According to the organizers of the Rosary of Men in Brazil, the mission of this initiative is “to rescue, to the bosom of the Church of Christ, men of all ages.
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Newsroom (01/11/2022 14:44, Gaudium Press) The 15th edition of the National Pilgrimage of the Rosary of Men, which has taken place in the National Shrine of Aparecida since 2009, will be held from February 10 to 12, 2023.
The participation in the last years is expressively larger. The first edition of the event gathered a group of 600 men, while the 2020 edition, the last one before the pandemic started, attracted around 85 thousand participants. In 2021, the meeting was virtual.
The Mission of the Rosary of Men in Brazil
According to the organizers of the Rosary of Men in Brazil, the mission of this initiative is “to rescue, for the bosom of the Church of Christ, men of all ages, because the masculine presence in the Church is essential for the formation of the family and of Christian society. The Men’s Rosary is an example of Faith and devotion”.
“The prayer of the rosary, besides leading us to prayer, leads us to meditate on the main mysteries of redemption that Christ offers us. With the meditation on the redemptive mystery, we also remember Mary of Nazareth, who assumed the divine maternity by doing the will of God, giving us the Savior,” says the registration site.
Origin of the Rosary of Men
According to the National Adviser of the Rosary, Father Vandemir Meister, although there are reports of men who, here in Brazil, since the time of slavery, gathered to pray, only in 1997 these groups became official.
The emergence occurred within the Schoenstatt Movement, with a small number of men linked to the Mother and Queen Shrine in Olinda (PE). From there, the groups of Rosary of Men began to spread throughout the country, reaching more than one million members. (EPC)
Compiled by Teresa Joseph
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