Children's Rosary

The Children's Rosary® is a prayer group movement that was begun out of love for Our Lady and Her Son. Jesus tells us "Truly, I say to you unless you turn and become like children you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 18:3). The Children's Rosary is an effort to begin in parishes rosary prayer groups composed of children and led by children. Through prayer of the Rosary Our Lady will guide our young people while at the same time sanctify families and Parishes.

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Children's Rosary 2026 Lenten Newsletter

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Children's Rosary® Lenten 2026 Newsletter

Monday, February 16, 2026

Online Version of A Soul Prepared through Suffering Released

Online Version of the Journey

We are excited to announce that we will have a free online version of the 40-Day Retreat on Suffering available for Lent. The complete journey is now available through the link above. There is no cost to participate! If you would like to order a book, this can be done below. The book is ideal for adults and young people and follows seamlessly the Child Consecration book.

The Book is Available to Order

Here is a li nk to the epilogue, which details my own journey with suffering.

A Soul Prepared through Suffering 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.

Imprimatur Granted by Archbishop Leonard Blair of the Archdiocese of Hartford, CT, USA

Sunday, February 15, 2026

A Missionary Spirit

On February 6, Asher and I attended a liturgy at St. Maron's Maronite Catholic Church in Torrington, Connecticut. The Pastor, Fr. Fadi Khawand, was very excited to see a Children's Rosary begin at his parish. However he humbly asked that children come to his parish to demonstrate a Children's Rosary and pray with his parishioners in order to expose everyone to the idea. After the Children's Rosary meeting in my own home parish on February 7, I mentioned to Stephanie, the mother of one of our most faithful members at the West Hartford Children's Rosary, about Fr. Fadi Khawand's request. She wrote Saturday evening, February 14, to say that her daughter, Peyton, was available to help. Thus with very little notice we gathered the materials and roses for a Children's Rosary on February 15. Only Peyton was able to come, but she was not intimidated. She led the Rosary prayers beautifully and placed flowers before a picture of Our Lady at the end of each decade along with other adults who were uniting in prayer from the pews.

At the end of the liturgy that followed the Rosary, Peyton gave parishioners a rose from the Children's Rosary. There were many smiles in the Church this morning, and people were visibly joyful to hear a sweet young voice leading the Holy Rosary. Two families were interested in forming a Children's Rosary at St. Maron's Church. Another parishioner asked that we make a visit to her Church in a neighboring town. Praise God that the response was very good. At the heart of this effort was a child who said yes when asked to help bring more children to prayer. Peyton has a missionary spirit for Our Lord, and after todays experience she was overjoyed to visit another Church and invite yet more children to pray.

Across from where we sat in the pews during Mass there was a large stained glass window of St. Thérèse the little flower holding an arm full of roses. As I looked at Peyton she seemed a beautiful reflection of St. Thérèse, a patron of missionaries.

Friday, February 13, 2026

Mass Offered on February 13, 2026 for the Holy Souls in Purgatory

A Mass was offered today for the Holy Souls. Currently the Children's Rosary has had three monthly Masses offered on the first of each month for seminarians that they will grow in holiness and lead us in love, on the first Saturday for renewal of family prayer, on the 25th of the month for all the members of the Children's Rosary and all who help the Children's Rosary.

We now have a monthly Mass offered for the Holy Souls in Purgatory on the 13th of each month.

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Remembering Jeff Batter

On February 6, Jeff Batter passed away unexpectedly. He was a dear friend to the Children's Rosary and spouse of one of our Children's Rosary group leaders, Cheryl Batter. Jeff helped in recording the instrumental portion of our Children's Rosary theme song and recorded a version of the song with his vocals which is present on our Sorrowful Mysteries Children's Rosary CD. He also helped in recording multiple other songs that appear on our Children's Rosary CDs. He provided all of this help generously as a gift. Please keep him in your prayers. A link to information about his upcoming funeral can be found HERE.