I have a hobby. I make rosaries. One year we as a parish raised a little over $5000 selling and raffling off these rosaries. Some I made with Swarovski crystal beads we sold for $100, and the others I made with semi-precious stones we sold for $50. The monies paid for one year the costs of the First Communion program at the parish.
Well I decided that I would bring my rosary building supplies along on this little exile of mine. I had lots of sterling wire, several crosses, and only one center left. I figured I would figure out how to get some more centers when I had a more stable address.
So the first rosary was going to be for me. I began to build it when I was in Pittsburgh for the CMAA Colloquium, and I finished in Germany where I was enjoying the hospitality of Harry and Beverly Stevens
Sterling silver wire, center and crucifix, grey agate 6mm stones. The crucifix is a sterling silver Irish penal cross. It is a daily reminder that I am not alone in experiencing persecution.
I figured in my travels, and the various tombs I might visit, this rosary would become a third class relic of Francis of Assisi, Gaspar del Bufalo, and if I am lucky, maybe John Paul II. Francis is accomplished, still have to work on those other two.
Well, in these trips to Ireland and England I have come up with a few surprises.
My rosary is now a third class relic of
1. St. Francis of Assisi
2. St. Oliver Plunkett
3. St. Thomas More
4. St. John Fisher
5. The Holy English Martyrs
6. St. Edward the Confessor
7. Bl. John Henry Newman
8. Bl. Dominic Barberi
I have kept some good company this summer
Well I decided that I would bring my rosary building supplies along on this little exile of mine. I had lots of sterling wire, several crosses, and only one center left. I figured I would figure out how to get some more centers when I had a more stable address.
So the first rosary was going to be for me. I began to build it when I was in Pittsburgh for the CMAA Colloquium, and I finished in Germany where I was enjoying the hospitality of Harry and Beverly Stevens
Sterling silver wire, center and crucifix, grey agate 6mm stones. The crucifix is a sterling silver Irish penal cross. It is a daily reminder that I am not alone in experiencing persecution.
I figured in my travels, and the various tombs I might visit, this rosary would become a third class relic of Francis of Assisi, Gaspar del Bufalo, and if I am lucky, maybe John Paul II. Francis is accomplished, still have to work on those other two.
Well, in these trips to Ireland and England I have come up with a few surprises.
My rosary is now a third class relic of
1. St. Francis of Assisi
2. St. Oliver Plunkett
3. St. Thomas More
4. St. John Fisher
5. The Holy English Martyrs
6. St. Edward the Confessor
7. Bl. John Henry Newman
8. Bl. Dominic Barberi
I have kept some good company this summer
The Head of St. Oliver Plunkett
The Tomb of St. Edward the Confessor
Bl. John Henry Newman's reliquary is on the right, in front of the small statue
Down these steps were the remains of St. Thomas More, St. John Fisher, and hundreds of Holy Martyrs
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