Scores of Catholics and other practicing Christians pray the rosary all year long — and many bestow gifts of rosaries on family and friends for Christmas and other special occasions. What is the ...

It is interesting that in her appearances at Lourdes, Fatima and other locations, the Mother of God repeatedly recommends praying the Rosary. She does not invite us to pray the Divine Office, or to do ...

Families share how teaching the Rosary to youngsters successfully leads also to families praying together. “The Holy Rosary, by age-old tradition, has shown itself particularly effective as a prayer ...

The Rosary, a quintessentially Catholic prayer, appeals to many of the faithful. Its simple repetition of words instills in the individual a certain clarity of mind and soul that is not easily ...

It’s a powerful tool that is changing communities and changing hearts; it’s the rosary. Its popularity has increased over recent years, especially since Pope John Paul II called the Year of the Rosary ...

DETROIT – Madonna is on Jennifer Zablocki’s iPod. So is “The Madonna.” The Detroit-area 12th-grade teacher works up a sweat to the pop diva’s music as well as songs honoring Mary, the mother of Jesus.

A nun holds a rosary as she attends a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in the esplanade of the National Shrine in Sastin, Slovakia, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Pope Francis celebrated an open air Mass ...

On a Wednesday night in late October 2022, I knelt in the small basement chapel at Williams College in Massachusetts, where I was a junior. Sweaty, shaky and beyond nervous, I began to pray the rosary ...

My grandmother’s rosary was of amethyst-colored beads and a small silver crucifix, gray-black with tarnish. She kept it on the bureau in her bedroom near a holy card of St. Jude and a talcum powder ...

Our retreat director was Fr Seamus OConnell, a Scripture scholar in Maynooth and a Kerryman into the bargain. He is master of the Socratic method, challenging with searching questions rather than ...