October, of course, is the month of the Holy Rosary, great opportunity to introduce young people to the devotion of praying the Rosary. Many parish schools and religious education programs have a “living Rosary” during October and the question often comes up, “How do you pray the living Rosary?” Here are sites that offer explanations and descriptions of praying a Living Rosary:
http://www.archatl.com//offices/reled/marian/The_Living_Rosary.pdf
http://www.dioceseofraleigh.org/news/livingrosary.aspx
http://www.catholicvoiceoakland.org/07-11-05/aroundthediocese.htm
If you have any experiences, tips, suggestions, or questions about praying a Living Rosary, let’s hear from you!
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Barb Garding 10.14.09 at 4:56 pm
We do a Living Rosary using balls abandoned from a jumping area! A wonderful catechist took the plastic balls home, found a giant needle, and huge cord to make a giant Rosary so our 4th graders can actually hold the beads; each mystery is a different color. We begin in our church sanctuary by the statue of the Mary. I act as emcee and take the mic from young person to young person and someone holds the prayer we are on-if someone is nervous the words are there to help. We have more beads than young people so they move to the next open bead when their prayer is done. Adults hold up a picture and read the mystery.
One note: make sure that whoever reads the mysteries practices to be sure of what they are reading. One year one of our teens helped us and read the mysteries and mispronounced Gentiles…the 4th graders didn’t catch it, but every adult did!
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Joe Reply:
October 14th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
LOL…great story, Barb! Thanks for sharing the description of your very creative living Rosary!
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Bernadette Grattan 10.20.09 at 6:22 am
I like the idea of going from kid to kid for the prayers. I think that will help them stay more engaged and involved! I think I will try that in class. We are going to focus on prayer next session!
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