The Mission of One Million Rosaries in One Million Hands began during Adoration.
As I was writing the Mater Rosae business plan, I felt very clearly that the Mission was meant to be One Million Rosaries in One Million Hands.
I tried to negotiate with God.
Maybe 1,000 Rosaries would be a good place to start. Or perhaps 10,000.
But the inner voice was stronger than me: What part of One Million are you not getting?
So I finally said, “OK God, let's do this.”
There was only one problem: I had absolutely no idea how.
One day, my sister suggested that I research what Our Lady has consistently asked of us through her apparitions. The answer became very clear: Pray the Rosary.
I knew then that the Mission had to go beyond the Rosary Rings themselves. The rings would help us keep A Rosary in Your Hands, Always, but Mater Rosae also needed to actively support the spread of the Rosary and the prayer of the Rosary.
I just didn't know what that would look like.
An Unexpected Call
One day during Adoration, I felt an urgency to call my school friend Nareen. I didn't know why or where the conversation would lead. We hadn't spoken in some time, so we caught up on our lives and our plans, and I shared the story of Mater Rosae.
Then Nareen told me that she was also involved with Rosaries—although, as she described them, much more “humble Rosaries,” made at a very low cost.
She supported a group of Rosary Makers in Weston, Florida, who make Rosaries to give away. Their materials are purchased with the help of people who donate to support their work.
And suddenly, I understood.
This was the answer I had been looking for.
Mater Rosae could use part of our proceeds to provide materials to Rosary Makers, helping them make more missionary Rosaries and put them into more hands.
I understood why I had felt that urgency to call Nareen.
Meeting the Rosary Makers of Weston
Nareen introduced me to Claudia, the leader of the Rosary Makers of Weston. I went to visit her, learned more about their work, saw the Rosaries they were making and began to understand just how far these simple Rosaries could travel.
The numbers are extraordinary. In 2024, the Rosary Makers of Weston distributed 14,000 Rosaries around the world. In 2025 alone, that number grew to 19,000.
That was the beginning of a beautiful story between Mater Rosae and the Rosary Makers of Weston.
We started with 300 Rosaries for Father Jorge's mission in SoHo, New York.
Then came 600 Rosaries for the Flourish Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. I was able to place Rosaries directly into the hands of women attending the conference, while also giving groups of 40 and 50 Rosaries to missionaries who would carry them to other communities across the United States.
Then 150 Rosaries traveled to Africa.
Another 550 Rosaries came with us to Encounter and the Napa Institute, where we continued placing Rosaries into more people's hands.
Rosaries have also traveled to Costa Rica, and we are now preparing to send them to Venezuela.
One community of Rosary Makers in Weston. Thousands of Rosaries made by hand every year. Rosaries reaching people across the United States and around the world.
Little by little, I began to see what One Million Rosaries in One Million Hands could look like.
One Rosary at a Time
Today, supporting Rosary Makers is an essential part of the Mater Rosae Mission.
A portion of our proceeds helps provide the materials they need to continue making missionary Rosaries that can be freely placed into more hands.
And perhaps one of the greatest lessons of this journey has been Trust.
When I said yes to One Million Rosaries in One Million Hands, I didn't know how we would do it. I still don't know every step that will take us there.
And I have learned that I don't need to.
God and Our Lady continue to guide us—bringing the right people, ideas and opportunities into the path of Mater Rosae, often in ways I could never have planned myself.
Our responsibility is to listen, to trust, and to keep moving the Mission forward.
One Rosary at a time. One pair of hands at a time.
This is Their Mission for Mater Rosae. And we trust Them to continue showing us the way.
The experience with the Rosary Makers of Weston would eventually inspire another chapter of the Mission closer to home.
But that is a story for another blog.
