Children's Rosary Materials to be Shared With Graduates on June 10, 2026

There will be 31 students graduating from the Catechetical institute in the Shendam, Diocese of Nigeria on June 10 2026. This is a two year program of study. The students come from nine dioceses in Nigeria. During their two years at the Catechetical Institute, they have been trained in starting and running a Children's Rosary prayer group. They have also used our new 40 day retreat: A Soul Prepared through Suffering. Each of the 31 graduates will receive materials to help start the Children's Rosary in their local parish. Materials have been sent from the Children's Rosary as well as a local printing of one thousand Children's Rosary books to help these efforts and the local efforts to spread the Children's Rosary in the Shendam, Diocese. 

Each graduate will receive a Children's Rosary t shirt, handmade rosaries, a Children's Rosary book, a Child Consecration book and A Soul Prepared through Suffering book as well as a color informational booklet about the Children's Rosary. We pray these materials will help to bring a great many children to prayer through the Children's Rosary in Nigeria.

Members of the Children's Rosary Celebrate the Jubilee of St. Francis of Assisi in Nigeria

Members of the Children's Rosary joined the Bishop of Shendam, Nigeria in celebrating the Jubilee of St. Francis. The Jubilee event was held at St Francis Parish Mabudi in the Shendam Diocese. Through the visit of the members of the Children's Rosary to the event the parish of St Francis has decided to initiate a Children's Rosary there. 

Members of the Children's Rosary group shared Children's Rosary prayer booklets to the children of St Francis Parish Mabudi where the celebratory event and Mass were held. The parish indicated they would be starting a Children's Rosary. The missionary efforts of the children were indeed fruitful!

Children's Rosary to Meet Each Monday at Immaculate Heart Primary School in Nbuan, Nigeria

This past week Fr Paul Miapkwap shared pictures from his visit to Immaculate Heart Nursery and Primary School in Nbuan. "Sr. Christiana the new head teacher was excited to have me in their school and promised to introduce the Children's Rosary in the whole school. They will be meeting every Monday by 12:00 p.m."

Fr. Miapkwap shared two Children's Rosary t shirts as well as handmade rosaries and prayer books.

Catechetical Students in the Shendam Diocese Participate in the 40-Day Retreat on Suffering

We received pictures from Fr. Paul Miapkwap who is the Director at the Catechetical Institute in Shendam Diocese of Nigeria. All of his students are participating in the 40 day journey and have received a copy of the book A Soul Prepared through Suffering. This 40 day retreat can also be done online HERE. These students come from nine dioceses in Nigeria and undertake two years of training. They learn how to start and run a Children's Rosary prayer group and how to implement the Children's Rosary retreats including the 33 Day Child Consecration to Jesus through Mary. Upon graduation they are given a Children's Rosary T-Shirt, and rosaries to help implement the Children's Rosary in their home parishes in Nigeria. They each also receive a Child Consecration book and A Soul Prepared through Suffering book to use in their parishes.

Visit with Bishop Davou Dung on New Year's Day

Members of the Children's Rosary in Shendam, Nigeria were able to have a visit with Bishop Davou Dung on January 1, 2026. They first prayed the Rosary in their prayer group and then enjoyed some time of fellowship and refreshments with the Bishop. Fr. Paul Miapkwap is also shown in the picture above standing dressed in white. 

2025 Jubilee: Shendam Diocese Pilgrimage

On April 11, 2025, approximately 4,500 individuals participated in a Diocesan Pilgrimage in the Shendam Diocese, Nigeria. 

The Children's Rosary was an integral part of the day. One hundred and fifty children who are part of the Children's Rosary met at 6:00 a.m. to make the 3 hour trip by vehicle. After the trip by vehicle, there was more of a journey to be made on foot to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Pilgrimage Centre.

The walk up to the center began at 10:00 a.m., and the children did not return until 6:00 p.m. With temperatures reaching 39° C (102° F), it was quite a hot day but also one filled with great joy. Bishop Philip Dung, pictured directly below, was most welcoming to the members of the Children's Rosary.

We received this wonderful report from the event:

In line with the declaration of Pope Francis which beckons the faithful of Christ to renew their hope through visiting a designated Church/pilgrimage centre (attached with a plenary indulgence), the Diocese of Shendam had her celebration today.

It was a marvellous sight at Our Lady of Perpetual Help pilgrimage centre Kwanoeng in Quanpan Local Government Area of Plateau State Nigeria as the entire people of God came out en masse to celebrate the Diocesan Jubilee year of hope.

It was a day that the whole Diocese fasted and prayed together as a family including the Bishop, Priests, religious, and the entire faithful- men women, and children alike.

The event started with a meditative walk round the mountain led by the Bishop Most Rev Dr. Philip Davou Dung while the Children's Rosary group, Holy Childhood Association, Young Missionaries Movement, followed in that order of the procession. Also, the different Deaneries were stationed accordingly for the mountain tour. With each participant having a wooden cross, the jubilee flag, and a rosary, the mountain was rounded. 

Then came the penitential service led by Fr. Paul Miapkwap. Since it is a day of prayer and penance, the Eucharistic Adoration/recitation of the Rosary was done simultaneously with Confession.

