Feast of the Holy Family 2018

During the Octave of Christmas the Feast days come one after the other.  It is such a blessed time of the year one might become overwhelmed.  However, the Feast of the Holy Family is something that deserves particular attention.  Something that I became aware of at least a year after the Children's Rosary formed was that the chapel where the first meeting of the Children's Rosary was held is named after the Holy Family.  In our parish, we rarely call it by its formal name: the Holy Family Chapel but rather call it simply our chapel and so its true name was not known to me for some time.  In reflection it seemed a perfect home for the Children's Rosary.  For children are the heart of the family and the family is the lungs of the Church.  If our families are strong then our church will be strong.  And so I could see the wisdom of Our Lord in bringing the children to prayer in a space dedicated to the Holy Family.  Through these little innocent prayers the coals in our families of love and peace would be stoked and a renewed commitment to family prayer would begin. 

Today's Prayer:
In a special way Lord, we pray for all of our families.  Lord, we struggle to follow your example and ask that you help us that all of our families may mirror the Holy Family.  We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.  

The photo above we took at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Alabama.

Fifth Day of Christmas

We continue to celebrate the Nativity of Jesus, this being the fifth day of Christmas. We thank all of you who joined our Patiently Waiting Campaign. Please do not forget to replace your Patiently Waiting sign in your windows with one that reads: "Christ is Born".

The picture above was taken by Tran in Vietnam on December 25th 2018. 

Christmas blessings to you all. 

"We Have a Problem"

In November we received an email from an individual in Argentina. She had learned about the Children's Rosary from a program that aired on EWTN called Nuestra Fe en Vivo. She was planning a Mission trip to Cuba and had hopes of starting the Children's Rosary in a parish there. After further communication we sent her a box of Children's Rosary books in Spanish and rosaries. She needed the materials by Christmas to carry to Cuba. We had approximately 1 month for the box to arrive which seemed sufficiently adequate. We were surprised how fast the box traveled from the United States to Buenos Aires. But then it seemed to sit without moving for some days. 

It was then that we received this email from Argentina on December 14th, 
"We have a problem. Yesterday I went to the post office to check the status of de package, because it's in Buenos Aires since several days. They told me that it will arrive very delayed, because the customs in Buenos Aires check everything that enters in the country. This week they were delivering the things that arrived in August."

A suggestion was made that a package could quickly be sent to Mexico which might be picked up during a long layover on the way to Cuba. This we did. Although due to the expense of a faster courier we could only send a small package with mostly books. 

Then something unexpected happened. On December 21st the package arrived in Argentina. While packages that had been waiting since August, were only being delivered a week earlier, the box of Children's Rosary materials seemed to sail in just in time for the Mission Trip. Indeed, God's timing is perfect. In reflection, it seemed providential that we had sent the second box which had arrived in Mexico. Now there would be more materials to bring to Cuba. Maybe it seemed Our Lord and Our Lady had some plans bigger then ours for this Mission trip. We will see how things unfold. Please keep this trip in your prayers. 

Mass Offered for all the Members of the Children's Rosary on December 25th 2018

Every month a Mass is said on the 25th of the month for all the members of the Children's Rosary and all who help the Children's Rosary.  In December, it is particularly special that our monthly Mass falls on Christmas.  It is our little gift to all of you who are part of the Children's Rosary.

We wish you all and your families a blessed Christmas.

~Blythe

Patiently Waiting in the Philippines 2018

We continue to share pictures from different parts of the world of different people joining the Children's Rosary "Patiently Waiting" Campaign. This is a gentle way to show those around us where are hearts can be found as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Soon these Patiently Waiting signs will come down and they will be replaced by ones that read: Christ is Born.

Patiently Waiting in Uganda 2018

We received this picture yesterday. The Patiently Waiting Campaign has reached Uganda!! We continue to extend an invitation to others:

This Advent Place a Patiently Waiting Sign

 in Your Window

Join the Children's Rosary by putting a sign in your window as a beautiful reminder of where our hearts can be found as we prepare ourselves for the coming of Christ. On Christmas replace the sign with one that reads: Christ is Born.

Send us a Picture
We invite people to send us a picture of their Patiently Waiting sign in their window. Please include in the email where you live. We hope to continue to feature some of these on our website. Pictures can be sent to: blythe.kaufman@gmail.com 

Invitation to Everyone
We should note that the Patiently Waiting Campaign is an invitation to adults and children. One does not have to be involved with the Children's Rosary to participate.

