The Catholic rosary company Ghirelli recently announced its partnership with the National Eucharistic Congress in making the official rosary for the congress, which will be held July 17–21 in ...
“Up to the week before she died, she was still making rosaries for Uganda,” Father Rob Jack said of his great-aunt, Betty McGuire, who died two years ago at the age of 94 in Middletown, Ohio. “That’s ...
In Rome in October 2002, while waiting with Catholics from around the world for a papal Mass to begin, Roy and Roberta Wilson believed they saw the Blessed Mother’s hand at work. As the couple passed ...
Outside St. Anne’s Catholic Church at 1813 S. Maryland Parkway, a group of women gathered to sell baked goods and crafts for a cause dear to their hearts, the rosary. Groups dedicated to crafting ...
In a community room at the Holy Family School in Orange, at least 20 women gather each Tuesday, spreading colorful beads and strings among themselves to make rosaries that are later shared throughout ...
Sister Mary Eugene Belmonte thought retirement would mean rest, relaxation, lazy days in the sun. “But I never have a moment of free time,” said the 78-year-old nun, who lives at Our Lady of Angels ...
GRAND RAPIDS -- What started as a rosary-making project at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School to commemorate October, the month of the rosary, turned into "truly the work of the Holy Spirit," ...
SANTA BARBARA — Janet Fanucchi has made jewelry since her teenage years. But it wasn’t until three years ago that, at age 50, she made her first rosary -- Indian amber beads with a golden vintage ...
The St. James rosary makers have been meeting for at least 30 years Group members estimate they’ve made tens of thousands over the years Parishioners work on rosaries at home and then meet about once ...
Pat Evans had big dreams when she helped coordinate a rosary-making campaign for U.S. servicemen six years ago at St. Mary in Annapolis. Still, she can hardly believe the effort has blossomed to 25 ...
Chris Fogle prays the rosary with other staff members at the chapel of Our Lady’s Rosary Makers in Louisville, Ky., May 6, 2021. (Credit: CNS photo/Katie Rutter.) Listen LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — From a ...