Hello, I received this message today and wanted to share it with you all.  

 God Bless You 🙂 Danny

Subject: Rosary Rally Sat Oct 11 No. Reading Common 12 Noon!  ( at the gazebo.:)

I am a rally captain for the 2014 Public Square Rosary Crusade, coordinated by Tradition, Family and Property and its America Needs Fatima campaign.  As we all know, the United States (and our world) is in great need of public prayer, repentance and conversion and PEACE!  We must ask God to save America through the Rosary of His Most Holy Mother.  Archbishop Fulton Sheen said, “The power of the Rosary is beyond description!”

And Saint Padre Pio called the rosary his powerful weapon against the devil.

Please join us in the praying for our nation on October 11, 2014 at 12:00 noon.  Our local Public Square Rosary Rally will take place at the gazebo on the town common in North Reading.  Please contact me, Kathi Lee, at 978-604-0488 if you need any more information.  There will be over 10,000 of rosary groups throughout the country all praying on this day!   Let’s join together and pray for our country and our world!!

Whatever faith you are, we need YOUR prayers, too.  Either join us or set the time aside to pray at noon in your churches or at home.  Catholics pray for Mary’s intercession to her Son Jesus.  All prayers go straight to God so please unite together in prayer with us.  We love all of our faith brothers and sisters. 

If you do not live in this area, you can call to find the closest rally to you at 866-584-6012.  If there aren’t any near you, decide to be a rally captain for your area!  Call!  The blessings you will receive will be many not only for yourself but for those who pray and for those who are prayed for OR just pray at home knowing you are uniting your prayers to all of ours.

Please forward this information to as many people as you can!  Spread the word!!

God Bless,

Kathi Lee

I added the following information  for you as well. Danny

From Catholic On Line

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Facts

Feastday: January 1

Death: 1st century

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The Mother, of God, Mother of Jesus, wife of St. Joseph, and the greatest of allChristian saints. The Virgin Mother �was, after her Son, exalted by divine grace above all angels and men�. Mary is venerated with a special cult, called by St. ThomasAquinas, hyperdulia, as the highest of God�s creatures. The principal events of herlife are celebrated as liturgical feasts of the universal Church. Mary�s life and role in the history of salvation is prefigured in the Old Testament, while the events of her lifeare recorded in the New Testament. Traditionally, she was declared the daughter of Sts. Joachim and Anne. Born in Jerusalem, Mary was presented in the Temple and took a vow of virginity. Living in Nazareth, Mary was visited by the archangel Gabriel, who announced to her that she would become the Mother of Jesus, by the Holy Spirit. She became betrothed to St. Joseph and went to visit her cousin, Elizabeth, who was bearing St. John the Baptist. Acknowledged by Elizabeth as the Mother of God, Maryintoned the Magnificat. When Emperor Augustus declared a census throughout the vast Roman Empire, Mary and St. Joseph went to Bethlehem, his city of lineage, as he belonged to the House of David. There Mary gave birth to Jesus and was visited by the Three Kings. Mary and Joseph presented Jesus in the Temple, where St. Simeonrejoiced and Mary received word of sorrows to come later. Warned to flee, St. Josephand Mary went to Egypt to escape the wrath of King Herod. They remained in Egyptuntil King Herod died and then returned to Nazareth. Nothing is known of Mary�s lifeduring the next years except for a visit to the Temple of Jerusalem, at which time Maryand Joseph sought the young Jesus, who was in the Temple with the learned elders. The first recorded miracle of Jesus was performed at a wedding in Cana, and Marywas instrumental in calling Christ�s attention to the need. Mary was present at the Crucifixion in Jerusalem, and there she was given into John�s care. She was also with the disciples in the days before the Pentecost, and it is believed that she was present at the resurrection and Ascension. No scriptural reference concerns Mary�s last years on earth. According to tradition, she went to Ephesus, where she experienced her �dormition.� Another tradition states that she remained in Jerusalem. The belief that Mary�s body was assumed into heaven is one of the oldest traditions of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII declared this belief Catholic dogma in 1950. The feast of the Assumption is celebrated on August 15. The dogma of theImmaculate Conception – that Mary, as the Mother of the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, was free of original sin at the moment of her conception was proclaimed by Pope Pius IX in 1854 . The feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated on December 8. The birthday of Mary is an old feast in the Church, celebrated on September 8 since the seventh century. Other feasts that commemorate events in thelife of the Blessed Virgin Mary are listed in the Appendices. Pope Pius XII dedicated the entire human race to Mary in 1944. The Church has long taught that Mary is truly the Mother of God . St. Paul observed that �God sent His Son, born of a woman,” expressing the union of the human and the divine in Christ. As Christ possesses two natures, human and divine, Mary was the Mother of God in his human nature. This special role of Mary in salvation history is clearly depicted in the Gospel in which she is seen constantly at her son�s side during his soteriological mission. Because of this role exemplified by her acceptance of Christ into her womb, her offering of him to Godat the Temple, her urging him to perform his first miracle, and her standing at the foot of the Cross at Calvary Mary was joined fully in the sacrifice by Christ of himself. Pope Benedict XV wrote in 1918: �To such an extent did Mary suffer and almost die with her suffering and dying Son; to such extent did she surrender her maternal rights over her Son for man�s salvation, and immolated him – insofar as she could in order to appease the justice of God, that we might rightly say she redeemed the human race together with Christ� . Mary is entitled to the title of Queen because, as Pope Pius XII expressed it in a 1946 radio speech, �Jesus is King throughout all eternity by natureand by right of conquest: through him, with him, and subordinate to him, Mary is Queen by grace, by divine relationship, by right of conquest, and by singular election.� Marypossesses a unique relationship with all three Persons of the Trinity, thereby giving her a claim to the title of Queenship. She was chosen by God the Father to be the Mother of his Son; God the Holy Spirit chose her to be his virginal spouse for the Incarnation of the Son; and God the Son chose her to be his mother, the means of incarnating into the world for the purposes of the redemption of humanity. This Queen is also our Mother. While she is not our Mother in the physical sense, she is called a spiritual mother, for she conceives, gives birth, and nurtures the spiritual lives of grace for each person. As Mediatrix of All Graces, she is ever present at the side of each person, giving nourishment and hope, from the moment of spiritual birth at Baptism to the moment of death. The confidence that each person should have in Mary was expressed by Pope Pius IX in the encyclical Ubipriinum : �The foundation of all our confidence. . . is found in the Blessed Virgin Mary. For God has committed to Mary the treasury of all good things, in order that everyone may know that through her are obtained every hope, every grace, and all salvation. For this is his will, that we obtain everything through Mary.