The Children's Rosary Turns Five

Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of the Children's Rosary.  Yesterday during Mass, the Gospel of the Feeding of the Five Thousand was read.  The priest took the opportunity to focus on the role of the little boy in his homily who gave his five barely loaves and two fish.  A simple calculation of the numbers would have concluded that such a gift would not meet the vast need that lay before them.  Even Andrew says, "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many?"(John 6:9) Yet Our Lord used the selfless gift of this child and through it fed all present with yet more bread and fish left over.  Twelve baskets full we are told in Scripture (John 6:13). As the priest yesterday spoke of the boy my mind went to the Children's Rosary.  

In simplicity, a small group of children came together five years ago.  They gave their little prayers to God.  The rest was His grace and Divine Providence and a great many other people both little and old saying "Yes" as well. In anticipation of the anniversary of the Children's Rosary we have been offering up two Masses a day for 9 days for the fulfillment of Our Lady's Plans for the Children's Rosary.  Today is the last of these Masses.  Tomorrow Masses will begin for 9 days in thanksgiving.  This year we had more people asking to sponsor thanksgiving Masses in particular then in previous years.  Thinking back to the first year we had these novenas of Masses most people asked to sponsor days of petition.  This year was an interesting change.  There were those who gave and did not specify dates, people drawn to a date for a specific reason and the rest wishing to sponsor Masses of thanksgiving.  This was a beautiful thing to see.  So many hearts wanting only to thank God, a disposition which surely brings a smile to Our Lord's face.  

May I humbly thank all of you for your "Yes"!  All the many who have helped and participated in the Children's Rosary.  Each of our little gifts or talents is small but Our Lord uses these opportunities in his hands to do so much.  With so many now connected together, a great many of these being children, we look forward with hope in our hearts.  

We are blessed to have many Children's Rosary groups meeting over the next few days.  Please consider joining the children in prayer.  The children always pray for those unifying prayers with them. 
Friday April 8th
Children's Rosary at St. Joseph Church in Butanpura Pakistan 6AM local time.
Children's Rosary at St. Mary's School in Orange TX 7:05 AM CT
Children's Rosary at St. Paul School in Odell, Illinois 8:20 CTChildren's Rosary at St. Mary's School in Pontiac, IL 9AM CT
Children's Rosary at St. Augustine Church in Iba Estate Lagos, Nigeria 1PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Peter Church in Musa Dughal Pakistan 2PM local time
Children's Rosary at St. Joseph Church in Butanpura Pakistan 9PM local 
Children's Rosary at St. Joseph Church in Ashraf Town Pakistan 6PM local time
Children's Rosary at St. John De Cross Pastoral Area Shimankar Nigeria 6PM local time.
Saturday April 9th
Children's Rosary at St. Joseph Church in Butanpura Pakistan 6AM local time
Children's Rosary at St. Francis Church in Waterfalls, Harare Zimbabwe
Children's Rosary at St. Michael the Archangel Parish, held in the Kiberna slum in Langatta Nairobi Kenya 10 AM local time
Children's Rosary at St. Mary's Church in Corvallis, Oregon 12PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Augustine Church in Iba Estate Lagos, Nigeria 1PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Peter Church in Musa Dughal Pakistan 2PM local time
Children's Rosary at the Daughters of Chrarity Convent in Bridgeport CT 2:30 PM ET
Children's Rosary at Our Lady of Fatima Parish Talcoban City, Philippines 3PM local time.
Children's Rosary at St. Peter Claver Church in West Hartford CT 3PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Peter Church in Higganum, CT 4PM ET
Children's Rosary at Epiphany Church Cliffside Park NJ 4PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Joseph Church in Ashraf Town Pakistan 6PM local time
Sunday April 10th
Children's Rosary at St. Joseph Church in Butanpura, Pakistan 6AM local time
Children's Rosary at Our Lady and St. Patrick Parish in Nottingham, England 9AM local time (4AM ET)
Children's Rosary at Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Nairobi, Kenya 6AM ET
Children's Rosary at Assumption Church in Umoja Kenya 7AM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in South Windsor, CT 8:45 AM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Thomas the Apostle in West Hartford CT 9:45 AM ET
Children's Rosary at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Maryville, NY
Children's Rosary at St. Matthew's Church in Forestville CT 11AM EST
Children's Rosary at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in New Britain, CT 11 AM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Thomas Church in Thomaston, CT 11 AM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Patrick's Church in Tacoma, WA 11:30 AM PST
Children's Rosary at St. Augustine Church in Iba Estate Lagos, Nigeria 1PM ET
Children's Rosary at the Daughters of Charity Convent in Bridgeport, CT 2:30 PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Joseph Church in Ashraf Town, Pakistan
Children's Rosary at Assumption Parish in Hanover, PA 3PM ET in front of the Blessed Sacrament
Children's Rosary at St. Joseph Church in Butanpura, Pakistan 9PM local time.
Monday April 11th
Children's Rosary at St. Joseph Church in Butanpura Pakistan 6AM local time
Children's Rosary at St. Joseph Church in Wakefield, MA 9:30 AM ET
Children's Rosary at Our Lady of Grace Home for Chidlren in Meru, Kenya 10 ET
Children's Rosary at Holy Trinity Academy in Shenandoah, PA 12:20 PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Augustine Church in Iba Estate Lagos, Nigeria 1PM ET
Children's Rosary at Holy Family Church in Gladstone, Michigan 4:30 PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. John the Evangelist Church in Mahopac, New York 4:30 PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother in Avondale, PA 6PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. John De Cross Pastoral Area Shimankar, Nigeria at 6PM local time

There is still an opportunity to sponsor a Mass as part of our Anniversary Novena.  Please write to Blythe at blythe@childrensrosary.org if you would like to sponsor a Mass. The unusal donation is $10.00. Thank you all.