What Is Your Rosary Like?

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there are countless types of rosaries for sale and i was thinking everybody here probably has a completely different rosary from everybody else…

so just for fun describe your rosary:D
 
crystal_waters said:
there are countless types of rosaries for sale and i was thinking everybody here probably has a completely different rosary from everybody else…

so just for fun describe your rosary:D
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LOL, which one?

I have a 5 foot wooden wall rosary hanging next to my desk.

I have my grandmother’s rosary which is over 50 years old and made of polished quartz.

I have two Pope John Paul II rosaries with red beads and medals.
I have a multicolored rosary (different colors for the decades), a white rosary with Lourdes water, a pink stone rosary carved with heart shapes, a blue crystal rosary, my old first communion plain white rosary, a rosary thumb ring, a plain red rosary, and a pale green rosary. I had many more, at least another two dozen, which I had collected over the years from various charities etc. which I donated to my church last year.
 
crystal_waters said:
there are countless types of rosaries for sale and i was thinking everybody here probably has a completely different rosary from everybody else…

so just for fun describe your rosary:D
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The person to have asked this question to was my grandfather, who was a rosary collector and connoisseur. After he died I donated several hundred rosaries he’d acquired over the years to his parish. Some of them were antiques, and I’m guessing were worth quite a bit of coin.

Anyway, here’s my list:

Favorite rosary (now lost, sadly): wired-wrapped, iridescent pinkish-purple opal beads; silver, slimline crucifix; center medal a futuristic, silver oval Madonna; made in the 1950s I’m guessing; provenance unknown

1st Communion rosary: clear crystal beads; Host and Chalice center medal, silver crucifix notched to imitate wood; probably made around the time of my 1st Communion in the mid-1960s; given to me new by my grandparents

Rosary #3: child’s rosary; tiny white beads; itty-bitty crucifix; I can’t remember what the center medal is; it can’t be more than six inches long; I keep it on our home altar; unknown provenance

Rosary #4: large, heavy green glass beads; ornate gold crucifix; Sacred Heart center medal; if I had to guess I’d date it from the 1940s or so (it has that ornate, Old World, Italian vibe); belonged to my grandfather

Daily Use/Mass Rosary: clear crystal beads with sterling silver caps; the center medal has been worn down so that I can’t make out the details except that one side is a Madonna and Child and the other is Christ; sterling silver crucifix so worn the Christ is almost smooth and all of the details have been worn off of His face; it’s at least from the 1910s; belonged to my grandfather’s mother

Car Rosary (yeah, I’m one of those): red-white-and-blue corded rosary; made by my Muslim nephew when he was 15, living with us to practice his English, and attending a Catholic high school; the sister who taught religion class helped him make it as an extra credit project (he had a lot to discuss with his friends back home :))****
 
I made it. Dark green glass Hail Mary’s, Pearl-looking Our Fathers, silver links, crucifix, and center medal.
 
Mine was made for me, by a beloved Roman Catholic mother, who is very dear to me. It has black beads, a miraculous medal in the center, and a lovely crucifix. I vascilate between being afraid I will over-use and destroy it, and not using it nearly enough.

Peace to you.

PS-- There was a time when I used to make a five-beaded wood and twine rosary with a small cross, and give them to my Confirmands, as a meditative reminder of the Six Chief Parts of Luther’s Small Catechism (10 Commandments, Apostle’s Creed, Lord’s Prayer, Holy Baptism, Holy Eucharist, and Holy Confession/Absolution.)
crystal_waters said:
there are countless types of rosaries for sale and i was thinking everybody here probably has a completely different rosary from everybody else…

so just for fun describe your rosary:D
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Since its sort of on topic, does anyone know where I can get a good stone rosary? I.e. stone beads (granite, marble, etc. but not gemstones) or perhaps buy the beads and miscellany to make my own?

I found a nice penal rosary that almost fits the bill, but not quite.

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FidesSpesCarita said:
Since its sort of on topic, does anyone know where I can get a good stone rosary? I.e. stone beads (granite, marble, etc. but not gemstones) or perhaps buy the beads and miscellany to make my own?

I found a nice penal rosary that almost fits the bill, but not quite.

