UST eyes world record on biggest living rosary

One of the world's largest Catholic universities will attempt to set a world record on December 8 by holding the world's biggest living rosary. The University of Santo Tomas (UST), considered one of Asia’s oldest Catholic universities, expects to gather some 20,000 students, alumni and faculty members for the living rosary. "Participants assigned to the Hail Mary beads will wear yellow shirts, while those assigned to the Our Father beads, the Cross, and the Center Medal will wear blue shirts. Those assigned to the connecting chains will wear white shirts," the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said Sunday night. It said the event aims not only to mark the Feast of the Immaculate Conception but is also a grand thanksgiving to Our Lady of the Rosary for UST's 400 years. Participants of the grand living rosary will congregate along Arellano Drive, Ceferino Gonzales Drive, Osmeña Drive, A. Albert Drive, Quezon Drive, Leon Ma. Guerrero Drive, and Araullo Drive, and within Plaza Mayor and Plaza Intramuros inside the UST Campus along España Avenue in Manila. The grand rosary will be prayed from 4 to 5 p.m. and a Mass for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception will follow. The CBCP said the event was initially set on October 7 but was rescheduled to December due to unpredictable weather at the time. A Mass was held in honor of the Our Lady of Manaoag in place of the Q Rosary. - KBK, GMANews.TV