Altar and Rosary Society

Meetings are held once a month as a large assembly, and broken down into smaller groups called Circles, which also meet monthly. The ladies of St. John’s Altar and Rosary Society are committed to many services that uplift our Church, community, and world. Our Altar and Rosary members serve funeral dinners to the bereaved families of our parish. Funeral dinners are requested through the parish office as part of the official arrangements of the funeral home. Parishioners are often relied upon to donate side dishes. Please consider becoming a member of this invaluable ministry. For more information, please contact Berta Egan at 303.776.2743 or Mary Clemmons at 303.250.8581.

Monthly Meeting

Please join the Altar and Rosary Society on the first Wednesday of each month from September through June.  We will meet at 12:00 p.m. for the rosary in the chapel.  Our meeting will follow in Benedict Hall.

Funeral Dinners

Our Altar and Rosary members serve funeral dinners to the bereaved families of our parish. Funeral dinners are requested through the parish office as part of the official arrangements of the funeral home. Parishioners are often relied upon to donate side dishes. Please consider becoming a member of this invaluable ministry.

What does the Altar and Rosary Society do?

  • Pray the rosary
  • Funeral Dinners
  • Pay for professional cleaning of priests’ vestments
  • Purchase communion hosts
  • Give to Madonna Plan and Haiti missions
  • Give to FOCUS
  • Make the purificators for communion
  • Wash and press purificators
  • Pay for Christmas gifts for priests, deacons, and maintenance
  • Attend monthly meetings on the first Wednesday of every month
  • Hold quarterly covered-dish luncheons
  • Raise funds with annual garage sale
  • Pay yearly dues of $10
  • Serve at the annual Knights of Columbus corporate breakfast
  • Host the Mother/Daughter breakfast

What are the Circles and what do they do?

  • Make quilts
  • Connect with interfaith quilters
  • Have a monthly luncheon

Guardian Angels Circle

  • Manage and serve funeral dinners
  • Have birthday lunch first Thursday of each month

St. Theresa Circle

  • Water and tend the church plants and flowers
  • Make centerpieces for funeral dinners
  • Make baptismal stoles and small purificators for Stephen Ministry
  • Coordinate Mother/Daughter Breakfast
  • Meet bi-monthly

Holy Spirit Circle (Altruistic Arm of Altar and Rosary)

  • Make and distribute Easter baskets
  • Prepare seasonal food baskets for families in need
  • Direct Pope’s Closet, which is clothing and diapers for inner city babies (Sisters of Mercy)
  • Coordinate baked goods sale at arts and crafts fair for fundraiser
  • Meets third Tuesday of each month
  • Pays additional $15 in annual dues