Chicago (Friday, August 12)- The children, youth and priests of St. John Cantius, a Catholic parish floated a giant 75-foot balloon-Rosary skyward, above Chicago’s Michigan Avenue Bridge.
The balloon-Rosary was carried cross-first in procession through Chicago's streets during peak traffic hours. The golden cross itself was six-foot in length. The procession prayed the Rosary in front of a Washington Avenue abortion business centre. The balloon-Rosary filled with helium had the imprint "LIFE" on each of it's bright yellow balloons.
It was seen floating between the Tribune and Wrigley building, and over Hancock Tower in Michigan Avenue.
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I would love to know how it was made . wE THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING LIKETHIS wHEN THE sTATUE OF fATIMA IS HERE THE END OF APRIL.
ReplyDeleteHi Barbara
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely idea you have there.
This procedure is quite simple actually the balloons are filled with helium, tied to each other with twine and a light-weight wooden cross is attached.
The cross has to be in proportion with the length of the Rosary. Make sure the cross is really light in weight so that it is easily lifted up into the sky. I suggest you use big helium filled balloons.
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ReplyDeleteMy Youth Group made a helium balloon rosary and we found it a bit hard to handle. And when we let them go, they did not float away, but shot straight up in a bunch. The owner of the local party shop thought that maybe not all the balloons should be helium filled. We used all the same size balloons and ours were a little closer together then the photos you have and we used a helium filled cross balloon. Some questions:
1. Should all the balloons be helium filled?
2. Does the size of the balloons matter?
3. Do the balloons need to be spaced apart? And if so, how much?
If there is anything else you can think of that would help I would appreciate the information.
Hi Carol,
DeleteThank you for taking the initiative to carry out a similar project. God bless you for that!
The thing is.. not all the balloons need helium.. the top most ones that will lift the rosary into the air, need to be filled with a combination of helium and air say 80:20 or 70:30, wherein 70% is helium the rest air. My advice would be to fill the top most balloons (at least 8) with 80:20 ratio! Then maybe, four or five balloons in each of the remaining decades.
In this project of the “floating balloon Rosary-Life,” the Cross was wooden (light weight), that helped in keeping the weight down. If you’re using a balloon Cross, then fill it with some thermocol confetti or something similar, but light in weight. Bigger the balloons, the longer it will take to rise up… which in other words helps in floating around! Also this rosary was 75 ft. in length, so the spacing of your rosary depends on the size of the balloons and how long you want to be. (But spacing is not an issue, even if there isn’t any space between the balloons its fine)
Hope this helps!
God Bless
Thank you for the helpful hints ... a couple of other question
DeleteWhen you say a percent helium and air - do you blow them up first and then attach them to the helium tank?
The wooden cross - what type of wood was it made of?
God Bless and thanks for the help!