Where to find a rosary that wont break

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Even when I put a seemingly durable rosary in one of those little pouches in my pocket, sooner or later it ends up broken or missing beads. Help!
 
if you don’t mind them, I’ve seen a few that are made from knotted cord.
You can make these yourself:
rosarymakersguide.org/knottedtwinerosary.htm
One of our Catholic bookstores has some very nice center and crucifixes available for use in making rosaries that I’m sure you can find on-line or at your local store.

If I were to go back to carrying a full rosary in my pocket that would be the style I would chose. Otherwise you might consider a “finger” rosary
(This is link to a google search returning images for finger rosary)
 
Just google unbreakable rosary. there’s tons of sites that make them.
Or, buy a rosary ring.
 
Try an auto rosary… One decade only. Easy to carry, just run around the loop as many times as you wish to do. I’ve put together a few with craft store beads and some pardon crucifixes and St Christopher centers i picked up online. They don’t get caught on things and easily fit in a shirt pocket.
 
I have 4 or 5 cord/knotted rosaries. Two have a metal crucifix.
I find them really easy to have just in your pocket.
 
pianistclare said:
Or, buy a rosary ring.
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Breakable. We bought these by the hundreds from Knights of Columbus supply catalog, and there were a good many included which had at least one, sometimes two knobs missing, broken off. They are cheaply die-stamped and cost pennies. I suppose there are some that are not made so cheaply, but probably harder to find.
 
This is mine:

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Got it here. I’ve had this rosary for almost three years, it goes everywhere with me, and it’s still intact. The Husband, our priest, and his brother each have a rosary made by the same person. All are the same age (bought at the same time). None have broken. 👍

I had a rosary similar to this before I bought this one. Unlike this one, it was not wire-wrapped. I prayed it to pieces :o I’m equally “hard” on this rosary but it can take it. They aren’t cheap, but it’s without a doubt one of my better investments. :yup:

God bless!
 
I found a really nice rosary - I believe it was a service rosary or something like that. Made for the service men and women. It is made with parachute cord… very sturdy. I gave it to my great niece and she carries it around a lot and its not broke. I am going to check out some of these links and see if I can find another one
 
UpUpAndAway said:
This is mine:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/Pascal_S/Stuff/Chapelet_StJacques_50.jpg

Got it here. I’ve had this rosary for almost three years, it goes everywhere with me, and it’s still intact. The Husband, our priest, and his brother each have a rosary made by the same person. All are the same age (bought at the same time). None have broken. 👍

I had a rosary similar to this before I bought this one. Unlike this one, it was not wire-wrapped. I prayed it to pieces :o I’m equally “hard” on this rosary but it can take it. They aren’t cheap, but it’s without a doubt one of my better investments. :yup:

God bless!
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You nailed it. This lady is the best. If it breaks, just send it back to her with a return envelope and postage, and she will fix it fir free. Tell her Uncle Vigilant sent you. 😃

Oh, and be sure to specify a Pardon Crucifix and Lourdes joiner. If you have a Rosary repaired, be sure to let a Priest know about it, and ask him to bless it again.
 
Vigilant said:
If you have a Rosary repaired, be sure to let a Priest know about it, and ask him to bless it again.
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From what our Pastor has told us, and from what I’ve been able to discern from other priests and documents (this question has come up in our RCIA class (!) ):
If the repair is simple, i.e. a few beads or a broken link or two, the Rosary doesn’t need to be blessed again; however, if it was broken beyond recognition (typically more than half the beads are missing, most of the links broken, etc…) when repaired it should be re-blessed. HOWEVER, Fr. also said, that if anyone wants an item re-blessed either he or the Deacon are all too happy to do so… his stance, you can never have enough blessings in your life.

BTW: The Rosary shown in that post is very pretty, I’m repairing one now and I’ll be wrapping the ends, before I cut the loop short… should have thought of doing that myself!
 
z_0101 said:
From what our Pastor has told us, and from what I’ve been able to discern from other priests and documents (this question has come up in our RCIA class (!) ):
If the repair is simple, i.e. a few beads or a broken link or two, the Rosary doesn’t need to be blessed again; however, if it was broken beyond recognition (typically more than half the beads are missing, most of the links broken, etc…) when repaired it should be re-blessed. HOWEVER, Fr. also said, that if anyone wants an item re-blessed either he or the Deacon are all too happy to do so… his stance, you can never have enough blessings in your life.

BTW: The Rosary shown in that post is very pretty, I’m repairing one now and I’ll be wrapping the ends, before I cut the loop short… should have thought of doing that myself!
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I am under spiritual attack. I can tell you with complete certainty that, once the chain is broken, the Rosary loses its blessing. If a link is beginning to separate but still holds the chain together, you can perform a makeshift repair by bending a paper clip or some similar material to keep the chain intact, and the blessing will remain intact as well.
 
Vigilant said:
I am under spiritual attack. I can tell you with complete certainty that, once the chain is broken, the Rosary loses its blessing. If a link is beginning to separate but still holds the chain together, you can perform a makeshift repair by bending a paper clip or some similar material to keep the chain intact, and the blessing will remain intact as well.
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My prayers for you and in your case of a direct demonic attack, there may be more happening than can, or should, be discussed in this thread. If you have not already done so, you should consider a St. Benedict medal, of course you could write to the St. Benedict Center (the contact information is here ).

However, as I mentioned earlier, **normally **minor damage is not a cause to require an object to be re-blessed but it isn’t something that one should hesitate to have done once repaired (or if the damage was done due to a violent or profane act), as suggested by Fr. Gantley doing so is a reverent act:

As always, please follow the link for context, also the highlighting of the following text is by my hand not the original author’s:
(( EWTN: Blessing of Rosaries
Q#2 - RE: Repaired Rosaries. Once a rosary has been repaired, there are usually newly added parts - such as new wire or links, spacers, Aves, Paters, maybe even a new centerpiece or crucifix. Suppose a rosary has been blessed by someone extra special (Pope John Paul II) and then becomes broken by diligent use in prayer. (Or maybe by your children!) Once repaired, does this rosary need to be blessed again? It would be exceedingly difficult to obtain a blessing again by the Pope, so our local priest would probably be the one doing it. I think that the whole thing should be blessed again, but that this would in no way negate or erase the blessing by JPII. What is the Church’s official position on this matter?

**Answer by Rev. Mark J. Gantley, JCL ** If minor parts of a rosary are replaced, this is an act of reverence for the sacred object. I would not think that the object needs to be reblessed. In contrast, I remember hearing of a shooting that occured in a church and the bishop came and reconsecrated the church building. This seemed appropriate because the firing of a gun in a church is an act of violence, not reverence. ))
 
anytimequilter said:
I found a really nice rosary - I believe it was a service rosary or something like that. Made for the service men and women. It is made with parachute cord… very sturdy. I gave it to my great niece and she carries it around a lot and its not broke. I am going to check out some of these links and see if I can find another one
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These don’t break and you can fully customize them. 😉

Cordbands.com

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z_0101 said:
My prayers for you and in your case of a direct demonic attack, there may be more happening than can, or should, be discussed in this thread. If you have not already done so, you should consider a St. Benedict medal, of course you could write to the St. Benedict Center (the contact information is here ).

However, as I mentioned earlier, **normally **minor damage is not a cause to require an object to be re-blessed but it isn’t something that one should hesitate to have done once repaired (or if the damage was done due to a violent or profane act), as suggested by Fr. Gantley doing so is a reverent act:

As always, please follow the link for context, also the highlighting of the following text is by my hand not the original author’s:
(( EWTN: Blessing of Rosaries
Q#2 - RE: Repaired Rosaries. Once a rosary has been repaired, there are usually newly added parts - such as new wire or links, spacers, Aves, Paters, maybe even a new centerpiece or crucifix. Suppose a rosary has been blessed by someone extra special (Pope John Paul II) and then becomes broken by diligent use in prayer. (Or maybe by your children!) Once repaired, does this rosary need to be blessed again? It would be exceedingly difficult to obtain a blessing again by the Pope, so our local priest would probably be the one doing it. I think that the whole thing should be blessed again, but that this would in no way negate or erase the blessing by JPII. What is the Church’s official position on this matter?

**Answer by Rev. Mark J. Gantley, JCL ** If minor parts of a rosary are replaced, this is an act of reverence for the sacred object. I would not think that the object needs to be reblessed. In contrast, I remember hearing of a shooting that occured in a church and the bishop came and reconsecrated the church building. This seemed appropriate because the firing of a gun in a church is an act of violence, not reverence. ))
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While getting a rosary blessed is a pious act and worthy of respect, I would think that - like blessing an icon - this is a modern practice, since the rosary is simply to keep count and its the praying that matters. Why would a broken and repaired rosary be less spiritually beneficial than a new one, or a blessed one?
 
SyroMalankara said:
While getting a rosary blessed is a pious act and worthy of respect, I would think that - like blessing an icon - this is a modern practice, since the rosary is simply to keep count and its the praying that matters. Why would a broken and repaired rosary be less spiritually beneficial than a new one, or a blessed one?
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True, it is an aide to a pious devotion and not one in itself, but the idea of having it blessed adds to its personal worth and benefits the user. Jumping up and down and screaming at the TV during Monday Night Football does no real good either, but it makes you feel better! Unless you are a Eagles fan, then nothing helps…
 
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