A parish-based rosary-making ministry in Kentucky is on a mission to create 1000 World Mission Rosaries for the beatification of evangelist Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Source: OSV News.
The apostolate, called the Brothers and Sisters of St Edward, is among many United States groups whose rosaries will be donated to people attending the September 24 beatification of Archbishop Sheen in St Louis.
The Pontifical Mission Societies issued a call for rosaries on May 1, asking individuals and groups to donate 1000 or more rosaries to the cause as a collective effort. The society’s goal is to have more than 70,000 rosaries by September 15 so they can be distributed to all those present on the day of the beatification.
“The challenge is real. More than 75,000 rosaries are needed. There is no supply at that scale, and even limited inventory quickly becomes cost prohibitive,” according to the society’s website.
“Whether you make 100 or 1000, every rosary becomes part of something larger. Each one will be blessed before the beatification. Each one will continue to be prayed long after that day is over.”
The World Mission Rosary was designed by Archbishop Sheen, who served as national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, known as Catholic Mission in Australia.
According to materials provided in the World Mission Rosary kits, the renowned communicator announced during his “Catholic Hour” radio broadcast on February 11, 1951, “Peace will come only when the hearts of the world have changed. To do this, we must pray, and not for ourselves, but for the world!”
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Faithful around the US craft World Mission Rosaries for Archbishop Sheen’s beatification (By Mary-Catherine Kinslow, The Record via OSV News)
