The Holy Rosary

The Rosary is an important and traditional devotion of the Catholic Church consisting of a set of prayer beads and a system of set prayers. The Rosary combines vocal prayer and meditation centred around sequences of reciting the Lord's Prayer followed by ten recitations of the "Hail Mary" prayer; and one recitation of "Glory Be to the Father" one such sequence is known as a decade.

The Rosary is prayed in four parts, with the "Mysteries" (which are meditated or contemplated on during the prayers) being rotated.

What distinguishes the Rosary from other forms of repetitive prayer is that, along with the vocal prayers, it includes a series of meditations. Each decade of the Rosary is said while meditating on one of the "Mysteries" of redemption.

The "Mysteries" are: the Joyful Mysteries; the Sorrowful Mysteries; and the Glorious Mysteries, and the Luminous Mysteries.

For a PDF on how to pray the Rosary click here.

Dates and Locations for 2007

Mon 13th Aug - St James'

Mon 17th Sep - St James'

Mon 15th Oct - St James'

Mon 19th Nov - St Paul's Centre

Mon 10th Dec - St Paul's Centre

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