinner and June breakfast during which we collect for various charities. We celebrate the month of the Rosary with a special Mass and Communion Breakfast. We celebrate the month of Our Lady with a May Crowning.

Join us to recite the Rosary monthly from 6:30-7:00 in O’Connor Hall. Our business meeting follows from 7:00-8:00 with light refreshments served during the meeting. We meet the first Monday of the month from Sept-Nov, February-May. It is great prayer & fellowship!   

Prayerfully consider joining the Altar Rosary Society.  We would love to welcome more members! Contact membership chairperson, Lillian Banks at 609-587-8058 with questions.  

2017 - 2018 Officers are:
(from left to right): Mary Miller, Secretary; Joan Flesch, Treasurer; Ceil Wilson, President; and seated Stephanie Bossert, Vice President.

Altar Rosary Prayer Shawl Group meets the last Thursday of the month in the McManimon Library in the Church. The group does not meet during the summer. If you would like to donate yarn or have any questions regarding the club, please contact Phyllis DiPersio at (609) 586-9116. 

Outreach to Nursing Homes:

The Altar Rosary Society has monthly meetings on the first Monday of each month where we recite the Rosary. We pray for those in need of prayers along with the recent recipients of prayer shawls.

We say the rosary at Hamilton Continuing Care, Arcadia Nursing Home & Rose Hill Assisted Living once a month.

We started doing an hour of Adoration as a group starting in the winter, on the 2nd Tuesday of the month.

Mary Ann Lombardo, Lois Dormer, Mary Ann Eltringham and Philomena Melody take care of laundering the altar linens.

The prayer shawl group has been giving out lap blankets & shawls at the healing Masses and responding to the needs of anyone that calls needing a prayer shawl. They meet once a month and pray as they knit and crochet.

The Altar Rosary retreat at Saint Alphonsus retreat house was in April 2017.

We held a May crowning on Sunday, May 7, 2017 at the 9:00 am Mass. In addition, we hosted social events like the Christmas dinner and June end of year breakfast.