Our Lady of Guadalupe Silver Rose
Six Silver Roses began their journey across North America, from Canada to the United States to
Mexico. The 2015 Our Lady of Guadalupe Silver Rose - One Life, One Rose Program will
conclude on December 12, 2015 on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the
Americas, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Monterrey, Mexico.
2015 marks the 55th year of the program which began in 1960 as a project of the Columbian
Squires of North America to honor the Blessed Virgin under her title of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
Patroness of the Americas. The program has continued since then as a project of Columbian
Squires circles, councils and Fourth Degree assemblies in several jurisdictions.
In 2001 Supreme Knight Carl Anderson expanded the program by beginning the "Running of
the Rose" from the 119th Annual Meeting of the Supreme Council in Toronto. This is "a perfect
program for the Knights of Columbus," said Supreme Knight Anderson. "Through it we honor
not only Our Lady of Guadalupe and express the unity of the Order, but we also reaffirm the
Order's dedication to the sanctity of human life. It is to the Blessed Mother that we turn in prayer
as we work to end the Culture of Death that grips our society. As we think in terms of 'One Life,
One Rose,' it is most appropriate that we turn to Our Lady of Guadalupe who made known her
will through Juan Diego and the miracle of the roses."
Today six Silver Roses travel through North America exemplifying Knights of Columbus
devotion to Our Lady and commitment to the Culture of Life.
In 2015, one Rose began in British Columbia, heading south along the Pacific coast before
turning east on a winding path through the southwest and mountain states before reaching
Texas. A second rose started in Alberta, travelled east to Saskatchewan before entering the
United States in North Dakota and travelling through the northern US Rockies and the Great
Plains on its way toward Texas. A third rose started its run in Manitoba, moving south through
the central United States and along the Mississippi before turning to Texas. A fourth Rose
began its journey in Ontario moving through the Midwest and some of the Mid-Atlantic States
before ending in Washington, D.C. The fifth rose, the one which will travel to the Archdiocese of
Galveston-Houston, began in Virginia and travels throughout the south on its way to Texas. A
sixth Rose starts in New Brunswick and travels throughout the northeast, completing its journey
in Connecticut.
Five rose will reunite at the Texas State Knights Mid-Year Meeting in Houston before traveling
together to Laredo and crossing the International Bridge. The Roses will handed off to our
Mexican brother knights. The program ends on Dec. 12, 2015, the Feast of Our Lady of
Guadalupe.
City and
Date
Jurisdiction
Location
(church or
Council
Home
Time
of
Event
Contact
Name
Contact
DD Felipe
Sanchez
281-7349951
flsanc@netscape.net
Contact E-mail Address
Phone
11/23 LaPorte
St. Mary’s
11/24 Houston
St. Thomas
More
5:30
PM
Pat Wark
Council
3910
713-7281560
patrick2wark@med.va.gov
11/25 Friendswood
Mary, Queen
6:30
Mass
Tony
Scarpa
Council
8494
832-4575150
scarpaap@yahoo.com
Council
10562
Ernesto
Paredes
832-2027217
ernestoparedes@sbcglobal.net
Vic Olivo
Council
14512
713-5945229
iaolivo@msn.com
606
Cedarwood
Dr,
Friendswood
11/29 Pasadena
Brother
Roger
St. Juan
Diego
3301
Pasadena
Blvd
Pasadena
11/30 Spring
St. Edward
2601 Spring
Stuebner
Road, Spring
7 PM
City and
Date
Jurisdiction
12/1
Sugarland
Location
(church or
Council
Home)
Time of
Event
St. Thomas
Aquinas
Contact
Name
Contact
Adan Ortiz
713-5048711
Council
7382
12627 W.
Bellfort
Contact E-mail Address
Phone
aortizjri@gmail.com
Sugarland
12/2
The
Woodlands
Sts. Simon
and Jude
7 PM
Mass
The
Woodlands
12/3
Houston
CoCathedral
1111 St
Joseph
Pkwy,
Houston
12/3
South Houston
Our Lady of
Grace
1211
Michigan
St, South
Houston, TX
Mid-Year
Meeting
Bill
Moeller
832-5944980
Council
6557
After 7
AM
mass –
English;
after
12:10
mass –
Spanish;
3-6 PM
English.
Deacon
Johnny
Salinas
7 PM
Service
Council
15322
713 5699493
deaconjohnny@sbcglobal.net
deaconjohnny@yahoo.com
Council
803
Silvia
Cisneros
(713)3146789
scisneros@pasadenaisd.org