The story behind the Patiently Waiting Campaign:
A number of years ago, I was walking past a home and in the window a sign read: Patiently Waiting.  It caught my attention.  Each time I walked past it each day I looked at it and was grateful for it. To see the sign made me happy inside. I wondered who put such a sign in their window.  Later I would find out it was a wonderfully holy priest.  After his passing, many shared how special this little sign was to them. It was so simple but it sent a ripple out into the community, a joyful one that is still moving in my heart years later even after the soul who placed it in his window has passed on.  This made me wonder, what if each of us put a sign in our windows?  What would be the effect...these speckles of love sprinkled all over the world. It was from this thought that the Patiently Waiting Campaign was born. 
                                                                                                             ~Blythe Kaufman

Esperando Pacientemente en la Ciudad de México

Viernes recibimos esta foto desde la ciudad de México. Estamos muy contentos de que otra persona se una a nuestra campaña de Esperando Pacientemente 2018 del Rosario de Niños.

Este Adviento coloca un signo que dice
 “Espera Pacientemente”en su ventana

Únase con el Rosario de Niños poniendo este cartel en su ventana como un hermoso recordatorio de dónde se puede encontrar nuestros corazones mientras nos preparamos para la venida de Cristo. En Navidad, reemplaza la señal con una que dice: Cristo es nacido.

Envíanos una foto

Invitamos a las personas a que nos envíen una foto de su cartel de “Esperando Pacientemente” en su ventana. Por favor incluya en el correo electrónico donde usted se vive. Esperamos continuar presentando algunos de estos en nuestro sitio web. Las imágenes se pueden enviar a: blythe.kaufman@gmail.com

Invitación a todos

Debemos tener en cuenta que la campaña de “Esperando Pacientemente” es una invitación para adultos y niños. Uno no tiene que estar involucrado con el Rosario de Niños para participar.

Patiently Waiting in Mexico City 2018

Yesterday we received this picture from Mexico City. We are excited to have another person joining our Children's Rosary Patiently Waiting Campaign 2018. 

This Advent Place a Patiently Waiting Sign

 in Your Window

Join the Children's Rosary by putting a sign in your window as a beautiful reminder of where our hearts can be found as we prepare ourselves for the coming of Christ. On Christmas replace the sign with one that reads: Christ is Born.

Send us a Picture
We invite people to send us a picture of their Patiently Waiting sign in their window. Please include in the email where you live. We hope to continue to feature some of these on our website. Pictures can be sent to: blythe.kaufman@gmail.com 

Invitation to Everyone
We should note that the Patiently Waiting Campaign is an invitation to adults and children. One does not have to be involved with the Children's Rosary to participate. 

The story behind the Patiently Waiting Campaign:
A number of years ago, I was walking past a home and in the window a sign read: Patiently Waiting.  It caught my attention.  Each time I walked past it each day I looked at it and was grateful for it. To see the sign made me happy inside. I wondered who put such a sign in their window.  Later I would find out it was a wonderfully holy priest.  After his passing, many shared how special this little sign was to them. It was so simple but it sent a ripple out into the community, a joyful one that is still moving in my heart years later even after the soul who placed it in his window has passed on.  This made me wonder, what if each of us put a sign in our windows?  What would be the effect...these speckles of love sprinkled all over the world. It was from this thought that the Patiently Waiting Campaign was born. 
                                                                                                             ~Blythe Kaufman

Patiently Waiting in Pakistan 2018

We have been receiving pictures from the Children's Rosary in Pakistan. They have been continuing their annual tradition of participating in our Children's Rosary: "Patiently Waiting Campaign".  The picture above is from the Children's Rosary in Kotli Raet Wail. This is an outpost of the main Parish St. Francis Xavier Parish in Gujranwala. There previously had been no Church in this small town. Through the children meeting weekly in their Children's Rosary group, the families of the town decided that a Church was now needed. So with the encouragement of the children, funds were locally raised in the town. Construction began and was completed this year. The Church was named after the Holy Spirit.

The Children's Rosary group leader helped in the construction of the Church and helped in the mural wall painting. The children continued to raise money this year to have a podium installed in the Church. It is visible in the photo above.

