The St. Paul the Apostle Knights of Columbus Council 11232 will host the Silver Rose on Saturday, August 31, from 10 to 11 a.m., and the community is invited to join the congregation to pray the Rosary, honor the Virgin of Guadalupe, and pray for our nation and community.
What exactly is the Silver Rose?
In 1960, Columbian Squires from Nuestra Señora de Monterrey Council 2312 in Monterrey, Mexico, ran a rose from the International Bridge in Laredo, Texas, to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Sixty years later, the Knights of Columbus again carried a rose across the International Bridge as part of the Order’s Silver Rose program.
Knights no longer carry live flowers, but roses cast from silver. Eight silver roses, including one blessed by Pope Francis, now stand in the place of that single flower, and each year they are shepherded by members of the Knights along eight distinct routes that extend from Canada to Mexico. The intent, though, is the same: To reaffirm the Order’s commitment to the sanctity of life and honor the Blessed Virgin under her title of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas.