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- daily rosary
  
  The rosary is prayed every day after the 8:15 am mass in the church. Everyone is welcome to join.
- about the rosary
  
  In the Catholic Church, the rosary is one of the most cherished prayers. For Catholics, it is a powerful prayer of intercession to the Blessed Mother. Praying the rosary is promoted as a means of strengthening one’s faith, resisting evil, growing spiritually, and generally benefiting society.
  
  The word rosary comes from Latin and means a garland of roses, the rose being one of the flowers used to symbolize the Virgin Mary. If you were to ask what object is most emblematic of Catholics, people would probably say, “The rosary.” Catholics ask the Blessed Mother to bring their prayers to Her Divine Son and plead for His aid. Catholics bring Rosary intentions to Mary with the hope that their request will be answered.
  
  The rosary is a devotion in honor of the Virgin Mary. It consists of a set number of specific prayers. First are the introductory prayers: one Apostles’ Creed (Credo), one Our Father (the Pater Noster or the Lord’s Prayer), three Hail Mary’s (Ave’s) and one Glory Be (Glori Patri).
- "Step-By-Step" Instructions for Praying The Rosary
  
  Begin by holding the crucifix, saying "In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," (making the sign of the Cross while doing that), then say the Apostles Creed.
  
  On the single bead just above the cross, pray the "Our Father." This and all prayers of the rosary are meditative prayers.
  
  The next cluster has 3 beads. The "Hail Mary" prayer is said on these three beads. You pray the 3 Hail Marys while meditating on the three divine virtues of faith, hope, and love/charity.
  
  On the chain or cord after the three beads, say the "Glory be..."
  
  On the next bead, which is a single bead, you announce the first divine mystery of contemplation. For example, if it were a Monday, you would say the first Joyful Mystery is "The Annunciation", at this point you pray the "Our Father" prayer.
  
  Now this will bring you to the first decade, or set of 10 beads of the Rosary. You will then pray 10 Hail Marys while contemplating the first mystery, example: The Annunciation.
  
  After the 10th Hail Mary you will have completed the first of 5 decades which make up a Chaplet of the Rosary. You now come to another single bead, at this point, you pray the... Glory be to the Father... then (on the same bead) pray the O My Jesus... then (on the same bead) announce the next or second mystery. For example: if its Monday and your praying the Joyful Mysteries, the second Joyful Mystery is The Visitation. At this point you pray the Our Father....
  
  You will now come to the second decade or group of 10 beads, you will now pray the 10 Hail Marys while contemplating the appropriate mystery.
  
  You continue to pray the rosary the same way throughout. If your intention is to pray a Chaplet (a single set of mysteries) at the end of the fifth mystery you will come back to the joiner, this is where the decades all join with the lower part of the rosary which contains the cross. When you come to the joiner, you decide whether or not you wish to say another Chaplet or end. If you decide to say another Chaplet you simply announce the next mystery and continue. If you wish to end, you simply say the Glory Be To The Father, the O My Jesus, The Our Father and end the rosary with the Hail Holy Queen and the sign of the Cross........
- The Fifteen Promises Granted to those who Recite the Rosary
  
  The Blessed Virgin Mary promised to Saint Dominic and to all who follow that
  
  "Whatever you ask in the Rosary will be granted." She left for all Christians Fifteen Promises to those who recite the Holy Rosary.
  
  Imparted to Saint Dominic and Blessed Alan
  
  Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.
  
  I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
  
  The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
  
  The Rosary will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire for eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
  
  The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.
  
  Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.
  
  Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
  
  Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenititude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
  
  I shall deliver from Purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
  
  The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.
  
  You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
  
  All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
  
  I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.
  
  All who recite the Rosary are my sons and daughters, and brothers and sisters of my only Son Jesus Christ.
  
  Devotion of my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.

"Step-By-Step" Instructions for Praying The Rosary