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In addition, enrolled members also participate in all the prayers and good works performed by the friars, nuns, sisters, and laity of the Dominican Order. The Rosary Confraternity of the Dominican Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus publishes Light and Life, a bi-monthly newsletter of the Rosary Confraternity of the Western Province. [5]
The Rosary, Banner of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary Woodblock in the Alanus Psalter, 1492 Alan of the Rock OP ( Ecclesiastical Latin : Alanus de Rupe ; French : Alain de la Roche c. 1428 – 8 September 1475) [ 2 ] was a Dominican friar and priest , mystic and theologian .
The Central Province, or Province of Saint Albert the Great was established in 1939, [6] and it currently covers the states of Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, and serves ten parishes, five campus ministries, three high schools, several ...
In 1439, the Augustinian Order obtained the faculty to set up the Confraternity of the Cincture for lay people. [6] Later on, it was adopted by the Hermits of Saint Augustine as a distinctive part of their habit. [7] The confraternity of Our Lady of Consolation was founded in 1495 in Bologna, Italy.
The obligations of the Laity are: 1) Daily praying of Lauds and Vespers 2) Daily 5 decades of the rosary 3) Daily Our Father, Hail Mary, and Eternal Rest for all Dominicans 4) Daily 15 minutes of mental prayer or Lectio Divina (prayerful reading of the Sacred Scriptures) 5) Daily Mass and communion is recommended 6) Confession at least monthly ...
The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the heart of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things.
Matthias Nakano (d. 1619), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Nagasaki; Member of the Confraternity of the Rosary (Japan) Ioannes Motoyama (d. 1619), Layperson of the Archdiocese of Nagasaki; Member of the Confraternity of the Rosary (Japan) Declared "Venerable": 26 February 1866; Beatified: 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
The rosary may be prayed anywhere, but as in many other devotions its recitation often involves some sacred space or object, such as an image or statue of the Virgin Mary. [20] Anyone can begin to pray the rosary, but repeated recitations over a period of time result in the acquisition of skills for meditation and contemplation. [21]