Living Rosary celebration set for Oct. 2

Whether it is in-person or via Zoom, members of the Living Rosary will gather on Oct. 2 to pray the rosary and adore Christ in Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. At 1:30 p.m., the group will pray the Joyful and Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary followed by a benediction with Fr. Brian in the church. The rosary will also be available via livestream on the parish Facebook page and website at stbmidd.org/live. Since the Covid-19 outbreak, available group members also have prayed a Rosary every Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., via Zoom. Parishioners Mary and Conrad Wrzesinski have “done a great job in advancing this ministry through Zoom,” said Sue Ziegler, the group leader. “Mary has a slide show set up that we can meditate on the mysteries as we pray the Rosary and also has words for prayers that members are not familiar with.” In May of 1929, 15 female parishioners began the Living Rosary at St. Bernard parish. Members prayed a decade from one of the mysteries of the rosary each day so together a complete rosary of all the decades was prayed daily. More than 90 years later, the membership has changed and grown to include both men and women, who daily recite an assigned decade. They almost complete five 20- decade rosaries each day! To become a member of the Living Rosary, you must commit to praying your decade every day and contact Diane Zander at 608-831-5167 or euzan@chorus.net.