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This is where I found my favorite rosary:
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All are homemade.

I have three rosaries (although I’ve received/purchased 8 - one went to mom, one went to my brother, and one went to my fiancee)

My first rosary is a knotted, beaded corded rosary with wooden beads and a cheap metal San Damiano cross. No center.

My second rosary, and the one I carry with me everywhere and actually use is: Chinese ocean jasper Hail Mary beads, with tiny beads (three) of glass i think between each bead strung on a wire or leather - not quite certain but its a sturdy and flexible bugger. The Our Father beads are grooved bronze. The Our Father beads are surrounded by slightly larger, The crucifix is large, bronze, and antique-looking. It has a Sacred Heart of Jesus center. Handmade by a nice lady in New Jersey.

My third I got from the Knights of Columbus. It is a cheap plastic chain rosary with plastic beads, an Our Lady of Guadalupe center, and a papal crucifix.
 
I have a very nice Benedictine Rosary, blessed with a relic of the True Cross. It has black oblong wooden beads and Benedict medals for the Our Father beads. I really like it.
 
I might have the weirdest one.

I am a medical device engineer, and I made one entirely comprised of medical devices. Teal PICC catheter, stop clamps and trimmed Dilator sheaths hubs as the beads, a triple lumen hub with suture wings as the base for a cross. Someone will probably tell me rosaries shouldn’t be made like that (and if so, actually, please let me know). I’m going to bring it to a Priest to see if he willbless it for me soon.

I thought it would be an interesting way to remember those suffering from illness while I pray.

My other one is a St. Padre Pio set with the scented beads that someone gave me.
 
I only have one rosary, the simple dark wooden kind they sell at gift shops near St. Peter’s basilica. Nothing special about it, except that it was given to me as a gift from the late Cardinal FX Nguyen Van Thuan in February of 2001.

I’m planning on keeping it as my only rosary until I turn it over to my godson (my nephew) as a gift for graduating from college.
 
Brannock said:
I might have the weirdest one.

I am a medical device engineer, and I made one entirely comprised of medical devices. Teal PICC catheter, stop clamps and trimmed Dilator sheaths hubs as the beads, a triple lumen hub with suture wings as the base for a cross. Someone will probably tell me rosaries shouldn’t be made like that (and if so, actually, please let me know). I’m going to bring it to a Priest to see if he willbless it for me soon.

I thought it would be an interesting way to remember those suffering from illness while I pray.

My other one is a St. Padre Pio set with the scented beads that someone gave me.
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:eek: That…is…awesome! 😃 I hope it’s allowed.
In regards to my own, I agree. Which one?

I have (might be forgetting one)

a ridiculous number of duct tape rosaries in various colors, all made myself,
one made out of bottle caps (also made by me),
one green-and-yellow plastic one on rope (free from a Marian shrine),
one white plastic one with chain links (gift from a friend),
one hematite rosary with a hematite crucifix and rose centerpiece made by me again),
one blue teardrop bead rosary with silver crucifix and a centerpiece that’s the Sacred Heart on one side and the Madonna and Child on the other (ditto),
a green one made out of braided ribbon then knotted (ditto again),
and, my favourite of all,
my green 20-decade duct tape rosary (ditto x3). It’s about as long as your regulation door, so it just misses touching the ground when you hang it from one. Still prayable, though, just gotta watch out for tangling. 🙂

I also have my first rosary ever, taken from a free bin at a Catholic church my dad had a concert at when I was little–white chain link, plastic beads. It broke the third time I used it, last November. 😦
 
I have a few. The first one I ever got is a Job’s Tears rosary. I got it a long time ago, before I was even Catholic, at a monestary at my parent’s hometown. The second one I got was when I was converting - it was a simple $3 plastic one I got at a small chapel in downtown Dallas. I also have a St. Benedict rosary that I absolutely love, and I have a St. Therese pearl rosary that I got for use at home, but I haven’t had it blessed yet so for now it’s just for decoration.
 
My rosary that I use at home is rose coloured glass beads that are capped with golden caps, chained with a center medal that says pontif paulus? (i think) and has an ornate crucifix. I believe there have been more “Divine Mercy” chaplets prayed on this one than anything.

