What is the Children’s Rosary?
What is the Children’s Rosary?
The Children’s Rosary is a lay prayer group movement for children. It is an effort to begin
in parishes Rosary prayer groups composed of children and led by children. The target
age of the children for these prayer groups is between 4 and 14 years old. Bernadette
of Lourdes and the children of Fatima were all within this age range. However, there is
flexibility at each end of the range, and children should never be turned away if they
have a desire to be part of a prayer group.
Of special note are children with disabilities who may be older in age but have a special
place in the Children’s Rosary. These children should be encouraged to be a part of
this prayer movement. Adults are always welcome and encouraged to come to the
Children’s Rosary. These individuals are the special “guardian angels” of this movement.
How it Began: The Children’s Rosary began out of love for Our Lady and her
Son, Jesus. It was born out of a call for help; the request for help came from our
priest who saw his Parish suffering a financial crisis and worried for its future
existence. In prayerful reflection on this call for help an inspiration came to
bring our children before Our Lady and Our Lord in the prayer of the Rosary, for
we know how strong and dear the prayers of children are, and how all heaven
delights in them.
The first meeting of the Children’s Rosary was on April 10, 2011. It was the
Sunday before Palm Sunday that year. A group of children knelt before a
statue of Our Lady and prayed as a group for our parish and the intentions of
Our Lady. The weekend of the first Children’s Rosary had a record collection
surpassed only by Easter and Christmas for the remainder of the year. There
was nothing special about that weekend except for a small group of children
who knelt in prayer of the Holy Rosary.
The Children’s Rosary has been dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and
Immaculate Heart of Mary. It is therefore under the protection and guidance of
Christ and His Mother.
The Children’s Rosary which once began in one Parish has now grown and
by the grace of God will continue to grow so that Children’s Rosary groups
will exist in parishes across the globe. The Children’s Rosary is now in over 40
countries throughout the world.
Resources, instructional videos, prayers, songs, and guides can be found at:
ChildrensRosary.org