Father Mitch Pacwa S.J.
Father Pacwa, S.J. is an American Jesuit priest, scripture scholar, author, and television host. He is the President and Founder of Ignatius Productions and a Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Centre for Biblical Theology. He is also a world-renowned lecturer and spiritual director for over fifty Holy Land pilgrimages. Father Pacwa hosts two primetime cable TV programs, “EWTN Live” and “Crossing the Threshold of Hope,” and the EWTN Radio show “Openline” on Wednesdays.
For our Virtual Rosary Thursday time of prayer for 27 March 2025
This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. Zoom Room will open at 17.45 hours; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours concluding at18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer.
Daylight saving’s time change for Virtual Rosary Thursday USA only for 27 March 2025
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 13.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 12.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 11.00
SOUTH AFRICA – 18.00
UK/IRELAND – 17.00
INDIA Time – 8:30 p.m. IST
PAKISTAN Time – 9:00 p.m. PST
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome by Marion Mulhall and introduction to Father Mitch Pacwa S.J. our 27 March 2025 Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday prayer leader who will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade.
- First Luminous Mystery – The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Mitch Pacwa with prayer responder Angela McClellan Director of Evangelization National Centre for Padre Pio, Barto, PA USA www.padrepio.org
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Mitch Pacwa with prayer responder Mark McElrath. Executive Director Santiago Retreat Center Orange County, California USA. https://www.santiagoretreatcenter.org/
- Third Luminous Mystery –Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Mitch Pacwa with prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate https://www.worldpriest.com/
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Mitch Pacwa with prayer responders Rick and Molly Jesse friends to Worldpriest Global Apostolate from Burlington Vermont USA.
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Mitch Pacwa with prayer responder Mabel McCormick a prayer friend to the Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing for our Rosary Thursday time of prayer for the 27 March by Father Mitch Pacwa to all prayer participants and to all who will later pray via YouTube.
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On the 27 February Father Pascal Scallon CM led the Worldpriest Virtual rosary Thursday praying with the Worldpriest Global Apostolate prayer community and friends. At any time of your choosing pray with this special time of prayer https://youtu.be/xaSJqwk7bYY
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com
The opportunity to pray for our priests is both a privilege and a true spiritual treasure. To join an entire world praying the Rosary especially for the sanctification of all priests is a unique opportunity to unite with our brothers and sisters in Christ the world over.
The Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Relay Day on 27 June 2025 will be a relay in real time, praying the Rosary and continuously handing on from one prayer location to another at an allocated time, as an allocated mystery is prayed. This will allow maximum local participation, regardless of culture, nationality, age, language or disposition in life, making this unique relay a resounding victory for Our Lady and the power of her Rosary.
Open your hearts on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to receive the relay Rosary prayer at your allocated named and listed participating prayer location and then send it forth spiritually to the nominated next location, forming prayer communities as you have been doing every year for the past fifteen years. Be proactive this year in planning and promoting the relay. Remember, this is your annual opportunity to make a real difference in a very beneficial way for our priests. Here is your link to effective participation around the world: https://www.worldpriest.com/promotional-material/
Please do follow your allocated time slot for your local prayer location, as this allows for the real time relay to become a truly global event. You will receive your local promotional poster by mid-May, well in advance for you and your community to learn about the event and how to promote it locally– focused on your cathedral, church, shrine or designated prayer location – and to find out what time to pray and the mysteries of the Rosary you have been allocated to pray. See https://www.worldpriest.com/participating-prayer-location-list/
The Year of Jubilee 2025, also known as the Year of Hope, is a Catholic event that takes place every twenty-five years. The theme for this jubilee is Pilgrims of Hope, which seeks to inspire hope around the world. In 2025 Pope Francis invites the faithful to live this holy year as ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. The jubilee aims to foster a greater sense of global brotherhood, solidarity with the poor and care for the environment. https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en.html
Apostolic Blessing
Pope Francis conveys his cordial greetings to all taking part in the ‘24-hour Rosary Relay for Priests’ and assures all of his spiritual closeness. He prays that our Blessed Mother may always guide and protect priests, who are consecrated to the joyful and indispensable mission of proclaiming the Gospel and offering God’s people – through the celebration of the sacraments – the closeness, the word and the strength of Christ (cf. Evangelii Gaudium,121).
