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Updates from Fr. Ivan Kolodiy in Ukraine:

 

Sent Nov. 07, 2022 9:49 AM

Dear Mrs. Patti, We are keeping you and all the living members of your family and those departed in our Sacred Masses during the month of November. We offer frequent Masses for God’s blessing to protect our country and give us victory over Russian aggression. Putin is targeting the natural gas flats. Many buildings have apartments 9 to 11 floors up so they have central heating which is provided from the power stations. At the moment the weather is warming up and so we have the possibility to reduce usage and save usage gas. Electricity is improving, too. Last week we had a black out for four hours only. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support, prayers and caring for us. Your stipends are helping so many priests to have food, fuel for their churches and money for medicine for themselves. We are filled with gratitude and remember you in all of our prayers. May God bless and protect you. Fr. Ivan Kolodiy

 

Sent Oct. 10 From Fr. Ivan Kolodiy in Ukraine

Dear Mrs. Patti, I would like to thank you so very much for your attention and care. Today was a very impressive and terrible day in Ukraine. Thanks be to God we are safe and all the priests and members of the Living Rosary are unharmed. 83 missiles were launched at Ukraine this morning. Power stations, water supplies and civilians across the country took a beating. We spent half a day in the bomb shelter. All Ukrainian Churches which are located in Lviv were open. The people poured into the churches and ardently prayed the Rosary and asked God to save our country from terrible destruction. Electricity and water were out for a few hours, but now they are back one. Everything is OK at the moment. The priests who are celebrating the Masses returned to their churches and the people returned to work this afternoon. Thank you for all your prayers for us, your care and your support. We are deeply grateful for our Family of the Living Rosary who embrace our concerns and sufferings as their own. We hold you in prayer even as we suffer this persecution. Our lives are held in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Fr. Ivan Kolodiy

 

Sent July 29 From Fr. Ivan Kolodiy in Ukraine

Dear Patti, all the wires you are sending are coming to us very well. And I want to share that the many boxes mailed to us with Rosaries, MM’s and Scapulars, Holy Face medals and holy oils, reach us and give us great joy and strength. Things are improving in our country. In our area everything is quite normal. We have conducted a retreat with the youth. Many attended. We ask Our Lady to protect our family of the Living Rosary and each one of your families there. All the Ukrainian people are united in supporting our army who still are fighting in the southern boarders and dying to secure liberty and freedom for Ukraine. Thank you for the support you give me and all our poor priests through the Mass stipends. It is a great help for us to survive these very difficult times. We ask God to shower upon you abundant blessings, protection and health. Fr. Ivan Kolodiy

 

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Mission of this Apostlate

Universal Living Rosary Association

"The aim of the Living Rosaryis to ask God, through the intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary, for the conservation of the Faith in Catholic countries, the conversion of sinners, the strengthening of the just, and the exaltation of the Holy Church.The people who join together for this pious exercise, divide among themselves the recitation of the prayers of the entire Rosary, and divide into groups of 15, in honor of the 15 principal mysteries of our redemption. Their intention is to form, by the union of their hearts, as so many living rosaries which unceasingly recall to the Celestial Father the sign of salvation manifested to St. Dominic by the Mother of Mercies.  

After Our Lady of the Rosary, the Association recognizes and honors as its mediatrix before God, the illustrious Virgin and Martyr, St. Philomena, named by the Sovereign Pontiff, protectress of the Living Rosary."
 -- Blessed Pauline Marie Jaricott

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Everything that happens occurs for a reason. It was no accident that God chose the soul of the Blessed Pauline Marie Jaricott to form the Universal Living Rosary Association for the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and in honor of Saint Philomena. Each of us is called to serve God and it is no accident that you are being called to help further this sacred mission.

We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose..
– Romans 8:288

Pauline, a young and very pious French girl, dedicated herself to the heart and love of Jesus and gave the Church one of the greatest works when she founded the Society for the Propagation of the Faith (missionary work) and the Association of the Living Rosaryy.  Her immense desire to love and her thirst to possess God, inspired her to act for His Glory.

Jesus died for all men! Why weaken our hearts with less noble desires??

