 The organization traces its roots to Xaverian Brother Sylvan Mattingly (1882-1951), who in 1949 started making rosaries and formed a rosary-making club, which he originally named Our Lady of Fátima Rosary Making Club, at St. Xavier High School.Over the years, this club grew to become Our Lady's Rosary Makers.The core of Our Lady's Rosary Makers operation is the bimonthly newsletter "Our Lady's Messenger", which reaches approximately twenty thousand people.