His Holiness commends all those joining in this annual global prayer event to the loving intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary, and willingly imparts his Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of grace and peace.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin
Secretary of State
In this, the sixteenth Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Relay for the Sanctification of Priests, please connect with both your local religious and secular media outlets to further inform people locally and nationally about opportunities to participate at their local parish or shrine.
Attached is the Worldpriest Global Rosary Relay generic English language version poster to help you to plan your local participation. This promotional poster is also available on line in a number of other languages. Please visit our website and choose your local version at: https://www.worldpriest.com/promotional-material/
In this, the sixteenth Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Relay for the Sanctification of Priests, please connect with both your local religious and secular media outlets to further inform people locally and nationally about opportunities to participate at their local parish or shrine.
Attached is the Worldpriest Global Rosary Relay generic English language version poster to help you to plan your local participation. This promotional poster is also available on line in a number of other languages. Please visit our website and choose your local version at: https://www.worldpriest.com/promotional-material/
Father Paschal Scallon CM
Father Paschal is Irish and a member of the Vincentian Community, the Congregation of the Mission. He was ordained in 1991 having attended a school run by the Vincentians in Dublin. He is currently serving as the Provincial of the Vincentian Community in Ireland and Britain.
In his ministry, Father Paschal has worked at different times as a teacher and as a pastor in a college and parish in which the Vincentians have served for almost 200 years. Father Paschal has also served on the Vincentian parish mission team, whose ministry reaches back to the origins of St Vincent’s community 400 years ago, when St Vincent De Paul himself, with others – men and women – set out to preach the Gospel and address the needs of people in poverty in rural France at a time when that country was stricken by war and the neglect that inevitably comes with it. He has served in Vincentian communities in Dublin and Belfast.
Over the years, Father Paschal has completed further studies in ecumenism, the study of inter-faith and inter-church relations, and in pastoral theology and has contributed to various publications including co-editing a book called A Church with a Future.
At present he is involved in the animation and administration of the Province of Ireland of the Vincentian Community but hopes, on completing his term as Provincial, to return to parish missions, a ministry he believes still has much to offer in the encouragement of parish communities so that they themselves can become the inspired animators of the faith to whom others around them will respond. https://vincentians.ie/
For our Virtual Rosary Thursday time of prayer for 27 February 2025
This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. Zoom Room will open at 17.45 hours; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours concluding at18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 12.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 11.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 10.00
SOUTH AFRICA – 18.00
UK/IRELAND – 17.00
INDIA Time – 8:30 p.m. IST
PAKISTAN Time – 9:00 p.m. PST
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome by Marion Mulhall and introduction to our 27 February 2025 Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday our prayer leader Father Paschal Scallon CM. ( Nephew of the late Father Kevin Scallon CM ) will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade.
- First Luminous Mystery – The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Paschal Scallon Prayer responders Damien and Dana Scallon founders DS Music to affirm Catholics in their faith, through prayer and music recordings. They composed ”Lady of Knock” and other hymns. https://dsmusicstore.com Dana was Ireland’s first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest.
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Paschal Scallon prayer responder Dermot Mannion International Coordinator Global Rosary Relay and Worldpriest Global Apostolate Associate. https://www.worldpriest.com/annual-global-rosary-relay/
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Paschal Scallon prayer responder Doctor Tim Flanagan an Infectious disease specialist from Rhode Island USA and advisory board member to Worldpriest INC. USA.
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Paschal Scallon prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate https://www.worldpriest.com/
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Paschal Scallon prayer responder Ivette Margarita Valle Konstantopoulou, a friend to Worldpriest from Pyrgos in Greece and Worldpriest Representative for Greece.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing for our Rosary Thursday time of prayer for the 27 February by Father Paschal Scallon to all prayer participants and to all who will later pray via YouTube.
