Nearly 150 parishioners from all five Tuscarawas County parishes participated in the National Rosary Coast to Coast event on Sunday, Oct. 9 at Dennison Immaculate Conception Church.
The afternoon began with a prayer for the country offered at the same time it was to be prayed in Washington, D.C. and was followed by the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Volunteers led by Immaculate Conception parishioner Barb Ross offered the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Rosary in union with parishes throughout the United States.
“The parish is honored to host the county on this very special day of prayer,” said Father Jeff Coning, the pastor at Immaculate Conception and New Philadelphia Sacred Heart churches. “Our parishioners were looking for a way to channel their anxieties and concerns about the future and this seemed like a good way to do it.”
The day of prayer closed with a Eucharistic procession, Benediction and Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament.