What kind of rosary did I just buy?

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Being almost-Catholic I thought all rosaries were just rosaries, but the one I bought seems to have an additional metal circle, and an image of St Michael The Archangel on the other piece of metal. Does this rosary have a name? Do I pray it in a special way?

I will attach two images, one with the two metal circles on one side and the other picture having them flipped over.

Interestestingly it also has Mary comforting Jesus on the crucifix.

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Thanks and God Bless.

David
 
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So long as it has the correct number of beads in the correct configuration, it can be used as a standard rosary.

Rosaries are customizable. Your rosary has a St. Michael the Archangel centerpiece and a St. Benedict medal attached. When you have it blessed, ask you priest to do the separate blessing for the St. Benedict medal.

Some people use rosaries with different medals for different purposes. For instance, some might use this rosary for spiritual warfare. They might say some additional prayers or they might only use it for praying certain intentions. Others might just use the rosary as their everyday rosary.

It’s totally up to the user.
 
The importance are the prayers, not the beads IMHO. There might be a special prayer suggested by the medals between mysteries of the rosary.
 
That by itself appears to be a regular rosary for someone with a special devotion to St Michael and St Benedict.
 
Your rosary has a Schoenstatt crucifix. You can read more about the symbolism here:


The center piece with St. Michael is perfectly okay, it would likely be purchased by someone with a special devotion to St. Michael. There are hundreds of available centerpieces for rosaries. Often they will picture Mary, but many of them picture a particular saint, or Jesus himself, or a symbol associated with Jesus or Mary. I see on the back of your St Michael centerpiece it has the Chi-Rho christogram and the Alpha and Omega associated with God in Revelation.

The “additional metal circle” is a medal, specifically a St. Benedict medal. It is typically used to invoke St. Benedict’s intercession in protecting the person and his surroundings from evil. St. Michael and St. Benedict are two saints who are mainly invoked for protecting against the devil and against evil, so it looks like the rosary user would have a devotion to both of them.

As for prayers, you don’t need to say any special prayers on the medals or the centerpiece apart from what you’d normally say for a Rosary (the Our Fathers and Hail Marys are the basic prayers, with most people now adding the Fatima Prayer at the end of the decade). Many people will end their rosary by saying the Hail Holy Queen on the centerpiece, and some of them will follow that with the Prayer to St. Michael. However, it’s optional and not a required part of the Rosary.

If you wanted to say a prayer to St. Benedict at the end of the rosary on the St. Benedict medal, you could, or you could just say “St Benedict, pray for us,” or you could just skip it and not say anything at all. It’s your choice.
 
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All of what the others said. But I’d be willing to bet it’s meant to be a spiritual warfare rosary. Read the St. Michael Prayer, and read about what the St. Benedict medal means, especially the cross. Both are powerful against demons. Not that it’s magical but powerful nevertheless.
 
I don’t have anything to much to add to that only to say that on the Pope’s prayer network he has encouraged us all to add the St Michael Prayer to our rosary so maybe this medal is a sign to you, I say it at the end and have done for years. It’s a lovely looking rosary, enjoy praying it.
 
Maybe someone made it to combine several of their favorite devotions?
 
David, the kind of Rosary is not the important thing.
The important thing is how much use your new Rosary gets.
God bless you!
I believe in the power of prayer! 🙏🙏🙏
 
Thank you everyone for informing me about this rosary and about praying the rosary in general. I added a St Michael prayer and a St. Benedict prayer to my daily praying of the rosary.

I read that every new Catholic has their own saint, can’t remember what it’s called but they choose it at Confirmation. Can I choose St. Michael the Archangel? (Why is he called a saint, being an angel?)
 
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