All Saints Parish hosts Rose Festival blessing Fr. Paul Jeyamani, pastor of All Saints Parish in Northeast Portland, displays a plaque that accompanies a new rose bush gifted to the parish for hosting this yearâs Rose Festival blessing May 15. Rose Festival princesses and Rosarians, including Amy Arasmith (left), gathered for the annual celebration. (Courtesy Portland Rose Festival Foundation)
select Fr. Jeyamani and Rosarians plant a rose called âDay Breaker,â a fragrant, peachy-pink variety, during the annual blessing. (Courtesy Portland Rose Festival Foundation)
Father Paul Jeyamani, pastor of All Saints Parish, knew Portland’s Rose Festival had to do with the city’s fragrant roses and extravagant parades, but that’s where his knowledge ended.