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The Power of the Rosary Is BEYOND DESCRIPTION v / > 2 Rally report 3 Attendance sheet 4 10 Reasons to Pray a PLUBLIC Square Rosary 5 Sample rally invitation 6 Sign up another Rally Captain Form 7 Helpful tips and information 8 Intention sheet 9 Prayer program 13 The Red Rose 14 Supply checklist and sample ad The power of the RosaryBEYOND is DESCRIPTION. 17200366 Important information for Rally Captains Dear Rally Captain, Congratulations on becoming a Rally Captain in the 2015 Public Square Rosaiy Crusade! At this crucial historical moment, you’re part of a Rosaiy Crusade scheduled for douzens of cities at noon on October 10, 2015, the anniversary of the Fatima miracle of the sun. The intention for our Rosary Crusade is to beg God and Our Lady to save Canada from today’s immorality and atheistic secularism. Please know that here at Canada Needs Our Lady, we’re committed to giving you the best assistance possible for your rally preparations. Our special team will help you each step of the way. Mr. Marc Lascelle is our team captain coordinator and is ready to help you. He is only a phone call away. The dedicated help line is 844-729-6279.Or cell phone: 905-630-3227. To help make your rally more successful, we offer additional rally supplies, which are posted on our website. These include full versions of our English and French manuals and banners, posters, intention sheets, prayer programs and much more. Please visit us at website and click on the Rosary Rally icon for downloading and printing the additional supplies at any time, in case you need extras. To help others locate your rally, or the rally nearest them, our site will post a complete listing of the dozens of rosary rally's around the country. If you would like others to contact you about joining your rally, please authorize us to place your name and contact phone number on our website. By allowing us to do so, others can contact you directly for more information about the details of your rally. Please allow me to post your information by calling us toll free at 844-729-6279,or email us at [email protected] you contact us please also let us know where your rally will take place. You are receiving free rally materialswithin this manual.Here is the list of items enclosed: Page2. Rally report Page 3. Rally attendance sheet Page 4. 10 Reasons to Pray a PUBLIC Square Rosary Page 5. Sample rally invitation Page 6. Sign up another Rally Captain form and Rally banner request Page 7.Helpful tips and information for a successful rally Page 8. Intention sheet Pages 9 -12.Prayer program Page 13.The Red Rose Page 14.Supply checklist and sample ad for publications I think this should provide you with everything that you need. However, if you need help, please call 844-729-6279.Thank you very much and May God bless you! Marc Lascelle Rosary - Rally coordinator PS. If you have not done so, please let me post your name and rally location on our website by emailing us at www.CanadaNeedsOurLady.org(email is better and quicker). It would be very helpful if you would allow us to post your rally contact information so others can learn about your rally and join you. □ 2015 PUBLIC SQUARE ROSARY REPORT Please mail this form to the Coordination Center in the enclosed postage paid envelope. If you have misplaced the envelope, here is the address: Canada Needs Our Lady Attention: Mr. Michel Renaud P.O. Box 36040. Greenfield Park, QC J4V 3N7 Captains, please complete the information on this page. Also, make as many copies of the Attendance Sheet (page 3) as you need and ask all in attendance to complete. Finally, mail these forms back toCanada Needs Our Lady the to address above. Your FIRST nam e:________________________________ LAST:____________________ [_] I have already uploaded my Rally Pictures. I- 1 I have enclosed my Attendance Sheet(s). City and Province where my Rally took place:____________________________________ Number of those who attended my Rally:______________ f 1 Please sign me up to become a rally captain for Our Lady again in 2016. Tell us about your rally:________________________________________________________ My suggestions to Canada Needs Our Lady on how to help me improve my Rosary Rally for next year: Other comments and suggestions: E 2015 Public Square Rosary Attendance Sheet COPY AS NEEDED PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Select one: \ | Mr. \ 1 Mrs. [ ] Mr. & Mrs. [ ] Ms. r 1 Miss 1 1 Other: First Name: Last Name: Address: City: Province: Postal Code: Telephone: Email: PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Select one: \ | Mr. \ 1 Mrs. [ ] Mr. & Mrs. [ ] Ms. r 1 Miss 1 1 Other: First Name: