Making a Consecration Journey to Jesus through Mary in the Spirit of St Thérèse

 

The Rodriguez family used the book Child Consecration: To Jesus through Mary—Following in the Spirit of St. Thérèse, the Little Flower to make their Consecration to Jesus through Mary. The book approaches Consecration using the "Little Way" of St. Thérèse, which includes a spirituality of simplicity, confidence and trust. 

This journey can be made by adults and children! 

To make the journey visit childconsecration.com

Flowers for St. Therese

This past Sunday on the Feast of St. Therese. Tran traveled to the Carmelite Monastery in Saigon, Vietnam. 

On behalf of the members of the Children's Rosary Tran brought gifts. He brought a bouquet of fresh flowers to give to St. Therese on behalf of the Children's Rosary. Tran relates that he attended Mass at 7AM which was celebrated by Bishop Vi Hung Nguyen. After Mass the Bishop blessed the flowers. Tran was able to pray for all the members of the Children's Rosary at the monastery and in front of a first class relic of St. Therese. 

The children from the orphanage also had gifts for the nuns which Tran carried with him. Tran was able to give the nuns a painting of St. Therese. This was in the big box. The smaller package had a picture of the Blessed Mother as a child. 

A special thank you to Tran for his prayers for all the members of the Children's Rosary worldwide. We remain united in prayer.

Please consider joining the children in prayer. The children are asked to pray for those unifying prayers with them.  See a schedule of meetings on our website: www.childrensrosary.org or www.rosariodeninos.org
The meetings are listed in your local time zone. Meetings also appear as a blue flashing light on our View From Heaven map when the children are meeting in their prayer groups. By clicking "join in prayer" you can add your gold flashing light to the map.

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A Pilgrimage to the National Shrine of St. Therese

Last Monday evening we reached Schaumburg, Illinois our destination for the CMN Conference. Tuesday morning was set up for our Children's Rosary booth although the conference would not start to the following day.  The afternoon we had a very special treat. We were able to participate in a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of St. Therese in Darien, Illinois. This is run by the Carmelite order. Upon entering the Shrine one of the most breathtaking sites is this mural on the wall depicting important moments in the life of St. Therese.  Beneath the mural was a collection of relics of St. Therese including bone, flesh, and even dust from her coffin.

As we had driven from Connecticut, we had a car and decided to go a bit early of the buses to the Shrine as we might have some time to explore and also pray. This proved very providential. The heat outside kept us mostly inside and we had time to pray before the relics. Not only were there relics of St. Therese but also her parents who are also saints.

Zelie and Louis Martin taught their children to respect God's providence both in fulfillment and disappointment  This line in their biography caught my attention. For my own small part, my heart has been falling in love more and more with the Providence of God. To see these two beautiful saints impress a respect for God's providence in their children seemed a further confirmation of its great importance. 

Later as the buses arrived we were able to hear a talk about the life of St. Therese. As the children and I together had read her autobiography this year, the stories were fresh in our minds but hearing them again was very special. We were taken through many items that were hers as a child including drawings and clothing she had made. 

We were able to see a room made up just as her room had been in the convent. It even had the door of her room and several items that existed in her real room.  The evening concluded with a Mass celebrated by Fr. Andrew Apostoli CFR. In a special way I prayed for all the members of the Children's Rosary and all who help the Children's Rosary. You were very close with us there. 

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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.

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