2018 PUBLIC SQUARE ROSARY CRUSADE OCTOBER 13, 2018

The 2018 Public Square Rosary Crusade was a tremendous success with 21,145 rallies in the USA, and 23,081 in 27 nations across the globe. The number of Rosary Rallies has been steadily increasing throughout the years. When we first started in 2007, we were surprised to reach 2,000, whereas now we are slowly nearing 25,000. This increase is a wonderful means to show Heaven of our determination to please God and our willingness to stand up for His moral law.

Next year, it will take place on October 12, 2019  the Saturday closest to the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima.

I cannot believe that it has been 11 years since my first Rosary Rally. It has been in the same park except in 2007 where it was held in the parking lot of a local church. I am very thankful for my husband and the Public Square Rosary Crusaders that comes every year to pray with me even though they are in pain or have just undergone surgery. The cold weather ( 45 degrees) did not deter us with our prayers and singing. There was a guy that came and sat with us. I gave him a rosary and when he left, he said to us that he has not prayed for a long time and needed it. Praise God if we were instruments to help him!

It was such a happy and blessed occasion that we all look forward every year to gather and pray for America and the whole world.

I thank God, the Blessed Mother and America Need Fatima for the opportunity to serve as a rally captain again this year! It is truly an honor and a blessing.

May God bless all of us!

LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

It is Labor Day, last day for summer activities especially barbecuing ribs, chicken, steak, hamburger, hot dogs, vegetables etc..etc... Excuse me, talk about yourself!  Why? Because I am sure there are many people that barbeque all year round, including us.  That is right! As long as the weather is nice with no snow on the ground, we fire up our barbeque grill and start grilling!  Amen! You can say that again!  Anyway, I am deviating from the subject because I found this very interesting.

Do you know where your food comes from? I thought I knew. The other day, I bought a bottle of apple juice for a recipe I am going to make...thought it was a product of the USA since it has the Meijer's name on the label plus the price is better than the other brands. I guess consumers really look at price first, which I am guilty of.  But who wouldn't, with the sorry state of our economy? Besides, do we not always hear that we should try the store's brand first than the name brand items since it is cheaper, has the same taste, consistency, blah...blah...blah..

Anyway, guess what? When I looked at the label, I found out that it was " distributed by Meijer Distribution Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan."

I looked at the bottle closely, and lo and behold, "Product of China" was on top of the label, on the bottle itself.  It is so easy to miss. Why was it not on the label itself?  Did they do it on purpose so it could be missed very easily?

Why am I rambling about this? First of all, Meijer is in Michigan, originated in Michigan and the corporate headquarters is in Walker, Michigan in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. Second, did you all know that Michigan ranks 3rd in the nation in apple production!  So, you would think that Michigan has enough to supply Meijer or any place in Michigan?  I do not know about imports and exports, but I just thought it would be nice for our stores to patronize first our local grown products, don't you all think so?  That is all folks, my 2 cents spill about what I bought which surprised me.  Why?  It should not have surprised you since one can rarely see any products made in the USA anymore, is it not?  I rest my case!

Have a safe, happy and blessed Labor Day!! May God bless all of us and let us all pray for world peace!!

BARCODE LABEL ON FOOD 02182013

When you are in the supermarket, do you ever wonder where the food you buy come from?  Yes???  Well,  I ususally look in the back and most of our food, it seems comes from China!  I was in the grocery store looking for fish last Friday, and all I can see is " product of China!"  Do we even have fish in the good old USA anymore?  What did I do?  I did not want to buy it but I cannot find any that is from America!  What is happening to our country????? 

I was at the mall today, all I can see from the tag of the clothes is " made in China!"  Don't we have any made from the USA??  Apparently not.  That is sooo sad....really, really sad.......No wonder our dear country is in such predicament.  There is nothing anymore made here!  Everything is made in China or another country!!  Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! What can we do??  If you do not want it, do not buy it!  But then what will you eat??  What will you wear???  This does not make sense. ( Sigh). Does anything make sense nowadays?  We also owe China trillions of dollars! That is sooo scary!  I just hope and pray that we will not be the United States of China in the future. 

Do you want to know the origin of the food we buy?  I came across an article that says the government does not list anymore in some cases the country where the food came from. It is coded on the barcode label.  So be sure to check the barcode labels on food!  It is the first 3 numbers on the barcode label that indicates the country of origin of the food.

690 - 692  China
  00 -   09  USA & Canada
  30 -   37  France
  40 -   44  Germany
         471  Taiwan
           49   Japan
           50   UK

That's all for now, folks...... have a safe and a blessed day!

May God bless America and the whole world!!!