We share more pictures that were sent to us from Pakistan below. Different Children's Rosary groups have been making signs. We would also like to extend a humble invitation to those reading this post:

This Advent Place a Patiently Waiting Sign

 in Your Window

Join the Children's Rosary by putting a sign in your window as a beautiful reminder of where our hearts can be found as we prepare ourselves for the coming of Christ. On Christmas replace the sign with one that reads: Christ is Born.

National Catholic Register Features Children's Rosary Patiently Waiting Campaign 2018

We wanted to share a recent article that was written about the Children's Rosary Patiently Waiting Campaign.
The link to the article is HERE.

Join Us for the Christmas/Infant of Prague Novena (December 16-December 24, 2018)

Christmas Novena
Prayer to the Miraculous Infant of Prague

In anticipation of Christmas December 25th consider saying this 9 day Novena from December 16th-December 24th.  

O Divine Infant Jesus, Who said: "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you." Through the intercession of Mary, Your Most Holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be granted.

(Make your request.)

O Divine Infant Jesus, Who said: "Unless you become like little children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven." Grant me the simplicity and wonder, the tenderness and gentleness of a child. Fill me with innocence, hope and love. Grant me the grace that I need.

(Make your request.)

O Divine Infant Jesus, help me know how close You are to me and how powerful is Your embrace. Help me to trust that You hold the whole world in Your hand. I place my every need and care in Your hands. I ask that you fulfill my request according to Your holy will.

(Make your request.)

Miraculous Infant of Prague, have mercy on us.

We humbly ask that you join us in praying this novena and include as one of your intentions: May Our Lady's plans for each of us, our families, and the Children's Rosary be realized. In a special way we also ask that Jesus be born in our hearts this Christmas. May Our Lord grant Christmas joy and peace for all the families of the Children's Rosary and all those who have been so generous to the Children's Rosary this year. 

A special gift to all the members of the Children's Rosary: a Mass will be celebrated for all the members of the Children's Rosary and all who help the Children's Rosary on December 25th.

Light

In November we received an email sent to the Children's Rosary:
We have joined as individuals and join in prayer every night from Houston. We missed praying with "Hartford" the last few days.

The note was referring to our View from Heaven map on our website. This displays groups that are actively meeting as blue twinkling lights. There is also a button one can click called "join in prayer". When a person hits the button a gold twinkling light flashes for 30 minutes. In the evening while saying prayers we routinely go to the Children's Rosary site and click "join in prayer" as we begin to pray. We see our little light flashing. Many times I had seen the light in Houston. Often I would mention the light to my kids as we prayed. We did not know who it was but we were grateful to see it. Then in November, we went on a trip to Alabama. Our light in Hartford was no longer there. We were surprised to receive the note from the person who was the light in Houston. We had treasured the light in Houston and apparently they had looked for our light too and when it was not there it prompted them to write. They did not know who it was but they simply wrote to say they missed it. 

The View from Heaven map is a simple way we have chosen to display prayers being said around the world. It allows a single soul to begin praying and join in prayer with Children's Rosary groups praying or other individual people praying. Sometimes the View from Heaven is dark. A person clicks on the button and begins to pray. They are but one light. But that one light transforms the whole view of the world. Immediately a person looking at the image is drawn to that region of the world where there is one person or family praying. One does not need 1,000 lights to transform the View from Heaven. It takes only one. It is a joy to see more lights but even just one is sufficient to bring joy to another person visiting the site. It was our one missing light in Hartford that brought the email inquiring as to where it had gone. It is an encouraging thought to contemplate. Last night when our family began to pray we added our light. We saw Houston flashing but we had a surprise there was another light in the Virginia region. We did not know who it was but we were grateful to unify prayers with them. We have included a screen shot of the map last night with our three lights visible. Consider visiting our site and adding your light. If you find the map dark, add your light. Trust that it will make a difference to another soul. We will look for it.

Día de Oración por Rosario de Niños 12.8.2018

Queridos Amigos,

Recientemente visitamos el Santuario del Santísimo Sacramento en Hanceville, Alabama. Mientras estábamos al lado de la tumba de Madre Angelica, oramos de manera especial por todos los miembros del Rosario de Niños. También tuvimos la maravillosa gracia de visitar a las monjas de clausura. Durante nuestro tiempo en el Santuario, pudimos organizar un Día de Oración para el Rosario de Niños.