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On the 30 January Bishop Joseph Coffey led the first Virtual rosary Thursday for the year 2025, praying with the Worldpriest Global Apostolate prayer community and friends. At any time of your choosing pray with this special time of prayer https://youtu.be/0WSfU4cbxzA
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com
Bishop Joseph Coffey
Bishop Joseph L. Coffey, son of the late Dr William F.X. Coffey and Roseanita Schubert Coffey, was born in Rochester, Minnesota, on 31 May 1960. He is the fifth of nine children and the proud uncle of forty-six nieces and nephews and twenty-one great nieces and nephews. He was raised in Philadelphia and is a life-long fan of all the Philly sports teams.
Bishop Coffey graduated from La Salle University in 1982 with a double major in English and French, which included a year’s study at the Sorbonne University in Paris. After college, he worked as a schoolteacher, a ski instructor in Switzerland and in the car industry in Germany and Belgium for five years.
Heeding a call to the priesthood, he attended St Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia and graduated with a Master of Divinity degree (MDiv) and was ordained in 1996 by Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua. He earned a Master of Arts (MA) in Moral Theology, also from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in 2000. While still in the seminary Father Coffey was given permission by Cardinal Bevilacqua to enter the United States Navy Chaplain Candidate Programme in May 1992, with the rank of ensign. He stayed in the Navy Reserve for the next nine years. Following ordination in 1996, Bishop Coffey was assigned as an Associate Pastor to St Katherine of Siena parish in Philadelphia.
Register Here for our first Virtual Rosary Thursday prayer time for 2025
This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. Zoom Room will open at 17.45 hours; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours concluding at 18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 12.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 11.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 10.00
SOUTH AFRICA – 18.00
UK/IRELAND – 17.00
INDIA Time – 8:30 p.m. IST
PAKISTAN Time – 9:00 p.m. PST
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome by Marion Mulhall and introduction to our 30 January 2025 Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday led by Bishop Joseph Coffey. Prayer leader will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade by Bishop Joseph Coffey.
- First Luminous Mystery – The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Bishop Joseph Coffey Prayer responders Dave and Joan Maroney Mother of Mercy Messengers Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. DivineMercyforAmerica.org
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Bishop Joseph Coffey prayer responder James Coffey Senior Vice President of Development at the Papal Foundation USA. Our Mission – The Papal Foundation
- Third Luminous Mystery –Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Bishop Joseph Coffey prayer responder Valerie Parzyck Parish Catechetical Leader/Director of Youth Ministry at Saint John Vianney Church Vermont USA a team member with Worldpriest Global Apostolate USA . www.stjohnvianneyvt.org
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Bishop Joseph Coffey prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate Home – World Priest
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Bishop Joseph Coffey prayer responder John O’Grady a friend to Worldpriest Global Apostolate from Chicago USA
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing for our first Rosary Thursday time of prayer for the 30 January by Bishop Joseph Coffey to all prayer participants and to all who will pray via YouTube.
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To register, just click on the link provided here.
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, but the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him.
But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision but of God.
And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. John 1:1–5, 9–14
May we wish all cardinals, bishops, priests, friends, benefactors, Global Rosary Relay participants, Virtual Rosary Thursday participants, Worldpriest representatives, volunteers, and all members of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate team a very happy Christmas a holy and a blessed New Year for 2025.
Marion Mulhall
Founder – Worldpriest Global Apostolate
Aloysius Kiribaki, pictured with the Worldpriest Global Rosary Relay 2024 Award which was won by Uganda.
On 7 June 2024 members of the Legion of Mary in Uganda came together individually and in the company of families, friends and fellow parishioners to take part in the Worldpriest Global Rosary Relay for the Sanctification of Priests 2024.
This special global day of prayer is held on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a day designated by St John Paul II in 2003 as a World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests. Since 2010 this unique relay has swept around the world. In recent years technology – including social media channels – has permitted countless millions of people to participate. On the designated day in 2024 it is estimated that over 300,000 people in Uganda lifted their voices in the recitation of the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary. https://www.worldpriest.com/annual-global-rosary-relay/
The Legion of Mary, one of the most active lay apostolate movements and the largest in Uganda, showed its strength by facilitating participation at both local and national level. Preparations had begun two months in advance of the relay. A poster was circulated nationwide, using various media channels, calling upon all Catholics to participate on 7 June, while the Legion of Mary’s Senatus of Uganda promoted the event by raising awareness at national level.
