Spring Planting has Begun

 

Today is the first day of spring in the Northern hemisphere. We have been busy planting seeds and they have been on the warm radiators inside the house. The sun is getting stronger and one can see as soon as he seeds break through the soil they are already bending in toward the light. 

In many ways, I see this light as the love of God and the tender plants in many ways resemble our little children.  Some people have asked, when should we introduce our children to Our Lord and prayer. I see these seedlings as providing the best answer: immediately. The hearts of children are yearning to know the love of God from their first moments. I once read in a book about St. John Paul II and also saw it mentioned again at the St. John Paul II museum in Washington, that when the saint was born his mother asked that the window immediately be opened so the first sounds he heard were the voices of people singing in honor of Our Lady. 

Thus, I see great benefit to having Our Lord and Our Lady's names being praised in the space where young babies are being held such as in a nursery. Often parents have purchased our Children's Rosary CDs to play as they may be feeding their baby or the baby is resting in the crib. The CDs have young children praying the Rosary with soft music behind which is soothing to babies. It also protects the space through these prayers and surely brings fruits to have Our Lord being honored in the home. Later as the child grows and is playing in the room it still is wonderful to keep the Rosary playing. By the age of 3 we have regularly seen children praying the Rosary and even leading the Rosary in our Children's Rosary prayer groups. 

For those interested in our Children's Rosary CDs they can be purchased through EWTN Religious Catalogue HERE. The CDs are also available through EWTN in Great Britain. To purchase click HERE.

As the spring unfolds keep checking back to see how the garden turns out this year. We are full of expectation and are hoping for a bountiful harvest. 

Release of Our Children's Rosary - Joyful Mysteries CD

We are excited to announce on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary that our Children's Rosary - Joyful Mysteries CD is now available to order! 

Highlights from the CD include:
*The theme song for the Children's Rosary prayer group movement: "Rosary Children" sung by members of the Children's Rosary. 
*The Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary led by children who are part of the Children's Rosary set to soft instrumental music.
*The release of "Catherine of Siena" a new song about this beloved saint.
*There is also a Classical Marian Hymn included on the CD: "The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came".

Order Joyful Mysteries CD HERE.

If you have yet to purchase our two prior CDs the Glorious and Sorrowful Mysteries, EWTN is offering a special bundle price for all three! 
Order HERE.

Entire collection of Children's Rosary materials available to order HERE.
Thank you to all who through your efforts and prayers helped to bring this CD to fruition. Thank you God and Our Lady for the grace that sustained this project. May this CD bring Glory to God and joy to Our Blessed Mother. Amen.

Children's Rosary Book Available in Braille

We are very excited to share that our Children's Rosary book in English is now available in Braille through the Xavier Society.   

The Xavier Society is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1900 in New York City USA. Its mission is simple: to make writings on religion and spirituality available to the blind. This is continued today. All materials available to the blind through the Xavier Society are free.  One only needs to register with them and both braille and audio materials can be sent throughout the United States and in some cases abroad.  

Our Children's Rosary book and Glorious Mysteries Cd which contains our theme song Rosary Children are now available through the Xavier Society and they have offered to make these available to both Domestic requests and those outside the United States as well.  

The timing of this braille transcription of our English Children's Rosary book is perfect as a request had just come two weeks ago from a blind women wanting to begin a Children's Rosary prayer group in her parish.  She was requesting Braille materials and so beautifully these are now available.

Looking back to our first meetings of the Children's Rosary many of the children who attended had disabilities and even as founder of the Children's Rosary, I myself have a disability involving my joints.  As the Pastor of my parish is fond of saying, every set back is a set up for the glory of God.  There has been an appreciation that Our Lord is calling all His children to Him.  In a special way, those with disabilities must have a tender place in His heart.  To have materials for blind children and those with disabilities that allow them to participate in the Children's Rosary is very important to us.  In this way we are celebrating this new Braille transcription as we hope it will be an invitation to more children especially those who may be blind to join the Children's Rosary.  

We also would like to humbly ask those who may be blind to prayerfully consider beginning a Children's Rosary prayer group in their parish.  

We thank all of you for your prayers.  This gift of the an English Braille transcription of our book is a special gift and one that is the fruit of many prayers.

Please also prayerfully consider making a donation to the Children's Rosary to help with our efforts to make our CDs and printed books available to the Xavier Society at no cost to this organization.  Donations can be made electronically with the donate button on the right margin of our website or mailed to:

Children's Rosary
PO Box 271743
West Hartford CT 06127 USA
Checks can be made out to Children's Rosary Inc.

