rosary workshop - RSDA.2813,  CSDA.2813
 TILMA of JUAN DIEGO VI
ROSARY DEDICATED TO A NEW CHRISTIAN
  When Cortez hit land in 1519 he had two Franciscans with him. By 1521 the King of Spain requested more Franciscan missionaries and they arrived in 1524 with little statues, crucifixes and rosaries to evangelize the indigenous.  But not until the miracle of the tilma in 1531 did the simple garment worn by a newly baptized Christian named Juan Diego hold roses and an image of Our Lady. This was when conversions happen in great numbers. Who was Juan Diego and why is he now a saint of the church?

 CORAL / TURQUOISE / WOOD
WERE CHOSEN ELEMENTS OF THE AZTECS

ROSARY   -   CHAPLET   -    JUAN DIEGO
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DID YOU KNOW?
That Columbus renamed his 3 ships when he visited a Spanish shrine before setting off to the west?  NINA (girl) PINTA (paint) and the SANTA MARIA (St Mary). Did you know this happened 40 years before the image appeared on Juan Diego's Garment? Did you know the Spanish Shrine is called Guadalupe? Why roses? (Yes the Bishop secretly prayed for a sign of roses in December) But did you ever wonder if there were 59 as in a rosary? We will never know!

RSDA SERIES
We think of Fr Serra and other Franciscans, Jesuits and Dominicans who helped settle the Southwest and California coast. We can imagine they probably did not come heavily laden with rosaries to share or replace their own losses but may have made rosaries using seeds, shells, pebbles or wood. This collection of our Franciscan Inspired rosaries (RSDA) tries to imitate what natural materials were available and may have been used along the way. RSDA - ( Seeds of Assisi )

~ ROSARY ~

ROUGH CORAL PATERS WITH TURQUOISE RONDELLES

 HELP GIVE THIS ROSARY A NATURAL ESSENCE

 PSALM 147:20
"Non fecit taliter omni nationi" / "He hath not done this for any other nation."

CRUCIFIX: LATIN AMERICA (18c) 
PERU - CENTER: OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE (18-19c)

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24.5 in.

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~ CHAPLET ~

TRADITIONAL 'ALL IN ONE LOOP'
MAKES PRAYER EASIER AND KINDER TO THE HAND.

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6.75 in.

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~ ST JUAN DIEGO ~

"Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear that sickness, nor any other sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who am your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you wish? Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything."
(Words of Our Lady to Juan Diego)
 
 

ROSARY WORKSHOP MISSION STATEMENT
Our vision is to provide the finest handmade rosaries, chaplets and other fine religious art forms for personal worship we can make using the best supplies available.  The Guild believes the work of our hands should give visual Glory to God, therefore for us, the best for you is very, very important.