Rosary

As a young child I was taken, by family living in the west of Ireland, to Our Lady’s Shrine at

What I love most about the Rosary is the depth contained in such a simple structure. Those three

When I was growing up in the south of Ireland the rosary, as a form of private and communal prayer,

As someone who was preparing to be received into the Church, the Rosary fascinated me. I grew up in a

When I think about the Rosary I am taken back to my childhood. My mother taught me how to

I’ve always found it difficult to pray the Rosary well. Often my mind wanders and I find that I need

I close my eyes and I reach for the beads. I squeeze the sharp edges of the Crucifix in the

Praying the rosary is somewhat like walking into a (pre-Reformation) cathedral covered with bright images depicting the culmination of the

Some years ago, at a Youth 2000 retreat in Walsingham, someone described the action of praying the Rosary with it

In the last couple of years Rosary beads have become something of a fashion accessory. Leading fashion houses have

October is the month of the Rosary and Dominicans continue to mark a 'year of the rosary', the first in

In this final decade of the Glorious Mysteries, it is the turn of Our Blessed Mother to be rewarded for