Children's Rosary March 2025 Newsletter

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EWTN Interview featuring A Soul Prepared through Suffering to air this week

 

Air times in the US as shown in Eastern time zone. Please note that your local region may vary: Sunday, March 16 at 10:00 AM A SOUL PREPARED THROUGH SUFFERING Monday, March 17 at 5:00 AM A SOUL PREPARED THROUGH SUFFERING Monday, March 17 at 5:00 PM A SOUL PREPARED THROUGH SUFFERING Saturday, March 22 at 11:30 PM A SOUL PREPARED THROUGH SUFFERING

Consider using the new release from the Children's Rosary, A Soul Prepared through Suffering. This book draws souls to a greater simplicity of spirit often associated with St. Thérèse, the Little Flower, and St. Jean Marie Vianney. This book is for those in the trenches of suffering and for those yet to be put to the test, for it prepares people to understand that suffering shared by a loving God works in ways nothing else can. As God is the director of each of our stories, you may see yourself reflected in this book and find it helps each time you go through it in a different way. Put in the time for this 40-Day journey, and you will find you are different on the other side.  Watch the EWTN Bookmark Brief Full EWTN Interview Imprimatur Granted by Archbishop Leonard Blair of the Archdiocese of Hartford, CT, USA   This book is a must read. ~Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme,  Diocese of Maiduguri, Nigeria The book is now available not only in Ireland and the US but also in the United Kingdom Order Now

Children's Rosary to Lead Rosary at Eucharistic Procession in Athlone, Ireland

 

As a follow up to the two wonderful Eucharistic processions in Derry, another procession has been planned for Athlone on the eve of the Feast of St Patrick's Day. Athlone is an historic town in the centre of Ireland. This procession follows immediately after 33 hours of Perpetual Adoration in Clonmacnoise, a nearby ancient monastic settlement which has some of the deepest roots in Christianity in Ireland. The Children's Rosary led the Rosary at both Eucharistic processions in Derry (Guildhall Square and Claudy). Now the Children's Rosary will be leading the Rosary for the Procession in Athlone at 4:00 p.m. This is a great grace. At the Derry Procession in Guildhall Square, the most recent estimates report that between 4,000 and 5,000 people approximately attended. The children, who represented three Children's Rosary groups, led the Rosary. Through their regular prayer in their groups, they have gained enough confidence to lead thousands of people in prayer. The fruits of this witness has led to more new Children’s Rosary groups being started in different parishes around Ireland. For this upcoming Procession in Athlone, which is in the center of Ireland, members from at least three Children's Rosary groups will be participating jointly leading the Rosary on the River Shannon footbridge. One group is traveling from Galway, another from Clare and some from Mayo.

There is more information about this Eucharistic Procession HERE.

New Children's Rosary at St. John Bosco Parish Namu, Nigeria

 A new Children's Rosary group has begun at St. John Bosco Parish in Namu which is a town in the Shendam Diocese of Nigeria. One hundred children participate in this group that meets every Sunday at 2PM local time.

All-Ireland Rosary Launch at Knock Shrine in Ireland

The Children's Rosary group leader from Knock Shrine shared, "Saturday, 1st March was a very special day for the Knock Shrine Children’s Rosary group. It was the day of the All-Ireland Rosary Rally launch event, and the same day as our regular first Saturday Children’s Rosary prayer group meeting. The day concluded with our Children’s Rosary and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. This took place in the Apparition Chapel, Knock Shrine, exactly where Our Lady appeared with St Joseph, St John the Evangelist and with Jesus in the form of a sacrificial Lamb on the altar below a Cross, surrounded by angels in 1879. The apparition was silent and lasted for over two hours. It was a great grace to have Fr. Marius O’Reilly join us in prayer and lead us in Benediction. The last Mystery of the Rosary was led by children speaking our native Irish language, a language that has many references to the importance of our Catholic faith. The chapel was full of people from all over Ireland. We are incredibly grateful to Our Lady and her Son, Jesus, that so many graces were bestowed upon all those present."

Join the Children's Rosary On Radio Maria March 8, 2025

 

Praying Before the Blessed Sacrament

Dear Friends, 

Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit a Church in Massachusetts, USA, for an evening prayer service, Confession, and Holy Mass. The prayer evening began with Adoration. The priest placed a statue of Mary on the altar that had been crafted to cradle the Monstrance. It was a beautiful image to behold. Indeed Our Lady always leads us to her Son. It is a great blessing to pray before the Blessed Sacrament. If Children's Rosary groups have the opportunity to hold their prayer meetings during Adoration, this is a great blessing. 

