She felt that after the death of her husband and sons, she could finally enter religious life but she was rejected. Her devotion and constant prayers to Jesus, led to her sons both falling ill before they could commit murder. After her husband’s death, her life once again became even harder because now she had to try to contain the anger of her two sons, who wanted to avenge their father’s death. Her husband was not always kind but rather rude to her but she persevered praying to Jesus to help her through these hard times. Her own desire was to enter a convent but her parents would not permit it. It was apparent that she needed to persevere regarding her own personal desires, even though her parents arranged for her to marry one of the gentlemen of Cascia at the age of 14. Her perseverance in prayer was the way that I believe helped her to cope. She always used prayer, as a way to help through her hardest moments. When I chose this topic, I wondered just how many times St. May 19 – In Ecstasy Before the Blessed Sacrament May 14 – Model of Obedience to God’s Will Reflections on the Life and Virtues of St. A beautiful and nearly life size statue of St. In 2019, our parish received another gift from the Pangias to further our devotion to St Rita. New members are always welcome to join them. Rita’s Intercessors arose, lead by Rita Hanna. Rita ministry team, our parish continues to participate in the Novena and Feast Day celebration in her honor.Īs an outgrowth of the annual devotion, the St. In 2015, devotees came together to pray the Novena and hold a feast celebration in the garden. Prior to her request, she was unaware of the history of devotion to this saint in the parish. Rita rose garden inspired parishioner Rita Wood to request of the pastor that devotions to St. Rita developed at Christ the Redeemer Parish. In recent years, a resurgence of interest in St. He is responsible for the beautiful rose garden in front of the parish hall, at the center of which is a statue of St. Albert Pangia, grandson of the founder of the Society at Assumption Parish that was active in the 1940s-60s, has carried on the family’s devotion. The Pangia family, however, has never moved far from this wonderful saint. Sadly, like many organizations during the 1960’s, interest in the society waned and it slowly faded. At its height, the society had over 300 members who gathered each year for the Novena, Procession, Mass and Feast Day dinner. After the Mass held in her honor, the girls each brought their rose and placed it before the statue of St. Rita and process to the church, each carrying a single rose. The tradition was to dress young girls as nuns emulating St. Rita’s feast day, starting with a procession. The Society established at Assumption shared in this mission.įor many years a celebration was held on St. Rita Society which operates through her shrine in Philadelphia was founded in 1910 with the mission of promoting her life and message of peace and forgiveness and to bring together all those devoted to her. Rita after John experienced recovery from a severe leg injury through her intercession. Rita was established at Christ the Redeemer (formerly Assumption Parish) by John Pangia and his family. Rita of Cascia goes back decades in Christ the Redeemer Parish. Rita at Christ the Redeemer Parishĭevotion to St. *For pre-ordering novena booklet ($2.00) and bottle of oil ($2.00), contact the parish office for more information prior to May 1 of each year. The distribution of blessed roses also occurs at the 9:00am and 11:00am Sunday Masses at Assumption Church closest to May 22. Click here for the Novena Prayers.Ī Solemn Mass celebration is held at Assumption Church at which blessed roses and bottles of oil* are presented to the devotees. Petition requests/thanksgiving are collected and presented at the Solemn Mass and then forwarded to the Shrine of St. Gatherings consist of novena litany, inspirational talks on the life of St Rita, request for special intentions, singing, and testimonies of favors granted. Nine nightly gatherings at St Rita of Cascia’s Rose Garden on the grounds of Assumption Church. Rita, offer prayers for special intentions and listen to testimony from our members. Please see the parish calendar for days and times.Īt our meetings, we will say the Novena to St. In the event of inclement weather the meeting place is St. Rita of Cascia Intercessors meet September to May on the 22nd of each month or the closest day to the 22nd if space, or any other event, causes a change to be made.
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