My Brother Knights,

The Silver Rose is arriving on the 10th of April in Washington. What is the Silver Rose, you ask. The Silver Rose represents the Roses given to Juan Diego on the 12th of December 1531 by Our Lady of Guadalupe. There are eight Roses making the Pilgrimage from Alaska thru Canada and the US to Mexico where they will Join together and be presented to Our Lady on Her feast day. During the service we ask Our Lady to help us stop the culture of death as our Past Supreme Knight Said “This is a perfect program for the Knights of Columbus. Thru it we honor not only the 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.”

The Roses were blessed by Pope John Paul and will be traveling thru the Western side of the State for the first half of the month starting in the Vancouver area and working its way north. Our Worthy District Deputy Greg Loberg Is coordinating the Spokane area and Mike Taylor DD16 will be escorting it to all the various parishes on the West side of the state and delivering it to Lewiston ID on the 4th of June. I hope you all take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to honor our Lady. What better month than May.

For more information contact your District Deputy.

Fraternally,

Mike Taylor
Silver Rose Chairman
silverrose@kofc-wa.org