Lead Group Rosary

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Hi all,

I will be leading a group rosary on Sunday and I have never been to or lead a group rosary. I cannot find websites that help someone in my situation. Any recommendations?
 
codefro said:
Hi all,

I will be leading a group rosary on Sunday and I have never been to or lead a group rosary. I cannot find websites that help someone in my situation. Any recommendations?
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Is it an already established rosary group?
 
codefro said:
No it is not. This will be the first time this parish prays the rosary as a group. (Anglican Ordinariate parish)
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Then they are probably looking for a pretty much standard form of the rosary. I assume you know how to pray the rosary-- Sign of the Cross, I believe in God…, OF, 3 HM, Glory Be, then the 5 mysteries. The Rosary, strictly speaking is the 15-decade rosary, Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries. The Luminous mysteries were added in 2002 by Pope John Paul II.

Usually, in a large group setting only one set of mysteries is said. In the CC Monday is set aside for the Joyful mysteries, Tues the Sorrowful, Wed the Glorious, Thurs the Luminous, Friday the Sor, Sat the Joy, and Sunday the Glor. But sometimes a special theme might dictate the choice of mysteries.

In the Catholic large group setting, the leader announces each mystery, for example, they might say, “The first Joyful mystery, the Annunciation.” The leader says the first part of the OF, and the congregation the remainder. The leader begins each HM, and the congregation finishes each. Lastly, the leader says the first part of the Glory Be, and the congregation finishes. In many Catholic settings the Fatima prayer is said, “O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, …”

Then on to announcing the next mystery.

A nice addition is to read a little preface to each set of mysteries. These are available in any of the many rosary booklets that are around, or you can compose your own. They serve to focus the mind on the mystery and may be bring in scriptural references, or mention of the virtue or spiritual truth that the mystery calls to mind. But this is not usually done in very large groups.

Another thing is that if people are largely uninformed about saying the rosary, a short instruction would be in order before beginning. But if people are already familiar with the rosary from private devotion, this would not be necessary.

Sometimes, the leadership for each decade changes to another person, so that five people in all play a part. The first leader begins and end the rosary. We always end with the Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy…
 
JamesCaruso said:
Then they are probably looking for a pretty much standard form of the rosary. I assume you know how to pray the rosary-- Sign of the Cross, I believe in God…, OF, 3 HM, Glory Be, then the 5 mysteries. The Rosary, strictly speaking is the 15-decade rosary, Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries. The Luminous mysteries were added in 2002 by Pope John Paul II.

Usually, in a large group setting only one set of mysteries is said. In the CC Monday is set aside for the Joyful mysteries, Tues the Sorrowful, Wed the Glorious, Thurs the Luminous, Friday the Sor, Sat the Joy, and Sunday the Glor. But sometimes a special theme might dictate the choice of mysteries.

In the Catholic large group setting, the leader announces each mystery, for example, they might say, “The first Joyful mystery, the Annunciation.” The leader says the first part of the OF, and the congregation the remainder. The leader begins each HM, and the congregation finishes each. Lastly, the leader says the first part of the Glory Be, and the congregation finishes. In many Catholic settings the Fatima prayer is said, “O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, …”

Then on to announcing the next mystery.

A nice addition is to read a little preface to each set of mysteries. These are available in any of the many rosary booklets that are around, or you can compose your own. They serve to focus the mind on the mystery and may be bring in scriptural references, or mention of the virtue or spiritual truth that the mystery calls to mind. But this is not usually done in very large groups.

Another thing is that if people are largely uninformed about saying the rosary, a short instruction would be in order before beginning. But if people are already familiar with the rosary from private devotion, this would not be necessary.

Sometimes, the leadership for each decade changes to another person, so that five people in all play a part. The first leader begins and end the rosary. We always end with the Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy…
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Nice little summary.
I’ll add a sequence of all the prayers prayed for the rosary.

Sign of the Cross
Creed
Our Father
Hail Mary x3 (Faith, Hope, and Charity [or Love])
Glory be

First Mystery
Our Father
Hail Mary x10
Glory be
“Oh my Jesus…” (I don’t know the name of that prayer)

Second Mystery
Our Father
Hail Mary x10
Glory be
“Oh my Jesus…”

Third Mystery
Our Father
Hail Mary x10
Glory be
“Oh my Jesus…”

Fourth Mystery
Our Father
Hail Mary x10
Glory be
“Oh my Jesus…”

Fifth Mystery
Our Father
Hail Mary x10
Glory be
“Oh my Jesus…”

Hail, Holy Queen
“Oh God, whose only begotten Son…” (Again, don’t know name of the prayer)

Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be for the intentions of the Holy Father (plenary indulgence)
Sign of the Cross (End)
 
I lead the Rosary at my parish before the 11 am Mass most Sundays. Here’s what I was taught to do:

Sign of the Cross

Apostle’s Creed—I lead–“I believe in God the Father Almighty”…etc. The audience picks up at “I believe in the Holy Spirit…”. I stop speaking, and mentally say the rest of the prayer with the audience.

