We met Fr. Moses K. Gikandi, shown below, who oversees the youth engagement for the Diocese of Bridgetown. We look forward to collaborating with him going forward.
We are excited to share that a Children's Rosary has formed at St. John the Baptist (Kanyama) Catholic Parish in the Dedza Diocese of Malawi in Central Africa. Fr. Kalumbi has reported thus far 102 children have registered and 93 actively attend meetings which are held on Mondays and Saturdays at 15 hrs. Fr. Kalumbi shared, "they are charming children and more children are joining. Parents and church leaders are extremely happy for the formulation of the group."
It is absolutely beautiful what you are doing. Thank you so much for the grace you have sent us because it is needed so, so, so much. Without family prayer the church can do nothing really. There is nothing the priest can do or the bishops can do if the families aren’t praying. Vatican II has taught us so much about the place of the lay person in the Church. I’m a married widower, but I have grandchildren, and my place is handing on the faith to those children and strengthening them. What a joy to see little children kneeling before our Blessed Lord praying our Blessed Mother’s Rosary. It’s such a beautiful thing, and children take to the Rosary like “ducks to water.” I have a grandson, and he’s like any other eight-year-old. He’s a little rough... you know what I mean. He was there, and the lady running the Rosary was anxious about whether they would be able to manage all the decades . . . they were delighted. They were able to manage all the decades and he wanted to do the readings as well and the meditations as well. It really encouraged him. They talk about “by their fruits you shall know them”. When he and his sister came home, the first thing they ran upstairs, and they started looking for their miraculous medals to put them back on - they had lost them as usual. Since that night, they’ve come to my house every night to pray the Rosary, and one of their uncles actually joined in with them to say a decade, and that is an absolute miracle. He joined in with the children to say the Rosary. That’s what you’ve done and that’s what you’re doing worldwide, and there is nothing, nothing as warm-hearted as that because the families are devastated, society is devastated, the schools are devastated, and the country is devastated. We must bring back the family Rosary and that’s what you’re doing, and thank you so much for what you’ve done.
To listen to Ciarán O Riordan share his experiences click HERE or watch above.Children's Rosary materials are now available to order in Ireland. To view entire collection carried through Silverstream Priory click HERE.
To learn more about starting a Children's Rosary click HERE.
See below the link to attend the meeting via zoom:
Topic: Children's Rosary Informational Meeting, Scotland
Time: Oct 18, 2021 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 822 6642 0230
Passcode: 842725
The following instructional videos are also helpful for those interested in beginning groups:
The picture at the top of the post features the new Children's Rosary at St. Monica Parish in Moshi Diocese, Tanzania. They meet to pray the Rosary each Sunday evening.
He explained that the island where the Cathedral is located is a remote island.
We warmly welcome the children from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to the Children's Rosary.
The new group will meet each Tuesday and Thursday at 5PM local time. Recently we sent Fr. Paul over 11,000 rosaries to help in spreading the Children's Rosary in Nigeria. Today some of those rosaries were given to the children. Thank you to all who helped to make this possible.
To learn more about starting a Children's Rosary at your parish or school click HERE.
Last June, 65 students graduated and received training in starting Children's Rosary prayer groups in their parishes. They also received a Children's Rosary book, parish welcome packet, and some rosaries. Currently, Fr. Paul has 90 students. Each of the future catechists in the program recently received a Child Consecration book to use in their parish. Fr. Paul is also leading the Consecration with the catechists using the Child Consecration book. He explained that they have almost completed the Consecration. Fr. Paul writes, "The Consecration to Jesus through Mary following in the Spirit of St. Therese, the Little Flower is a powerful prayer that should be said by all. I personally liked the prayer because each day I say it, it renews my spirit and I discover something new. I received the same sentiments from my students."
There were requests from the Catechists that they needed more rosaries to initiate Children's Rosary prayer groups in the parishes. Additionally, the Children's Rosary group at Our Lady of Fatima School in Shendam with approximately 700 pupils was in need of rosaries for the students. The school requested rosaries for the Children's Rosary. Therefore, we have sent a large number of rosaries to respond to this growing need. We plan to continue sending boxes of rosaries. With each box we send, we take a picture of the rosaries. Below you will see the contents of box one.
We also included a picture below of box sixteen.
If you would like to help by making a tax deductible donation to help these efforts click HERE.
For more information about the Child Consecration book click HERE.
Dear Friends,
This is the time when we begin to think of writing our Christmas cards to family and friends. This year we have a new Children's Rosary Christmas card. Abigail, who has been illustrating our Christmas cards for the past 5 years, did an amazing job again. Some say it is the best one yet. To purchase a box of 25 Christmas cards visit our Children's Rosary collection at the EWTN Religious Catalogue click HERE. This year's card is shown above. EWTN also has available two additional Children's Rosary Christmas cards:
Madonna and Child click HERE.
Jesus and the Angels click HERE. EWTN recently featured the new Children's Rosary Holy Family Christmas card on their catalogue show. To view click HERE.
For every box of cards sold, one dollar goes back to the Children's Rosary. This helps us cover shipping costs to Children's Rosary groups around the world.
We thank Abigail, a member of the Children's Rosary, for sharing her talents in service of Our Lord. A picture of Abigail is shown below.
Thank you
Your Friend in Christ,
Blythe
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New Book Release: Child Consecration
We wish to welcome these new members of the Children's Rosary.
We would like to provide some resources to help new Children's rosary groups form:
Here is a link to step by step instructions on how to begin a Children's Rosary.
We also have a video demonstrating how to run your first meeting. Click HERE.
We have a special instructional video for schools. The link is present HERE.
The Consecration journey is also available free online at https://childconsecration.com/
The new group leader wrote that a little boy named Michael led the prayers for the first meeting. His Mother knelt beside him to coach him when needed. The model of the Children's Rosary meetings is a Rosary led by the children. Some children want to lead at the first meeting others take a little time until they feel ready to lead. But over time usually all the children become so comfortable with the prayers that they want to lead. This helps to foster leadership in prayer which is so important. Some of these children may help to bring prayer into their families something that is so needed today.
It is wonderful to see all the support that has been given for this new Children's Rosary group. The goal of the Children's Rosary is to support the prayer lives of children. Each child has a vocation to holiness and the Children's Rosary encourages the seeds of faith to set down deep roots.