Last Name: Address: City: Province: Postal Code: Telephone: Email: PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Select one: \1 Mr. [ 1 Mrs. 1 1 Mr. & Mrs. 1 1 Ms. [ 1 Miss 1 1 Other: First Name: Last Name: Address: City: Province: Postal Code: Telephone: Email: PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Select one: 1 1 Mr. [ 1 Mrs. 1 1 Mr. & Mrs. 1 1 Ms. \ 1 Miss 1 ] Other: First Name: Last Name: Address: City: Province: Postal Code: Telephone: Email: 0 10 Reasons to Pray a Public Square Rosary “The Rosaiy will be a veiy powerful armor against hell; it will destroy vice, deliver from sin and dispel heresy. —Our ” Lady to Saint Dominic 1. The Miracle of the Sun was public:On October 13, 1917, Our Lady performed a miracle witnessed by 70,000 people, including atheists, communists and anti-Catholics. Some of them converted. The 2015 Public Square Rosary Rallies will remind the person on the street that conversion is possible. 2. Reach fallen away Catholics:According to research, less than 28% of Catholics attend Mass in Canada. The Public Square Rosary is a great way to reach the 72% of non-practicing Catholics, a total of 10 million people. If they see you praying in a public place, they may be moved to become better Catholics. 3. Public prayer gets results:Pro-life Catholics have peacefully prayed the Rosary in front of abortion clinics for decades. The power of their prayer has blunted the advance of abortion. Their public prayers save lives. In fact, recent studies show that abortion clinics are closing at an astonishing rate of one per month in the US. 4. Be a Fatima apostle:Our Lord sent the apostles forth to teach all nations. Praying the Rosary in public is an excellent way to introduce others to the Catholic Faith and the Fatima message. “Now no man lighting a candle covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it upon a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light” (St. Luke 8:16). 5. Public sins require public reparation:Our culture openly flaunts sin. You hear it on public airwaves, on primetime TV, on the Internet. Laws favour abortion and sex-ed in the schools. Your Rosary Rally will be a public act of reparation for these sins hurled against the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Your public Rosary will console God. At Fatima, Our Lady said to the children: “You saw hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart in the world.” 6. Will the media promote Fatima? Never! It’s up to us to promote devotion to Mary “outside the box To pray the Rosary in a public place is a powerful way to promote its recitation. Catholics must not be ashamed of their Faith. “Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father Who is in heaven” (St. Matthew 10:32). During public Rosary rallies already held, non-Catholics have stopped and asked for Rosaries, wanting to leam how to pray. 7. Public Rosaries in history:At the end of World War II, Communist Soviet troops occupied Vienna, Austria. They refused to leave. Yet, after massive public Rosary processions led by Fr. Petrus Pavlicek, the Communist invaders packed up and left. Large-scale public Rosaries were likewise credited for foiling a Communist takeover in Brazil in 1964. If the Rosary saved these countries, it can save Canada. 8. Duty to honour God publicly:Secularists have been attempting to drive religion and morality out of the public square. Children in public schools have been suspended, for example, when they pray grace before meals. That cannot continue! Catholics have the duty to oppose the secularist agenda. We openly honour God and respect His rights. The 2015 Public Square Rosary Crusade will make the point. 9. Preparing for Our Lady’s triumph:The Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph over evil. It is a great privilege to be among those who trust in her triumph and honour her in the public square. Imagine 100 Public Square Rosary Rallies. This noble campaign will hasten God’s victory, attract blessings on Canada, and surely strengthen every Rosary Captain and every rally participant. 10. Public prayer is powerful:In his monumental work, The Secret of the Rosary, Saint Louis Marie de Montfort states: “Public prayer is far more powerful than private prayer to appease the anger of God and call down His mercy, and Holy Mother Church, guided by the Holy Ghost, has always advocated public prayer in times of public tragedy and suffering.” □ I i Announcingthe 2015 PUBLIC SQUARE ROSARY CRUSADE Canada is at a historic crossroad. Secularists are trying to push God from the pub­ lic square. They reject His beneficial action upon society.
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