PrayingtheLivingRosary

Whatisalivingrosary?
Alivingrosaryiswhenpeopleareusedtorepresenteachbeadoftherosary.Eachpersonleads
oneprayeroftherosary.

Howdowepraythelivingrosary?
1. Select60students:
a. 50students(10perdecade)torepresenttheHailMarybeads
b. 3students(forthetailoftherosary)torepresenttheHailMarybeads
c. 1studenttorepresentthecross(theApostlesCreed)
d. 6students(2forthetailoftherosaryand4betweeneachdecade)torepresentthe
OurFatherBeads
2. Setthestudentsupinacircle,similartothewayalifesizerosarywouldlook:

Red=Paterbeads(OurFather)
Blue=HailMary
Green=SignoftheCross&ApostlesCreed

(Theschoolcommunitycanbeplacedseatedinthemiddleofthelivingrosary.)
Howdowepraythelivingrosary?(Continued)

3. Beginprayingtherosarywiththefirststudent(green)recitingtheApostlesCreed.The
nextthreestudents(blue)recitetheHailMary,followedbythenextstudentwho
announcestheMysteryandleadstheOurFatheretc.(RefertoHowtoPraytheRosary).


IdeasforMakingtheLivingRosaryaliveandinteractiveinyourowncommunity

1. Invitestudentleaderstoleadthe6OurFatherbeadsandonestudentleadertoleadthe
ApostlesCreed.
2. Rosarybeadrepresentativesleadinanotherlanguage.
3. Havestudentsperformeachmysterywhentheyareannounced.(Skit,tableauor
silhouette).
4. Includemusicbetweeneachdecade.
5. Askstudentleaderstoprovideareflectiononeachmystery.
6. Aseachprayeriscompletedstudentsmay:

a) Lightabatteryoperatedcandle
b) Passarose
c) Aribbonmaybepassedaroundtoconnectallthebeads.




LivingRosaryAssociationHistory

TheLivingRosaryAssociationwasfoundedonDecember8th,1826byVenerablePaulineMarie
JaricotinLyon,France.TheassociationwasformallyapprovedbytheCatholicChurchthrougha
canonicalletterinFebruary,1827.TheaimsoftheLivingRosaryweretwo;tobringthepeopleof
FrancetoaprayerfulwayoflifeanddistributeCatholicliteratureanddevotionalarticles.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_the_Living_Rosary