New MHB Zone - Our Lady of the Rosary
Our Lady of the Rosary
Feast: 7th October
Our Lady of the Rosary (also Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, or Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary in relation to the method of prayer known as the rosary, whose origin has been attributed to a Marian apparition to Saint Dominic in 1208 in the church of Prouille.
In 1571 Pope Pius V instituted "Our Lady of Victory" as an annual feast to commemorate the victory of Lepanto. The victory was attributed to Our Lady, as a rosary procession was offered on that day in St. Peter's Square in Rome for the success of the mission of the Holy League to hold back Muslim forces from overrunning Western Europe. In 1573, Pope Gregory XIII changed the title of this feastday to "Feast of the Holy Rosary". This feast was extended by Clement XII to the whole of the Latin Rite, inserting it into the Roman Catholic calendar of saints in 1716, and assigning it to the first Sunday in October. Pope Pius X changed the date to 7 October in 1913. In 1969, Pope Paul VI changed the name of the feast to "Our Lady of the Rosary".
Parish Pastoral Council Members of the Zone
New MHB - A - Agnes D’costa - 28683997 - Cell: 9869672905
New MHB - B - Mary Fernandes - 28689911 - Cell: 9833046631
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