~Blythe

Children's Rosary Meets on the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus. The Children's Rosary at St. Peter Claver in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA met at 4:00 p.m. in the Church. Five children attended. They each took turns leading a decade of the Rosary. Each child had at least one turn placing roses before the statue of Mary and image of the Holy Face of Jesus. One of the boys, from the very first meeting of the Children's Rosary at St. Peter Claver, has made it a practice to kiss the rose before he lays it before Our Blessed Mother. He continued this practice today. One of the other children also began to do this. It was a very tender example of love for Our Blessed Mother. We have included pictures from the meeting.

Children's Rosary Celebrates Third Birthday with a Candlelit Rosary

We received these lovely pictures from the meeting on February 23, 2025 which marked the third anniversary for this group located in Castledawson, Northern Ireland. After having attended the last Zoom meeting for group leaders in Ireland and UK, Lynn Gallagher took the inspiration from one of the groups which used candles to make a special anniversary candlelit Rosary. The group leader also shared that the children enjoyed homemade cupcakes after the Rosary was completed and that the children enjoyed running around outside.

Children's Rosary in Hamburg, Germany, Makes Homemade Votive Candle Holders for Lent

The Children's Rosary group leader in Hamburg, Germany, shared this note:
Last Saturday we had a short explanation of the Lenten time and prayed the Rosary together. Then we made wooden Candelabra, to emphasize prayer in the Lenten time. The wood came from an Abbey near Cologne, "Maria Wald".

It is always lovely to see the creativity and traditions of the different Children's Rosary groups. 

Children's Rosary at Knock Shrine Today!

 

Children's Rosary February 2025 Newsletter

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2025 Divine Mercy Conference in Dublin, Ireland

 A special thank you to Catherine, Anne-Marie, Joan, Helena, Anne and also our young people Emma, Anna,Jessica and Isabella who helped at the Children's Rosary booth. Unfortunately other Children's Rosary volunteers that came to help were turned away as it was a sold out event. We very much appreciate their efforts to come and help.

In the photo above, Tracy and Siobhan from the Knocknacarra Children's Rosary stopped by the booth. Six hundred informational Children's Rosary flyers were handed out. One of the people who helped at the booth shared, It was a great weekend to unite so many leaders who may never have met before. We met those who had joined our Zoom information meetings recently and lots of new wonderful people from all over Ireland. Many people have said how they felt called to the Children’s Rosary and would love to start a group in their area.

There will be another event at Knock Shrine this weekend, and there will again be a Children's Rosary booth.

A Mass Was Offered on February 25, 2025 for All the Members of the Children's Rosary

A Mass was offered on February 25, 2025, 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 this intention on the twenty-fifth of each month. The Eucharist is such a powerful gift from Our Lord that when we wanted to extend thanksgiving to all of you, we knew of no better way to express gratitude. May Our Lord's love be poured down on all of you through the powerful sacrifice of the Holy Mass. 

A new Children's Rosary has formed at École Sainte-Marie, Mère de Dieu, a small private French-speaking Catholic school in Canada. The school is on the property of the Church shown above. 

Make a Lenten Journey Using the Book, A Soul Prepared through Suffering

Consider making a 40-day retreat on suffering. This book was granted an Imprimatur by Archbishop Leonard Blair on October 6, 2023. Bishop Oliver Doeme calls it a "Must Read." This book draws souls to a great simplicity of spirit often associated with St. Thérèse, the Little Flower, and St. John Vianney. This work distills complex theological concepts into something simple that even a person in the depths of suffering could understand. This journey is for those in the trenches of suffering and for those yet to be put to the test, for it prepares people to understand that suffering shared by a loving God works in ways nothing else can. As God is the director of each of our stories, you may see yourself reflected in this book and find it helps each time you go through it in a different way. Put in the time for this 40-day journey, and you will find you are different on the other side. 

Click HERE to order the book. 

Children's Rosary at the Parish of Cill Chluana in the Archdiocese of Armagh

We received a lovely email from the Children's Rosary group in the Archdiocese of Armagh, Northern Ireland. They began meeting in September 2023. The group leader shared:

We started of saying the rosary on the First Friday of each month and then progressed to every Sunday morning as well. Now we say the Rosary before any evening or weekend Mass and sometimes we also hold candlelit rosary prayer services and we occasionally hold wee trips or 'pray, play and eat' sessions.

We have 42 children ranging in age from 4 to 12.

