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Mark Kuczera - Silver Rose Coordinator for Illinois
From the Coordinator:
Each year, from early March through Mid-December, Silver Roses are stewarded by Knights of Columbus Councils along routes from Canada to Mexico. Every stop the Silver Rose makes throughout the pilgrimage is a rosary-centered occasion for Knights, parishioners, and community members to pray for respect for life, for the spiritual renewal of each nation and for the advancement of the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
I encourage each of you to plan on participating in a Silver Rose prayer service this year and share in the blessings that this beautiful program has to offer each of us.
The Silver Rose will be presented to us by our Bother Knights from Wisconsin and we will be transferring the Silver Rose to our Missouri Brother Knights.
From the Past Supreme Knight:
Share the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe and promote respect for life by participating in this meaningful pilgrimage. The Silver Rose program demonstrates the unity between Knights of Columbus in Canada, the United States and Mexico, through a series of prayer services promoting the dignity of all human life and honoring Our Lady.
Each year, from early March through mid-December, Silver Roses are stewarded by Knights of Columbus councils along routes from Canada to Mexico. Every stop the Silver Rose makes throughout the pilgrimage is a rosary-centered occasion for Knights, parishioners and community members to pray for respect for life, for the spiritual renewal of each nation, and for the advancement of the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
“Through [the Silver Rose Program] we honor not only Our Lady of Guadalupe and express the unity of the [the Knights of Columbus], but we also reaffirm [our] dedication to the sanctity of human life. It is to the Blessed Mother that we turn in prayer as we work to end the Culture of Death that grips our society. As we think in terms of ‘One Life, One Rose,’ it is most appropriate that we turn to Our Lady of Guadalupe who made known her will through Juan Diego and the miracle of the roses.”
– Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson
2026 Schedule
2026 Schedule
Illinois will be on Route 3 in 2026. The Silver Rose will arrive in Illinois from Iowa on May 10 and depart to Missouri on June 20. Each diocese will have access to the Supreme Silver Rose for one week. In conjunction with the Supreme Silver Rose, the State's Silver Rose will be available to each Diocese.
Each Diocese will coordinate schedules internally. Refer to the schedule below for the coordinator for each diocese or contact the Diocesan Chairmen for the Coordinator for each Diocese. Click the Diocesan Schedules tabe below to see the scheduled services in your diocese.
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