“Saint Francis de Sales understood the Incarnation as ‘God’s kiss to creation.’”
— Fr. Louis S. Fiorelli, OSFS, 2012

The large, openwork Coptic cross of this rosary is hand-cast from a 19th century Ethiopian antique, in solid bronze.

The Kenyan Mud Batik Paters are the nicest ones we've ever seen. They’re cheerily patterned with crosses, dots, wavy lines — and X marks like the ones we use to represent kisses. Mud Batik beads get their name from the dye used to color them: it's made from an iron-rich mud. The beads are bone, pleasantly varied in size, and set between spheres of oxidized old-style solid French brass.

The Aves are Tiger Ebony, and among these matte glass beads in a multitude of subtle colors.

The rosary is strung on premium quality Soft Flex jewelers’ cable composed of 49 strands of steel encased in nylon, with a test strength of 26 pounds; each end is double-crimped for security. The connecting rings are solid bronze.

Cross: 1.87" including ring
Paters: from about 26mm to 36mm
Aves: about 8mm
Length: 25.25"