18th October is a world-wide celebration dedicated to the rosary. Schools from all over the world say the rosary on that day. Our school participated in this initiative. Ms Rodgers, Assistant Head, told the students the story of the rosary during assembly.  Then students recited one section of the rosary.

Ms Sharon D’Amico, Yr 6.2, class teacher, prepared the above activity in class. This is about a 12-year-old girl called Nousseira who, in 1886 in Palestine, fell into a well and drowned. On the initiative of Sr Santa Maria Alphonsina, all the kids went to say the rosary in the chapel for her salvation. In the meantime rosary beads were also thrown into the well and they ended up on the child’s head. The girl, who had been submerged in the well for one hour,  suddenly saw a bright light that flooded the whole well and miraculously woke up.  Her family then converted to Christianity and every year the mothers kept celebrating this miracle by saying the rosary on the 18th of October.  Luckily this honourable gesture was taken up by many schools across the world and are now celebrating this special day by saying the rosary.

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