Two Barrels leave with 18,293 Handmade Rosaries for Tanzania

 

We are excited to share that 18,293 handmade rosaries were sent out to Tanzania today. They will make the long journey via shipping container to Dar es Salaam. One barrel will be picked up Fr. Joseph Kalua who recently shared he has started many new Children's Rosary groups this year. We previously have sent him rosaries to help with these efforts. 

1.St. Francis Nakayaya Children's Rosary

2. St  Theresa's Children's Rosary- Muhuwesi

3. Our Lady of Fatima Children's Rosary- Nandembo

4. Kangomba Children's Rosary

5. Masonya Children's Rosary

6. Nakapanya Children's Rosary

7. Miuta Children's Rosary

8. Maria Immaculata Children's Rosary

9. Chingulungulu Children's Rosary

10. Namalenga Children's Rosary

11. Chikunja Children's Rosary

12. Lukuledi Children's Rosary

The second barrel will be picked up by Fr. Sheejan Kallarakkal a priest who we met in Rome to whom we gave rosaries. Since returning to Tanzania, he has initiated the Children's Rosary in two schools but plans to extend this to 11 more schools as well as his parish. Also included in each barrel were 40 Children's Rosary books, 5 Child Consecration books and a Children's Rosary banner along with school and parish welcome letters. 

A special thank you to those who have sent us handmade rosaries. These barrels are filled with love. We continue to ask for assistance with shipping costs. Donations can be made HERE.

8,497 Handmade Rosaries Leave for Tanzania!

 

On the last day of our anniversary novena of Masses, we had a wonderful gift. One large barrel of handmade rosaries left for Tanzania. As it is always better to give then receive, we felt great joy seeing the rosaries that so many individuals had worked to make with love leave for their destination of Moshi, Tanzania. 

The barrel contained not only rosaries but also a large Children's Rosary banner, 5 Children's Rosary t-shirts, 40 Children's Rosary books, and 1 Child Consecration book.

This barrel will be loaded into a shipping container and make a long sea voyage to Africa. 

Once in Dar es Salaam, it will travel over land to the diocese of Moshi.  Fr. William Ruwaichi, who is the Education Director for the Catholic Diocese of Moshi, waits to receive these rosaries. This past week he wrote of new groups he had helped to establish in the neighboring diocese. The following message accompanied the picture below. 

"Some children in Kahama Diocese in Tanzania praying rosary on Sunday evening.  Fr. Ulrick Riziki helped me to form the group. We have about nine groups in Kahama."

The bottom picture is from the Children's Rosary at Fr. Ruwaichi's parish of Holy Mary- Mnazi Mmoja, Moshi Diocese. He also wrote of his hope to continue to spread the Children's Rosary groups in more primary schools. The rosaries and materials included in this barrel will help with his efforts. Thank you to all who helped through prayer, financial donations, and those who made all the rosaries. May God bless you all.

Four Barrels of Rosaries Leave for Uganda!

On April 11th, the final day of our 18 day Anniversary Novena of Masses, four barrels were picked up in Connecticut. These contained 34,134 handmade rosaries and 400 Child Consecration books. The destination is Uganda. These will be received in Kampala by Fr. Jude Ssali and shared with five dioceses in Uganda where the Children's Rosary continues to grow and flourish. The barrels will have a long trip by shipping container, and they have an estimated arrival date in late August or early September.

The rosaries will help the growing number of Children's Rosary prayer groups in parishes and schools in Uganda. Below is a photo sent to us this month of the Children's Rosary at St. Aloysius Primary School in Masaka Diocese. This group meets daily to pray the Rosary. The picture was sent to us this month. 

Currently, we have individuals who have made donations to cover the shipping costs for the first two barrels; however, we still are in need of donations to cover the shipping costs for the remaining two barrels.

The cost to purchase and ship one barrel along with taxes comes to $450.
We are also in need of donations to cover $1,400 in the printing costs to replenish the Consecration books that were included. Four hundred books were included in the barrels and each book can be used by a Children's Rosary prayer group or used to lead a school Consecration. In addition, we also included eighty Children's Rosary books in the barrels, which cost us $120. Each one of these is a seed for a new Children's Rosary group. 

All of the rosaries included in the barrel were handmade. So much love is contained in these barrels. We are so grateful to all who have sent us handmade rosaries. For those who want to help, please do not purchase rosaries and send them. We have a steady supply of handmade rosaries arriving almost each day. The place where we are in need of urgent help is in covering the shipping and printing costs.