This past week during the Zoom informational session for Ireland and the UK, Leanne O'Callaghan shared a bit more about the group at the Parish of Cill Chluana. She gave some examples of some of the pray, play and eat sessions that have happened with her Children's Rosary group. They have traveled to visit the Armagh Parish Cathedral. Recently there was a historic storm in Northern Ireland that uprooted trees and did extensive damage. The Children's Rosary group met at the Church cemetery and helped stand plants and flowers up as well as tidying up the grounds. They also prayed a rosary for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. They also planned a singing event where the children sang half the concert, and a professional singer sang half of the performance. The event helped raise £2,000 for a new grotto at the Church. The group leader also mentioned that since the Children's Rosary has begun and the children have been leading the rosary before Mass, the attendance has increased considerably. Now people have to get to Mass early to get a seat, and often they are spilling out the door since so many are attending. 

The group created a little Facebook page to highlight some of their activities:

https://www.facebook.com/cill.chluana.childrens.rosary/

New Children's Rosary Group in Illinois, USA

 

Recently we received this picture from a Children's Rosary group that formed recently at St. Mary Parish in West Chicago, Illinois, USA. The children pray in Spanish. Their first meeting was on October 29, 2024. This group meets every Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. local time.

For those interested in Children's Rosary materials in Spanish as well as our Spanish Consecration book, please visit rosariodeninos.org and consagraciondeninos.com

Children's Rosary at Divine Mercy Conference 2025 in Dublin

If you are attending the Divine Mercy Conference at the RDS in Dublin this weekend, please say hello to our Children's Rosary members who are helping to run a Children's Rosary informational table. This is our second year at the conference. The picture above was taken last year. The Children's Rosary is spreading extensively through Ireland and Northern Ireland. We hope to see this continue.

First Children's Rosary in Switzerland

We are excited to share that we have our first Children's Rosary group in Switzerland. Their first meeting was February 1, 2025. The children from two families gathered before the crib which was still present. This new group is located at the Parish in Montreux: Paroisse Catholique Romaine du Sacré-Cœur de Montreux. The new Children's Rosary group was Consecrated to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart at the first meeting. The group leader shared, after each mystery, a white rose was offered by the children to Mother Mary with song of Lourdes. Our prayers were accompanied by the Relic of Bless Carlo Acutis. A pancake party was organized. It is a tradition to eat pancake to celebrate Feast Day of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple. 

Their next meeting will be March 1, 2025. We welcome this new Children's Rosary group. The children of this group pray in French. 

New Children's Rosary in Lincolnshire, England

We are happy to share that a new Children's Rosary met for the first time on February 2, 2025, at St. Hugh's Church in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. This group will be meeting on the first Sunday of each month at 5:00 p.m. The group leader shared that 3 families attended with 7 children total. The group has younger children, so she shared an interesting idea to engage the younger children:

I made a big rosary out of silicone cupcake cases and the children placed a pom pom in the case for each prayer, which was a good way of including the younger children who can't yet join in all the prayers verbally. 

Consecrate Yourself and Your Children to Jesus through Mary

On this beautiful feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, consider Consecrating yourself to Jesus through Mary. Importantly, also consider Consecrating your children or grandchildren. 

We have Consecration Certificates available HERE. These certificates were made after consultation with Bishop John Keenan. 

Mass Offered for Seminarians on February 1, 2025

On February 1, 2025, a Mass was offered for all seminarians with the intention that they grow in holiness and lead us in love. Seminarians need our prayers, and what a beautiful way for the world’s children to support these men called by God by praying for them. In 2024, we featured a seminarian’s vocation story almost every month, and how inspired we were by each man’s faith journey and message to the faithful!  We are so grateful to be able to continue featuring seminarians throughout 2025. This month, we introduce Samuel Saava, a postulant with the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles in Cromwell, Connecticut, USA. 

My name is Samuel Savva, and I am 20 years old. Currently, I am living and studying at the small but beautiful Holy Apostles College and Seminary, located in Cromwell, Connecticut. I am also a postulant with the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles (MSA), whose charism is to promote, form, and accompany vocations to the priesthood, religious life, and lay ministries in the Church. We are a missionary society, with several priests and brothers stationed in Cromwell, CT (running Holy Apostles College & Seminary is our primary apostolate in the US), as well as a large presence internationally, in various other countries. As of now, I am completing my second year of undergraduate philosophy studies, after which, God willing, I will continue on to Theological Studies, after completing my novitiate and taking first promises.