En la Fiesta de la Inmaculada Concepción, las Monjas del Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles en Alabama ofrecerán un día de oración para el Movimiento del Rosario de Niños y todos sus miembros. Esto incluirá: recuerdo en la misa, el Oficio Divino, el Rosario, una Hora de Adoración y buenas obras de oración.  

Day of Prayer Offered for the Children's Rosary 12.8.2018

Recently we visited the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama. While there we prayed at the tomb of Mother Angelica for all the members of the Children's Rosary. We also had the wonderful grace to visit with the cloistered Nuns. During our time at the Shrine, we were able to arrange a Day of Prayer to be offered for the Children's Rosary.

Today, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a Day of Prayer will be offered by the Nuns of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Alabama for the Children's Rosary Movement & all its Members. This will include: Remembrance at Mass, Divine Office, Rosary, Adoration Hour and Prayerful Good Works.


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Don't forget to unify prayers with the children during their meetings. A schedule of meetings is present on our website. By clicking "Join in Prayer" you can add your gold flashing light to our View from Heaven map.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR NEW VIDEO:

A VIEW FROM HEAVEN 

UNA PERSPECTIVA DESDE EL CIELO

For more information about the Children's Rosary visit our website: www.childrensrosary.org

Visite nuestro sitio web en español para obtener más información: www.rosariodeninos.org

Pour plus d'informations sur le Rosaire des Enfants, visitez notre site Web:www.rosairedesenfants.org

New Children's Rosary in Seychelles

We are excited to share that a new Children's Rosary will meet for the first time on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8th, in Seychelles. This is an island off the coast of East Africa known for its gorgeous beaches. While many of us are experiencing the cold of winter, I thought this was a welcome sight. This group has ordered our Children's Rosary books in English and French. The population in Seychelles is trilingual. They speak English, French and Creole. We welcome this new group!

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How to Start a Children's Rosary

Don't forget to unify prayers with the children during their meetings. A schedule of meetings is present on our website. By clicking "Join in Prayer" you can add your gold flashing light to our View from Heaven map.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR NEW VIDEO:

A VIEW FROM HEAVEN 

UNA PERSPECTIVA DESDE EL CIELO

For more information about the Children's Rosary visit our website: www.childrensrosary.org

Visite nuestro sitio web en español para obtener más información: www.rosariodeninos.org

Pour plus d'informations sur le Rosaire des Enfants, visitez notre site Web:www.rosairedesenfants.org

Photo credit: wiki commons

Patiently Waiting Campaign 2018

This Advent Place a Patiently Waiting Sign

 in Your Window

Join the Children's Rosary by putting a sign in your window as a beautiful reminder of where our hearts can be found as we prepare ourselves for the coming of Christ. On Christmas replace the sign with one that reads: Christ is Born.

Fourth Anniversary of the Patiently Waiting Campaign

If you have a Children's Rosary in your school we invite you to have the children make signs in class and have them bring them home to put in their windows. The picture above was sent to us from a school in New Jersey last year. 

We have included a flyer for this year. Consider posting this at your parish or school. The flyer can be saved to your computer by right clicking on the image below and clicking save. This can then be printed. Alternatively, if you would like us to email you the pdf please write to blythe@childrensrosary.org 

Send us a Picture
We invite people to send us a picture of their Patiently Waiting sign in their window. Please include in the email where you live. We hope to feature some of these on our website. Pictures can be sent to: blythe.kaufman@gmail.com 

Invitation to Everyone
We should note that the Patiently Waiting Campaign is an invitation to adults and children. One does not have to be involved with the Children's Rosary to participate. 

The story behind the Patiently Waiting Campaign:
A number of years ago, I was walking past a home and in the window a sign read: Patiently Waiting.  It caught my attention.  Each time I walked past it each day I looked at it and was grateful for it. To see the sign made me happy inside. I wondered who put such a sign in their window.  Later I would find out it was a wonderfully holy priest.  After his passing, many shared how special this little sign was to them. It was so simple but it sent a ripple out into the community, a joyful one that is still moving in my heart years later even after the soul who placed it in his window has passed on.  This made me wonder, what if each of us put a sign in our windows?  What would be the effect...these speckles of love sprinkled all over the world. It was from this thought that the Patiently Waiting Campaign was born. 
                                                                                                             ~Blythe Kaufman

Immaculate Conception Novena November 29, 2018-December 7, 2018

In anticipation of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8th) consider saying this Novena from November 29th through December 7th.The following is the same prayer being said during the Novena at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy.

