Author of Book About Rosary For Teens Will Appear on CatholicTV During Marian Month of October

Author of Book About Rosary For Teens Will Appear on CatholicTV During Marian Month of October

On Oct 19th, Maureen Provencher, author of “Mysteries in My Hands” will appear on the live CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”. Maureen will discuss her book about the Rosary which she wrote for teens.

Her interview comes during the Marian month of October, which is dedicated to the rosary.

This is the Day airs at 10:30AM ET at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV cable outlets. The show is rebroadcast at 7:30PM and other times during the week.

Mysteries in My Hands is a book for teens who want to learn how to pray the rosary. The book discusses how the rosary came to be and includes scripture references and quotes from Pope John Paul II's Rosarium Virginis Mariae. The prayers of the rosary are also in the book as well as a detailed outline of the beads.

The book also includes reflective writings from adults and young people, which introduce readers to the importance of the rosary today.

Maureen P. Provencher has served professionally in the young ministry field in New England for more than fifteen years, in parish, regional, and diocesan settings. She contributed to "A Listening Session for Young People" in the book Creating Safe and Sacred Places (Saint Mary's Press) and to the Saint Mary's Press Web site with an article called "Walking with Teens in Hope." In addition, she has contributed to several issues of the World Youth Day resource manual (National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry) and has been a presenter at various events, institutes, and conferences. Maureen holds a degree in religious studies from Saint Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont.

On October 3rd, Pope Benedict spoke of the Rosary and prayed that “daily meditation of the mysteries of Christ in union with Mary, the 'praying Virgin', might fortify us all in faith, hope and charity."