{"id":312394,"date":"2026-10-23T02:42:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312394\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T02:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:42:38","slug":"rosary-rally-to-take-place-in-scranton-oct-17-diocese-of-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312394\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosary Rally to take place in Scranton Oct. 17 \u2013 Diocese of Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Rosary-Rally-October-2026-Poster-white-background-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132297\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SCRANTON \u2013 The faithful of the Diocese of Scranton are invited to come together in prayer during a Rosary Rally at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, at the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming gathering, sponsored by Holy Cross Family Ministries, follows two reflection sessions on the Rosary that the organization sponsored on Aug. 24, 2026, at the Diocesan Pastoral Center in Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon and evening sessions invited participants to look more deeply at the Rosary as a way of encountering Christ and finding peace amid the distractions and challenges of daily life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe primary message is to share the power of the Rosary \u2013 that it is an encounter with Jesus Christ,\u201d Craig Dyke, Director of Programs and Mission Outreach for Holy Cross Family Ministries, said. \u201cWe contemplate the face of Jesus by putting our prayers together with Mary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dyke also encouraged people not to approach the Rosary simply as a prayer to rush through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetter to pray one mystery well than five poorly,\u201d he said, encouraging participants to meditate on the life of Jesus and recognize His presence in their own lives.<\/p>\n<p>Pat Williams of Our Lady of the Abingtons Parish in Dalton attended the August reflection and said it offered meaningful insights into the Blessed Mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we need to do more praying, more rosaries,\u201d Williams said. \u201cShe\u2019s open and willing to listen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming Rosary Rally on Oct. 17 is open to all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON \u2013 The faithful of the Diocese of Scranton are invited to come together in prayer during a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-312394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}