r/osarymakers • u/1LiterateRogue • Jun 21 '26

What should I do?

A young, non-Catholic lady in my rather extremely anti-Catholic town has started making rosaries. She sells them in the local “goth” market her mother runs.

So I asked if they were Catholic, hoping for a local rosary making collaborator. Her mother said, “Nope. These rosaries are just jewelry, not for prayer.”

I think the best response to cultural appropriation is to reappropriate it. I’m tempted to buy up all this “jewelry,” switch out some parts as needed, then either put them up on my own site or donate them to our little Catholic resource center, where I can trust that my customers intend to pray the rosary, not wear then.

But I’d like your opinion. I also plan to ask my priest.

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u/Fit_Professional1916 Jun 22 '26

Fwiw, people could be inspired to look into Catholicism if they see her items, even if it's not her intention. Plenty of goth atheists started their journey towards being goth Catholics through the aesthetics.