Rosary Workshop - C9G Altar & Table Chaplets - EGINO WEINERT
 ANGELS ETC CHAPLETS
 ALTAR &TABLE CHAPLETS - 'NINERS'  pg. 4 of  4
 Because we believe our visitors are unique amongst the internet family, we offer some new designs that were inspired by an item seen in an Antique Shop in Munich a few years ago. It was well over 100 years old. It was actually a large, 3 inch round crystal and gold reliquary box contained the relics of about 10 saints.  This was not so unusual but what was different, was the fact that from it, hung a series of beads.  It was a chaplet!  A chaplet where prayers were offered, asking for the intercession of the saints whose relics were contained. This wonderful discovery has inspired the following:

ST MICHAEL GUARDIAN ANGEL   -   GOOD SHEPHERD
ABOUT MEDAL ARTIST EGINO WEINERT
PRAYERS FOR 'NINERS'   -    HISTORY OF NINERS
HOLY FAMILY   -   FEMALE SAINTS   -   MALE SAINTS   -   INDEX

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The powerful male saints medals we have used below were designed by world famous EGINO WEINERT of Germany - a favorite of Pope John Paul II, and an artist to the Vatican. The medals are about 2 inches square and cast in solid bronze, only.  We have chosen very special beads to symbolize the lives of each saint. These 'Niners' are wonderful to keep on your coffee table, prayer table or home altar and are very simple yet powerful to pray.  There is something embracing about holding these medals in one hand and the beads in the other.  And when not in use - sitting on the table - they are visually involving, captivating and evangelizing - to others in the room.

~ MICHAEL ~

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~ GUARDIAN ANGEL ~

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~ ABOUT the METAL ARTIST ~

EGINO WEINERT

World renowned German artist, Egino Weinert, is a master in the field of sacred gold smithery, as well as a painter and sculptor.  He has consigned pieces of art for Cathedrals and Churches throughout the world and is a favorite of John Paul II.  Several of Mr. Weinert’s original enamel works may be seen in the Galleria Moderna of the Vatican Museum.
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Born on March 3rd, 1920 in Berlin-Schöneberg - 1934 Entry to the monastery of the Benedictine Missionaries as a monastic pupil. - 1941 Gold and silversmith examination passed with merits of distinction. - 1941 Prison for refusal of the Hitler salutation in Würzburg, Ottostraße. - 1944 Receipt of diploma. - 1945 Loss of my right hand by an explosive projectile masked as an electrical fuse. - 1946 First work with one hand at the gold smithery  “eine Paxtafel.” (Peace Plaque) - 1947 The painter Ewal Jorzig, Düsseldorf, visits the monastery and urges the abbot Burkhard Urz to send me to the Art School of Cologne. - 1949 Attendance to the School of Art. - 1951 Founded own studio for gold smithery, painting, and sculpture. - 1963 Founded second studio in Spain. - 1994 For the last 50 years I have been active as a master of sacred gold smithery, as well as, a painter and sculptor, making pieces I can manage with one hand. 1999 Reaching my 80th year.

~ PRAYERS ~

So these little chaplets with 3 sets of 3 beads have been around a long time, they have a history.  Its more than just a tradition, as it appears, they also carried certain indulgences.   A perfect prayer form to renew in a busy day.
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On each set of 3 beads - one each:
Our Father, Hail Mary. Glory Be
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On the medal:
ask for the intercession of this particular saint. Some people use this as a nine day novena by adding their petition at this time.

~ HISTORY of  'NINERS' ~

... THE RACCOLTA - a collection ...
More information on the traditional 'niner' chaplet may be found in an old book called THE RACCOLTA (A Collection). The Raccolta was first published in Rome by Telesforo Galli in 1807. This would put this practice of the 'niners' into at least the latter part of the 18c, and more likely the devotion was practised, established and approved of long before it was written about. THE RACCOLTA  has been re published many times over the years but more recently by Benzeger Brothers in 1944 through 1957.  It contains prayers, devotions, novenas, pius practices etc and explains the indulgences that were attached and conditions needed to gain them at that time in history.  All the indulgences contained in THE RACCOLTA are/were applicable to the souls in purgatory. The book is still available through most Catholic Book Stores.
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Our friend Barbara listed 15 'NINER' chaplets with this configuration of beads and they were mostly for specific saints.  One was for the Consecration to the Holy Family, another for the dying (St Joseph), and another for the Acts of Adoration.

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."  John 14:26-28

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HOLY FAMILY   -   FEMALE SAINTS   -   MALE SAINTS   -   INDEX
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