The Rosary

 October is the month of the Rosary, so I thought I would have the students make an edible rosary.  While I am explaining to them the parts of the Rosary, they can put the rosary together and then eat their finished product. 
The development of the rosary has a long history.  First, a practice developed of praying 150 Our Fathers in imitation of the 150 Psalms.  Then there was a parallel practice of praying 150 Hail Marys.  Soon a mystery of Jesus' life was attached to each Hail Mary.  In 2002, Pope John Paul II added the luminous mysteries to this devotion. 
The purpose of the rosary is to help us meditate on the great mysteries of our salvation.  The main focus is on Jesus-his birth, life, death and resurrection.
The Our Fathers remind us that Jesus' Father is the initiator of salvation.  The Hail Marys remind us tp join with Mary in contemplating these mysteries.  They also make us aware that Mary was and is intimately joined with her Son in all the mysteries of his earthly and haevenly existence.  The Glorys remind us that the purpose of all life is the glory of the Trinity. 

I used fondant to make the Our Father beads, the Cross and the trinity connector.  I used a kabob skewer to make the holes.  For the Hail Mary beads I have candy beads, and I used dental floss to string it together.