Bishop Huonder Leads Rosary Procession in Einsiedeln to Commemorate Lepanto

 A good thousand believers took part in this year's rosary procession in Einsiedeln on October 8th.

For centuries it was customary to carry out a solemn rosary procession on the occasion of the rosary festival to commemorate the victory of Lepanto in Einsiedeln. This tradition was lost after the Second Vatican Council but was taken up again by the Militiae Immaculatae and is now shared by three organizations. This year's procession took place on October 8th and is growing from year to year.

Despite the sometimes-heavy rain, a good thousand believers came to Einsiedeln, including many young people and families, to hold the rosary festival to the glory of God and with the request for a Christian future for the country - but this year also for the world consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary to thank 80 years ago.

On October 31, 1942, in the middle of the Second World War, the 25th anniversary of the Marian apparitions of Fatima was solemnly concluded and Pope Pius XII. consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to which she herself had called in Fatima, during a radio address. The turning point in the war coincided with the Battle of El Alamein. A prominent and - from a Catholic point of view - unbiased eyewitness, the then British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, wrote: "One can almost say that we did not record a single victory before El Alamein and afterwards not a single defeat."

The procession was spiritually led by Msgr. Vitus Huonder, Bishop Emeritus of Chur, and two priests. Bishop Vitus Huonder declared at the end of the procession at the Frauenbrunnen on the monastery square that "the consecration is an act of the special and solemn dedication of the faith and thereby becomes a source of a special blessing". In the case of consecration to the Blessed Mother, this is a deep act of faith in the Blessed Mother's participation in the work of salvation of her son Jesus and, connected with it, in God's goodness and mercy. After his speech, those present knelt and led by the bishop, prayed together the prayer of consecration written by Pope Pius XII.

The Militia Immaculatae, is a Catholic movement founded in 1917 by Saint Father Maximilian Kolbe. It promotes devotion to Our Lady, particularly through the distribution of the Miraculous Medal and the Rosary. Father Maximilian Kolbe is known to many because 80 years ago he voluntarily gave his life in the hunger bunker in the Auschwitz concentration camp for the father of family who was a fellow prisoner. The Militia Immaculatae of the traditional observance has several thousand members in German-speaking countries and over 100,000 members worldwide.

This year, the organizing committee was expanded by two Catholic movements: The Fatima World Apostolate of Switzerland, which was founded in 1952 to spread the message of Fatima, and the prayer initiative Switzerland Prays, which arose in the wake of the Corona crisis and meets every Wednesday evening at 140 Places in Switzerland and prayed the Rosary. 

Tradition in Einsiedeln

The Feast of the Rosary is celebrated annually on October 7th to commemorate the victory achieved by praying the Rosary in the greatest galley battle in history, on October 7th, 1571 in the Strait of Lepanto (Greece). There the outnumbered Christians triumphed against the Ottoman fleet and ended Turkish dominance in the Mediterranean.

Information for the 2023 Rosary Procession and more can be found on the Rosary Prayer website.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Image : rosary prayer. info

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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A Million Poles Will Pray on the Anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto With the Action "Rosary on the Border"

A Million Poles will pray on the anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto on the border of their homeland for God's intervention for the people and fatherland and the conversion of Europe

(Rome) Pope Francis referred in his greetings to Polish pilgrims on the occasion of 100 years of Fatima,

"In each of the six appearances, the Mother of God asked, 'I want you to pray the Rosary.' Let us pray, by responding to their request, together for the Church, for the Chair of Peter, and for the cares of the whole world. Let us ask forgiveness for sins. Let us pray for the conversion of the doubtful, for those who deny God and for the souls in purgatory. I sincerely bless you for all of you who pray the Rosary."

A priest translated the words into Polish.

One million Poles to pray the rosary on the border of their land

Next Saturday, a million Poles will gather along the borders of their land and pray the Rosary. A laity initiative has called for a Rosary Celebration (Feast of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary) to a rosary of expiation. The idea comes from the foundation God Alone is Sufficient and has the full support of the Polish Episcopal Conference. With a statement, the bishops called on Poles to participate in the action and to secure the borders of the country with the Rosary. The action was intended to emphasize the foundations on which the Polish state of affairs rests, and to procure the Divine Assistance for its people and land.

