Archbishop Nelson Pérez blesses a new rosary garden at St. Albert the Great Parish, Oct. 30. Once a muddy patch of ground, the parcel was transformed by parishioner Robert Lewcun as part of a two-year Eagle Scout project that ultimately required almost 100 volunteers, 6000 hours of labor and more than $100,000 in funding.

For his Eagle Scout project, Robert Lewcun (center) transformed a muddy patch of land at St. Albert the Great into a rosary garden dedicated by Archbishop Nelson Pérez (right) assisted by St. Albert pastor Msgr. Joseph Duncan.

A fountain stands at the center of a new rosary garden at St. Albert the Great Parish in Huntingdon Valley.

At an Oct. 30 dedication ceremony, Archbishop Nelson Pérez incenses handpainted images of the rosary mysteries at St. Albert the Great Parish’s new rosary garden, an Eagle Scout project undertaken by parishioner Robert Lewcun.

Images of the rosary’s 20 mysteries were painted by St. Albert the Great art teacher Stacy Castor.

The rosary garden culminates in a restored crucifix that once hung in St. Albert the Great church.

A statue of Mary stands crowned during an Oct. 30, 2021 dedication of a new rosary garden at St. Albert the Great Parish in Huntingdon Valley. (Sarah Webb)

Msgr. Joseph Duncan, pastor of St. Albert the Great Parish in Huntingdon Valley, blesses a rosary at the Oct. 30 dedication of the parish’s new rosary garden.

Members of the Knights of Columbus were on hand for the Oct. 30 blessing and dedication of the new rosary garden at St. Albert the Great Parish.