The Rosary Apostolate in the Schools Program was given birth in the Toronto Catholic District School Board in 1997. Sr. Marilina Cinelli, along with a group of retired teachers, responded to the request from teachers and/or principals to pray the Rosary with individual classrooms. Feedback from both teachers and students was amazing! Teachers wanted this experience for their own children and requested we bring it to their schools as well. This is what caused us to expand. The Religion Department reviewed and approved our presentations and we were given vacant classrooms to use as storage for rosaries and program supplies. We are very grateful for the continued support received by the Toronto Catholic District School Board!
"The Rosary Apostolate has changed my life! I was devoted to Mary, but now I really feel I am an Apostle of her Immaculate Heart, called by the Mother of God, sent out on a mission, to lead all souls to Jesus through Mary. I love praying the Rosary...how much joy it gives to me to be able to teach children how to pray from the heart!"
"Dear Rosary Team,
I wrote this letter to thank you for spending time with our school and praying the Rosary. I also wish to tell you what praying did for my family. My Grandmother got sick when she was in the hospital and almost died. But after I prayed the Rosary, she looked better each time I saw her. Then one day she got better and came home. It was a true miracle! I would also like to thank you for praying the Rosary with my school and for putting on a spendid Rosary celebration."
"Dear Rosary Team,
I thank you, the Rosary Team, for coming to our school every year and month to pray the Rosary. I thank you because now I pray the Rosary every day of the week and I always think of Mary. I have learned a lot like how to pray the mysteries and about Christ in the past. When I pray the Rosary, I remember why we pray."
"Dear Rosary Team,
My class and I would like to thank you for sharing your time with us. We really appreciate the prayers we said together and the celebration you and your team put together. By praying the Rosary, it helps us understand the meaning of our lives because Mary is in our hearts and she helps us when we are up against hard times. So that's why we pray the Rosary. So we thank you from our hearts and we wish to see you again to pray."
This is an apostolate of evangelization through prayer. Members are called "Rosary Visitors". They bear witness to their faith by teaching children to love Jesus with the Heart of Mary by praying the Rosary with love and entrusting them to the protection of the Mother of God through the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. They will follow the presentations as outlined by the Rosary Apostolate, Inc.
The applicant should be a practicing Catholic. They should also have a strong devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and also pray the Rosary daily. Applicants are to respect and love children. Experience working with children is an asset.
We seek people who are: loving, giving, prayerful, humble, peaceful, understanding, forgiving, friendly, wise, trusting, obedient, patient, good, and kind. One must desire to serve Jesus and Mary for the Glory of God.