Immaculate Conception Novena 

Father, You prepared the Virgin Mary to be the worthy Mother of Your Son. You let her share beforehand in the salvation Christ would bring by His death, and kept her sinless from the first moment of her conception.

Help us by her prayers to live in Your presence without sin. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

(NCCB, Sacramentary, December 8: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, (p. 752-753).

In a special way we would like invite those joining us to pray for peace. In addition to the prayer listed above, we invite you to also say the Consecration prayers daily to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary listed on our favorite prayers page HERE. 

Thank you for joining us in this Novena. We will be praying for all those who are joining us before a first class relic of Bl. Stanislaus Papczynski, founder of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception. Bl Stanislaus frequently spoke and gave homilies about Mary's Immaculate Conception. We will be asking for his intercession through the course of this Novena. 

Thank you and may God Bless you. Amen

Church Teaching on the Immaculate Conception:

“Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, 'full of grace' through God, was redeemed from the moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854:

The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin”. (Catechism of the Catholic Faith, 491).

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SEND A CARD TO A LOVED ONE

Remember loved ones by sending one of our Children's Rosary Christmas cards. Before mailing the card, say a prayer for the person receiving it. 

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ON THESE CARDS THIS WEEK. 

Instead of $20.75 for a box of 25 cards, they are $18.68! This is a 10% savings. This special price is only for this week. Also if your order is over $75 dollars enter code FREE at the checkout to receive free shipping within the US. 

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33 Day Consecration to Jesus Through Mary (November 29th 2018-January 1st 2019)

The Children's Rosary humbly invites you to participate in a 33 Day Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary.  Our Children’s Rosary groups are Consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary at their first meeting. Once a year we invite members to do a personal Consecration. For those of you unfamiliar with Consecration to Jesus through Mary it has been blessed and supported by Cardinal Justin Rigali, Bishops and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. St. John Paul II urged Catholics to make this Act of Entrustment, which involves ten minutes of private prayer daily, for 33 days, in your home.  Many may be familiar with Totus Tuus which was John Paul’s papal motto. It is a Latin phrase meaning "totally yours" and expressed his personal Consecration to Jesus through Mary.

The 33 Day Consecration prayers traditionally precede a Marian Feast and the Feast that we will be saying our Consecration on is January 1st - the Feast of Mary Mother of God.  Therefore we will begin our prayers on November 29th. 

The traditional Consecration prescribed by St. Louis de Montfort can be used free online:  St. Louis de Montfort Consecration. 

For those who have made their Consecration already it is a wonderful practice to renew your Consecration each year.

God Bless you all.

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Don't forget to unify prayers with the children during their meetings. A schedule of meetings is present on our website. By clicking "Join in Prayer" you can add your gold flashing light to our View from Heaven map.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR NEW VIDEO:

A VIEW FROM HEAVEN 

UNA PERSPECTIVA DESDE EL CIELO

For more information about the Children's Rosary visit our website: www.childrensrosary.org
Visite nuestro sitio web en español para obtener más información: www.rosariodeninos.org

Pour plus d'informations sur le Rosaire des Enfants, visitez notre site Web:www.rosairedesenfants.org

Spiritually Inspired Christmas Gifts: Day 1

REMEMBERING THE HOLY SOULS

Today we would like to begin 9 days of ways to give this Christmas.  Our focus will be on Christ. 
As we are still in the month honoring the Holy Souls this seemed an appropriate way to begin. The Catechism of the Catholic Church encourages the faithful to help the souls that have gone before us. "The Church in its pilgrim members, from the very earliest days of the Christian religion, has honored with great respect the memory of the dead; and 'because it is a holy and a wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins' she offers her suffrages for them. Our prayer for them is capable not only of helping them, but also of making their intercession for us effective". (CCC958) One of the most efficacious ways to help the Holy Souls is through having Masses celebrated for them.

Did you know that since October 7, 2017 the Children's Rosary has tried to have 2 Masses offered daily for the Holy Souls in Purgatory? With the exception of several small gaps, we have been successfully able to continue this effort through November of this year. We wish to continue but there is an ongoing cost to requesting Masses. Please consider making a donation to help us continue having Masses said for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. 
Donations can be made online HERE or checks can be made out to Children's Rosary and sent to:

Children's Rosary
PO Box 271743
West Hartford CT 06127 USA

The Holy Souls are grateful for any help we can render them. They in turn remember us in prayer. As these souls enter Heaven they will be our advocates before Our Lord. A Christmas gift to help the Holy Souls brings them joy but also joy to Our Lord as these souls are beloved by God and kindness shown to them is meritorious. 

