Local News
New Shrine To Grace Annual Rosary Rally
Published: October 7, 2004
RIVERDALE—The 33rd Annual Archdiocesan Rosary Rally will be held on Sunday, Oct. 24, at Our Lady of Vietnam Church, beginning at 3 p.m. The outdoor rosary procession will be followed by an outdoor concelebrated Mass, with Archbishop John F. Donoghue as principal celebrant and homilist. Priests of the archdiocese are invited to concelebrate. This Mass will fulfill the Sunday obligation.
Msgr. Francis Pham van Phuong, pastor, and his parishioners have built a shrine to Our Lady of Vietnam (Our Lady of Lavang) with a 13-foot statue that will be dedicated by Archbishop Donoghue during the outdoor program.
The program will include a prayer for vocations, led by a member of the Serra Club. Members of the Knights of Columbus, fourth degree, will serve as the honor guard. Deacon Bert Berding, spiritual director of the Rosary Rally committee, will be master of ceremonies.
Members of the Rosary Rally committee hope that Catholics from parishes around the archdiocese will join with the Vietnamese community in imploring our Blessed Mother’s intercession for the many crises all are facing.
Our Lady of Vietnam Church is located at 91 Valley Hill Rd., Riverdale. From downtown Atlanta take I-75 south to exit 235 (Griffin, Jonesboro Road 19 and 41). Make a right turn at the first traffic light on Upper Riverdale Road and travel about two miles. At the sixth traffic light make a left onto Valley Hill Road and travel 1.2 miles. The church is on the left.
From the south take I-75 north to exit 235 (Griffin, Jonesboro Road 19 and 41). Make a left on Old Dixie Road (19 and 41) and go to the first traffic light. Make a right turn on Upper Riverdale Road and travel about two miles. At the sixth traffic light make a left onto Valley Hill Road and travel 1.2 miles. The church is on the left.
