Children's Rosary Today

JOIN US IN PRAYER

The Children's Rosary at St. Thomas Church in Thomaston, CT will meet today at 11AM ET.  There will be  a small reception after the Rosary provided by the Legions of Mary.  Please consider joining the children in prayer either at the Church or from your home.  The children always pray for those who are unifying their prayers with them.

Thank you all and God Bless!

Pope Francis Places the People of Latin America Under the Intercessory Protection of Our Lady

Pope Francis continues to show his beautiful love for Our Lady.

During his trip this week to Brazil for World Youth Day 2013 he visited the Shrine of Aparecida.  It  is one of the largest shrines in the world dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.  He told those present that he had come to place the people of Latin America under the intercessory protection of Our Lady.

Pope Francis went on to say that "it is from Mary that the Church learns true discipleship."

This is not the first time Pope Francis has turned to Our Lady and sought her protection and guidance.  The Holy Father recalled during the visit that he consecrated his pontificate to Our Lady at the Basilica of Mary Major in Rome.

Pope Francis prayed silently in front of the 15 inch statue of Our Lady of Aparecia, the "Black Mary." His eyes began to tear up and he was visibly moved as he prayed before Our Lady.  He later was given a replica of the statue and carried it in his arms.  He made a promise to those present that he would again return to this Shrine in 2017 to honor the 300 year anniversary of the finding of the statue of Our Lady of Aparecia in a nearby river.  

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Mass Offered for Members of the Children's Rosary Today

A Mass was offered today by the Capuchin Friars for all the members of the Children's Rosary and all those who help the Children's Rosary.  We will 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 and that when I wanted to extend thanksgiving to you all I knew of no better way to express my gratitude.  May Our Lord's love be poured down on all of you this day through the powerful sacrifice of the Holy Mass. 

Thank you all and God Bless you!

Two Children's Rosary Groups to Meet Tomorrow

JOIN US IN PRAYER

There are two Children's Rosary groups meeting tomorrow:  
The Children's Rosary at St. Thomas Church in Thomaston, CT will have their weekly Children's Rosary at 11AM ET.  There will be a reception to follow provided by the Legions of Mary.
The Children's Rosary at St. John the Evangelist in Hopkinton, MA will have their monthly Rosary at 11:15 AM ET.

Please consider joining the children either at the Church or from your home.  The children always pray for those unifying their prayers with them.

Thank you all and God Bless!

A Request from Kenya: Keep Praying for Us

The Children's Rosary in Nairobi, Kenya had their second meeting on Saturday July 13th.  Once again there were a great many children who attended.  Far more in fact then they had rosaries which resulted in them including most of the older children with hopes in the future to include the smaller children who also wanted to come.  

The group leader Antonine wrote to us that she began the Children's Rosary this month with one hymn for Our Lady sung in Kiswahili the language they mostly use.

She also wrote that she and the children are praying for all the different Children's Rosary groups and humbly asked that we keep praying for them as well.  

Antonine is hopeful that she can purchase more rosaries herself but the need is so large with so many beautiful children who would like to learn and pray the rosary together. If anyone would like to donate rosaries for this group we will be compiling a package for them.  

Please send Rosaries to:
Children's Rosary
c/o Blythe Kaufman
146 Four Mile Rd
West Hartford CT 06107 USA

Thank you all and God Bless!

Our Lady is Going on A Big Trip

Today Our Lady is going on a big trip to begin two Children's Rosary groups in Timor Leste, a country in South East Asia.  Her flight will be a long one as she crosses the globe with 100 Rosaries.  Her distination two parishes on the Island of Timor Leste:  Our Lady of Fatima Parish and St. Joseph Parish.  Many of the rosaries she is traveling with have been made by children and all have been gathered by members of the Children's Rosary with the prayer that children will find a love of Our Lady and her Son through prayer of the Rosary.  

100 Rosaries, many made by children
 ready to be sent to 2 new Children's Rosary groups in East Timor

Over the past two years over 780 Novenas have been said to different saints asking that the Children's Rosary would be the extended hands of Our Lady and her Son and gather a great many souls for Our Lord especially young people.  Today on the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel the fruits of so many prayers can be seen.  Our Lady is setting out to bring more of her children to her Son.  

Several weeks ago an inquiry came from a young man from Timor Leste hoping to start a Children's Rosary group.  He is a man of great faith with a Biblical name: Abel.  As we began to correspond he shared his strong devotion to Our Lady and commitment to sharing this love with young people. At first he was considering beginning a Children's Rosary in one parish but then wrote and said he was starting groups in two parishes two hours a part by bus.  He began signing children up for the Children's Rosary and found he had close to 100 children interested in participating. It was beautiful to see this young man named after a shepherd from the Bible gathering so many "sheep" for the Lord.

Whenever possible, if a new group is in need of rosaries the Children's Rosary tries to help and so our network of members went into action to make and gather enough rosaries for these two new groups.  Abel then wrote to us with another request.  Could we send a statue of Our Lady.  While this at first seemed impossible I could not shake the feeling that Our Lady would show us a way.  Today on the Feast of Mount Carmel she provided a perfect statue.  Our pastor at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in West Hartford offered one of our statues of Our Lady for the group.  It was hollow and relatively light which was perfect for the shipping.  

Through each step of this project children have been in the center.  The Children's Rosary is a prayer movement composed of children and lead by children. Today both Asher, age 6 and Kostin age 9 helped carry our Lady to the post office.  Despite the 95 degree heat they were all smiles.  Happy to share Our Lady with more children and help form two new Children's Rosary groups. 

Thank you Blessed Mother for your unfailing love and assistance.

A Happy Discovery

The Children's Rosary planted a Peace rose for Our Lady on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima over a year ago.  The children prayed that with each petal that formed on the rose 1,000 families would begin family prayer.  On July 2nd Our Lady's rose bloomed for the first time this year.  

Our Lady's Rose in Bloom on July 2, 2013

Then this past weekend we found the rose garden had been in the path of a crane which was brought in to help with repairing the windows of the Church.  The children and I looked all around the grounds and were not able to find the roses planted elsewhere.  It was sad to see them gone.  Then yesterday as the children and I were entering the Church for daily Mass we saw the grounds keeper.  The children asked about Our Lady's Rose.  He responded that the bushes had been cut down but the roses were saved.  Praise the Lord...Our Lady's Rose and those planted with hers had been spared.  They had been dug up and put in buckets with the plans to replant after the construction was over.  A happy end to a story and just in time for Our Lady of Mount Carmel's Feast Today.