Rosary

Bishop Izen encourages families to be creative in spending time together during the summer

These family plans don’t have to be spiritually driven, Bishop Izen said, but should be something special for summer. However, he also encouraged Catholics to not take vacation from their prayer. “We have to be more intentional about making that work and that when we’re in a new setting, maybe it’s vacation, maybe it’s just some downtime, we want to be careful not to take that vacation from prayer,” Bishop Izen said. “It’s the spiritual nourishment that is part of what the rest is. … To rest with the Lord is something we need to do.

Crowds gather to pray the rosary for repose of pope’s soul

Just as hundreds of people had gathered at the Vatican each night to recite the rosary when Pope Francis was hospitalized, throngs returned to recite the Marian prayer for the repose of his soul after his death.

NET Ministries, Relevant Radio partnership encourages faith connections with young people

Every Wednesday from Feb. 20 through April 30, listeners tuning in to “Family Rosary Across America” on Relevant Radio have been hearing about NET Ministries.

Anoka County Sheriff deputy believes prayer, forgiveness intersect in his job

Travis Wold, an Anoka County Sheriff deputy and parishioner of St. Patrick in Oak Grove, said sometimes, he sees people at the lowest point in their lives. Wold tries to rely on his faith in remembering to be a person who will help them.

Papal anniversary: For 12 years he’s said, ‘Don’t forget to pray for me’

As Pope Francis prepared to spend the 12th anniversary of his election at Rome's Gemelli hospital, people at the Vatican and around the world were responding to his most frequent personal request.

US bishops urge faithful to join rosary for Pope Francis at 2 p.m.

The U.S. bishops urged the faithful to join in on a call from Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin to pray the rosary for Pope Francis Feb. 24 as he remains hospitalized.

10 Resolutions to kick-start your year

For most of us, New Year's Day means both celebrating what's ahead and learning from the year that's ending. For Catholics, it's seeing the past year not just through the rearview mirror, but refracted through the lens of faith. A new year offers us more than a fresh start. It can be an opportunity for conversion of heart -- to take what we have experienced and resolve to grow more deeply as people of faith.

Host of new ‘The Rosary in a Year’ podcast hopes people ‘fall in love’ with the prayer

A new podcast about the rosary promises to deepen listeners' love of the Marian devotion and draw them closer to Jesus and his mother, Mary, in the new year.

Why I am Catholic — Aviv Stella

Sharing why I am Catholic is always exciting but daunting — there are so many things I could talk about. If I were to summarize my experience in one sentence, I would say that I am Catholic because I’ve fallen in love with God as a person, and I couldn’t imagine being separated from him.

Are there rosaries in your wreckage?

My husband was coming home early for the July 4 weekend. While stopped at a stop sign, he was struck from behind by a much larger SUV. Witnesses said the other driver was driving recklessly and accelerating. The last thing my husband remembered was looking in his rearview mirror when he heard an engine revving behind him.

As wider war threatens Middle East, pope asks Mary to intercede

As fighting in the Middle East intensified and spread, Pope Francis turned to Mary, begging her to "intercede for our world in danger."

The rosary points to joy, light, sorrow and glory

When I visited Israel in 2012, what really activated my senses — and moved my soul — was when the guide challenged us on the tour group to get our Bibles out and note the scriptural passages that describe the sites affiliated with a particular mystery of the rosary. The texts I found (and marked in my Bible on that pilgrimage) brought out the joy, sorrow, light and glory with which our Blessed Mother leads us to know and love Jesus more fully.
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