Peace in our hearts
Peace in our families Peace in our world
TOTUS
TUUS ROSARY MAKERS ASSOCIATION
is very pleased to announce that we have been recognized and
incorporated by the government of the province of Alberta as a
non-profit organization in the ‘Year of the Rosary’ on July 3,
2003. Effective August 12, 2003, we have also been granted status
as a registered charity by the Federal Government of
Canada.
‘TOTUS
TUUS’ is Latin for ‘totally yours’.
In 1978 when John Paul II became Pope, he consecrated his
pontificate to the Blessed Virgin Mary and adopted this Latin
phrase, ‘TOTUS TUUS’ as his personal motto.
Our
Rosary Makers group would not exist without the inspiration and
continued guidance of the Blessed Virgin Mary – thus the group
belongs totally to Mary. Furthermore, each member strives, as an
individual, to belong totally to Mary, as well.
In October of 2002, Pope
John Paul II released his apostolic letter entitled ‘The Rosary of
the Virgin Mary’. He underlines the fact that Mary’s role is to
bring us into a closer and closer relationship with Jesus Christ.
So we consecrate ourselves totally to Mary so that, through her,
we can belong totally to Jesus.
The Pope encourages
everyone to pray the Rosary, especially for peace in the world.
The Rosary is a powerful prayer for peace because during the
Rosary we focus on the life of Jesus, who is the Prince of Peace.
It is Pope John Paul II who
has inspired me to call our Rosary Makers Association by this very
special name – TOTUS TUUS.
Our
only aim is to give honor and glory to God by encouraging devotion
to Our Lady through praying the Rosary. We do this by teaching
students how to make and pray the Rosary in our schools and by
making and sending Rosaries to the missions.
Since
February 1998 until June of 2007, we have visited over 80
schools (most several times) in
Calgary
and area, and made and prayed the rosary with thousands of
students, together with their parents and teachers. In 2006 we
made and distributed over 30,000 Rosaries to missions at home
and abroad. This year, in 2007, we have already sent over 29,000
Rosaries worldwide. Destinations include
Australia
,
Barbados
,
Bolivia
, Burkin Faso,
Colombia
,
Croatia
,
Cuba
,
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
, Ghana,
Honduras
,
Hong Kong
, India,
Indonesia
,
Israel
,
Italy
,
Lebanon, Lesotho
,
Mexico
,
Pakistan
,
Papua New Guinea
,
Philippines
,
South Africa
, St. Lucia,
Tanzania
, the
Ukraine
and the United States.
We meet every Tuesday
morning at 9:30, after morning Mass and Rosary. Our membership
includes over 40 men, women and children, ranging in age from 6 to
90. You are most welcome to drop in and learn
how to make Rosaries and experience and enjoy the warm fellowship
which has developed in this very special group.
