Block Rosary Society

Block Rosary Crusade is an indigenous pious society in the Catholic Church whose main objective is to promulgate the Fatima message of 1917. It was started by Oblate Eusebius Dominic Ogizu of Urualla in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit with some members in the year 1956 at No. 29 Arondizuogu Street, Aba, later in the year 1958, it was transferred to No. 21 Arondizuogu Street in Ndiegore Catholic Mission (an out station of Christ the King Catholic Church Parish) now our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Aba.

The society was an offshoot of Oblate Oguizu’s Catholic Catechism Doctrine (C.C.D) work in which he introduced praying the Rosary and reciting the litany of Blessed Virgin Mary after teaching Catechism. Oblate Eusebius began the Crusade with twelve children of which only the names of Benedict Ezuma, Theresa Ezuma, Catherine Ezuma, Roseline Okeke, Emmanuel Oguegbu and Victoria Ejor can be vividly remembered. The few adults that joined the society then were Charles Ahanekwu, Simeon Ifezue, Joseph Obiorah, Christopher Obi, Matthew Agonsi, Cyril Nwagbo, David Onwusoro and late Michael Okonkwo. Strange enough, the society at its inception had no name. It could be describe from the way its activities were carried out, teaching of Catechism and praying the Rosary and Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary from street to street and yard to yard every evening. Oblate Eusebius had a little hand bell with which he used to summoned members to prayer. Later on, he got a pamphlet from America in 1958 titled ‘Weekly Block Rosary”, from this he named his movement Block Rosary with the motto: Prayer and Penance” as directed by Our Lady of Fatima in 1917.

So your strength is failing you? Why don’t you tell your mother about it?…Mother! Call her with a loud voice. She is listening to you; she sees you in danger, perhaps, and she–your holy mother Mary–offers you, along with the grace of her son, the refuge of her arms, the tenderness of her embrace…and you will find yourself with added strength for the new battle Saint Josemaria Escriva

Block Rosary Society

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