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There are dozens of other, beautiful bead-prayers in the Roman
Catholic tradition. Some use special beads designed for that
purpose. Others use the same beads as the Holy Rosary.
Catholics often call all bead-prayers "rosaries",
but this is inaccurate. Strictly speaking, only the Holy Rosary
is a "rosary." |
The proper term for other bead-prayers is chaplet, crown, corona,
or simply beads. Examples include: the Divine Mercy Chaplet,
also known as the Corona of Mercy; the Franciscan Crown, that
is, the Seven Joys of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Servite Chaplet
of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Chaplet
of Saint Joseph; the Crown of Our Lord; and the Beads of Saint
Anne.
To obtain instruction booklets, visit a Catholic bookstore. Some of these devotions are available online.
See Catholic Prayer Traditions. |
CREDITS
Illustration: "Jesus,
I Trust in You" (detail), ©2001 by E. M. Mulhare.
Texts of prayers in this work are traditional devotions
of the Roman Catholic Church and pertain to the public domain.
Scripture texts in English and Spanish are used with permision
of the copyright owners
and no part may be reproduced in any form without their permission
in writing. Text of the Apostolic Letter"Rosarium
Virginis Mariæ" is available from the official
Vatican Web site <http://www.vatican.va/>.
All other content, including graphics and artwork, Copyright
©1999-2002 by E. M. Mulhare, Hamilton, NY 13346 US, except
where otherwise indicated. All rights reserved. Published electronically
as part of About the Holy Rosary. Original created 04-Mar-1999. This
page last modified 25-Nov-2002.
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