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October 1, 2021
Today at noon, on October 1, the feast day of St. Therese of Lisieux, the Benedict XVI Institute delivered the first batch of 1000 roses to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco offices.
Shortly after, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone tweeted his reaction: “Wonderful. Each of these 1000 roses represents one Catholic praying a rosary and fasting on Fridays for Speaker Nancy Pelosi through October. May the Blessed Mother touch her heart. Join me in this Rose and Rosary campaign. Sign up at BenedictInstitute.org.”
“More than 3550 people signed up to pray and fast for Nancy Pelosi in the first 24 hours, and literally hundreds of people are still joining each hour,” said Maggie Gallagher, executive director of the Benedict XVI Institute, which is running the Rose and Rosary for Nancy Campaign.”I’ve literally never seen anything like this overwhelming response. Not even last fall’s effort to Free the Mass that Archbishop led compares.”
She went on: “It’s an entirely organic response to Archbishop Cordileone’s leadership. We had planned a digital marketing campaign, but so far Facebook has censored every version of an ad asking folks to pray and fast for Nancy Pelosi. But Catholics are coming anyway to commit to a Rose and Rosary for Nancy.”
Gallagher said they had pre-ordered 1000 roses, estimating that they could get at least 500 people to sign up in the first 24 hours. “The faithful’s response blew up the rose market in San Francisco,” said Gallagher, “We couldn’t locate 3500 roses to send today but we will get them to her. Each rose represents more prayers and rosaries for Nancy Pelosi, as well as for babies in the womb and their mothers.”
Father Moises Agudo who led parishioners in praying the rosary outside Nancy Pelosi’s office while the roses were delivered, says:”The Hispanic community of the archdiocese especially my parishioners in the mission district want to pray the rosary for Nancy’s conversion and that the Virgin Mary can touch her heart so that she can value the lives of children in their mothers’ wombs and the poor on the street.”
(“La comunidad hispana de la arquidiócesis especialmente mis parroquianos en el distrito de la misión queremos rezar el rosario por Nancy y su conversión y que la virgen Maria le toque su corazón para que pueda valorar la VIDA de los niños en los vientres de sus madres y los pobres en las calles.”)
Father Moises is pastor of the Mission churches and Vicar for Hispanics for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
For interviews, more photos, or more information contact Maggie1960Gallagher@gmail.com.
Background
On September 29, Archbishop Cordileone issued a call to action:
“I am therefore inviting all Catholics to join in a massive and visible campaign of prayer and fasting for Speaker Pelosi: commit to praying one rosary a week and fasting on Fridays for her conversion of heart. Please sign up for the ‘Rose and Rosary for Nancy’ campaign at BenedictInstitute.org, and a rose will be sent to her as a symbol of your prayer and fasting for her.”
He reminded us:“St. Therese of Lisieux, the ‘Little Flower,’ whose feast day we celebrate this Friday, is remembered for these famous and cherished words: ‘After my death, I will let fall a shower of roses. I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth. I will raise up a mighty host of little saints. My mission is to make God loved…’ And after her death, the roses began to shower down from heaven. Roses have been called St. Therese’s ‘signature,’ a sign that the petitioner’s prayer has been heard. “The rose is also a symbol of our Blessed Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the ‘mystical rose.’ At this particular moment in the history of our nation, we need more than ever the intercession of our Blessed Mother, St. Therese, and all other saints who have shown us the path to life.”
“On Friday at noon on the Feast of St. Theresa of Lisieux, the first shower of roses will commence,” said Maggie Gallagher, executive director of BenedictInstitute.org which is running this Rose and a Rosary for Nancy campaign.
Archbishop Cordileone’s full statement calling for a Rose and a Rosary campaign for Speaker Nancy Pelosi: https://benedictinstitute.org/archbishop-calls-for-prayers-for-nancy-pelosi/
Press Highlights:
Catholic News Agency:https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/249146/counter-pelosis-abortion-stand-with-roses-and-rosaries-archbishop-cordileone-says
America Magazine/Catholic News Service: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2021/09/30/nancy-pelosi-abortion-archbishop-241552
Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-cordileone-abortion-prayer-fasting
