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Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right.
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RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist.
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Reader comment.
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Father Z,
The rosary you picture came to you from Beth Small, a stalwart member of the TLM community to which I belong.
Her “Immaculata Rosaries” has no connection whatsoever with the “Immaculata Rosaries” that you link.
In correction, perhaps I may give Beth’s correct contact information:
Immaculata Rosaries
Fine Wire-wrapped Rosaries
Handcrafted by Beth Small
BSmallDVM@aol.com
The Paraclete Catholic Books and Gifts
800-333-2097
The head of the British Secret Service sent you a Rosary, Father?
The best rosaries I ever saw were made by a man in the American TFP. Apparently, his are made so strong you could hang from a branch with them.
I have a Saint Benedict rosary from the Catholic shop in St. Paul. It is very well made.
A propos of strong rosaries: what should one do if one has a not-so-strong rosary that breaks in some way? I have a few, but one is pretty cheap (I got it from an adult catechism class) and it broke; it didn’t break on a link, several of the plastic beads broke apart and can’t be replaced. I can’t bring myself to throw it in the trash, what should I do with it?
Steve K., the procedure is to burn or bury them, as with all sacramentals that have outlived their use.
http://www.geocities.com/pelicanlara/answers/qa051999.html
http://www.fisheaters.com/disposing.html
Unfortunately Queen of Peace Rosaries has had this message up on all pages for more than a year and a half: “WE ARE TEMPORARILY CLOSED. PLEASE DO NOT PLACE ANY ORDERS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.” I hope everything’s alright with her and her family. They really are beautiful and reasonably priced for their apparent quality.
Kevin: Sadly.
Steve K,
You have a problem with a very easy solution.
Look in the yellow pages, or google for any bead shop in your area. Like scrapbooking, beading is a very popular craft among woman right now.
Then take your rosary to the bead shop and asks one of the kind girls if anyone could help you fix it.
I bet you’ll have it fixed very quickly, perhaps even on the spot!
Best,
Tod Torrent
If a rosary is broken too badly even to have beads and links replaced, and if it’s been blessed to be a sacramental, then you dispose of it as a sacramental. I think there was a thread about that on here, once.
My problem is that, whenever I try to use a rosary and take it places, it seems to either get mislaid or possibly get stolen. I hope God using my absentmindedness for good and delivering them to good homes, because I’ve lost two good ones that way now. (I guess I need to go to the ones made out of string, and tie them to something I won’t lose… like a body part….)