One Sunday evening in the year 1928, when Little Rose was 27 and Rose Myette was 17, as was customary, the Myette Family and Ferron Family gathered around Little Rose in her room as she lay in her bed and together prayed the rosary. 
 
Right after the rosary, Little Rose looked directly at Rose Myette and asked her to sit down. She then said,  “Rose, I have a lot of work for you to do.  And it’s going to take a long time.  And there can never be enough thorns!”  At this request, a lifelong calling began for Rose Myette.

Seventy years work resulted in what is now called "The Chapel of Thorns."  Part of this 'Domestic Chapel' is now set up along with one of Little Rose's beds at the Foundation's headquarters in Woonsocket.

We are open to the public every Friday and every First  Sunday of the month, 12 Noon until 4:00pm,  for Prayer Service.  Click to view Healing Service Prayers. 

Rose Myette, the youngest of nine children, was a third cousin to Little Rose.  Rose Myette along with her Mother and sister, Wilda, acted as a caretakers to their cousin who required 24-hour care, as she was disabled and bedridden.  The Myette’s lived in the village of Glendale, RI, and used their talents as seamstresses at their downtown ‘Little Rose Shop’ in Woonsocket, RI. Rose Myette would make all of Little Rose’s clothes, including her habit. When their parents had passed away, the sisters continued to live together in the family home that was built by their Father in 1900; both never married.  It is in this hometead that the "Chapel of Thorns" was carefully constructed as Little Rose instructed her.  Rose Myette died in the same home she was born in, at the age of 102 in August of 2014.

Marie “Little Rose” Ferron was the tenth of fifteen children, where each child was offered by Mrs. Ferron to a Mystery of the Rosary.  Little Rose was offered to the tenth mystery which was the Crucifixion. When she was but a small child she saw the Child Jesus in a vision; He was holding a Cross looking at her with grief in His eyes. From this time, she was drawn to a deep love of God.  In her teenage years, she became very sickly and crippled.  Her younger cousin, Rose Myette, would act as one of her many caregivers.