Chu Fink sells handmade rosaries at a sale to benefit the rosary makers group at St. Anne Catholic Church, 1901 Maryland Parkway, May 3, 2015.

Here's how to understand the rosary, a Catholic prayer tradition practiced by millions of faithful worldwide — including the beads, the link to Mother Mary and the meaning behind the prayer aid.

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Catholics are being urged by the country’s bishops to pray the rosary with them Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. on the Facebook page or YouTube channel of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops.

The word “rosary” refers to a set of prayers in the Catholic Church as well as a physical object. While praying the rosary , Catholics use a set of beads or knots to count and keep track of ...

Picking up her Catholic rosary, Meg, a 24-year-old from Maine, begins her prayers like this: “Hail Persephone, full of strength and beauty. … Blessed are you and blessed is the cycle of your life.

Even today, foreigners in a strange land struggling to understand a different language, can take comfort in saying the Catholic rosary or another bead-prayer method in their faith and native language.

The Rosary was for them the appropriate school to learn how to pray well, since bead after bead, it leads us from vocal prayer, to meditation, and eventually to contemplation.

The Bead-by-Bead Rosary books are designed with a special illustration for each bead of the Rosary. After each prayer (bead), the child simply turns the page for a new image.” ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America has on its site a "Lutheran Rosary for Lent." The rosary figures in Protestant retreats and classes focusing on prayer and contemplative practices.