As a Eucharistic Community, we, the people of St. Clement Parish, believe
the Lord is present among us and calls us to grow in His Life. We commit ourselves to share that Life in our love and concern for others.
The origin of the name, the word rosarius means a garland or bouquet of roses, and it was not unfrequently used in a figurative sense—e.g. as the title of a book, to denote an anthology or collection of extracts. An early legend which after traveling all over Europe penetrated even to Abyssinia connected this name with a story of Our Lady, who was seen to take rosebuds from the lips of a young monk when he was reciting Hail Marys and to weave them into a garland which she placed upon her head. A German metrical version of this story is still extant dating from the thirteenth century. The name "Our Lady's Psalter" can also be traced back to the same period. Corona or chaplet suggests the same idea as rosarium. The old English name found in Chaucer and elsewhere was a "pair of beads", in which the word beads (q.v.) originally meant prayers.
Share with others in meditating on the mysteries of Jesus’ life while praying the rosary. All are welcome. After 8:00 a.m. weekday liturgy.