Thank you for your generosity kindness!

Mass Offered on November 25th 2018 for Members of the Children's Rosary

Happy Feast of Christ the King!

A Mass was offered today for all the members of the Children's Rosary and all who help the Children's Rosary.  We continue to have a Mass said for the this intention on the 25th of each month. The Eucharist is such a powerful gift from Our Lord that when I wanted to extend thanksgiving to all of you I knew of no better way to express my gratitude.  May Our Lord's love be poured down on all of you through the powerful sacrifice of the Holy Mass. 

The picture above was taken during a visit, of several members of the Children's Rosary, to the Major Relic Pilgrimage of the Incorrupt Heart of the Cure of Ars. While the children were kneeling, we prayed together for all the members of the Children's Rosary and all who help the Children's Rosary. We also asked for the intercession of St. Jean Vianney in protecting the purity of the children who are part of the Children's Rosary. It is our hope that these Masses and prayers will continue to help us all on the road to sanctity. St Jean Vianney is a witness of holiness. The icon that is depicted above the relic of St. Jean Vianney is particularly beautiful especially in person. In a very tender way he holds the Crucifix. For Christ the King is not in some lofty place, He is a Crucified Lord. He embodies humility something St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney understood and witnessed so beautifully.

* A special thank you to Ann Ziluck who took the pictures shown above and sent them to us.

Our Sunday Visitor Features Children's Rosary

This week Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) published an article featuring the Children's Rosary. We wanted to humbly share the link to the electronic version HERE.

Haven't Found a Christmas Card this Year? We Have a Perfect One for You

Please consider this year sending out our new Children's Rosary Christmas card. This was painted by Abigail, a 10 year old member of the Children's Rosary. Great love was put into this card. The color is exquisite and there is a tenderness in the faces of the angels as they pay homage to the Baby Jesus. The message inside reads:

May Jesus be born in your heart this Christmas

 and may He grant you joy and peace.

The back of the card has an invitation to join the children in prayer and includes our website. It is a beautiful way to gently yet powerfully evangelize. With so many children praying in Children's Rosary prayer groups, these simple cards are a way for the children to reach souls. Their prayers are powerful. We also invite you to say a prayer for the person who will receive the card as you address it. Let us touch souls and help to draw them to prayer this Christmas. Thank you all and may God bless you.

Order Cards HERE

* Note that there is a watermark on the image above that says Children's Rosary. This is not present on the cards.

Gift ideas that help to Evangelize this Christmas:
Children's Rosary T Shirts
Joyful Mysteries CD

Our Lady Needs Open Doors

Recently, I was speaking with a Children’s Rosary group leader. She was sharing how she recently has felt inspired to gift a rosary to people she meets.  She carries a rosary ready to give away so if she meets someone and there is an opportunity to offer a rosary she is ready. She also gives them something explaining how to pray the Rosary. She explained that Our Lady needs open doors and when you give someone a rosary you open the door for Our Lady. 

In a similar spirit, over the summer we started putting Children’s Rosary books on a table by the Chapel. We had received permission to do this. We were surprised to see how fast they would go. We do not know who took them but we trust Our Lord and Our Lady can use these open doors. 

We would like to humbly invite individuals to consider purchasing a 10 pack of our Children’s Rosary books and putting some out in your Adoration Chapel or carrying one with you. Watch for an opportunity to give it to someone. You will be surprised how fast opportunities present themselves. 

Another opportunity to reach loved ones is through your Christmas card. When you send your cards make sure to say a prayer for the person or family who will receive your card. Consider buying a box of Children’s Rosary Christmas cards. They have a very sweet painting of the Baby Jesus on the cover. On the back is an invitation to join the children in prayer with our Children’s Rosary website. 

These little efforts open doors for Our Lady and Our Lord. Consider some of these ideas as little spiritual gifts this Advent. 
 THIS IS THE LINK TO OUR CHILDREN’S ROSARY COLLECTION. 

Our Children’s Rosary cards and books can be ordered there. THANK YOU ALL AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU.