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| Susan Claire-Wild, St. Mark's Rosary Makers Ministry coordinator, poses with the group |
by Susan Palmes-Dennis
Members of the St. Mark Catholic Church Rosary Maker’s Ministry are excited to participate in the 2015 Marian Congress as they committed to making hundreds of blue crystal rosaries to those attending the event to be held at St. Mark here at Huntersville, North Carolina.
During the ministry's recent monthly meeting, the group coordinator Susan Claire–Wild encouraged everyone to reserve seats for the event.
The ministry's mission is to make rosaries for the sick, hospice and the poor. They make over a thousand rosaries every year for St. Mark’s faith formation, baptism, communicants and RCIA candidates.
The ministry already made 20,873 rosaries since 2008 and these are distributed all over the world.
“We have a family here, the Lightles, at St. Mark Rosary Makers. We love to support mothers to be. It is our joy to give baby showers to our members that have been with us for a couple of years. We are all about pro-life,” Claire-Wild said.
“We are here to help each other and support each other. We are blessed to have such wonderful caring people in our rosary maker’s ministry,” she said.
Claire-Wild said it’s not about the numbers but rather the love and all the prayers that go into each rosary given to each recipient. “We pray for the recipient's soul as we tie each barrel knot. That's what really matters!,” she said.
Claire-Wild recounted that the Rosary Maker’s ministry started six years ago and they will celebrate their sixth year of rosary making this fall. “We started with only four members at a round table more people join us each month,” she said.
“Children wanted to learn how to make rosaries. We now have over 40 active members making rosaries at home and we have meetings once a month - our church family we call it,” Claire-Wild said.
She said there are Divine Mercy rosaries for visitors, for the Our Lady of Guadalupe and also for the newcomers.
This year's North Carolina Marian Rosary Congress carries the theme “The family that prays together stays together.” The congress will be held at St. Mark Catholic Church Church at 14740 Stumptown Road, Huntersville, North Carolina, 28078 on June 13, a Saturday.
The Most Rev. Bishop P. Jugis, J.C.D would be the main celebrant. Guest priests, presenters and speakers are Fr. Pedro Nunez, an EWTN speaker from New Orleans and Father Ernesto Maria Caro, a priest from Mexico.
Nunez is a native of Cuba, an author, pastor and director of radio and TV programs in the diocese of New Orleans. He has spoken on the power of the sacraments to sanctify every evangelizer” at the Atlanta Eucharistic Congress.
Fr. Caro is from Monterrey, Mexico and his ministry helps to deeply understand what it means to pray the Hail Mary. Ticket cost is $10 (or $15 after deadline, if tickets are still available).
Children under 17 and students are free but they must register with their parents. Everyone is encouraged to register before May 15 for a discount.
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| The St. Mark's Rosary Makers Ministry in a group photo |
(Susan Palmes-Dennis is a veteran journalist from Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao in the Philippines who worked as a nanny and is now employed as a sub-teacher and a part-time teacher assistant in one of the school systems in the Carolinas.
Read her blogs on susanpalmesstraightfrom the Carolinas.com and at http://www.blogher.com/myprofile/spdennis54. These and other articles also appear at http://www.sunstar.com.ph/author/2582/susan-palmes-dennis.
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