Visit to Puerto Rico

Today I had the great blessing to meet Deacon Bengie (in pink vestments) and Rev Benjamin Perez Cruz (in the white cassock) the Rector of the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This is the oldest Cathedral in the Americas. Construction began in 1521.

They graciously welcomed me and we look forward to collaborating together with the Children's Rosary. Deacon Bengie in particular thought the families in the parish could benefit from the Children's Rosary and he would begin efforts to try to initiate the Children's Rosary in the Cathedral. We shared Children's Rosary books and Child Consecration books as well as handmade rosaries to help their efforts. 

Deacon Bengie mentioned that the island is under the patronage of Our Lady of Providence. A beautiful mural of Our Lady of Providence appears on the wall next to the Cathedral. 

During the visit to the Cathedral I prayed for all the members of the Children's Rosary and all who help the Children's Rosary. 

Children's Rosary March 2026 Newsletter

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Interview with Msgr. Jim Lisante

Recently Asher Kaufman was able to sit down with Msgr. Jim Lisante on his program "Personally Speaking." This discussion explored Asher's recent travels in Africa to spread the Children's Rosary. The interview can be heard below. 

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900 Handmade Rosaries Delivered

 A special thank you to Pam and Mary who dropped off 900 handmade rosaries this past Thursday. They are part of a rosary making group at St. Mary's nursing home in West Hartford, Connecticut. Three woman meet weekly at St. Mary's home and together they were able to make 900 beautiful rosaries. Pam holds one of the boxes they brought. This rosary making group has faithfully donated to us each year. These rosaries made with love are an integral part of the work of the Children's Rosary. These help us to put rosaries into the hands of children in new and existing Children's Rosary groups around the world. A special thank you to Ellen Fox who helped with packing three large boxes on Thursday for South Africa(shown below). In total the three boxes contained 16 Child Consecration books and 974 rosaries. Ten rosary making groups contributed rosaries to these shipments.

Today the box below was sent to South Africa with 2 Child Consecration books, 10 Children's Rosary books and 340 handmade rosaries. These rosaries will help multiple dioceses in South Africa initiate Children's Rosary groups and also help Children's Rosary groups to begin in the African country of Lesotho. Earlier this week, Fr. Edmund Nadolny who helps the Children's Rosary, sent an additional 6 boxes of rosaries to South Africa. Thus 10 boxes are enroute to South Africa to help the efforts there and in the neighboring country of Lesotho. 

Children Growing in Faith and Leadership

On February 8, the Children's Rosary at St. Thomas Church in West Hartford, Connecticut met to pray the Rosary. It was a particularly special meeting as one of our members who recently turned 6 had decided he would like to lead a decade for the first time. This is Liam who is shown kneeling in front with a gray sweater and light brown paints. However, as the first decade elapsed and I asked him which of the remaining four decades he would like to lead he said with a smile the 6th. He has a very good sense of humor. However, it did not take him long to get up his courage and as Peyton made her way to the podium to lead he asked to join her. This was a very big step for Liam and the excitement in the pews from the parents was palpable. Everyone was rooting for him. His voice became strong and constant as he led the prayers with Peyton. Liam had first arrived at the Children's Rosary when he was three and was a very big help placing flowers at the foot of Our Blessed Mother at the end of each decade. 

Liam's courage had some unexpected effects. During the last decade another boy of similar age to Liam asked to lead. This is Paul shown above in the red jacket. This was only Paul's 3rd time attending. We later found out from his mother that Paul had decided if Liam led that he would too. Additionally we were very happy to see Gia ask to help lead the last decade. Gia is shown in the top picture above all the way to the left with a pink chapel veil. This was Gia's first time at the Children's Rosary. It is always heart warming to see children take a step forward in their prayer lives. Each child grows at their own pace. It is also wonderful to see the mentorship. Peyton has been attending the Children's Rosary since she was 4 years old. She and several other older children have become strong mentors to the younger children. My mom who is in her seventies attended the Children's Rosary that day and she left very happy. We each it seemed were touched by the beauty of children growing in faith and becoming leaders in their faith.

Children's Rosary in Burgenland, Austria

The pictures included in this post are from the February 26, 2026 meeting of the Children's Rosary in Burgenland, Austria. This group is part of a school and every other month they meet in the school and on the alternating month they pray in the parish which is adjacent to the school. This is the Parish Church of Deutsch Tschantschendorf, Burgenland in Austria. The children pray in German. 

Children's Rosary in Grand Island, New York Celebrates One Year Anniversary

The Children's Rosary in Grand Island, New York celebrated their one year anniversary. The children met for prayers and then celebrated with cupcakes and also worked on a craft for Lent.

The group leader shared that the children are offering up little gifts daily.