Ways to Help

In total, we are in need of  $2,420. We hope many will be a part of this glorious gift to Our Lady. With the month of May approaching, many may want to give a gift to Our Heavenly Mother. Helping to spread devotion to the Rosary among children is a perfect way to honor Mary!

In the United States, we also celebrate Mother's Day on May 9th. If individuals would like to give a gift in honor of their mother, we are happy to send a handwritten card sharing that a gift has been given to the Children's Rosary in honor of their mother.

Donations can be made electronically HERE.
Donations can also be mailed to: 
Children's Rosary
PO Box 271743
West Hartford CT 06127 USA
If you would like to give a donation in honor of your mother, please send us an email. Write to Blythe at blythe@childrensrosary.org, and, on the subject heading, write: Donation for Mother's Day. In this way we can ensure the letter is sent in time for Mother's Day. 

7,865 Rosaries sent to Nigeria this Week

This week we have sent 16 boxes of handmade rosaries to Fr. Paul Miapkwap. He is the Director of the Catechetical Training Institute in Shendam, Plateau State Nigeria. He is photographed above in the center in white; his students are in purple. The students attend the school for two years to become catechists in their parishes. Students who attend are from 9 dioceses in Nigeria: Abuja, Jos, Pankshin, Shendam, Bauchi, Jalingo, Kafanchan, Lafiya and Kano dioceses.

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.

17,287 Rosaries leave for Tanzania!

 

We want to share some good news. On January 31st, 2021 two barrels containing 17,287 handmade rosaries were picked up. They will go on a shipping container bound for Tanzania. There they will be taken to Fr. Ruwiachi, who is director of Education for the Diocese of Moshi. He has reported that thus far he has begun 10 Children's Rosary groups in schools and 13 groups in parishes. With the help of these rosaries and materials he expects to have more than 50 groups in parishes and 17 groups in schools. We met with Fr. Ruwaichi during our trip to Tanzania, and we are so grateful for this fruitful collaboration. In addition to rosaries, the following were included in the barrels:

Contents of Barrel 1

Rosaries 9226

Child Consecration Books 30

Children's Rosary booklets 50

Children's Rosary School Welcome Packets 40

Children's Rosary Parish Welcome Packets 10

Contents of Barrel 1

Rosaries 8061

Child Consecration Books 30

Children's Rosary booklets 50

Children's Rosary School Welcome Packets 41

Children's Rosary Parish Welcome Packets 10

We thank all those who have donated rosaries and also made financial donations. If you would like to help us continue to send out rosaries and Child Consecration books click HERE to make a donation.

Thank you

Seeds Going Out

Today my daughter took a picture of this dandelion pictured above. These plants grow as weeds in our region. Adults work hard to get them out of their yards. When a flower has gone to seed such as the one in the photograph, most adults quickly grab these heads before any of the seeds are blown away. One good burst of wind and the weeds can be sent throughout the yard and beyond depending on how strong the wind is blowing. Yet, kids love to pick these seed heads and blow them to the dismay of their parents. But today my daughter seemed to find a beauty in these dandelions and began taking pictures of them. We were on our way to meet Fr. Richard Okiria. He was coming to pick up a barrel packed with over 7,000 rosaries, almost all handmade, that will be sent via a cargo ship to Uganda. These rosaries will be given to Children's Rosary groups. When the ship leaves it will carry four barrels from the Children's Rosary with over 25,000 rosaries combined. As we walked back from meeting Fr. Richard, my daughter mentioned that the seeds that had been on the dandelion were now all gone. It seemed a beautiful way to imagine the rosaries that were now being driven away by Fr. Richard Okiria. We never know exactly how long it will take for them to get to their destination. With the pandemic there is even more uncertainty. Yet seeds were going out into to the world. Little hearts wait for them. These rosaries are for children. It gives one great hope to think of all Our Lady can do with so many rosaries and so many children, who by the grace of God, will use them to pray the Rosary. 

Photo above includes Fr. Richard Okiria in the center.

Barrel Begins Long Journey to Uganda on August 29th 2019

On the Feast of the Passion of St. John the Baptist, a barrel was picked up containing 7,310 rosaries. After spending the month of June in Africa, we saw the many fruits coming from the rosaries that have been sent. One child in Uganda speaking for herself and her school where they have a Children's Rosary said, "rosaries help us to know God". Thus we see each rosary as an opportunity for a child to develop a relationship with God. Since we have returned we have been busy packing barrels to help those children we met in Africa. The first of these barrels left today. It will begin its slow trip first going to Branford, Connecticut. Then it will be picked up and brought to New Jersey where it will be loaded to a large shipping container. It will wait there until the shipping container is completely full and then it will be loaded onto a sea vessel. It will travel by sea to Mombasa, Kenya and then to Kampala, Uganda. From there it will be shared with several dioceses including Kampala, Mityana, and Masaka. 

