Wishing You a Blessed Feast of Mary, Mother of God

On this Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, we honor in a special way Our Blessed Mother in her role as Mother. The picture above was drawn by Abigail, age 10, a member of the Children's Rosary. 

We also invited members of the Children's Rosary to make a personal Consecration to Jesus through Mary on this Feast Day! Thank you for joining us.

Feast of the Holy Family 2018

During the Octave of Christmas the Feast days come one after the other.  It is such a blessed time of the year one might become overwhelmed.  However, the Feast of the Holy Family is something that deserves particular attention.  Something that I became aware of at least a year after the Children's Rosary formed was that the chapel where the first meeting of the Children's Rosary was held is named after the Holy Family.  In our parish, we rarely call it by its formal name: the Holy Family Chapel but rather call it simply our chapel and so its true name was not known to me for some time.  In reflection it seemed a perfect home for the Children's Rosary.  For children are the heart of the family and the family is the lungs of the Church.  If our families are strong then our church will be strong.  And so I could see the wisdom of Our Lord in bringing the children to prayer in a space dedicated to the Holy Family.  Through these little innocent prayers the coals in our families of love and peace would be stoked and a renewed commitment to family prayer would begin. 

Today's Prayer:
In a special way Lord, we pray for all of our families.  Lord, we struggle to follow your example and ask that you help us that all of our families may mirror the Holy Family.  We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.  

The photo above we took at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Alabama.

Fifth Day of Christmas

We continue to celebrate the Nativity of Jesus, this being the fifth day of Christmas. We thank all of you who joined our Patiently Waiting Campaign. Please do not forget to replace your Patiently Waiting sign in your windows with one that reads: "Christ is Born".

The picture above was taken by Tran in Vietnam on December 25th 2018. 

Christmas blessings to you all. 

"We Have a Problem"

In November we received an email from an individual in Argentina. She had learned about the Children's Rosary from a program that aired on EWTN called Nuestra Fe en Vivo. She was planning a Mission trip to Cuba and had hopes of starting the Children's Rosary in a parish there. After further communication we sent her a box of Children's Rosary books in Spanish and rosaries. She needed the materials by Christmas to carry to Cuba. We had approximately 1 month for the box to arrive which seemed sufficiently adequate. We were surprised how fast the box traveled from the United States to Buenos Aires. But then it seemed to sit without moving for some days. 

It was then that we received this email from Argentina on December 14th, 
"We have a problem. Yesterday I went to the post office to check the status of de package, because it's in Buenos Aires since several days. They told me that it will arrive very delayed, because the customs in Buenos Aires check everything that enters in the country. This week they were delivering the things that arrived in August."

A suggestion was made that a package could quickly be sent to Mexico which might be picked up during a long layover on the way to Cuba. This we did. Although due to the expense of a faster courier we could only send a small package with mostly books. 

Then something unexpected happened. On December 21st the package arrived in Argentina. While packages that had been waiting since August, were only being delivered a week earlier, the box of Children's Rosary materials seemed to sail in just in time for the Mission Trip. Indeed, God's timing is perfect. In reflection, it seemed providential that we had sent the second box which had arrived in Mexico. Now there would be more materials to bring to Cuba. Maybe it seemed Our Lord and Our Lady had some plans bigger then ours for this Mission trip. We will see how things unfold. Please keep this trip in your prayers. 

Mass Offered for all the Members of the Children's Rosary on December 25th 2018

Every month a Mass is said on the 25th of the month for all the members of the Children's Rosary and all who help the Children's Rosary.  In December, it is particularly special that our monthly Mass falls on Christmas.  It is our little gift to all of you who are part of the Children's Rosary.

We wish you all and your families a blessed Christmas.

~Blythe

Patiently Waiting in the Philippines 2018

We continue to share pictures from different parts of the world of different people joining the Children's Rosary "Patiently Waiting" Campaign. This is a gentle way to show those around us where are hearts can be found as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Soon these Patiently Waiting signs will come down and they will be replaced by ones that read: Christ is Born.

Patiently Waiting in Uganda 2018

We received this picture yesterday. The Patiently Waiting Campaign has reached Uganda!! We continue to extend an invitation to others:

This Advent Place a Patiently Waiting Sign

 in Your Window

Join the Children's Rosary by putting a sign in your window as a beautiful reminder of where our hearts can be found as we prepare ourselves for the coming of Christ. On Christmas replace the sign with one that reads: Christ is Born.

Send us a Picture
We invite people to send us a picture of their Patiently Waiting sign in their window. Please include in the email where you live. We hope to continue to feature some of these on our website. Pictures can be sent to: blythe.kaufman@gmail.com 

Invitation to Everyone
We should note that the Patiently Waiting Campaign is an invitation to adults and children. One does not have to be involved with the Children's Rosary to participate.

The story behind the Patiently Waiting Campaign:
A number of years ago, I was walking past a home and in the window a sign read: Patiently Waiting.  It caught my attention.  Each time I walked past it each day I looked at it and was grateful for it. To see the sign made me happy inside. I wondered who put such a sign in their window.  Later I would find out it was a wonderfully holy priest.  After his passing, many shared how special this little sign was to them. It was so simple but it sent a ripple out into the community, a joyful one that is still moving in my heart years later even after the soul who placed it in his window has passed on.  This made me wonder, what if each of us put a sign in our windows?  What would be the effect...these speckles of love sprinkled all over the world. It was from this thought that the Patiently Waiting Campaign was born. 
                                                                                                             ~Blythe Kaufman