St. Rita parishioners honor their patron saint

May 22, 2015 at 1:49 pm

By Colleen Dulle | colleendulle@archstl.org | twitter: @ColleenDulle

To celebrate the patroness’ feast day, St. Rita Parish in Vinita Park places a statue of St. Rita near the altar and roses are brought from around the community to surround it. Betty Hermann, left, directed her granddaughter, Molly, to place a single rose at the foot of the St. Rita statue. “I’m glad to be a part of St. Rita Parish. St. Rita has been a very special saint to me because I pray to her for my family, because she was a woman of faith,” said Hermann.

On a sunny May morning, St. Rita Parish in Vinita Park was abloom with roses parishioners had brought to church in honor of their patroness' feast day.

The churchgoers placed their flowers around a statue of St. Rita, as they do on May 22 each year.

This year, Father David Wichlan, pastor of St. Rita, supplemented the array with a relic of the saint.

"If you want to kiss it after Mass, you may do so," Father Wichlan said in his homily, "just kiss it like this and say 'St. Rita, I love you.'"

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