The action is called "Rozaniec do granic" (Rosary on the Border). More than 300 churches near the border are involved in the action, as are churches at the most important airports in the country and in other countries where Polish communities abroad are located. On the website of the action it reads,

"The Rosary is a powerful weapon in the fight against evil, so powerful that it has not only changed the course of history once. There are thousands of testimonies and proven miracles that prove its exceptional effectiveness."

"As a salvation for the world Our Lady shows the prayer of the Rosary."

"This is why we believe that when the Rosary will be prayed by about a million Poles gathered at the borders of the country, this can not only change the course of events, but open the hearts of our countrymen to the grace of God."

"The powerful prayer of the Rosary can influence the fate of Poland, Europe and even the whole world."

"In the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph."

"We pray for the people and the Fatherland and for the conversion of Europe"

Maciej Bodasinski, the founder of the God Foundation alone, and one of the initiators of the prayer campaign, told LifeSiteNews that "for the conversion of Poland, the conversion of Europe and the conversion of the whole world to Christ" has been prayed, "so that as many souls as possible are saved from eternal damnation and find the way to God." Bodasinski also referred to the "growing danger of war and terrorism." The Rosary is also an "act of expiation for the Communist past of Poland and the curses and wounds inflicted on the Immaculate Heart of Mary."

The Poles will pray for the people and the fatherland, and it addressees also the European Union, which is leading a more or less open march against the countries of Central Europe because they oppose the just as illegal, unrestrained mass immigration leading to an Islamization of Europe.

The Vaticanist Marco Tosatti talks of a Catholic, Polish resistance, against an attitude which has generally replaced the group's interests and lobbying interests. The Islamization, which the initiators of the Polish prayer campaign want to prevent in their country, is - according to Tosatti - a fact.

Islamization is a fact: in Vienna from 0.4 percent to 28 percent

The Vaticanist refers to two reports. In the past two days alone, 5,000 boat migrants had arrived in France without being reported by the media. In order not "to not disturb business", says Tosatti. He also published figures on the Islamization of Vienna, the capital of Austria. The share of Muslims in the population:

• 1971: 0.4 percent
• 2011: 11.6 percent
• 2017: it is not known (but 28 percent of the students are Muslims).

To this says Tosatti:

"The undersigned personally has nothing against Muslims, but how should one describe the phenomenon of an increase of such magnitude, if not an invasion?"

Prayer action on the day of the Battle of Lepanto

Battle of Lepanto 1571

The prayer campaign "Rosary on the Border" will take place on October 7, as the initiators announced, because on 7 October 1571 the Christian fleet commanded by Don Juan d'Austria defeated the Turks in the Battle of Lepanto and because it was a first Saturday of the month. The Mother of God asked in Fatima for the worship of her Immaculate Heart and the daily prayer of the rosary, but also for reparation on five successive first Saturdays of the month. The 7th of October, 2017 is such an Immaculate Heart of Mary Sunday. The Rosary Festival was introduced to thank Her for the victory of Lepanto.

The Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, owned by the US billionaire George Soros, is trying to spoil the prayer campaign, according to Tosatti.

The program

The action begins at 10:30 am with prayer and catechesis in all churches. At 11 am Holy Mass will be celebrated and Eucharistic Adoration will be held from 12 noon. Afterwards there will be an opportunity for lunch, then the participants go to the nearby border where the rosary will be prayed at 2 pm.

The prayer action is going to be broadcast by Radio Maryja .

"The Poles at least have limits," says Tosatti. It would also be time for other peoples to pray.

Text: Giuseppe Nardi 
Image: Rozaniec do granic / Wikicommons
Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Pray For Us!

Edit: this is also the 444th anniversary of the victory of Catholic forces over the Turk at Lepanto in 1571. 

Then as now, the Church and the remnant of Christendom is under assault, but this time the foes within are as threatening as the enemies without.

Perhaps it is this virtual eclipse of the only Church founded by Jesus Christ, that His  power will manifest to us, for it is only through Him that we will be victorious. 

Now is a good day for everyone to petition His Mother for the graces our leaders need to guide the Church. 

Feast of the Holy Rosary -- Lepanto

The Victory of Lepanto and The Feast of the Holy Rosary

[Wikipedia]The Battle of Lepanto took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece. The Ottoman forces sailing westwards from their naval station in Lepanto (Turkish: İnebahtı; Greek: Ναύπακτος or Έπαχτος Naupaktos or Épahtos) met the Holy League forces, which had come from Messina.
 


With the unexpected but hoped for victory over the Turks, St. Pope Pius V commemorated God's gift by commemorating this as a feast.