Men, join us for Rosary on Tuesday evening in the Virgin’s Chapel at 8pm at the Cathedral + tea / donuts social afterwards at SVDP.

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Why Pray the Most Holy Rosary?

Quotations below from The Secret of the Rosary by St Louis De Montford:

For courage in the hardships of life.

“…a powerful means of renewing our courage will undoubtedly be found in the Holy Rosary,…”-Pope Leo XIII

For healing the evils of our day.

“We do not hesitate to affirm again publicly that we put great confidence in the Holy Rosary for the healing of evils which afflict our times.” – Pope Pius XII

A means for preserving the home.

“…There is no surer means of calling down God’s Blessings upon the family…than the daily recitation of the Rosary.” – Pope Pius XII

“If families will but listen to my message and give our Lady ten minutes of their twenty-four hours by reciting the daily Family Rosary, I assure them that their homes will become, by God’s Grace, peace prayerful places – little heavens, which God the Author of home life has intended they should be!” – Father Peyton (The Rosary priest)

For success in one’s vocation in life.

“…I think that I did not miss a single day in reciting it it, including the most terrible times of battle when I had no rest night or day. How often did I see her manifest intercession in the decisions which I made choosing a precise tactic. Take, then, the advice of an old solider seasoned by experience: Do not neglect the recitation of the Rosary for any reason.” – Marshal Foch, a great military leader of WWI

As a ready and easy means of preserving the faith.

“…We have elsewhere brought it to the attention of the devout Christian that not in the least among the advantages of the Rosary is the ready means it puts in his hands to nurture his faith, and to keep him from ignorance of his religion and the danger of error.” – Pope Leo XIII

For final perseverance.

“…Those who say it fervently and frequently will gradually grow in grace and holiness and will enjoy the special protection of Our Lady and the abiding friendship of God. No one can live continually in sin and continue to say the Rosary – either he will give up sin or he will give up the Rosary.” – Bishop Hugh Boyle

A means of Christian perfection.

“…Therefore we are sure that Our children and all their brethren throughout the world will turn (the Rosary) into a school for learning true perfection, as, with a deep spirit of recollection, they contemplate the teachings that shine forth from the life of Christ and of Mary Most Holy.” – Pope John XXIII

As a powerful means of obtaining graces from God.

“…Among all the devotions approved by the Church none has been favoured by so many miracles as the devotion of the Most Holy Rosary.” – Pope Pius IX

For world peace.

“…Say the Rosary every day, to obtain peace for the world.” – Our Lady of Fatima, 1917

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Why pray the Rosary together with other Catholic Men?

Our society is pagan, Godless and sinful. 

It’s a difficult walk out there, and the light of Christ can at times seem dim; we need good examples to follow.

Praying the Rosary together helps us to keep our eyes on the light of Christ, in the form of the various mysteries of the Rosary, mediating on them and growing in love and devotion to our Lord through his Blessed Mother Mary, ever Virgin. 

Kneeling with our rosaries in hand, shoulder to shoulder with other men… other soldiers for christ, creates a sense of camaraderie. 

Like any group of men in a combat unit of the military, the intense sense of spiritual danger associated with our sins and the constant struggle for Holiness and Virtue creates a sense of group identity: The Sodality of St Joseph or the Men’s Rosary.

We are more than men who just pray together, we are a group of brothers… Catholic Gentlemen striving to live our authentic Catholic Faith in our daily lives, as Soldiers for Christ! Ave Christus Rex!