I lead the Our Father, …“on earth as it is in Heaven”… I stop speaking, the audience finishes the prayer. I mentally pray with them.

I lead the Hail Mary…“and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus”…I stop speaking, the audience finishes. I mentally pray with them. 3X

I lead the Glory Be…In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit…I stop speaking, the audience finishes.

Announce the first mystery—The first Joyful mystery: The Annunciation.

Our Father (using the method above)

Hail Mary 10X (using the method above)

Glory Be (using the method above)

The Fatima Prayer–“Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sins”…I pray the whole prayer aloud with them.

Repeat for the rest of the mysteries.

Hail Holy Queen…I pray the whole prayer aloud with them.

The Rosary can end there. Older parishioners have asked me to lead them praying, “Oh God, whose only begotten Son…”, which is an old ending for the Rosary.

I hope this helps.
 
asia53 said:
I lead the Rosary at my parish before the 11 am Mass most Sundays. Here’s what I was taught to do:

Sign of the Cross

Apostle’s Creed—I lead–“I believe in God the Father Almighty”…etc. The audience picks up at “I believe in the Holy Spirit…”. I stop speaking, and mentally say the rest of the prayer with the audience.

I lead the Our Father, …“on earth as it is in Heaven”… I stop speaking, the audience finishes the prayer. I mentally pray with them.

I lead the Hail Mary…“and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus”…I stop speaking, the audience finishes. I mentally pray with them. 3X

I lead the Glory Be…In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit…I stop speaking, the audience finishes.

Announce the first mystery—The first Joyful mystery: The Annunciation.

Our Father (using the method above)

Hail Mary 10X (using the method above)

Glory Be (using the method above)

The Fatima Prayer–“Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sins”…I pray the whole prayer aloud with them.

Repeat for the rest of the mysteries.

Hail Holy Queen…I pray the whole prayer aloud with them.

The Rosary can end there. Older parishioners have asked me to lead them praying, “Oh God, whose only begotten Son…”, which is an old ending for the Rosary.

I hope this helps.
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Yes it does. I was also asked to help compose a prayer for each decade. How will this be carried out and prayed during the rosary?
 
First remember the Pater, 3 Aves and Gloria Patri at the beginning or end of the rosary (depending on the local custom) are for the intentions of the Pope. Announce that, If your Ordinariate group is well catechized announce the intention to gain the indulgences attached to the rosary. and reccomend that they make a private amendment to gain all indulgences afforded to them from their prayers and actions each day. This way you don’t have to make a specific intention each time you preform an indulgenced action or prayer.

You can after each mystery is announced say something about that mystery. After all we are supposed to be thinking or meditating on the mystery as we offer the prayers.

It gets easier with consitent recitation of the rosary to meditate on the mystery as you pray the prayers.
 
If you’ve been asked to compose something for each mystery then I recommend that you say it directly after announcing the mystery and before starting the Our Father. This would be where a scripture reading would go. You could also read something about the mystery from a rosary booklet rather than composing your own. Lots of Saints have composed meditations for the rosary.
 
codefro said:
Yes it does. I was also asked to help compose a prayer for each decade. How will this be carried out and prayed during the rosary?
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Sunday is the Glorious mystery, codefro. Is that the mystery you’ll be leading? I have a Rosary booklet with some very beautiful prayers before each decade. I’d be happy to copy them here for you. You announce the mystery–then, the prayer, Our Father, etc

Sunday, I will be leading the Rosary at my parish. I dedicate my Rosary to you. You’re going to do just fine. 👍
 
asia53 said:
Sunday is the Glorious mystery, codefro. Is that the mystery you’ll be leading? I have a Rosary booklet with some very beautiful prayers before each decade. I’d be happy to copy them here for you. You announce the mystery–then, the prayer, Our Father, etc

Sunday, I will be leading the Rosary at my parish. I dedicate my Rosary to you. You’re going to do just fine. 👍
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Father asked that they be prayers I wish to attach to our particular parish or the Ordinariate in general I imagine. do I say for example:

“The first glorious mystery- the resurrection. We pray this decade for the special intention of (etc)… Our Father…”

?
 
codefro said:
Father asked that they be prayers I wish to attach to our particular parish or the Ordinariate in general I imagine. do I say for example:

“The first glorious mystery- the resurrection. We pray this decade for the special intention of (etc)… Our Father…”?
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Yes, that’s how you do it. The very best to you. 🙂
 
I have lead Group Rosary. What I did is, I would go up to the statue of Our Lady,kneel down in front of her,make the sign of the Cross,say what we are going to pray for,threw the Rosary,than I would begin,the Rosary,than after the I beleive in God,ect,than when you start saying the little beads,you say the frist half, than the group joins in with the rest. But too learn how,go to a group Rosary, and sayand listen to how they do it and than you can ask, if you can lead the Rosary first,than usually,after one decade,another person will say the next decaded.
 
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