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ExplorerYour Rosary Permission Slip

Your Rosary Permission Slip

The surest path to failure is trying to pray a perfect Rosary. Those who pray the Rosary in spite of past or present struggles share one thing in common: they gave themselves permission.

Miraculous MedalMiraculous Medal Rosary Gift Guide

Miraculous Medal Rosary Gift Guide

Baptisms, Mother's Day, a hard season, a formal occasion. Here's how to match the right Miraculous Medal rosary to the moment.

rosary-projectIntroducing The Rosary Project

Introducing The Rosary Project

Bringing people to Jesus through Mary by helping them build a meaningful life of prayer centered on the Rosary.

Miraculous MedalThe Miraculous Medal as Spiritual Armor

The Miraculous Medal as Spiritual Armor

A Jewish banker wore the medal as a joke in 1842. Days later he was Catholic. Here's the story behind Mary's promise of protection.

Miraculous MedalMiraculous Medal Rosary Centerpieces

Miraculous Medal Rosary Centerpieces

The centerpiece is the first thing your hand finds on a rosary. Here's why we make that piece a Miraculous Medal on several of ours.

Miraculous MedalHow to Pray the Miraculous Medal Novena

How to Pray the Miraculous Medal Novena

Nine days of focused prayer, rooted in a century-old Vincentian devotion. Here's where the novena came from and how to pray it at home.

Miraculous MedalWhat Does the Miraculous Medal Mean?

What Does the Miraculous Medal Mean?

Mary on a globe, a crushed serpent, two hearts, twelve stars. Here's what every image on the Miraculous Medal actually means.

Miraculous MedalThe History of the Miraculous Medal

The History of the Miraculous Medal

In 1830, a young novice named Catherine Laboure saw the Virgin Mary in a Paris convent chapel. Here's the true story behind the medal that vision produced.

Miraculous MedalThe Miraculous Medal Rosary

The Miraculous Medal Rosary

Every Miraculous Medal Rosary we make carries the same image Our Lady asked for herself: an apparition, a promise of grace, and the quiet confidence that comes from asking Mary to pray f...