Statue of Our Lady Arrives in Pakistan July 2021

We received news in July that the Statue of Our Lady we had sent to the Children's Rosary at St. Bernard Catholic Church, Kaka Kolo, Pakistan had reached the children. They were very excited to welcome her to their parish. Our Lady was adorned with a beautiful lace to honor her, and they placed her on a stand.

Thank you to those who donated the statue and those who so kindly have made donations to cover the shipping expense for this statue and the thousands of handmade rosaries we send to Children's Rosary groups around the world. 

Consider supporting our efforts by making a financial donation. It is so true, it is better to give than to receive. 

Donations can be made electronically HERE.
Donations can also be mailed to: 
Children's Rosary
PO Box 271743
West Hartford CT 06127 USA

Eight New Children's Rosary Groups Begin in the Prelature of Batanes, Philippines

 

We are excited to welcome 8 new Children's Rosary groups from the Philippines! Fr. Ronaldo Manabat, Pastor and Rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Prelature of Batanes, has begun eight new Children's Rosary groups. 

He explained that the island where the Cathedral is located is a remote island. 

The Cathedral Parish has 7 communities (villages)  under its jurisdiction. The children gather once a week in the Chapel of their village for the Children's Rosary. Once a month the children from all the villages come together at the Cathedral to hold a Children's Rosary together. Fr. Manabat sent these pictures from a recent meeting when all 8 Children's Rosary groups were praying together. It is wonderful to also see Fr. Manabat, as Shepherd to the Cathedral, kneeling in prayer with the children.

We warmly welcome the children from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to the Children's Rosary. 

CMN Trade Show 2021

This week we traveled to Chicago for the annual Catholic Marketing Network Trade Show. We have attended this Conference every year since 2013 with the exception of 2020 when it was not held in person due to the pandemic. We led the Rosary on Thursday before Mass. We were able to see many old friends and were able to make new ones. We were able to see Nikki Athey who sponsored one of our barrels full of handmade rosaries for Uganda. She is photographed in the orange dress above. She had made the donation in honor of her friend who is pictured with us. We were also able to catch up with Fr. Calloway who is pictured with our Children's Rosary book. He has been a wonderful friend to the Children's Rosary. We were also able to give him a copy of our new Child Consecration book. 

We also made new friends including those at the booth next to us. The Children's Rosary seeks to feed the spiritual needs of children around the world, those at Mary's Meals are helping with their physical hunger. It is beautiful when children are fed both spiritually and physically. 

Children's Rosary Receives Papal Blessing

We are excited to share that the Children's Rosary has received a Papal blessing from Pope Francis. This was conveyed in honor of our ten year Anniversary. 

Global Rosary Relay 2021

 

Mark your calendars for the Annual Global Rosary Relay for Priests. Each year we invite members of the Children's Rosary to participate. If we want holy priests we need to pray for them. More information can be found HERE.

A Crown for Our Lady

This week we received this beautiful picture of Scarlett-Maria, age 7, Crowning Our Lady. Scarlett-Maria is from Hale Barns, England, United Kingdom and is interested in starting a Children's Rosary prayer group at her parish. 

We wanted to share this crowning as well as the one we held during our Children's Rosary prayer group last weekend at St. Thomas Church in West Hartford, Connecticut USA. The youngest child attending the Rosary was chosen to crown Our Lady. This was Ingrid. 

Ingrid seemed very pleased with her efforts and looked at Our Lady with her crown of fresh flowers. 

Families continued to be spread out in the chapel during the Rosary but we were very excited to be able to hold a procession and May Crowning. 

For step by step instructions on how to plan a Crowning of Mary click HERE. 

Planting on the Feast of St. Isidore the Farmer

Some years ago a priest told me that he always planted his garden on May 15: the Feast of St. Isidore the Farmer. Living in Central Connecticut USA, we can have spring fronts that can kill tender plants. Thus to be safe, many wait until the mid May to plant. While we did some early spring planting of hardy veggies, today we planted our summer crops of winter and summer squash, peppers, cucumbers, basil, and swiss chard. We had started many plants from seed inside such as tomatoes. It was a very exciting day to plant in earnest. Since I have a disability with my joints that has left my hands unable to do gardening our kids help tremendously in the garden. 

This year we have something new. It is an enclosure to keep out all the critters who traditionally take most of our yield. It is entirely enclosed. 

We have named it "Our Lady's Victory Garden". We wanted to share some pictures of it and also the plants growing inside it and in our other garden beds. Along the center of the enclosure are grow bags full of garlic that have been growing since last fall. Along the back of the enclosure are several trellises. One has sugar snap peas and the other was just planted with cucumbers that will climb. Two of the long raised grow boxes have tomatoes, and peppers. The other two boxes have various other veggies including leeks, beets, snow peas, carrots and radishes. Along the side perimeter of the enclosure we have mounds of dirt where squash seeds were planted today. We also have another exciting addition this year. We have a bee hive within the enclosure. The box to contain the bees was painted last week and we anticipate a delivery of bees in the next two weeks. We are hopeful that the bees will help to pollinate all the flowers and vegetables in the yard. 

Today was not only a planting day but also a harvest day. We picked our first "Easter Egg Radishes". These are named Easter Egg Radishes for the beautiful assortment of pale colors. These were part of our dinner tonight! 

Many blessings on this beautiful feast of St. Isidore the Farmer.