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HOW TO MEMORIALIZE YOURSELF
OR A LOVED ONE WITH YOUR GIFT
AT SAINT RITA OF CASCIA SHRINE
Memorializations are available in the lower shrine and can be reserved
for both the living and deceased. Some individuals have placed their
own names in memorialization.
The types of memorializations available and their placement is
as follows:
$100 - The name of a loved one is placed on a memeorial insert in
the new prayer books for the liturgy of the hours which is celebrated
daily in the shrine preceding the 8:00am Mass.
$250 - The name of the loved one is engraved on a brass plate mounted
on wood on the wall to the left of the entrance of the Blessed Sacrament
Chapel.
$1,000 - The name is engraved on a large granite stone on the wall
leading from the entrance to the Saint Rita chapel.
$5,000 - The name of the loved one is engraved in marble on the prayer
rail surrounding the base of the bronze statue of Saint Rita in the
center of our shrine.
ANNUAL VOTIVE LIGHTS
$150.00
An Annual Votive Light can be memorialized with the name of the person.
If desired, this can be renewed from year to year. The starting date
is the 1st of the month following the reservation of the memorial.
CASCIA
CENTER
Our project for the construction of the new Cascia Center will allow
for memorializations as well. We will be happy to provide information
on this if desired.
SAINT RITA SOCIETY
| Founded in 1910 to honor Saint Rita, promote
her life and message, and unite in spiritual communion those
devoted to her. All those enrolled share in; ( a ) monthly
Mass celebrated at the Shrine for all living and deceased
members; (b) remembrance in the weekly novena each Wednesday
as well as in the Solemn Novena each May; ( c) remembrance
in the daily prayers of the Augustinian Friars attached to
the Shrine. Members are asked to spread devotion to Saint
Rita and to pray for other living and deceased members.
Individual Annual
Memberships: $5.
Family Annual Memberships:
$10.
Individual Perpetual
Membership: $25.
Family Perpetual
Membership: $50.
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SPIRITUAL ENROLLMENTS
| The Shrine provides spiritual enrollment
cards for a variety of occasions, suitable for birthdays,
anniversaries, get well wishes, etc.
One Year Enrollment
Living or Deceased - Offering $3
Five Year Enrollment
Living or Deceased - Offering $5.
Perpetual Enrollment
Living or Deceased - Offering $15. |
MEMORIAL DONATIONS
| Saint
Rita’s Shrine is grateful to those who help support our
ministry by offering donations in memory of a friend or loved
one. Acknowledgment for all memorial gifts is made both to
the donor and to the individual memorialized or his/her family. |
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