Beads of Faith: Interest in praying the rosary increasing.

From: Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY) | Date: October 7, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Karen Owen

Oct. 7--People just walk away with Ann Bittel's strings of beads, but the 88-year-old Owensboro woman plans it that way. She leaves her homemade rosaries on a table at church, free for the taking, after services on Mercy Sunday each year. Last year she gave away 145. "I've never sold a rosary," she said. Bittel strings the Catholic devotional tool with beads that are seeds. They are Job's Tears, an annual she grows that looks like a short corn ...

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