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Enourmous Rosary floats over Chicago
National Catholic Register ^ | August 15, 2010 | Nathan Joel

Posted on 08/15/2011 1:08:21 PM PDT by LuxetSacra

CHICAGO (August 15, 2011) - Just in time for the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady, a 75-foot rosary floats skyward from Chicago's Michigan Avenue Bridge claiming the Magnificent Mile for Mary.

A giant rosary floated gracefully over Chicago's busy tourism district on Friday as thousands looked on. The six-foot gold cross hanging from the rosary sparkled in the sunlight as it very slowly ascended between the Tribune tower and the Wrigley building. The rosary of helium-filled yellow balloons bearing the word LIFE then floated down Michigan Avenue over the Hancock Tower and past North Ave Beach.

Cameras and cellphones flew into action as people responded to the unexpected sight.

A passerby tweeted, "A balloon rosary in the air. My faith confirmed :)", while another surprised Chicagoan wrote, "what the... giant balloon rosary, with cross, just floated heavenward from the michigan avenue bridge."

The rosary was the craft of 20 imaginative elementary-school-aged girls and their counselors participating in a summer camp at a Chicago Catholic Parish.

One of the girls said, "It was the prettiest rosary I have ever seen. I liked how it would float up and sit and then float up and sit. It looked really pretty against the buildings and the sky." Another camper said, "The best way to describe it was 'beautiful'. I didn't see one frowning face. It evangelized everyone who saw it."

This is the latest of a series of spontaneous acts of joy across the United States involving the yellow LIFE balloons. Sightings of LIFE balloons at prayer vigils, county fairs and flash mobs leave many wondering if the trend will impact this year's March for Life in Washington DC.

See PHOTOS here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/104310456403281787387/GiantLIFEBalloonRosarySeenByThousandsOverChicagoSDowntown

Story by Nathan Joel, Photos by Rebekah Smith.

(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...


TOPICS: Activism; Ministry/Outreach; Prayer; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: chicago; flashmob; prolife; rosary
Mary's Magnificent Mile!
1 posted on 08/15/2011 1:08:24 PM PDT by LuxetSacra
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To: LuxetSacra

I wonder how many Chicagoans recognize that as a Rosary.


2 posted on 08/15/2011 1:10:47 PM PDT by DManA
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To: LuxetSacra

“A six-foot-gold cross hanging from the Rosary sparkled in the sunlight as it ascended between the Tribune tower and the Wrigley building.”

I like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


3 posted on 08/15/2011 1:11:30 PM PDT by ZULU (McConnell and Boehner are the Judas and Ephialtes of the 21st Century)
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To: LuxetSacra
In Chicago?
 
I'm surprised officials allowed this.

4 posted on 08/15/2011 1:12:04 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (The views and opinions expressed in this post are true and correct. Deal with it)
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To: DManA
I wonder how many Chicagoans recognize that as a Rosary.

At least 1 million of them of Polish descent.

5 posted on 08/15/2011 1:12:10 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: LuxetSacra

That is pretty cool!


6 posted on 08/15/2011 1:14:19 PM PDT by MissH
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To: LuxetSacra

That is amazing!


7 posted on 08/15/2011 1:17:43 PM PDT by agere_contra ("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
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To: LuxetSacra
I make corded Rosaries for the local Catholic hospital myself, but did they think about where this thing was going to land?
8 posted on 08/15/2011 1:19:03 PM PDT by Excellence ( CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: Excellence

I’m offended.....................NOT!


9 posted on 08/15/2011 1:26:31 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Excellence
I wouldn't worry: that cross is like balsa. When the balloons finally burst it's going to land softly. It's not - for instance - going to be a repeat of the priest-impalement scene from 'the Omen'.
10 posted on 08/15/2011 1:27:19 PM PDT by agere_contra ("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
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To: LuxetSacra; Charles Henrickson; bcsco

:: It evangelized everyone who saw it ::

That’s just poor catechesis. This young lady should speak to her padre.

A man-made object or any “real” object cannot “evangelize” anyone...only the pure Gospel can evangelize.


11 posted on 08/15/2011 1:43:28 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a violent and tyrannical political ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Projection.


12 posted on 08/15/2011 1:46:57 PM PDT by bcsco
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To: bcsco

The “liberal” benchmark!


13 posted on 08/15/2011 1:52:39 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a violent and tyrannical political ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

They believe it, so everyone else must.


14 posted on 08/15/2011 3:14:45 PM PDT by bcsco
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

A six-foot cross blessed by a priest floated slowly above the streets of Chicago today.

Just thought you could use reminding of that fact.


15 posted on 08/15/2011 3:46:09 PM PDT by agere_contra ("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
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To: LuxetSacra

16 posted on 08/16/2011 12:28:04 AM PDT by bronxville (Sarah will be the first American female president.)
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To: LuxetSacra
These young priests are wonderful. They work hard for LIFE.
17 posted on 08/16/2011 12:31:33 AM PDT by bronxville (Sarah will be the first American female president.)
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