Traditional Roman Catholic mission rosaries have been sent to missions in Brazil, South Africa, Namibia, Ghana, Vietnam, Dominican Republic, Peru, Uganda, Venezuela, Trinidad, Haiti, Honduras, Colombia, Mexico and Central America via distributors in California, Texas, Wisconsin and Florida; to Germany, Africa and Asia by Blessed Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity from hubs in Rome and Calcutta via distributors in Glen Cove, NY; and Denver, Colo.; to distributors in Tamarac, Fla., North Easton, Mass. and Houston; to India via a distributor in Amsterdam, NY; to Africa via nuns from St. Clare Convent in Cincinnati; to a society in Yakima, Wash., shipping to India; and directly to Eternal World Television Network and to churches/missions in South India, Uganda, India, The Philippines, Rwanda, Zambia, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Malaysia and Burma; and to Croatia and San Giovanni Rotondo Italy, the monastery home of Saint Padre Pio ... to a pro-life center in Brooklyn, NY; a nun in Reading, Pa.; a now-closed treatment facility in Boerne, Texas; Ambassadors of Mary in Annandale, Va.; a home-study school in Front Royal, Va.; to tornado victims in Enterprise, Ala., and hurricane victims in Jensen Beach, Fla., as well as twice to Louisiana on the Gulf Coast, and to missions in Chicago; Mount Prospect, Ill.; Riverview, Fla.; Ellijay, Ga.; Poteau, Okla.; Outing, Minn.; Bronx, N.Y.; Norwich, Conn.; and Hickory, N.C.; Catholic and Anglican rosaries to hospitals in Brooklyn and Indianapolis, and a mission in Bloomington, Ind.; Catholic rosaries to a hospital in Dallas; Anglican rosaries to a hospital in Houston; Catholic rosaries to a community support center in Dracut, Mass.; a treatment facility in Chicago; an Apostolate in Poway, Calif. that serves that area and Mexico; a family therapist in Bloomfield, Ind.; a Hospice in San Antonio, Texas; a missionary for hospitals, youth and churches in Amsterdam, N.Y., a former monk in Seal Beach, Calif. who teaches people to make mission rosaries ... Anglican rosaries have gone to Lutheran Hospital in Brooklyn, NY; to a mission-homeless shelter in Linton, Indiana, as well as Lutheran churches in Linton and Shishmaref, Alaska, the northern-most church in the world ... other rosaries have been simply handed out to those in need ... one 'special' mission rosary was delivered to the small St. Joan of Arc Chapel on the grounds of Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis. ...

Isn't it wonderful how, like the links connecting the beads of a rosary, the links of distribution of a Rosary help make prayer possible throughout the world ...