After the penitential service we had Adoration and Confessions; during the Confessions the Children's Rosary group let the people with the Rosary. (Pictures of the Children's Rosary leading the Rosary are below)

May God answer our supplications, and grant healing to our land through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

We had three groups of the Children's Rosary that participated actively at the Diocesan Rally; they are:

The Children's Rosary group of Sacred Heart Cathedral Shendam.  

The Children's Rosary group of St John Bosco Parish Namu.

The Children's Rosary Group of St. Augustine Parish Zomo.

New Children's Rosary at St. John Bosco Parish Namu, Nigeria

 A new Children's Rosary group has begun at St. John Bosco Parish in Namu which is a town in the Shendam Diocese of Nigeria. One hundred children participate in this group that meets every Sunday at 2PM local time.

Anniversary Celebration for Bishop Philip Davou Dung

On November 29, 2024, Bishop Philip Dung of the Shendam Diocese of Nigeria celebrated 40 years of being a priest. The Children's Rosary arranged for a Mass to be celebrated for him on November 29, 2024. Members of the Children's Rosary from the United States, Germany, Belgium, and Ireland contributed to a spiritual bouquet of 54 decades of the Rosary for Bishop Dung. The Children's Rosary in Germany also arranged for 9 consecutive Masses to be celebrated for him. The Children's Rosary in Cahors, France prayed for Bishop Dung during their meeting in November. They shared the picture below.

We received this lovely picture at the top of this post from the celebration where one of the members of the Children's Rosary from Nigeria presented him with a card. We thank Bishop Dung for his strong support of the Children's Rosary.

Members of the Children's Rosary and Bishop Visit Quadruplets

Last Monday, Bishop Philip Davou Dung of the Shendam Diocese of Nigeria visited Mrs. Anesthesia Sati and her quadruplet babies in Divine Mercy Catholic Hospital. The children who are members of the Children's Rosary accompanied the Bishop to the hospital and led a rosary around the babies. They assured the family of their continued prayers. This family who has made their living through farming had recently moved to the Shendam diocese from Wase after they were forced to relocate when bandits chased them out. Husband Sati Mairiga shared, "We came here, see what God has given us, we are happy but we don't have much." 

It is beautiful to see the children encircling the babies in prayer. They also gave the family rosaries. 

"Our End of May Devotion"

 Fr. Paul Miapkwap from Shendam Diocese in Nigeria sent us pictures entitled, "Our End of May Devotion." 

Fr. Paul went on to describe:

"I am happy to inform you that the Children's Rosary group of the Sacred Heart Cathedral Shendam lead the Rosary procession at the Catechetical Training Institute together with the student Catechists to mark the end of May Devotion. It was a spirit filled spiritual journey as we move round the school praying the Rosary and ended in the church." 

Children United in Prayer May 2022

The Children's Rosary at Sacred Heart School in Boone, Iowa USA and the Children's Rosary at the Cathedral of Shendam, Nigeria have again united in prayer. They recently met May 3rd and will be meeting again today. They sent us some pictures from their May 3rd  united Children's Rosary.

The pictures above are of the children united in prayer from Boone, Iowa. The pictures below are from the Cathedral in Shendam, Nigeria. 

We thank all those who helped in organizing this Children's Rosary which has united children from two different continents. 

New Children's Rosary Forms today at St. Augustine's Parish in Shendam, Diocese Nigeria

We received some exciting news today from Fr. Paul Miapkwap of Shendam Diocese in Nigeria. He reported that a new Children's Rosary group started meeting today. This was at St. Augustine's Parish Zomo in Shendam Diocese. Rev Fr. Vincent Ugwe of the parish is photographed with the children above. He is the one in the white cassock who is helping the children along with other volunteers. They will be meeting weekly on Fridays at 5:00 pm local time each week. Today 150 children attended the first meeting. Fr. Vincent and the children were very happy to begin the Children's Rosary in the parish. Each received a rosary.

New Children's Rosary Group forms at Immaculate Heart Nursery and Primary School in Nigeria

 

We received this note from Fr. Paul Miapkwap shown in white in the photo above. "I opened another center today for the Children's Rosary group. 

The name of the School is Immaculate Heart Nursery/Primary School Buan. Shendam Diocese. The children are 420 in number." 

Each of the children was given a rosary. 

Rosary Procession led by the Children's Rosary in Shendam Diocese, Nigeria

We received an email from Fr. Paul Miapkwap of Nigeria on October 1st. He wrote:

"Today is our Independence Day in Nigeria. The Catholic bishops conference asked all Dioceses in Nigeria to say the Rosary for peace and unity in our country." In Shendam Dicoese the Children's Rosary members led the Rosary procession and prayers". 

One Day Workshop in Shendam Diocese, Nigeria

 

Fr. Paul Miapkwap wrote to us yesterday with this news:

I am organizing a one day workshop for all Catechism Teachers in the Diocese and that will give the opportunity to talk about the Children Rosary.

We pray that this effort bears much fruit.

First Meeting of the Children's Rosary at the Catechetical Training Institute in Shendam, Nigeria

A New Children's Rosary formed today. They held their first meeting in the Chapel of the Catechetical Training Institute in Shendam, Plateau State, Nigeria. Fr. Paul Miapwap the Director of the Institute wrote today with pictures of the first meeting. Fr. Paul is pictured above in white. He joined the children in prayer and said that Bishop Philip Davou plans to also come to some meetings and pray with the children. 

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.