Letters

Rosary beads request

Jim Smith

Contents - May 2006 - Buy a copy now Editorial: Benedict XVI: love and truth are inseparable Papacy: Benedict completes his first twelve months as Pope - Fr Ephraem Chifley News: The Church Around the World Satellite service: EWTN Australia Events: Carnivale Christi 2006 scheduled for Melbourne and Sydney in May - AD2000 Report Benedict's first twelve months: 'We Are Church' delivers its verdict - Michael Gilchrist Catholicism-lite's Church of convenience - Paul A. Wagner University: Students should challenge dissenting teachers - Dr Michael Casey Vocations: Can religious life be rebuilt in Australia? - Sr Mary Augustine OP Foreign priests - a tale of two Brisbane parishes - Bob Osmak Letters: Adoption - our experience - Bella and Leon Voesenek Letters: Bigotry - Maureen Federico Letters: Religious dissent - Kevin McManus Letters: Lay led liturgies in Rockhampton diocese - Jessie Roger Letters: Actions and attitudes - S. Chaston Letters: Liturgical abuses - Rosanna Sherman Letters: Inclusive language - John Daly Letters: Elites - Peter Gilet Letters: Conscience - Jerome Gonzalez Letters: Modernism - Don Gaffney Letters: Intelligent Design - Michael Griffiths Letters: Creationism? - Fr G.H. Duggan SM Letters: Phillip Adams - Frank Bellet Letters: Warning! Letters: Rosary beads request - Jim Smith Books: The Victory Of Reason, by Rodney Stark - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: On The Way To Jesus Christ, by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) - Jacinta Cummins (reviewer) Books: Young Faces of Holiness: Modern Saints in Photos and Words, by Ann Ball - Jacinta Cummins (reviewer) Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books Reflection: Oneness in Christ: the heart of the priesthood - Fr John W. O'Neill PP

Each year I give away thousands of rosary beads to the missions. At the moment I am in desperate need of 5,000 to 10,000 rosary beads.

There is a rosary-making group in New South Wales that will sell them to me for $400 per 1,000, that is $2,000 buys 5,000 rosary beads and $4,000 buys 10,000.

I need help to do this work and I wonder whether any of your readers is in a position to assist with this project.

I don't want people to send me money - the money needs to be sent direct to the rosary makers. I want any potential sponsors to be confident I am not cheating them out of their money.

If you wish to help in any way, please ring me on (07) 3390-1082 and I will explain what to do. My address is 29 Valentine Rd, Birkdale, Qld 4159.

JIM SMITH
Birkdale, Qld

[Editor: Jim Smith has enclosed letters of appreciation from the recipients of the rosary beads in Third World countries.]

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 19 No 4 (May 2006), p. 16