Thanks to Catholics from Wisconsin for sharing a great idea to spiritually support our bishops! From their website we learn:
Rosary for the Bishop is a program which aims to show support for Catholic Bishops by maintaining an ongoing web-based spiritual bouquet.
The effort began at Christmas of 2005 in Madison Wisconsin as a Spiritual Bouquet for Bishop Robert Morlino. Lay Catholics from around the Diocese of Madison could sign up online to pray one rosary per month for the Bishop.
After two years, over 300 people were praying one Rosary per month for Bishop Morlino year-round, with at least five Rosaries being prayed every day.
At the end of 2009, the organizers of Madison's Rosary for the Bishop campaign, inspired by the success in Madison, decided to expand the program to all Dioceses in the United States. The Rosary for the Bishop website was overhauled to accommodate this change, as well as adding a number of new features, such as Twitter integration.
The effort began at Christmas of 2005 in Madison Wisconsin as a Spiritual Bouquet for Bishop Robert Morlino. Lay Catholics from around the Diocese of Madison could sign up online to pray one rosary per month for the Bishop.
After two years, over 300 people were praying one Rosary per month for Bishop Morlino year-round, with at least five Rosaries being prayed every day.
At the end of 2009, the organizers of Madison's Rosary for the Bishop campaign, inspired by the success in Madison, decided to expand the program to all Dioceses in the United States. The Rosary for the Bishop website was overhauled to accommodate this change, as well as adding a number of new features, such as Twitter integration.
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It is easy to join this prayer initiative for our Catholic bishops. Don't delay. They need and deserve our prayer support. Maybe you already do pray for your bishop, but Rosary for the Bishop keeps count of the Rosaries promised and lets the bishops know how many are praying for them. Who isn't comforted and strengthened by the knowledge that others are supporting them in prayer--including bishops? Join today! It only takes a few minutes.
Update 2/8/10: Some bishops outside of the USA have now been included in the campaign. The organizers must be busy accommodating requests to include bishops from other countries. If you want your bishop included, submit a request, and then be sure to let people in your parish and diocese know about it so they can join the campaign!
For a good article about the campaign from CNA, click here.
Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest, Mother of all priests, and our Mother, help us respond generously to the Holy Spirit's request, through the voice of His Church, to offer up to God Eucharistic adoration for priests. Amen.
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