Some of the pilgrims who joined in the Global Rosary Relay in Uganda.
The relay on 7 June was widespread and heartfelt. There were reports of participation from many regions around the country, including Regia, Comitia and Curiae, and the event was joined in a spirit of widespread enthusiasm and determination. Even those in transit using public transport joined in prayer – further demonstrating the deep-rooted faith and commitment by very large numbers of men and women around the country.
Members of the Legion of Mary who joined in the prayers for priests.
Overall the Worldpriest Global Rosary Relay for the Sanctification of Priests united Uganda in prayer and devotion. It underscored the power of collective prayer and the unifying force of faith. Such an amazing response to this annual global event make Uganda a well-deserved winner of this Annual Award for 2024. https://youtu.be/6LdwRpCOkbk
‘May this relay become a cherished annual tradition in Uganda, inspiring even greater participation and devotion in the years to come’.
Aloysius Kiribaki,
President,
Senatus of Uganda (Legion of Mary)
Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday
21 November 2024 pray via YouTube with Father Frank Drescher, a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland, and our Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday leader on that day. You are most welcome to join Father Drescher along with friends of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate prayer community at a time of your choosing to pray with the final Virtual Rosary Thursday prayer time for 2024. http://youtu.be/A2cdZM6tqL4
The next Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday will take place on 30 January 2025, led by Bishop Joseph Coffey Auxiliary Bishop for Archdiocese of Military Service USA, a wonderful blessing for a new year to have a bishop lead our time of Rosary prayer.
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To register, just click on the link provided here. . https://www.worldpriest.com/rosary-thursday/
Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday Dates and scheduled prayer leaders for 2025 Click to download and save the dates
Father Frank Drescher
Father Frank Drescher, originally from Germany, is a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin, currently serving as the parish priest of Kilnamanagh-Castleview. He completed his studies in the theology of spirituality at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he earned a licentiate degree in sacred theology. Fr Frank is the author of a book on spiritual direction and another containing scriptural meditations on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary. Additionally, he has published several scholarly articles in the fields of theology, philosophy, and religious studies. His pastoral ministry is focused on fostering spiritual growth and guiding the faithful to deepen their relationship with God through prayer and contemplation.
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This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. The Zoom Room will open at 17.45 hours; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours concluding at 18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 12.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 11.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 10.00
SOUTH AFRICA – 18.00
UK/IRELAND – 17.00
INDIA Time – 8:30 p.m. IST
PAKISTAN Time – 9:00 p.m. PST
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome by Marion and introduction to our 21 November 2024 Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday led by Father Frank Drescher, our prayer leader will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade by Father Frank Drescher.
Parish of St. Kevin and St. Kilian Church Kilnamanagh-Castleview
- First Luminous Mystery – The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Frank Drescher Prayer responder Mary Stenson President, Legion of Mary Immaculata Curia, Dublin South, Ireland legionofmary.ie
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Frank Drescher prayer responder Father Barney McGuckian S.J. Chaplain to the Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Frank Drescher prayer responder. Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Frank Drescher prayer responder Gloria Bautista a friend to the worldpriest Global Apostolate from California USA .
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Frank Drescher prayer responder Niall Kennedy KCSG Chairman Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing for our Rosary Thursday time of prayer for the 21 November 2024 by Father Frank Drescher to all prayer participants and to all who will pray via YouTube.
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To register, just click on the link provided here.
On the 31 October 2024 Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo led the Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday time of prayer along with friends of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate. At any time of your choosing pray with this special time of prayer https://youtu.be/czJ5EpM6o_E
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com
After assignments in the Vatican Curia, as Spiritual Director in various seminaries, and as a commentator for media networks, Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo is fulfilling a lifelong dream of immersing himself in the lives of the saints. In the Diocese of Assisi, where he is currently serving, he has followed the life of the first millennial Blessed, Carlo Acutis, whose witness, normal and holy, has inspired countless numbers of people from throughout the world and all walks of life to want to know this young saint of our times and follow his simple roadmap to holiness.
