ROSARY MAKERS
E-ZINE

For Anyone Interested in Any Aspect of the Catholic Rosary and Chaplets,
Especially Rosary Making

Volume III, Issue 1, March 19, 2001
On The Solemnity Of St. Joseph The Husband Of Mary
Editor: Patrick J. Distelrath, patrick@seeds-of-faith.com
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IN THIS ISSUE
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  1.  Editor Comments, Letters to the Editor
  2.  Eye on Devotions and History of the Rosary
  3.  Featured Writer
  4.  Supplier News
  5.  Rosary Making Tips, Hints, Ideas, etc.
  6.  The Rosary on the Web
  7.  Events Calendar
  8.  Classified Ads
  9.  Subscription Management
  10.  Contact Information
  11.  Disclaimers
  12.  Submissions Policy & Links

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1.  Editor Comments
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Greetings!

It has been quite some time since the last issue (May of 2000 was the last issue).  What has been going on since May?  Why the unauthorized, unexcused, unacceptable, unapproved hiatus?  Check the Featured Writer section for complete details.

rosarymakers.org will be the Rosary Makers E-Zine's new home beginning April 1st.  That website will be a storehouse for resources, classifieds (both items your looking to buy and items your looking to sell), as well as all of your links.  We also pray to have a bulletin board there for prayer intentions.  The possibilities are endless.  If any ideas come to mind, please send me an e-mail.

Thanks for being a subscriber.

God Bless You Real Good In Your Rosary Making Efforts This Month!

Patrick

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2.  Eye on Devotions and History of the Rosary
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FROM THE MAY 2000 E-ZINE:
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The following is a personal account on praying the rosary.  Perhaps you would be willing to share how your devotion to the rosary started and/or how you currently pray the rosary.  Please consider sending in your story.

The Healing Rosary of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
"The World's Most Popular Madonna"


Last month, this section listed information on The Healing Rosary of Our Mother of Perpetual Help.  I was introduced to this rosary through Detroit Catholic Radio over a year ago (It is played every evening at 7 PM).  I found myself immediately drawn to it.  The soothing music in the background, the almost hypnotic voice of the meditations and prayers just drew me in.    I had to have a copy.  Well, the information provided at the end of the recording wasn't valid;  the website was no longer around.  So, I scoured the internet in hopes of finding it and I did.  I ordered a copy for myself.  The only problem was, it wasn't available on CD (I wanted the CD so I could pray it in the car).  For my birthday this year, a friend provided me with a homemade CD version of the recording.  I now pray it every day in the car.  I have found that my commute time is so much more relaxing (and praying the rosary while driving has pretty much eliminated road rage).  Thank You God For The Healing Rosary Of Our Mother Of Perpetual Help!  My prayer is that it will be available again soon so that more and more people can partake in this beautiful recording.
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UPDATE:  My prayers have been answered!  Thank You Jesus!!!  This recording is available once again.
The WHAT'S NEW PAGE at Seeds of Faith has the details.

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Featured in this section this month are:
The Chaplet of St. Patrick
and
The Irish Penal Rosary
and
The Chaplet of St. Joseph
 + There will be one or more devotions/chaplets featured in this section every month. +
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The Chaplet of St. Patrick


 This chaplet is comprised of 4 groups of 3 beads.  A St. Patrick Medal is used in place of the crucifix.  The pendant portion of the chaplet has the medal attached to it.  The groups of beads are all on the circle portion of the chaplet.

Intention: Through the intercession of St. Patrick, may God Almighty strengthen one's faith, and grant the grace of faith for others.

Prayer on the Medal: The Apostle's Creed

On each of the twelve green beads: Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

BREASTPLATE OF ST. PATRICK
(said in closing)

Christ is a light,
Illumine and guide me!
Christ as a shield, o'ershadow and cover me!
Christ be under me! Christ be over me!
Christ be beside me, On the left hand and right!
Christ be before me, behind me, about me;
Christ this day be within and without me!

from Hymn Before Tara

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The Irish Penal Rosary
AKA
An Paidrin Beag


This chaplet takes its name from the times in Ireland when there where penalties for having religious objects.

It is, we believe, the original (if not, then the most important - okay I'm biased) single decade rosary.
It is comprised of 1 pater and 10 aves.
On one end is a keyring and on the other is an Irish Penal Crucifix.
We have seen it both ways (the pater nearest the ring or the crucifix).

The way this rosary was used:
One would place the keyring over the thumb and pray the opening prayers and first decade.
The keyring would then be moved to the index finger for the 2nd decade, ring finger for the 3rd decade, and so on.

