The Rosarium is a Canadian Catholic movement of lay people, priests, religious, and bishops which seeks to halt and reverse the disastrous effects of the culture of death in Canada, the U.S., and around the world. We believe that the current moral crisis in Canada has been precipitated by the attack against authentic human sexuality. The Rosarium believes that the foundation of this attack is contraception. Therefore, our principal goal is to restore the Catholic Church’s teaching on the transmission of human life to our culture. In order to do this successfully, we endeavour to expose the damage that contraception has inflicted upon our society and promote the only genuine alternative – a healthy generosity to human life.
The Rosarium of the Blessed Virgin Mary Life Centre (or “The Rosarium” for short) is a non-profit corporation, incorporated without share capital under the laws of Ontario, Canada. It was founded by two Catholic laymen, John Pacheco and Tony Liuzzo, and one Canadian priest in the Autumn of 2003. Our mission is to usher in a respect for human life in Canada by exposing the harmful effects of contraception on Canadian culture and providing an avenue for education, repentence, and healing.
The name Rosarium is dedicated to the Holy Father’s Apostolic Letter, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, on the Most Holy Rosary. We claim the Rosary, and in particular the additional “Mysteries of Light” introduced by the Holy Father, as our prime spiritual weapon in this particular battle against the culture of death. We officially launched our movement on December 8, 2003, the feast day of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin. Our movement is under the patronage of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, in honour of the Blessed Mother.
