15th Anniversary of the Rosa Mystica - 2006
The Rosa Mystica prayer was founded in Italy in 1943
when our Lady of the Rosary appeared to Pierina Galli
who asked her to get the people to recite the Rosary
and repent and return to God. Our Lady reappeared on
many occasions to Pierina right up to 1967. She asked
from Pierina that July 13th be reserved for her as the
feast day of our lady of the Rosa Mystica.
In 1991 the late
George Kalenderian initiated, with a handful of
friends, the Rosa Mystica prayer group within the
Armenian Catholic community in Sydney.
The prayer group was open to all the Christian
denominations, and thus within a short period of time
it snowballed to eleven groups, covering virtually the
whole Sydney metropolitan area; today more than eight
hundred families participate and recite the rosary on
a daily basis.
The majority of these
families are of other Christian Eastern churches and
communities and we wish to see more of our own
Armenian Catholic community members take part in this
spiritual activity.
The group celebrated
its 15th Anniversary on May 28th 2006, the church was
packed with members including family and friends who
celebrated the Divine Liturgy to collectively honour
and thank Our Lady for her blessings over the past 15
years.
We pray and beseech
our Lady to bless us and intercede on our behalf to
Our Lord the Almighty so that He may open up the
hearts and minds of all people for peace to prevail in
this world.
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