The Penal Crucifix has many of symbols of Christ's Passion.
On the front:
The INRI is prominently placed at the top.  This is the charge;  the entire excuse.
Below Christ's right hand is a jug or chalice representing The Last Supper.
Surrounding Christ's head is a halo of thorns reminding us of his crowning.
Above Christ's left hand is a hammer which reminds us of Jesus' being nailed to the Cross.
Below His left hand and at his right knee are cords which were used to bind Him for His scourging at the pillar and then eventually to the Cross.
Below Him and off to His right is the spear or lance which was used to pierce His side.
To His left are a series of ].  Nine and one half ].  We are not sure what these are.
Below His feet at the base of the crucifix is what appears to be a basin.  (Not sure of the meaning.)
On the back:
At the center are three nails which were used to nail Him to the Cross.
At the base are the cock and pot which represent the roasting cock which came to life and crowed prophesizing Judas' betrayal of Christ.
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The Rosary Workshop has a georgeous traditional Irish Penal Rosary where you can view the Irish Penal Crucifix.
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The Chaplet of Saint Joseph


This chaplet is comprised of 15 groups of 4 beads.  Each group consists of 1 white bead and 3 purple beads.
( The white beads represent St. Joseph's purity and the purple beads represent his saintly piety.)
A St. Joseph Medal is used in place of the crucifix.  The pendant portion of the chaplet has the first group of beads and the white bead for the 2nd group.  The purple beads for the second group begin the circle portion of the chaplet.  The remaining 13 groups follow in order.

On each white bead, reflect on a mystery of the rosary and say the Hail Mary twice.

On each purple bead, say 'Praised and blessed be Jesus, Mary and Joseph'

Concluding Prayers (after the 15 groups):
Pray for us, O Holy St. Joseph.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:
O God, Who has predestined St. Joseph from all eternity for the service of Thine eternal Son and His Blessed Mother, and made him worthy to be the spouse of this blessed Virgin, and the foster-father of Thy Son:  We beseech Thee, through all the services he has rendered to Jesus and Mary on earth, that Thou wouldst make us worthy of his intercession, and grant us to enjoy the happiness of his company in heaven.  Through Christ, Our Lord.  Amen.

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3.  Featured Writer
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WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN LATELY?
By Patrick J. Distelrath

The last issue of this e-zine was May of 2000.  It now being March of 2001, it begs the question.

Well, June of last year found our family of 3 kids (momma was 8 months pregnant at the time) going on 2 pilgrimages within a couple of weeks.
The first one was to Our Lady of the Woods in Mio, Michigan (impromptu, just happened to drive by) on our way to Cross in the Woods in Indian River, Michigan.  It was absolutely wonderful.  (I hope to post more details some day.)  We go to Cross in the Woods almost every year.  We prepared our girls (6, 4, and 2 or close enough) by telling them we are going to see this huge, huge cross, ya know, in the woods.  Well, when we got there, we stood them out in front of the cross near the street (the cross there is not more than 10 feet tall).  To our surprise they were disappointed!  Well, when we got to THE Cross in the Woods they were awestruck.  The Cross in the Woods is a 55 foot redwood cross with a 7 ton bronze corpse.  Check it out.
The second one was to the Sorrowful Mother Shrine in Bellevue, Ohio and the Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine in Euclid, Ohio. This pilgrimage ended up being on the hottest days of the summer!  The other couple that was with us was 6 months pregnant.  That mom-to-be looked further along than ours.  Needless to say, it was a difficult cross to bear for them on those days.  The Sorrowful Mother Shrine requires a great deal of walking to each of the grottos/shrines.  Every one of the shrines is magnificent.  The Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine is much more confined.  There is an outdoor fifteen decade rosary on the path behind the shrine that is amazing.  We didn't make it to the outdoor stations of the cross, but we did get a picture of the pregnant women in front of the entrance.  There were very large letters at the top THE WAY OF THE CROSS;  2 pregnant ladies standing in front.  I'll have to pull the picture for you!
Alright already, am I going to get to the point?  Well, the last few weeks of mommas pregnancy required a great deal of my time, hence the lack of time for publishing an e-zine.  The months that followed required much more of mom's time with our new blessing.  It was at least 6 months before she was able to help again making rosaries.  All my time was spent trying to keep up with the rosary-making.  (We completely shut down for at least 4 weeks.)  With no time for publishing an e-zine, we went on an unofficial, unauthorized, unapproved, unacceptable(?) hiatus.  We do send a thousand apologies for not explaining and not communicating what was going on.  The first of the month would be approaching and I would think that it would be the month to get the e-zine going again.  Well, 9 of those came and went and the tenth this month.  I had good intentions of getting this published the first of this month.  But wouldn't you know it, I got sick.
Please accept our apologies for the long hiatus.  We pray things are on course now for the April 1st deadline.  (If you have anything to submit, please get it to me by the 25th.)
Take care of yourselves.  God Bless You Real Good!