My vocation story started when I was very young. As a child and teen, I would often reflect about what I would do as a grown-up, and the priesthood was very attractive to me. However, I also felt very deeply drawn to marriage. When I was 15, though, I went through a very difficult social crisis, in which the “vocation plans” which I had hoped and dreamed of, especially regarding marriage, literally came crashing down. It was in the aftermath of this that I seriously began questioning what I would do with my life regarding a vocation, and because of the situation, my heart was very open to any possibility. Unaccountably, I began experiencing a deep draw and attraction toward the priesthood, something that stemmed from deep inside my soul, and that only grew stronger as time went on. Eventually, I started actively discerning with my home diocese, and became involved in their vocation programs and activities. Simultaneously, I graduated high school, and, feeling unready to begin seminary, but still wishing to discern where God was leading me, I came to Holy Apostles College and Seminary, where there is a program for young men to live alongside the seminarians and experience first hand seminary life as they discern. During the year that I spent in this program, God began to show me many signs that I was not called to serve as a diocesan priest but rather as a religious. Increasingly I felt a great sense of peace, joy, and wholeness in my soul regarding this, and felt led by God to embrace this vocation, which I had not really had a chance to discern previously. Under the guidance of several holy priests and friends, eventually the Lord led me to joining the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles, whose abundant joy, charity, and faithful service to God and the Church made a profound impact on me, and in whose company I felt the peace of Christ leading me to strive for sanctity.

As a priest, simply put, I hope to give my life in service to Our Lord and to His Holy Church, under the protection of Mary, my mother. I hope to spend the rest of my life loving and serving those around me with the heart of Christ, and with profound charity and zeal for the salvation of souls, so that one day I and all those I have encountered can rejoice together as brothers and sisters in eternity with Our Lord. As an MSA, I also hope to particularly minister to those discerning their vocation, whether to religious, married, or single life, assisting them on this crucial, exciting, but often difficult journey. Lastly, I hope to be of service in renewing and encouraging the priestly and religious vocations of those already consecrated, as well as married couples, so that there may be a new flourishing of holy priests, religious, and families in the Church and the world!

We humbly ask that you please keep Samuel Savva in your prayers.

New Children's Rosary at Kitgum Mission Parish, Gulu Archdiocese of Uganda

The Children's Rosary was launched at Kitgum Mission Parish in the Gulu Archdiocese on January 19, 2025. Over 200 children attended.

A Mass Was Offered on January 25, 2025 for All the Members of the Children's Rosary

A Mass was offered on January 25, 2025 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 this intention on the 25th of each month. The Eucharist is such a powerful gift from Our Lord that when we wanted to extend thanksgiving to all of you we knew of no better way to express gratitude. May Our Lord's love be poured down on all of you through the powerful sacrifice of the Holy Mass. 

The picture above is a new Children's Rosary group in Pakistan. They are in the Faisalabad diocese and meet weekly at St. Thomas Catholic Church, Essa Nagri.

Children's Rosary Informational Meeting for Ireland and UK

 

Children's Rosary Meeting December 29, 2024 in Dormitz, Germany

 

We recently received pictures from the Children's Rosary group in Dormitz, Germany. They meet on the last Sunday of each month. The pictures included in this post are from the meeting on December 29. The group leaders were very excited with the turnout from their past meeting. Often there are children that come from a distance to attend the Children's Rosary. Their presence is a joy. The group leaders always remained hopeful children from their local village would attend as well. Two local families had come 12 months earlier. The group leaders had hoped to see them again. The December meeting marked their return. It was a great grace to have them. Praise God for these gifts which are so precious.

Novena for Christian Unity January 18-26, 2025

Novena for Christian Unity through the Intercession of Bl. Maria Gabriella  

God please hear our supplication through the intercession of Bl. Maria Gabriella for Christian unity. May each of us and the Children's Rosary be an instrument in Your hands to knit all that has been pulled apart into one tapestry of prayer, love and peace doing all according to Your holy Will. 

Remembering the words from Scripture when Our Lord prayed, "May all be one; even as You Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me". (John 17:21) Amen.

For 9 days, please say 3 Glory Be prayers each day accompanied by the prayer above.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins on January 18th 2025. It has been a tradition for the Children's Rosary to pray in a special way for Christian Unity in a Novena.  As Bl. Gabriella dedicated her life for the intention of Christian Unity it seemed particularly special to pray through her intercession. 

A Rosary will be prayed each day of the novena before a first class relic of Bl. Gabriella for the intention above and for those individuals joining us in this novena. 

Bl. Gabriella was born in 1914 and died at the age of 25 in 1939.  She was beatified on January 25th by Pope John Paul II 1983.

Children's Rosary at Heroldsbach Shrine in Germany Celebrates Its Second Birthday!

 

The Children's Rosary at Heroldsbach Shrine in Germany has been meeting for two years on the first Saturday of each month. In honor of their anniversary, the children met for the Rosary, and there was also a Mass.  During the Mass they prayed in a special way for the Children's Rosary. 

There was time for fellowship and refreshments after the Children's Rosary. It is beautiful to see this group reaching the milestone of two years. May God bless these children and families as well as all those who help to coordinate these efforts. 

For more information about the Children's Rosary in Germany, visit: kinderrosenkranz.com