Parishioners come together to make rosaries for beatification

More than 100 parishioners from St. Jude Catholic Parish in Allen gathered on Aug. 26 to handcraft 600 World Mission Rosaries. These rosaries are intended for people attending the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sept. 24.

Paula Mattei, a parishioner and member of the Diocese of Dallas Diocesan Mission Team, helped organize the event alongside Raymond Corral. The group participated in a nationwide campaign launched by The Pontifical Mission Societies on May 1, which seeks to collect 75,000 World Mission Rosaries for the beatification ceremony.

The World Mission Rosary was created by Archbishop Sheen in 1951 while he served as the national director of The Pontifical Mission Societies. The design uses five different colors for each decade to represent various regions of the world where missionaries serve. Each rosary will be blessed before the beatification ceremony.