St. Rose breaks ground on prayer garden, wedding space
Yakima Bishop Joseph Tyson, left, speaks at the groundbreaking for the prayer garden at St. Rose of Lima Catholic School March 27, accompanied by Fr. Cesar Izquierdo of St. Rose of Lima Parish. When it’s finished, the garden will be one of the few outdoor spaces where a Catholic wedding can take place.
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Students from St. Rose Prep School’s first seventh-grade class served as ambassadors and guides at the groundbreaking for the new prayer garden next to the school.
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The statue of the Virgin Mary, donated by a family from St. Rose of Lima Parish, was blessed by Pope St. John Paul II before his death in 2005. The statue is one of the things required to qualify the prayer garden as a space for Catholic weddings.
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EPHRATA — The sacred garden at St. Rose of Lima Catholic School in Ephrata is beginning to take shape.
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