OF SAINT PHILOMENA
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UNIVERSAL LIVING ROSARY ASSOCIATION of SAINT PHILOMENA
NATIONAL CENTER 430 Mayon Street, 1114 Quezon City, M.M. PHILIPPINES
Serving members and promoters all over the Philippines.
Dear Child of Mary,
The Living Rosary is not ours; we are but poor instruments. We desire to promote this devotion as nearly identical as possible to the plan and format laid down by its foundress and blessed by Holy Mother the Church. In these days of confusion and trouble in the Church, disunity and individualism, what a mighty force for good the Living Rosary will be. As Children of Mary, we join together and propagate this mighty 'army of prayer' with oneness of purpose, intention and spirit. As Satan attacks this fortress, the strength of our unity will render him impotent!
The Living Rosary is no new devotion, but a continuation of the Rosary preached by St. Dominic and announced by Our Lady for centuries. The indulgences obtained from the Holy
See for this pious practice are such that each person praying his decade gains the merits and graces of the entire 15 decades each day. The power of ASSOCIATION further renders to each member a share in all the decades being prayed daily the world around.
The intentions of The Universal Living Rosary Association are twofold:
- The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- The honor of St. Philomena, our Patroness and Protectress
This is a 'perpetual' Living Rosary, that is:
-YOU accept the decade assigned to you and faithfully pray it daily for the rest of your life.
- These obligations do not bind under pain of sin, but your effort and desire to remain
Faithful are necessary.
If you should decide that you no longer can or wish to pray this decade, we do understand. Our only concern is to keep the Rosaries as complete as possible. Please do let us know of your decision so that we may reassign your decade to another.
We make every attempt to post a quarterly newsletter, "Dedicated Decades," and this is an effort to encourage all to persevere and remain faithful. If you have any special intentions, we, are happy to receive them, and ask the entire 'family' to keep you in their good prayers. This
IS your army and it is through your efforts to spread the devotion, support the Association and I remain in close touch, that we are able to maintain the unity of the 'family' the world around. ~ This unity is precious -and powerful. /~
The entire apostolate is run out of our small home. We began its revival on December 8th, 1986 with thirty local members. A thousand fold blessed by Our Dear Lord and His Holy Mother, and
Under the powerful patronage of St. Philomena, we have grown to over 2,000,000 souls and have
Planted this singularly powerful devotion in every continent of the world. This Association was founded on the principle of the Propagation of the Faith; if each member will donate a 'small' (PESO) sum regularly, the needs of the whole will easily be met. We do our best to post religious articles and materials to our members. GOD IS WILLING TO GIVE US ALL; NOW ALL DEPENDS ON US. We have no other means of support than your kindness. If you cannot give, simply pray that our material needs are met.
If you are interested in becoming a member of The Universal
Living Rosary Association, please send us your complete name, accurate address and
Phone number. The National Center will then build a list of 15 names and when the Rosary is complete, we will mail you the decade you have been assigned, the day to begin plus a copy of our official newsletter.
Enrollments are processed ONCE a month only according to cutoff dates.
With our Daily Decade we can bring about the Triumph of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary!
By its very nature, origin, and history, the Rosary was propagated for the purpose of the defense of the Faith. The associations of the Rosary are the battalions which, under the banner of the Immaculate Mother of God, fight the battle of Christ. These armies, of poor and learned alike, are mightier than the cannon and the sword and produce great fruit, miracles, and extraordinary graces for each individual and the whole Mystical Body of Christ. The Rosary is a prayer which will never be outmoded or supplanted by newer forms of devotion; it has come to us from Heaven!
The Living Rosary is a method adopted for the praying of the Rosary which consists in dividing the prayers among fifteen people; one mystery to each member. In this way, the precious devotion should be practiced every day entirely and through all fifteen people. The members, united spiritually, form with their hearts a 'Living Rose' in the flourishing field of Our Lady's Rosary Garden.
No matter what your age or situation, any soul willing to pray a decade of the Living Rosary faithfully may enroll. The association has no other standard but the Cross and no other spirit but the Gospel. You may pray your decade, while working or walking, at any time of the night or day. The soul who has the happiness of praying daily the entire fifteen mysteries need
/not 'add' an extra decade, but simply arrange for the meditation of the mystery he is assigned and unite with all in the common intentions.
The Association of the Living Rosary was founded in Lyon, France by Venerable Pauline Jaricot in 1826. From the beginning, the association had clerical approval: the Archbishop of Lyon gave his approval, the Living Rosary was orally blessed by Pope Leo XII, in 1832 the
Holy See selected two general ecclesiastical directors for the Living Rosary, the bishops
Highly recommended it, and Pope Gregory XVI richly blessed it with many indulgences. Many priests have committed themselves to welcoming the Association of the Living Rosary into their diocese and recommend it to the faithful as second only to the Sacraments. It is a powerful means to elevate the piety of the faithful and draw down abundant graces and benedictions
on all. Saint Philomena was named the Patroness and Protectress of the Living Rosary by
Pope Gregory XVI and this devotion is principally dedicated to her honor. Many singular and striking miracles have been attributed to her powerful intercession; she who also bears the
title: Patroness of the Children of Mary!
The purpose of this association is to appease the wrath of God through the intercession of Our Lady, to inflame the zeal and courage of the faithful, and to bring about the conversion of sinners and the exaltation of Holy Mother the Church. The lifetime prayer of our holy foundress,
Pauline Jaricot -- The preservation of the Faith in all its purity -- shall be realized as this
'army' spreads and sets fire to the hearts and souls of men to bring about the fulfillment of the
promise made by Our Lady of Fatima: In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph! St.
Louis de Montfort describes the battle of the'Last Days': "The Children of Mary against the children of Satan. "The association, the foundress, and the patroness all bear the unmistakable mark of the Cross. The greatest evil in the world today is SIN, the most distressing poverty, the crippling spiritual poverty which seeks to consume the whole world.
"One day, through the Rosary and Scapular, I will save the world!"
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CHAPLETS, RELICS,BOOKS,
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430 Mayon Street, 1114 Quezon City, M.M. PHILIPPINES
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UNIVERSAL LIVING ROSARY
ASSOCIATION of SAINT PHILOMENA
NATIONAL CENTER
430 Mayon Street, 1114 Quezon City, M.M. PHILIPPINES
Serving members and promoters all over the Philippines.
