Upcoming week of adoration unites whole archdiocese in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, with intentions for restructuring
DETROIT — Catholics across the Archdiocese of Detroit are invited to participate in intentional times of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament and with Our Lady through the rosary during the Eucharistic Rosary Congress, Oct. 3-9.
Forty-six parishes throughout the archdiocese have committed to hosting Eucharistic adoration for at least one hour during the congress. At each hour of each day of the weeklong congress, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed in at least one church in the archdiocese, and anyone is welcome to come and worship.
The structure is simple, explained Kathy Fech, the archdiocese's sacred worship coordinator: As people pray before the exposed Blessed Sacrament hour by hour for seven days straight, prayers are said aloud at the top of each hour — one of the four sets of mysteries of the rosary and a Divine Mercy Chaplet. The prayers should take half an hour, followed by 30 minutes of silent prayer, Fech added.
The congress will begin with an opening Mass at St. Basil the Great Parish in Eastpointe on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 8:30 a.m., and will conclude with a closing Mass at St. Joseph Parish in Erie at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9, led by Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton, who has been involved with the National Eucharistic Rosary Congress for several years and currently serves on its episcopal advisory council.
In addition to the Archdiocese of Detroit, the Michigan dioceses of Lansing, Gaylord and Grand Rapids have committed to joining the congress, with parish locations still pending.
Although the Eucharistic Rosary Congress is not a new movement, this will be its introduction to the Archdiocese of Detroit, Fech explained.
“Eucharistic Rosary Congresses started in Poland in 1979 when the Polish people really were being called to pray for Pope John Paul II and everything that was going on politically in Poland at the time,” Fech explained. “In 1988, somebody from Poland came to the United States and felt that we could really benefit from starting this in our country. It has grown organically, and it was really a way of educating Catholics on the importance of coming to Jesus through Mary.”
The purpose of the congresses remains the same, Fech said: to pray for our country and the Church in the United States with intentionality during October, the month of the Holy Rosary, although dioceses and parishes can opt to host a Eucharistic Rosary Congress at any time throughout the year.
In addition to focusing on all the important national intentions, the Archdiocese of Detroit is including a special intention of its own: the archdiocesan-wide restructuring, Fech said.
Each host parish has been asked to include the restructuring prayer with the other prescribed prayers, Fech added.
“We are aware that the archdiocese is in a bit of a time of uncertainty with the restructuring,” Fech said. “Some people have felt divisiveness during restructuring just because of some of the stress that it involves, and I think this is a great way to say, 'We are one archdiocese, we are united in prayer, we are united in asking our Blessed Mother to intercede for us, and we are intentional about coming forward to the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament to ask for his help and guidance in his Church.'"
Anyone in the Archdiocese of Detroit can find a host site nearby, Fech said; however, people don’t need to find a host church to participate.
“If you want to make this experience and you cannot attend one of the sites, go to your church and just pray a rosary before the Blessed Sacrament," Fech said. "You can say, 'I am praying for the intentions of the Eucharistic Rosary Congress,' and do it your own way if getting to one of those sites is not feasible. Those who are homebound should consider praying the rosary at home for the intentions of the congress. It is all about participating in the way that you are physically and practically able to do so.”
No matter where one chooses to participate, Fech said, the faithful can be assured that at any moment, someone else in another part of the archdiocese is also on their knees, praying for the same intentions.
“I encourage people to take advantage of that and just be confident that in the midst of the uncertainty you are facing — whether it is personal uncertainty in your life, political uncertainties or stress and concern related to restructuring — all of these intentions are best handled by going to our Lord. And what better way to go to our Lord than by asking his mother to help bring those intentions to her beloved son?"
Eucharistic Rosary Congress Locations (Oct. 3-9, 2026)
Opening Mass — Saturday, Oct. 3, 8:30 a.m., St. Basil the Great, Eastpointe (Fr. Eric Fedewa, celebrant)
Closing Mass — Friday, Oct. 9, 9 a.m., St. Joseph, Erie (Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton, celebrant)
Saturday, Oct. 3
- St. Basil the Great | Eastpointe | Midnight-8 am AND Opening Mass for the Congress, 8:30 am
