WHAT IS THE ROSARY in turn he will be included in the prayers of CONFRATERNITY? hundreds of thousands both now and hereafter. This led the Cure of Ars to say: “If anyone has The Rosary Confraternity of the Catholic the happiness of being in the Confraternity Church is a spiritual association, the members of the Rosary, he has in all corners of the of which strive to pray the entire Rosary during world brothers and sisters who pray for the course of each week. They form a union him.” The deceased cannot be enrolled in the of countless hundreds of thousands of the Confraternity. faithful throughout the world who, along with OBLIGATIONS their own intentions, include the intentions and needs of all other members of the Rosary Each member strives to pray fifteen mysteries Confraternity both living and dead. of the Rosary each week (this does not bind under sin), and must have his/her name ...... Since Pope St. John Paul II added the inscribed in the register of the Confraternity. five luminous mysteries, it would seem that ______members of the Confraternity should strive to BENEFITS
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______Zip ______2. A share in the prayer of countless thousands regarding this matter. Those who recite only of members the world over, and this even Please detach along this line State the fifteen traditional mysteries will continue after death. to share in the benefits of the Confraternity until an official source declares the contrary. 3. A share in the prayers, Masses and apostolic works of the entire Dominican Order. As Pope Leo XIII said in his apostolic constitution on the Confraternity, “whenever 4. The intercession of the entire heavenly a person fulfills his obligation of reciting the court. Rosary according to the rule of the Confraternity, 5. Various plenary and partial indulgences. he includes in his intentions all its members,
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______Email LIFE is sent to those members who wish it. ______Each member includes deceased fellow Its purpose is to provide sound doctrine and members as well; and thus he knows that spiritual guidance for readers everywhere. Please enroll me in the Rosary Confraternity. I promise to pray fifteen decades each week. Name Mail this application to: Box 3617, Portland, Oregon 97208 CENTER, P.O. THE ROSARY online at: may also enroll You https://www.rosarycenter.org/the-rosary-confraternity/enroll-in-the-confraternity/ ...... Street City Phone INDULGENCES IN GENERAL ROSARY INDULGENCES CONFRATERNITY 1. An indulgence is the cancellation of 1. For members of the Rosary Confraternity, OF THE temporal punishment due for sin, when the a plenary indulgence, under the usual MOST HOLY ROSARY sin’s guilt has already been pardoned. conditions, is granted: (An Archconfraternity) 2. An indulgence is partial if it frees the a) on the day of enrollment. (When Christian partially from the temporal application is made, a certificate punishment due for his sins, plenary if it of membership is sent, indicating frees him wholly. the day of the enrollment.)
3. Both partial and plenary indulgences can b) on the following feast days: always be applied to the dead, but only by Christmas, Easter, Annunciation, way of suffrage. Purification, Assumption, 4. Since the Apostolic Constitution of Pope Our Lady of the Rosary, and Paul VI on Indulgences, a partial indulgence Immaculate Conception. is no longer expressed in reference to time, i.e. days or years. 2. For those who pray the Rosary, a plenary indulgence is granted under the usual 5. A plenary indulgence can be gained only conditions, when the Rosary is prayed in once a day, except by those on the threshold Church, or in a Public Oratory, in a family of death. (family Rosary), Religious Community, or Pious Association. Otherwise a partial 6. To gain a plenary indulgence the person indulgence is granted. must perform the indulgenced act, and satisfy these conditions: Sacramental A World-Wide Movement Confession, Holy Communion, prayer for of Prayer the Pope’s intention, and freedom from Entrusted to the The Rosary Center all attachment to sin, even venial sin. If Dominican Order P.O. Box 3617 this detachment is not present, or if any of by the Portland, Oregon 97208 the above conditions are not fulfilled, the HOLY SEE indulgence is partial. www.rosarycenter.org More than 500 Years Ago.