Sunday, April 22, 2007

Remembrance Rosary

I have finally completed my masterpiece Rosary. Comprised of a full 15 decades, I constructed it in special remembrance of my late brother, Damian Coghlan, who died of Eisenmenger's syndrome (a lifelong congenital heart defect) nearly 10 years ago.

It is intended to be displayed over a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, hopefully somewhere in Oxford (maybe even the Oratory?!)

As you can see from the pictures, it features a gold coloured Benedictine Crucifix and 'Miraculous Medal' centre piece. The links are also brass plated (in actual fact made from paper clips). The beads are made of olive wood from the Holy Land, with each Hail Mary bead being 10mm diameter. The Our Father beads are 12mm diameter, with special carved ones to delineate the separate mysteries of the Rosary (Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious).

The round brass medal features carving on one side "+ Requiescant in Pace" and on the reverse, "1-2-77 Damian Coghlan 16-10-97"
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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous22 April 2007 at 21:29:00 BST

    Thanks so much for this Matt. i was going to ask you to share about your brother, this very week for some reason.
    The Remembrance Rosary is beautiful.

    God Bless,

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  2. Mulier Fortis22 April 2007 at 23:23:00 BST

    Wow! Amazing. Well done!

    But why no luminous mysteries?

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  3. Anonymous23 April 2007 at 01:27:00 BST

    If you trust in Our Lady, then no ruin will ever come of you. She is all powerful and most generous.

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  4. Andrew23 April 2007 at 02:29:00 BST

    Cool rosary, Matt. Certainly, a fitting reminder for your brother, may he rest in peace.

    I hope it gets displayed is a worthy spot.

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  5. DrMatthewDoyle23 April 2007 at 18:04:00 BST

    Luminous mysteries??? I'll have to write a post on that. How about when my brother died there were just the 150 hail marys, reflecting the 150 psalms ("Psalter of Mary"). JPII said his chaplet was optional, which meant it made my job 25% easier!!

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  6. antonia23 April 2007 at 20:11:00 BST

    aw! lovely!

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  7. Ttony23 April 2007 at 20:19:00 BST

    This is a wonderful gift of love. RIP Damian.

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  8. Anonymous28 April 2007 at 23:43:00 BST

    Really nice post Matt, very thoughtful. I totally love the rosary - it's SO cool!

    And the Benedictine Cross is fab! I love those Benedictine crosses :)!

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