Patrick

I hope you have a story to tell.  Please share it for the next issue. 
 

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4.  Supplier News
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REGINA MANUFACTURING:
A website is STILL in the works.
Ann's new e-mail address:  sterlann@reginamfg.com

McVAN:
Website:  http://www.mcvaninc.com

SHIPWRECK BEADS:
Website:  http://www.shipwreck-beads.com


RERUN:
PLEASE SEND FEEDBACK ON THE FOLLOWING SUPPLIERS.  THEY MAY BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF SUPPLIERS.  IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE SUPPLIERS,
PLEASE SEND PATRICK AN E-MAIL.  

LEWIS & COMPANY:
Website:  http://www.rosaryparts.com

LAND OF ODDS:
Website:  http://www.landofodds.com

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5.  Rosary Making Tips, Hints, Ideas, Etc.
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Job's Tears (Mary's Tears)

For information on sowing and harvesting, go to jobstears.org (another Seeds of Faith project).  It is time to plant the seeds which will become the beads used to make chaplets and rosaries in the late summer.


Bead Inquiry

Spina Christi beads
If you have any ideas where these can be found, please let me know.

Rose Petal Beads

Here are some sources with recipes for making rose petal beads:
http://www.nfobase.com/html/rose_beads.htm
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kgregg/dmir/14/rose_beads.html
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~mukluk/rose.html
http://www.appollonia.net/fashion/rosebeads.htm
http://www.roo.com/archive/rope.htm
http://www.sodbuster.com/Kids%20Articles/KID092297JC.htm
http://www60.pair.com/spiritln/gallery/crafts/beadsrose.html

The process of reviewing the above recipes will take some time.  I will provide updates in future issues.  Any feedback which you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

If you'd rather have someone else do the work, consider this site:
http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/ros/index.html

Also, check out this site for miniature rose beads:
http://www.RoseJewelry.com


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6. The Rosary on the Web
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According to:
http://www.divinewill.org/feastofourlady.htm
March 17th is the feast of Our Lady of Ireland or the Madonna of Ireland
March 19th is the feast of The Beautiful Lady
March 25 is the Solemnity of the Anunciation of the Lord to Our Lady
March 31st is the feast of Our Lady of the Holy Cross

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7.  Events Calendar
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14th Annual National Rosary Congress
June 17 - 24, 2001
Fatima and Divine Mercy
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Washington, DC

Begun in June of 1988 and held each June ever since, this Congress is a week long (expanding to 8 days this year) gathering of faithful Catholics to honor God and his Blesses Mother Mary.  Each day is filled with inspiring spiritual experiences including:  Divine Liturgy, Eucharistic exposition, Rosaries, Divine Office, presentations by outstanding speakers, confessions, Scapular investiture, Marian Consecrations, private devotions, all night adoration, Angelus, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, processions, special events.  All this will take place in the beautiful Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.  Housing and meals on the Campus of Catholic University of America.

For more information call Michael Six:  (908) 689-1701, ext. 12

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
NO REGISTRATIONS FOR THE 2001 NATIONAL ROSARY CONGRESS WILL BE ACCEPTED POSTMARKED AFTER ?? (DATE YET UNDETERMINED).

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8.  Classified Ads
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Send your classified ads to us via email in the categories below.  We welcome your suggestions for new categories.  We reserve the right to edit ads and the right to refuse to publish ads that do not fit the intent of this e-zine, are unfit to publish, or are contrary to the Magisterium of the Holy Roman Catholic Church.

Rosary Making Supplies

Our Lady's Rosary Makers
P.O. Box 37080
Louisville, KY 40233
(502) 968-1434  Telephone
(502) 969-8883  Fax
Free Catalog
Contact Rev. Harry Prestwood
http://members.aol.com/olrm/index.htm

The Rosary Shop
Custom Rosaries, Rosary Kits, Information and Parts
http://www.rosaryshop.com/
rosaryshop@rosaryshop.com
(503) 534-1941 Office Phone
(503) 534-1942 Office FAX


Rosaries For Sale

Kathy's Handmade Rose Petal Rosaries
http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/ros/index.html
e-mail rosarylady1@juno.com
or rosarylady@tnt-tek.net

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11.  Disclaimers
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Seeds of Faith believes that the information in this e-zine is accurate and reliable, but does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this information.  Some of this information may represent opinion and judgment.

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12.  Submission Policy & Links
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Submit all articles to be considered for publication to Patrick at patrick@seeds-of-faith.com.

Submit by the 25th of the month prior to publication.  Send either as an e-mail or as an e-mail attachment in the form of a Word 95 Document.  Files with a *.txt extension can also be submitted but require extensive formatting so they are not preferred.  Fax submissions are not acceptable as the text must be retyped.  All items will be considered for publication but may not be published in the next issue due to space and/or time constraints.

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