NEW YORK, May 18, 2015 /Christian Newswire/
-- As thousands of adults join in the sixth Annual Global Rosary for
Priests on 12 June this year, the event will receive a special boost as
children from around the world add to the sheer wonder of this 24-hour
prayerful celebration. These children, who will range in ages from
four to fourteen, come from all races and backgrounds and some face the
challenges of living a life with special needs.
In welcoming this truly
wonderful addition to the volume of prayer resounding around the world
on behalf of our priests, many Catholics may recall the three little
Portuguese shepherd children who witnessed the apparition of Our Lady
of the Rosary at Fatima in 1917.
The children taking part
this year are members of the Children's Rosary, a global prayer group
movement that is growing steadily on the five continents of Africa, The
Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. The initiative follows an
invitation from Worldpriest founder Marion Mulhall to US-based Blythe
Kaufman, founder of the Children's Rosary. The children who are members
of this group meet regularly to pray the rosary in parishes and
schools around the world and in doing so begin a life of prayer and
devotion to Our Lady. During the relay children will take turns at
leading the prayers, so their participation will be entirely child led.
"Children have a way of
drawing people together," says Blythe Kaufman. "For this reason it is
very exciting to welcome children from all over the world to
participate in the Global Rosary Relay for Priests. We are humbled and
excited to be invited and to add our voices to the success of this
astonishing and beautiful event. Children are very open to prayer, as
we have seen in our prayer groups. They bring with them a natural
simplicity and love."
At a general audience in
Saint Peter's Square on 18 March last, Pope Francis was speaking about
the family and children. In his audience he had the following to say:
"Children are in and of themselves a treasure for humanity and also for
the Church ... children remind us of another beautiful thing: they
remind us that we are always sons and daughters."
"In a special way we hope
that the involvement of the Children's Rosary in this year's Global
Rosary Relay will inspire a great many other children -- both younger
and older children -- to unify prayers with shrines across the world
for the sanctification of priests," says Blythe Kaufman.
All children worldwide
are invited to join in prayer at their chosen time by viewing the full
list of participating shrines and times to pray by visiting www.worldpriest.com
The relay looks forward to having adults and children alike adding their prayers on 12 June, the Feast of the Sacred Heart.
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