For more information about obtaining materials through the Xavier Society they can be reached at:
www.xaviersocietyfortheblind.org
Xavier Society for the Blind
Two Penn Plaza Suite 1102
New York, NY 10121
Phone number: (212) 473-7800

Thank you all

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Hear What Individuals are Saying about the Children's Rosary CDs

The following is feedback we have been receiving about the new Children's Rosary CDs which we recently released.  While we have always been hesitant to write self-promoting things there is a feeling we should also not hide the true gift Our Lady gave us.  In a way anything good that is said is not a reflection on those involved with making the CD, as such a CD could not have been made by the inexperienced crowd that indeed was part of it. What we can assure you is that a tremendous number of prayers went up that all would be as Our Lady envisioned and to say the final CDs are perfect is to say indeed the children's prayers were answered. The CDs are a gift we pray that many will enjoy and share with those dear to them. 

"Listening to the Rosary CDs blessed me in many ways and fortified me spiritually.  Can there be a more encouraging and beautiful sound than children in prayer." 
Alan Napleton 
President of the Catholic Marketing Network
Texas USA

"A Masterpiece"
Fr. Lawrence Tucker SOLT
New York USA

"The Children's Rosary with its tender beautiful prayers really has fostered a love of the Rosary in my young children."
Sandy Gasse 
Children's Rosary Group Leader
Connecticut USA

When Sandy's daughter, Marianne age 5, was asked what she thought of the Children's Rosary CDs which she has been praying along with at home and in the car she shared:
"It is God that we are talking to and the prayers go right up to Him"

"It was Angelic.  When the members of my Children's Rosary group heard the voices of the children singing, it was music to our souls.  We loved it!
Vicky Bunty 
Children's Rosary Group Leader
Pennsylvania USA

"The Cds are precious. I am sharing this information with others. Every family in America should have these".
Mary Lou Coons
Children's Rosary Group Leader
New York USA

"My kids have been listening to the CDs as they fall asleep at night." 
Sara Davis
Mother of five
Michigan USA

My 16 year old son has struggled for years saying the Rosary due to Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).  He now is able to pray the Rosary daily using the Children's Rosary CDs.
Anonymous

To order copies of our new Children's Rosary CD's click HERE.
Other posts you may enjoy about the recording of these CDs:
Pure Joy Comes from the Lord
Listen to the song "Rosary Children"

A Special Dedication

Last week as we were finalizing the new Children's Rosary CDs one of the final pieces was to write the dedication.  So many prayers have gone up by so many people including countless children that these CDs would be inspired by the Holy Spirit and turn out as Our Lady had envisioned, all for the Glory of God.  So many people have contributed their time, talent and treasure to help see this project through.  Songs have been composed, little children have come together to lead prayers and the Rosary, others providing music through guitar and piano.  Yet even more have joined together to practice song so that they might be one voice together honoring Our Lord.  Through all this there was an awareness that such a project could not be done alone. Only through many hands together with the guidance of Our Lady and her Son could such a place be reached.  But how could one thank everyone sufficiently.  Through all these prayers Our Lord had taken such little people and brought them together...the result a humble compilation of love and sacrifice.  One that found its ways to completion through the generosity and grace of Our Lord.  Now in receiving we want only to give it back to God and Our Lady. Thus in our dedication we in one voice dedicate these CDs to the Holy Trinity and Our Blessed Mother.  In a special way we also thank St. John Paul II for his intercession for he has helped us from the beginning.  Just as the dedication was penned to paper the next morning a beautiful surprise... a package containing a picture of St. John Paul II and Our Lady of Czestochowa holding the baby Jesus arrived.  A gift from one of the members of the Children's Rosary who had received these pictures from a friend from Vatican City.  The beautiful Glossy pictures commemorate the Canonization of St. John Paul II and were sent out immediately following the Canonization from the Vatican.  Holding the pictures and looking at them it was again a beautiful reminder that Our Lord will not be outdone in generosity.

As if this was not enough another package arrived the same day as the pictures.  This was from the Children's Rosary at St. Thomas Becket in Cheshire, Connecticut.  The children had done fundraising for the Children's Rosary and had sent what they raised.  As this project has been a walk of faith, one that has appeared uncertain, at least financially at times, there has always been an awareness that indeed Our Lord would see it through.  Again through the hands of little ones funds had arrived to help meet the need.

As the Lord loves to work in threes the final surprise came just Saturday night when the master CD arrived from Norman at the Recording Studio.  The CD was done ready to listen to in total and then to be sent to the record company to go "to press".  Holding the CD on the eve of the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity one could not mistake the perfect timing.  A project which began in the end of September 2013 had come to fruition in 9 months. Just as a baby grows, this project had gently progressed until it was ready to meet the world.

The Dedication:
This CD is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, Our Blessed Mother and in thanksgiving for the intercession of St. John Paul II.

I am happy to report that our CD should be available to you all  in July although I have learned never to predict such things to the day as it is wonderful to let the Lord act and be surprised.

Other posts you may enjoy:
Pure Joy Comes from the Lord