 -- Blessed Pauline Marie Jaricott

The Living Rosary Association was Pauline’s inspired plan to save the Church in France and encourage everyone to learn their faith through Catholic books. The association began its devotion of distributing fifteen decadess of the Rosary to fifteen persons in several parishes on Dec. 8, 1826. The association was formally approved by Pope Gregory XVI and accorded canonical status on Jan. 27, 1832.

 

On Dec. 8, 1986, Richard and Patricia Joann Melvin, married for more than 30 years, began a revival of Pauline Jaricot’s Living Rosary lay apostolate in an effort to honor Our Blessed Mother and St. Philomena. What originated with less than 30 people dedicated to praying a daily decade of the Rosary (some took more than on decade) has grown to more than 11 million devoted Christians around the world, all praying their dedicated decade of the Rosary each day of every year.

 

Today, over 12 million souls,, faithful servants, are joined worldwide through the Living Rosary and united with Mary in prayer one decade at a time to hasten the triumph of Her Immaculate Heart and to bring about the Reign of Jesus Christ the King..

 

 

Share Your Gift of Faith

 

For centuries, our cherished Catholic faith has been passed from person to person, parent to child, etc. Each of us carries in our heart a special memory of how God first graced us with the knowledge of the faith and how Our Blessed Mother, Saint Philomena, Blessed Pauline Jaricot and other saints changed our lives and brought us closer to Christ..

 

In our work in the Universal Living Rosary Association, we see first hand how millions of souls are currently living without that knowledge of God and are living outside of His grace. We have been given a beautiful opportunity to carry out Christ's work and pass on our faith and blessings to others who would otherwise never be introduced to Our Lord, the Savior of all mankind. Just as we pray for the souls in Purgatory who have no one to pray for them, we should also make it a part of our life's mission to pass on our faith to as many souls as possible who have no one else to pass it on to them, who don't know Our Lord and His promise of salvation..

 

This is the box we send to the Foreign Missions: on your behalf. You donate the shipping, which brings the total to: $115. It contains Rosaries, Scapulars, Miraculous Medals, Cord & Oil, Newsletters, Calendars, Catechism books, 2 TAN books, large color prints, lists and encouragement for our Promoters..

 

 

The Power of the Rosary

Pope Leo XIII said, "There is nothing more excellent than that numerous voices pray without interruption from all parts of the world, simultaneously lifting up supplications to the Blessed Virgin Mary as they meditate on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary."

Say the Rosary every day, to obtain peace for the world..
– Our Lady of Fatima

The Living Rosary is a continuation of the Rosary given to St. Dominic by Our Blessed Mother, while he was combating the Albigensian heresy in the South of France, during the thirteenth century. Our Blessed Mother asked St. Dominic to spread devotion to Christ by saying the Rosary and meditating on the life of Christ, each and every day.

 

The Mission of the Universal Living Rosary Association: -- What we do.

 

  

 

Fruits of your Funds

May Christ dwell in our hearts through faith, and may charity be the root and foundation of our life..
– cf. Eph 3:177

Following the example of the Blessed Pauline Jaricot, who founded the work of "a penny a week" for the Propagation of the Faith, you and your family may also consider dedicating monetary support equivalent to a meal a month or other offering to the Living Rosary.

 

The majority of the members of the Living Rosaryyare in third world countries. Every donation received goes directly back into this universal and heroic missionary effort through the distribution of Catholic literature, holy cards and sacramentals such as the holy oil of St. Philomena.

 

Universal Living Rosary Association of Saint Philomenaais a nonprofit Corporation 501(c)(3) charitable organization and as such we automatically give "Tax Receipts" to all those who make a financial donation. For those who donate $100 or more, a "TRIDUUM of MASSES" will be arranged for the donor and his/her family. Thirty dollars of every $100 donated supports the missionary who will offer these masses. Through your help, the prayers of the missions will continue to work miracles in the lives of all of its members and families, thus strengthening the Mystical Body of Christ.

 

Another option is to donate $50 to cover the flat rate to send a parcel of materials and sacramentals to the missions abroad. God bless you for your generosity.

 

 

 

 

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Please support the missions by donating Rosaries, Scapulars, old missals, medals, holy cards. To the missions, nothing goes to waste and all is placed carefully with a reliable catechist or missionary.

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Universal Living Rosary
Suite 100-C
2401 Termini St.
Dickinson, Texas 77539
United Statess

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