The picture below is of Fr. Richard Okiria blessing the barrel and its contents today before it was taken away. We thank Fr. Richard Okiria for the gift of his priestly blessing and his help transporting the barrel to Branford, Connecticut where it can be more easily picked up and brought to the shipping container in New Jersey.

We are preparing additional barrels to be shipped to Africa. One will be sent to Tanzania and the other to Mombasa, Kenya. We are in need of donations to help with shipping costs of the barrel for Kenya and the additional barrel we are preparing for Uganda. 
Donations can be made ONLINE or made out to Children's Rosary Inc and mailed to:

Children's Rosary
PO Box 271743
West Hartford CT 06107 USA

The Children's Rosary is a non profit organization in the United States.

We also would love donated handmade rosary beads. We ask that individuals not purchase rosary beads for the purpose of sending them to us but instead consider making a donation to help with the shipping costs. A special thank you to all who have helped with these efforts may God bless you.

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For more information about the Children's Rosary visit our website: www.childrensrosary.org

Visite nuestro sitio web en español para obtener más información: www.rosariodeninos.org

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May 13th the Barrels Were Opened!

On May 13th, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, the barrels we sent to Uganda were opened by customs officials. 

It seemed a beautiful signal grace that these barrels sent so many months ago, which contained over 13,000 rosaries, were opened on Our Lady's Feast. One barrel had been packed in August 2018 and the other in October 2018. Fr. Richard, a priest from our parish originally from Uganda, had helped to take the two barrels to another location where they stayed for many months while the large shipping container was filled with other items destined for Uganda. When the shipping container was almost filled our barrels were added and then the container was loaded on a sea vessel.
News came this past week through Fr. Richard that the barrels had been opened on May 13th by customs officials. Fr. Richard's sister who was present when the barrels were opened related: "They saw the rosaries as well as the other items. Not sure what tax will be as they insisted to call them jewelry ?" 
The customs people thought they were jewelry. They are not. However, I was not surprised by the officials first impression as I have always thought they looked like jewels and are actually invaluable to the souls who use them. We still do not know if a large tax will be issued to release the barrels. We humbly ask those reading this to say one Hail Mary that the the tax will not be too high and they will release the barrels soon.  In addition to over 13,000 rosaries, the barrels contain more than 1,000 Children's Rosary books. With our trip to Africa now 2 weeks away, we are looking forward to assisting in the distribution of the rosaries and books to the different Children's Rosary groups. We will be visiting 6 Dioceses in Uganda.

Barrel Number Two Leaves Today!

Today a barrel containing 7,860 Rosaries left on the first part of its journey. The ultimate destination is Uganda!! The barrel also contains a 10 inch statue of St. John Paul II that was donated to the Children's Rosary as well as 50 Children's Rosary books. Fr. Richard picked up the barrel tonight just after 6PM. Before it went in his car, he blessed it.

Fr. Richard not only blessed the Rosaries but also conveyed a blessing on those who helped make the rosaries that were included in the container. Almost all of the rosaries which were sent were handmade. 

This barrel will join our previous barrel in a shipping container. The two barrels will travel together from the United States to Uganda - a trip that will take approximately 3 months. 
Our previous barrel contained 1,000 Children's Rosary books and 5,292 Rosaries.

Between the two barrels the total number of rosaries being sent to Uganda is

13,152  Rosaries!

These rosaries will help in initiating Children's Rosary groups in 30 schools in Uganda.

We are in need of donations to help cover the expense of shipping and also the printing cost for the books that have been sent. Donations can be made electronically HERE or mailed directly to Children's Rosary. 

Children's Rosary

PO Box 271743

West Hartford, CT 06127 USA

We thank all those who help with these efforts. May God bless you for your kindness. 

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Don't forget to unify prayers with the children during their meetings. A schedule of meetings is present on our website. By clicking "Join in Prayer" you can add your gold flashing light to our View from Heaven map.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR NEW VIDEO:

A VIEW FROM HEAVEN 

UNA PERSPECTIVA DESDE EL CIELO

For more information about the Children's Rosary visit our website: www.childrensrosary.org
Visite nuestro sitio web en español para obtener más información: www.rosariodeninos.org

Pour plus d'informations sur le Rosaire des Enfants, visitez notre site Web:www.rosairedesenfants.org