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Each member of the Rosary Confraternity strives to pray the complete Rosary each week (3 Rosaries, 15 decades, and this does not bind under sin, complete details here), and must have his/her name inscribed in the register of the Confraternity. There are no meetings, and no dues. To enroll, please fill out the following information. We will e-mail your certificate of membership and a link to the Light & Life newsletter, so please be certain the e-mail address is correct, as well as your mailing address. Also, please add rosary@rosary-center.org to your contact/address list, so it won't go to junk/spam. You may also read more about the obligations, benefits, indulgences and promises for membership in the Rosary Confraternity.

The benefits of membership are:

The special protection of the Mother of God.
A share in the prayer of many hundreds of thousands of members the world over, even after death.
A share in the prayers, Masses and apostolic works of the entire Order of Preachers.
The intercession of the entire heavenly court.
Various plenary and partial indulgences.
Six times a year the Rosary Center publication THE ROSARY, LIGHT AND LIFE is sent to those members who wish it. Its purpose is to provide sound doctrine and spiritual guidance for readers everywhere.

Pope Leo XIII stated in his apostolic constitution on the Confraternity, “whenever a person fulfills his obligation of reciting the Rosary according to the rule of the Confraternity, he includes in his intentions all its members, and they in turn render him the same service many times over” (Ubi Primum 1898, 1).

Ordinarily the enrollment should be filled out by the one to be enrolled. The reason for this is that the enrollment is a personal pledge to pray the entire Rosary each week. One may enroll for another person, only when they are sure the other person understands the conditions for membership and has asked to be enrolled.

To be enrolled, one must be old enough to understand and fulfill the weekly obligation of praying the complete Rosary. The deceased cannot be enrolled in the Confraternity.

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For members of the Rosary Confraternity, a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, is granted:
1. on the day of enrollment. (When application is made, a certificate of membership is sent, indicating the day of the enrollment.)
2. on the following feast days: Christmas, Easter, Annunciation, Purification, Assumption, Our Lady of the Rosary, and Immaculate Conception.
For those who pray the Rosary, a plenary indulgence is granted under the usual conditions, when the Rosary is prayed in Church, or in a Public Oratory, in a family (family Rosary), Religious Community, or Pious Association (e.g. the Rosary Confraternity). Otherwise a partial indulgence is granted. (EI 48)
A partial indulgence is granted to those who use a Rosary blessed by a priest, even if five decades are not recited. The indulgence is plenary on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, if the blessing was performed by the pope or a bishop. (following EI 35)

If someone desires to become a part of a Rosary Confraternity and is of a different faith, yet is known to be one who believes and would like to practice the prayer of the Holy Rosary, for my viewing of the ancient and current statutes, I cannot find anything which would prohibit such a good thing as someone desiring to join. Moreover, such openness can be inspired by the Holy Spirit to such a one in bringing his/her life mysteries to be conformed to the Incarnational mysteries of the living Christ, particularly in the context of the prayer in living the mysteries of Jesus Christ. Such a journey can only lead to good. Directed by others in the community and by Saint Dominic, Our Blessed Mother, Nuestra Senora del Rosario, and our all-loving God, such a one can be a blessing to the group and to many others, and possibly fall in love with the Catholic faith.

While I am continuing to research this, I do hereby recommend as Promoter General of the Rosary that such a person who is not a Catholic at present be accepted as a candidate for membership in the Rosary Confraternity. I reference the life of St. Ambrose and a host of others.

Blessings of Christ who called others to follow Him be yours in abundance,

Fraternally, Fr. Chris Eggleton, OP – Convento S. Sabina – March 28, 2019

You should receive confirmation and your certificate in an e-mail within 10 working days. To ensure that you receive your enrollment via email, please check your spam/junk folder and add the address rosary@rosary-center.org to your contact list/address book.

To enroll by mail, please print and mail this information and enrollment form: Confraternity application form (to print).

Please submit the enrollment form only once; it may take a few moments to process.

15 Promises of The Blessed Mother

Those who faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.
I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell. It will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
The recitation of the Rosary will cause virtue and good works to flourish. It will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God. It will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish.
Those who recite my Rosary devoutly, applying themselves to the consideration of its sacred mysteries, shall never be conquered by misfortune. In his justice, God will not chastise them; nor shall they perish by an unprovided death, i.e., be unprepared for heaven. Sinners shall convert. The just shall persevere in grace and become worthy of eternal life.
Those who have a true devotion to the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
Those who faithfully recite the Rosary shall have, during their life and at their death, the light of God and the plenitude of his graces. At the moment of death, they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.
By the recitation of the Rosary you shall obtain all that you ask of me.
Those who propagate the holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of their death.
All who recite the Rosary are my beloved children and the brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
Devotion for my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.(Given to St. Dominic and Bl. Alan de la Roche)

Nihil Obstat: Rev. Bryan Kromholtz, O.P., Censor Deputatus
Imprimi Potest: Very Rev. Mark C. Padrez, O.P., Provincial, Province of the Holy Name of Jesus

Q: I would like to join, but when it says pray the rosary three times a week does it mean only three times or can I pray the Rosary every day?

A: When enrolling in the Rosary Confraternity, you commit to praying the complete Rosary (3 Rosaries - Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious mysteries) each week.
This is the minimum, there is no maximum. There are a great number of people who pray 20 mysteries (including the Luminous) every day, and even more who pray a Rosary every day.

Q: Will my enrollment date be on the same day that I fill out the enrollment form?

A: No. It takes us some time to process all the enrollments. We also allow time for you to prepare to receive the indulgences granted on your enrollment date, which is usually a feast day of Our Lord or the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Q. What is meant by receiving indulgences?

A. An indulgence is the remission before God of the temporal punishment due for sins for which the guilt has already been forgiven. This remission of punishment is granted through the intervention of the Church, which has the power – granted by Christ – of dispensing from the “treasury” of the superabundant satisfactions of Christ and the saints. (more detail here) Also, from the Manual of Indulgences:

Norm N20. §1. To gain a plenary indulgence, in addition to excluding all attachment to sin, even venial sin, it is necessary to perform the indulgenced work and fulfill the following three conditions: sacramental confession, Eucharistic Communion, and prayer for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff. And Grant #17: PRAYERS TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY §1 A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who 1° devoutly recite the Marian Rosary in a church or oratory, or in a family, a religious community, or an association of the faithful, and in general when several of the faithful gather for some honest purpose; 2° devoutly join in the recitation of the rosary while it is being recited by the Supreme Pontiff and broadcast live by radio or television. In other circumstances, the indulgence will be partial."

For members of the Rosary Confraternity, a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, is granted: 1. On the day of enrollment. (When application is made, a certificate of membership is sent, indicating the day of the enrollment.) 2. On the following feast days: Christmas, Easter, Annunciation, Purification, Assumption, Our Lady of the Rosary, and Immaculate Conception.

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