Because October 7 is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, October is traditionally considered the month of the rosary. This is an excellent time of the year to reacquaint your students with this beautiful method of prayer.
The following links may be helpful as you plan your religion lessons for the month:
- Rosarium Virginis Mariae – Pope John Paul II’s apostolic letter on praying the rosary
- How to Pray the Rosary – from the Rosary Confraternity
- Come, Pray the Rosary – A beautiful site for praying the rosary online
- For People Who Can’t Stand the Rosary – 4 reasons to give the rosary a chance
- Rosary Army – “Make them. Pray them. Give them away.”
- Rosary for Job Seekers – From the Anchoress
- 12 Tips for Praying the Family Rosary Daily – From Taylor Marshall
- USCCB Rosaries for Life – Beautiful rosary meditations that focus on the value and wonder of human life
- A Rosary for Healing and Protection – From the USCCB Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection (pdf)
- Real Men Pray the Rosary – Facebook Page
- Scriptural Rosary Podcasts – Sound files from Franciscan University of Steubenville
- The Rosary from CatholicTV – Various different video rosaries, including some which feature Catholic school students and others which are in 3D (yes, 3D!)
- RosaryLive.com – During live recitations of the rosary, viewers can contribute prayer intentions
- Online Rosary – An easy-to-follow aid to praying the rosary
- Holy Rosary Deluxe – An iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch app for praying the rosary
The Hail Mary in Different Languages:
Fr. James Martin, SJ on the Rosary:
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