Annunciation Church & Ascension Mission
The Confraternity of the Holy Rosary:
Understanding the M I
Founders of our local chapter of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary, Dennis “Devo” Voss (second from right) and his wife, Carrie (center), along with their daughters Kaila (left) and Tali (second from left), son, Tanu (right), and two grandsons, weeks before their daughter Tali’s passing.
f you think back, can you picture your grandmother’s worn fingers, passing effortlessly over her Rosary beads, lips moving silently, as she sat in her favorite rocking chair? Maybe you recall your family’s Lenten resolution to pray at least one decade each Sunday night, before the start of the upcoming week. And yet, the Rosary is a prayer that you’ve never quite managed to adapt into your own practice of the faith. You’re not alone. Although many Catholics probably own a Rosary, many still find themselves daunted by the prayer, and the beads remain generally untouched. This was the case for Ascension Mission parishioner Dennis “Devo” Voss until several years ago. Devo began attending Mass with his Catholic wife when their children were young. He became Catholic through the RCIA process not long after, and then started becoming involved in stewardship, but God’s work in His heart was nowhere near complete. One night, continued on page 5
“When you pray the Rosary, slow down, pronounce the words, understand what you’re saying because the words of the Rosary are massively powerful. By praying the Rosary, you start learning the mysteries, you start understanding your Bible. The Rosary helps me understand the mysteries of our faith.” — Dennis “Devo” Voss
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