Here you will find resource materials and links to resources for use in the dedicated month of the Rosary.
The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. According to an account by fifteenth-century Dominican, Alan de la Roch, Mary appeared to St. Dominic in 1206 after he had been praying and doing severe penances because of his lack of success in combating the Albigensian heresy.
catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/overviews/months/10_1.cfm
As followers of Christ we are all called to be missionaries – bringing Christ’s message to the whole world. One of the tools we can use to help us pray for worldwide mission is the Mission Rosary. The Mission Rosary enables our prayer to reach beyond the boundaries of our local concerns and to be united with the entire Church.
missio.org.uk/index.php?cat=58
Please see: newadvent.org/images/rosary.pdf
Beginners may choose to say one decade only each day, spending extra time to reflect on the theme of the decade (covered by the ten beads). The number of prayers said is not so important as the quality of prayer said, which refers to the sincere and heartfelt lifting of our hearts and minds to God in a moment of time. That time might be five minutes or could be twenty.
You may also find this video helpful: youtube.com/watch?v=3-w62N4nc8E
Crown of Thorns is a registered charity devoted to the promotion of the Holy Rosary as a means of achieving peace in a troubled world. It offers a range of attractively produced cards to help people to say the rosary, including some suitable for use with children.
Your local church may well have a little stall or shop, sometimes called a repository, which sells rosary beads. Some areas also have a local Christian shop in their town or city that similarly may have them in stock. There is a network of Catholic outlets that sell rosary. Some of them include:
If you’re not sure where to start please don’t hesitate to contact your local Catholic parish to ask for help.
New compositions to accompany the mysteries of the Rosary have been written by from Teresa Brown, who is a violinist and viola prayer living in Northampton Diocese. For more information about her work and a rosary tour please see: devinemusic.org.uk
These pictures are reproduced as a set of 20 ROSARY POSTCARDS. These images were exhibited in the French Church, Leicester Sq, London in Spring 2003, during the Year of the Rosary. Most of them are oil paintings which were painted in the 1990’s, but some of them are more recent watercolour paintings, painted during the Year of the Rosary in 2003.
vatican.va
John Paul II – RosariumVirginis Mariae (Apostolic Letter on the Most Holy Rosary). Published by the Catholic Truth Society.
catholicbooksandgifts.co.uk
A Large Print Rosary Book. Published by the Catholic Truth Society
ctsbooks.org/praying-the-rosary-with-icons
Praying the Rosary with Icons. Published by the Catholic Truth Society
This material has been collated by the Bishops’ Conference Home Mission Desk in support of the Year of Faith, Oct. 2012 – Nov. 2013
