Association of the Living Rosary

History

Living Rosaries Today

• The Guild of the Living Rosary of Our Lady and St. Dominic is a guild of intercession using the traditional rosary. It was founded in England in October 1905 by the Anglo Catholic priest Reverend S.E.Serle. In the early years the Guild suffered persecution for its practices, and was forbidden the use of churches. The Guild is Anglican-based, but membership is open to any Christian. It is a ministry within the larger Society of Mary, an Anglican devotional society. Members are asked to pray just one decade of the rosary each day with a special intention. Intercession sheets with the intentions are distributed three times a year.
• The Living Rosary of Our Lady of Walsingham was established in 1962 by the Guardians of the Holy House of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham as part of The Order of Our Lady of Walsingham. Each day the Rosary is said in the Shrine at 6.00pm. The Shrine Church has fifteen altars, each one dedicated to a Mystery of the rosary under the patronage of a particular saint.
• In 1986 Universal Living Rosary Association was created by Patti and Richard Melvin of Dickinson, Texas, who based the Association on Jaricot's Petit Manual of the Living Rosary Association. The Association revived the practice of organizing 15 persons to each pray one of the 15 Decades of the Rosary.
• An additional interpretation of the Living Rosary involves a number of people praying the together with each individual representing a bead. This approach is sometimes used in parishes. In schools separate classes may lead each decade.