Mary, Mary how does your garden grow?

Host of volunteers make Mary's Garden a reality at cathedral

	ROSARY GARDEN: Volunteers plant flowers in the center of the new rosary garden at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral. Parishioner Marcy Pfiefer is overseeing the garden, along with a Mary and a St. Francis garden. The gardens will be dedicated Aug. 23. (Rick Evans photo)

By Patricia Kasten
Compass Associate Editor

GREEN BAY -- It's something many children do: give flowers to their mothers.

And, in a way, that is what Jesus is doing now, through his brothers and sisters at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral - giving flowers to his mother through a Mary garden.

Mary gardens officially trace back to 15th century St. Mary Gardens in Scotland and England, but may actually be derived from monastery cloister gardens from four centuries earlier. They are filled with flowers that are named for Mary or have a legend about her connected with them.

Whatever the origin, Marcy Pfeifer, a member of the cathedral parish, heard about Mary gardens while looking for a way to spruce up the worn yard and overgrown bushes around the parish office and cathedral church.   Full story ...

Sidebar: Garden dedication is Aug. 23

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