By Florida Catholic staff - Florida Catholic
Archbishop Thomas Wenski celebrates the triple anniversary Mass at Holy Rosary-St. Richard Church Oct. 5, assisted by, from back, Trinitarian Father William Sullivan, Holy Rosary-St. Richard's administrator, and Deacon Robert O'Malley.
Dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, from left, Maryann Goto, Mary Anne Goseco and Angela Miron, take part in the triple anniversary Mass for Holy Rosary-St. Richard.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski preaches the homily during the triple anniversary Mass he celebrated at Holy Rosary-St. Richard Church Oct. 5: 60 years of Holy Rosary's establishment, 50 years of St. Richard's establishment and 30 years of the construction of St. Richard Church.
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary-St. Richard School representatives take up the offertory. From left: second grade teacher Martha Aguirre, principal Floredenis Brown, students Daniela Romero, 7, Alejandro Romero, 8, and Andrew Mercedes, 7.
Holy Rosary-St. Richard School student Andrew Mercedes, 7, hands an offertory gift to Archbishop Thomas Wenski.
Surrounded by priests from the parish and surrounding churches, Archbishop Thomas Wenski celebrates the triple anniversary Mass at Holy Rosary-St. Richard Church Oct. 5: 60 years of Holy Rosary's establishment, 50 years of St. Richard's establishment and 30 years of the construction of St. Richard Church.
Holy Rosary-St. Richard's choir leads the singing at the triple anniversary Mass Oct. 5.
Photography: MARLENE QUARONI | FC
PALMETTO BAY | On Oct. 5, Archbishop Thomas Wenski celebrated a triple anniversary Mass at Holy Rosary-St. Richard Church: 60 years of Holy Rosary's establishment, 50 years of St. Richard's establishment and 30 years of the construction of St. Richard Church.
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church and School were founded in 1959 in what is now Cutler Bay, the first new parish established after the creation of the Diocese of Miami. It was founded on the feast of the Holy Rosary, Oct. 7, the same day the diocese had been founded a year earlier.
St. Richard was founded in 1969 in what is now Palmetto Bay. In 1989, it dedicated its new church, which was rededicated in 1993 after extensive damage from Hurricane Andrew.
The two congregations merged in 2010 on St. Richard’s campus, after Holy Rosary’s new church, which had been dedicated in 1995, succumbed to leaks and was demolished in 2007.
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary-St. Richard School remains at the original Holy Rosary campus on Cutler Bay. The campuses are located about four miles apart.
- See more detailed story: A trinity of anniversaries
- Read Archbishop Thomas Wenski's homily at the Mass: Even a 'mustard seed faith' makes the impossible possible
