Human Rosary

[Mannyfit75]

Check this article:

catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=24195

KANKAKEE, Ill. (Catholic Explorer) – Catholic youths from the Joliet Diocese formed a 30-foot human rosary May 19 on Armed Forces Day to pray for America’s soldiers.

The participants, students at five area Catholic high schools, spread across Bishop McNamara High School’s Memorial Field in Kankakee in five different colors, making up the beads of the giant rosary. They took turns reciting the prayers during the evening event, “Operation Rosary Bowl.” About 200 people sat in the stadium bleachers or on lawn chairs and blankets on the field.

Jeri Bollwit, a member of St. Teresa Parish in Kankakee, had the idea for sponsoring the rosary bowl and described it as a “wonderful opportunity to show our Catholic faith in such a positive manner.” Bollwit’s husband, Mike, a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard, recently returned home from a 45-day tour of duty in Afghanistan.

 

[Dandelion_Wine]

That’s cool.

My son attended Catholic grade school last year and every so often they had a “living rosary” where the children made up the beads and let the prayer for their bead.

 

[Miserissima]

That’s cool.

Hear, hear! I had no idea that people still did this. We did this in grammar school – we all got dressed up and lit a candle as it became our turn to say the respective prayer. We went around a circle on the altar (no, not during Mass). It’s heartwarming to see that this is still done!