This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. Zoom Room will open at 17.45 hours; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours concluding at18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer reflecting the daylight-saving time change for October 2024.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 13.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 12.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 11.00
SOUTH AFRICA – 18.00
UK/IRELAND – 17.00
INDIA Time – 8:30 p.m. IST
PAKISTAN Time – 9:00 p.m. PST
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome by Marion and introduction to our 26 September 2024 Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday led by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo.
Prayer leader will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo.
The Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi
- First Luminous Mystery – The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo Prayer responders. Miss Shazia Tellis General Secretary of CBCK, Speaker, and organiser Coordinator of St. Patrick’s Cathedral Saddar group Karachi and member also.
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo prayer responders Rick and Molly Jesse friends to Worldpriest Global Apostolate from Burlington Vermont USA. Founders of http://www.makewatersafe.org/
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo prayer responder. Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate https://www.worldpriest.com/
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo prayer responder Valerie Parzyck Parish Catechetical Leader/Director of Youth Ministry St. John Vianney Parish Church South Burlington, VT https://stjohnvianneyvt.org/
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo prayer responder Dermot Mannion International Coordinator Global Rosary Relay and Worldpriest Global Apostolate Associate.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo to all prayer participants with a relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis for our Rosary Thursday time of prayer for the 31 October 2024 to all prayer participants and to all who will pray via YouTube.
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On the 26 September 2024 Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ , led the Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday time of prayer along with friends of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate. At any time of your choosing pray with this special time of prayer https://youtu.be/eDVRSTi98uA?si=XIpcZVqzB3plIGnv
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com
Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ
Dr Alan McGuckian SJ is the Bishop of Down and Connor since March 2024. He previously served as Bishop of Raphoe for six years. Before being appointed bishop in 2017 he served as a Jesuit priest in secondary education, communications and diocesan renewal. When he worked in the Jesuit Communication Centre in Dublin he founded Sacred Space, a prayer website that is used daily by thousands of people, now available in 15 different languages.
This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. Zoom Room will open at 17.45 hours; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours concluding at18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 12.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 11.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 10.00
SOUTH AFRICA: – 18.00
UK/IRELAND: – 17.00
INDIA Time – 8:30 p.m. IST
PAKISTAN Time – 9:00 p.m. PST
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome by Marion and introduction to our 26 September 2024 Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday led by Bishop Alan McGuckian.
Prayer leader will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade by Bishop Alan McGuckian.
St. Peter’s Cathedral Belfast city
- First Luminous Mystery – The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Bishop Alan McGuckian Prayer responders John and Bridie O’Grady friends of Worldpriest Global Apostolate from Chicago USA .
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Bishop Alan McGuckian prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate https://www.worldpriest.com/
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Bishop Alan McGuckian prayer responder. Angela McClellan Director of Evangelization National Centre for Padre Pio – Barto, PA USA www.padrepio.org
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Bishop Alan McGuckian prayer responder Amelia 10 years of age and a member of the Children’s Rosary Group. www.childrensrosary.org
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Bishop Alan McGuckian prayer responder Niall Kennedy KCSG Chairman Worldpriest Global Apostolate. https://www.worldpriest.com
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing for our Rosary Thursday time of prayer for the 26 September 2024 by Bishop Alan McGuckian to all prayer participants and to all who will pray via YouTube.
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On the 29 August 2024 Father Benjamin Shahzad from Pakistan, led the Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday time of prayer along with friends of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate. At any time of your choosing pray with this special time of prayer https://youtu.be/VHCdQr437Bk?feature=shared
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com
Father Benjamin Shahzad
Rev Father Benjamin Shahzad is a priest in the Archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan, where he is rector of St Patrick’s Cathedral.
As well as being a missionary priest he was also engaged as a teacher in the formation of student priests in his diocese.
