Group makes Ranger Rosaries to send to troops in Iraq

Published: 2004-07-16

GLASGOW, Del.(CNS) -- Teri Yovanovich has been praying for more than a year for the safety of her brother, a military policeman in Iraq. Now she has found a second way to show him her love; she has made him a rosary, one that will blend in with his military uniform. Her brother probably already has a rosary, Yovanovich told The Dialog, newspaper of the Wilmington Diocese. "But he doesn't have one that I made him. It's something I can do. It's a connection," she said. More than 100 people from nine parishes joined Yovanovich at St. Margaret of Scotland Church recently to put together what are called Ranger Rosaries. They are made of parachute cord and plastic beads and crosses. Green cord and black beads are used for the Army and Marine rosaries; gray cord and blue beads for the Navy and Air Force. So that military personnel can wear them without endangering their safety, the rosaries are made so that they do not reflect light or make noise. As of mid-July 500 rosaries had been made.

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