Then I found a rosary in my jewel box that was all tangled up with another chain. This one I keep in my purse. This one has small black beads, also chained with a sacred heart center medal.

I have 2 rosaries hanging on my rear view mirror. One was found in the house (no idea where it comes from) but it’s plastic and rope. The our father beads are a different colour than the Hail Mary beads. Also, I have a delicate (too delicate for everyday use) rosary made of chain and clear beads. It has no center medal and no corpus on the cross. It was bought for me by my sis-in-law in Cuba and had a wire snake wound around the cross. My husband removed that… just didn’t feel right at all, but now it’s blessed by our priest and hangs there (sometimes getting accidently dunked in coffee because it’s so long) in the car.

I also have 3 or 4 rosaries that are all rope and plastic. These are in a bin in our Church entry. They are free to whoever wants one from “Our Lady Queen of Peace Foundation” They come in little plastic bags and have a little instruction pamphlet on how to pray it, even with the mysteries and on which day the mystery is prayed. It’s a very nice pamphlet that has been “plasticised” therefore won’t fall apart quickly. I can’t seem to resist these. They sit all over the house, one beside my bed… sometimes under the pillow. These are great for praying the rosary in the tub which for some reason I love to do, as I soak. I have a white one, a red one, blue (which hangs on the faucet of the tub) and a green one, so I guess I have 4 of these.

All the rosaries except for the plastic ones are blessed. For some reason, getting a plastic rosary blessed just doesn’t seem right to me (personal opinion).

Goodness! Another novel by Loboto-Me 😊
 
crystal_waters said:
there are countless types of rosaries for sale and i was thinking everybody here probably has a completely different rosary from everybody else…

so just for fun describe your rosary:D
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I have many pairs of Rosaries, but my Rosary of choice (or my weapon of choice, I should say…:D) is a wooden Rosary. Each bead is made of wood and has a picture of Padre Pio on it. I have a great devotion to him. Also, wooden Rosaries are sturdier, so for everyday use, that’s what I use. Lastly, they are special to me because they were blessed by the greatest priest I know!
 
Brannock said:
I might have the weirdest one.

I am a medical device engineer, and I made one entirely comprised of medical devices. Teal PICC catheter, stop clamps and trimmed Dilator sheaths hubs as the beads, a triple lumen hub with suture wings as the base for a cross. Someone will probably tell me rosaries shouldn’t be made like that (and if so, actually, please let me know). I’m going to bring it to a Priest to see if he willbless it for me soon.

I thought it would be an interesting way to remember those suffering from illness while I pray.

My other one is a St. Padre Pio set with the scented beads that someone gave me.
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I also have those scented St. Pio beads!! I don’t use them because they make my fingers smell funny. Can you believe that?!!
 
I have a bunch. Way too many. (This reminds me, I have to start giving them away.)

The one I use most often is a simple twine and plastic bead one from Our Lady’s Rosary Makers that I got at the March for Life this year from a friend of mine who is a priest. It has whit Our Father beads and red Hail Mary beads. I use this one the most because I can carry it around in my pocket without it getting broken.

My second one is one that I got as a present. It is made of peridot, and has a St. Patrick medal attached to the center piece.

My third one is the most spectacular. I got a Rosary of the Unborn from a mens conference that I just went to. Check it out. The story behind this thing is truly amazing.

I also just got a red Rosary from Rosary Army today in the mail. I also have a bunch of other plastic and a couple twine ones I made myself.
 
FidesSpesCarita said:
Since its sort of on topic, does anyone know where I can get a good stone rosary? I.e. stone beads (granite, marble, etc. but not gemstones) or perhaps buy the beads and miscellany to make my own?

I found a nice penal rosary that almost fits the bill, but not quite.

FSC
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May I suggest a Connemara Rosary? This refers to rosaries made from a kind of marble from Ireland. Here is link showing a variety of designs. I have the one at the top of the page but I only use it at home because it is too big and cumbersome to carry in my pocket (and therefore I’m thinking of getting a second, more portable one).

catholiccompany.com/irish-c405/?aid=117&gclid=CKbWjLHA9agCFRUq2god9wwwUQ
 
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