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 ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
Katie Donahue adds rose oil to an olive wood rosary she is working on in her home studio on Thursday, October 11, in Kalispell. She and her family (all seven of her children) have been making rosaries ...
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," ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
When Matt and Elizabeth Doucette were students at Franciscan University of Steubenville and first dating, she wanted to get him a rosary for a Christmas gift. Shopping for one, she couldn’t locate ...