- St. Charles Borromeo | Newport | Midnight-8 am
- Shrine of the Little Flower | Royal Oak | Midnight-8 am
- St. Anthony | Temperence | Midnight-9 am
- Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament | Farmington Hills | 8 am–5 pm
- St. Joseph | Erie | 9-10 am
- Holy Name | Birmingham | 9 am–noon
- St. Francis of Assisi - St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish | Raymond Township | 5 pm-midnight
- Gesu Parish | Detroit | 5-6 pm & 7 pm – midnight
- St. Colette | Livonia | 5-6 pm
- St. Joseph Shrine and Parish | Detroit | 6-7 pm
Sunday, Oct. 4
- St. Francis of Assisi - St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish | Raymond Township | Midnight-8am
- Shrine of the Little Flower | Royal Oak | Midnight-8 am
- Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament | Farmington Hills | 8 am–5 pm
- Holy Name | Birmingham | 9 am–noon
- Our Lady of Loretto | Redford | 11 am-midnight
- St. Joseph | Erie | Noon-1pm
- St. Joseph Shrine and Parish | Detroit | 5-6 pm
- St. Clare of Montefalco | Grosse Pointe Park | 6 pm-midnight
Monday, Oct. 5
- Our Lady of Loretto | Redford | Midnight-8am
- Shrine of the Little Flower | Royal Oak | Midnight-8 am
- Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament | Farmington Hills | 8 am–5 pm
- St. Joseph | Erie | 9-10am
- Resurrection| Canton | 9–11am
- Holy Name | Birmingham | 9 am–noon
- St. James | Novi | 10-11 am
- St. Irenaeus | Rochester Hills | 10 am-noon
- Sacred Heart | Dearborn | 10 am-3 pm
- Our Lady of the Rosary Church and Newman Center | Detroit | 4-5pm
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel | Emmett | 4-6pm
- St. Clare of Montefalco | Grosse Pointe Park | 5-6pm
- Our Lady of Victory | Northville | 5-6pm
- St. Joseph Shrine and Parish | Detroit | 6-7 pm
- Our Lady of Czestochowa (Polish) Parish | Sterling Heights | 6-7 pm
- St. Michael the Archangel |Monroe | 7pm-midnight
Tuesday, Oct. 6
- Shrine of the Little Flower | Royal Oak | Midnight-8 am
- Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament | Farmington Hills | 8 am–5 pm
- St. Joseph | Erie | 9-10 am
- Holy Name | Birmingham | 9 am–noon
- Blessed Solanus Casey Center | Detroit | 9 am –noon
- St. Isidore | Macomb Township | 9 am-4 pm
- St. Paul on the Lake| Grosse Pointe Farms | 9am-7pm
- St. James | Novi | 10-11 am
- St. Basil the Great | Eastpointe | Noon-7 pm
- St. John XXIII| Redford | Noon-7 pm
- St. Frances de Chantel | Sterling Heights | 1 -6 pm
- Our Lady of the Rosary Church and Newman Center | Detroit | 4-5pm
- St. Joseph Shrine and Parish | Detroit | 6-7 pm
- Our Lady of Czestochowa (Polish) Parish | Sterling Heights | 6-7 pm
- St Andrew | Rochester | 6-7 pm
- St. Thecla | Clinton Township | 6-7 pm
- St. Hugo of the Hills | Bloomfield Hills | 6-8 pm
- St. Margaret of Scotland | St. Clair Shores | 6pm-midnight
- Resurrection | Canton | 7-10 pm
- St. Augustine-St. Monica | Detroit | 7 pm-midnight
- St. Fabian | Farmington Hills | 7 pm-midnight
- St. Joseph the Worker | Lake Orion | 7 pm-midnight
Wednesday, Oct. 7
- Shrine of the Little Flower | Royal Oak | Midnight-8 am
- St. Patrick | White Lake | 7 am-7pm
- Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament | Farmington Hills | 8 am–5 pm
- Holy Name | Birmingham | 9 am–noon
- Blessed Solanus Casey Center | Detroit | 9 am –noon
- St. Edward on the Lake | Lakeport | 9am-5pm AND 8 pm-midnight
- St. Joseph | Erie | 10-11 am
- St. Genevieve-St. Maurice | Livonia | 10-11am AND 7-8 pm
- St. Joseph Shrine and Parish | Detroit | Noon-1pm
- Our Lady of the Rosary Church and Newman Center | Detroit | 4-5pm
- Our Lady of Czestochowa (Polish) Parish | Sterling Heights | 6-7 pm
- St. Gabriel | Ida | 8 pm-midnight
Thursday, Oct. 8
- Shrine of the Little Flower | Royal Oak | Midnight-8 am
- Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament | Farmington Hills | 8 am–5 pm
- St. Joseph | Erie | 9-10 am
- Holy Name | Birmingham | 9 am–noon
- Blessed Solanus Casey Center | Detroit | 9 am –noon
- St. Mary of the Hills | Rochester Hills | Noon-4 pm
- Our Lady of the Rosary Church and Newman Center | Detroit | 4-5pm
- St. Clare of Montefalco | Grosse Pointe Park | 5-6 pm
- St. Joseph Shrine and Parish | Detroit | 6-7 pm
- Our Lady of Czestochowa (Polish) Parish | Sterling Heights | 6-7 pm
- St. Isidore | Macomb Township | 6-8 pm
- St. Kieran | Shelby Township | 8 pm-midnight
Friday, Oct. 9
- Shrine of the Little Flower | Royal Oak | Midnight-8 am
- St. Isidore | Macomb Township | 7-8 am
- Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament | Farmington Hills | 8 am–5 pm
- Resurrection | Canton | 9-11 am
- Holy Name | Birmingham | 9 am–noon
- Blessed Solanus Casey Center | Detroit | 9 am –noon
- St. Joseph | Erie | 9 am | Closing Mass for the Congress
- Our Lady of Hope | St. Clair Shores | 11 am-noon
- St. Mary, Our Lady of the Annunciation | Rockwood | 5-6 pm
- Our Lady of Victory | Northville | 5-6pm
- St. Damien of Molokai | Pontiac | 5 pm-midnight
- St. Joseph Shrine and Parish | Detroit | 6-7 pm
- Our Lady of Czestochowa (Polish) Parish | Sterling Heights | 6-7 pm
- Transfiguration | Southfield | 8pm-midnight
