{"id":31057,"date":"2018-10-09T09:25:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T09:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=31057"},"modified":"2018-10-09T09:51:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T09:51:09","slug":"the-strength-of-little-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/10\/09\/the-strength-of-little-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE MILLION CHILDREN PRAYING THE ROSARY"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">ONE MILLION CHILDREN PRAYING THE ROSARY<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Every year on the 18<sup>th<\/sup> of October, Aid to the Church in Need organizes one million children from all over the world to pray the Rosary for unity and peace in the world especially for the sake of fellow children in war-torn countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) in collaboration with the Secretariat for Catholic Education and Fr. Reuben Gauci, Coordinator, Spiritual Development in Schools is once again inviting all Maltese and Gozitan children to join in this noble cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His Eminence Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, President of ACN sent a message about this campaign and Fr. Martin M. Barta, ACN&#8217;s\u00a0 Ecclesiastical Assistant speaks about this prayer initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>What is this prayer campaign about and when was it started?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The idea for the campaign came about in 2005 in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. While a number of children were praying the rosary at a wayside shrine, several of the women in attendance strongly felt the presence of the Virgin Mary. They immediately thought of Saint Padre Pio\u2019s promise: \u201cWhen one million children pray the rosary, the world will change.\u201d And that is exactly what this is all about: having faith in the power of children\u2019s prayers. After all, Jesus teaches us: \u201cExcept ye \u2026 become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven\u201d (Mt. 18:3).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>How can people join in the campaign?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Quite simply: we are inviting teachers, priests, kindergarten teachers and parents to pray the rosary together with children on 18 October for peace and unity in the world. ACN has instructional materials on the prayers of the rosary, posters and a letter of invitation for children and adults.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Why the 18th of October?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">October is traditionally the month of the rosary; the 18th is the feast day of Saint Luke the Evangelist. He has handed on to us the story of Jesus\u2019s childhood and, according to tradition, is said to have been close to Our Lady, the Mother of God. Therefore, the date is quite fitting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Why has AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED gotten involved in this prayer campaign?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We not only see ourselves as a pastoral <\/span>charity<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> but also as a prayer community. Our founder, Father Werenfried van Straaten, deeply venerated Our Lady of Fatima. There, the Virgin Mary proclaimed to the visionary children, \u201c<em>Pray the rosary every day, in order to obtain peace for the world.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>The daily project work that is carried out by ACN in 149 countries allows the organisation to see first-hand just how greatly Christians and the entire world are suffering from the effects of terrorism and war. Only God can bring peace. We can play a part in this \u2013 through our work, but first and foremost through our prayers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Do you receive reports from the world church on how many children take part?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our materials for the prayer campaign are available in 25 languages, including, for example, Arabic and the West African Hausa language. Children from around 80 countries and on all continents are taking part. Accounts of the events are frequently sent to ACN, over the past year we received reports from countries such as Argentina, Cuba, Cameroon, India and the Philippines. It is truly a campaign of the world church!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Children and the rosary: this is not an easy connection to make for the churches in our part of the world. How do you get young people excited about these prayers?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I believe that it is actually the other way around: children are far more open to the rosary than a lot of adults. When the rosary is prayed correctly and under proper guidance, it reveals a view of the Virgin Mary, one that grows more intimate the longer you pray the rosary. And this intimate view of Our Lady is something that we can learn from the children!<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ONE MILLION CHILDREN PRAYING THE ROSARY Every year on the 18th of October, Aid to the Church in Need organizes one million children from all over the world to pray the Rosary for unity and peace in the world especially for the sake of fellow children in war-torn countries. 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