He was born in 1967 in Hyderabad in the province of Sindh in south-eastern Pakistan. He enrolled in the seminary there in 1982 and was ordained in 1999. .
He began his ministry in 1992 at St Thomas’s Parish, Malir, in the Archdiocese of Karachi. He was later appointed as parish priest and took responsibility for one of the largest parishes of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Karachi – St Paul’s Parish from 1999 to 2002.
Later in 2002 he moved to Italy, where he completed higher studies. On his return to Pakistan he was appointed to serve as Rector of St Pius X Minor Seminary from 2005 to 2012. He was then appointed as Rector of Christ the King Major Seminary for the guidance and preparation of young church leadership in the Archdiocese of Karachi from 2012 to 2019.
Having served a long period as a rector of minor and major seminaries, he moved to serve local communities. As a caring pastor, he became parish priest of St Phillip’s Parish, Gulshan EIqbal from 2019 to 2021, moving to St Paul’s Parish Mehmoodabad from June 2021 to July 2023. Later in 2023 he was also appointed as Rector of St. Patrick’s Cathedral Karachi.
Fr Shahzad is renowned as a preacher, religious broadcaster, presenter, content writer, hymnal lyricist and motivational speaker. He presents daily Gospel reflections on the Good News Facebook TV channel of the Catechetical Centre Karachi and on his personal YouTube Channel.
He is a devoted disciple of Christ and the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the spiritual mother of all priests. Father Shahzad is very supportive of Worldpriest Global Apostolate, and always facilitates and encourages participation in the Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Relay each year and the Rosary Thursday Prayer on the last Thursday of each month for the sanctification of priests worldwide.
This virtual Rosary Thursday will make use of Zoom technology. Zoom Room will open at 17.45 hours; the prayers begin at 18.00 hours concluding at 18.30 hours.
The following time zones will assist your time of prayer.
USA/CANADA – Eastern Time: 12.00
USA/CANADA – Central Time: 11.00
CENTRAL EUROPEAN Time: 18.00
USA/CANADA – Mountain Time: 10.00
SOUTH AFRICA: – 18.00
UK/IRELAND: – 17.00
INDIA Time – 8:30 p.m. IST
PAKISTAN Time – 9:00 p.m. PST
This virtual Rosary Thursday will include a welcome by Marion and introduction to our 29 August 2024 Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday led by Father Benjamin Shahzad.
Prayer leader will pray the Luminous Mysteries in the following order, with special guided meditations/reflections for each decade by Father Benjamin Shahzad.
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Karachi Pakistan
- First Luminous Mystery – The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan – to be prayed by Father Benjamin Shahzad Prayer responder Anne Brady Director Worldpriest Global Apostolate Ireland.
- Second Luminous Mystery – Wedding Feast of Cana – to be prayed by Father Benjamin Shahzad prayer responder Roseanne Fernandes Legion of Mary Our Lady of Lourdes Presidium of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Karachi, Pakistan.
- Third Luminous Mystery – Proclamation of the Kingdom – to be prayed by Father Benjamin Shahzad prayer responder Marion Mulhall Founder Worldpriest Global Apostolate.
- Fourth Luminous Mystery – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – to be prayed by Father Benjamin Shahzad prayer responder Naveed Anjum Worldpriest Representative for Pakistan.
- Fifth Luminous Mystery – The Institution of the Eucharist – to be prayed by Father Benjamin Shahzad prayer responder Michelle Hassan Executive Assistant to the International Director, Holy Cross Family Ministries Boston Massachusetts USA.
Final rosary prayers with a special blessing for our Rosary Thursday time of prayer of the 29 August to be prayed by Rev. Father Benjamin Shahzad to all prayer participants.
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On 25 July 2024 Deacon Don Devaney, led the Worldpriest Virtual Rosary Thursday time of prayer along with friends of the Worldpriest Global Apostolate. At any time of your choosing pray with this special time of prayer https://youtu.be/stolvW36PWI?si=0_qwukqiRgbtrqUV
If you have any questions, please contact;
Marion Mulhall
info.worldpriest@gmail.com