Block Rosary
The Block Rosary Crusade is a grassroots neighbourhood and parish devotional movement dedicated to fulfilling the requests of Our Lady of Fatima through daily recitation of the Holy Rosary.
Mission and purpose
To gather children and families daily for communal recitation of the Rosary, encouraging morning offering, penance, and acts of reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Catholic identity and spirituality
Fatima-centred spirituality: devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, reparation for sins, praying for peace, and encouraging children in simple, ardent faith.
History of the wider movement
Began in the United States in the 1940s and spread rapidly to Nigeria in the 1960s and 1970s, establishing local centres in streets, hospital quarters, and villages where children gather at dusk to pray.
Major activities and apostolate
Daily evening Rosary recitation, teaching catechism and basic prayers to children, observing the First Saturday devotions, pilgrimage walks, and cultural presentations during Marian months.