Sister Mary Eugene Belmonte thought retirement would mean rest, relaxation, lazy days in the sun. “But I never have a moment of free time,” said the 78-year-old nun, who lives at Our Lady of Angels ...

The St. James rosary makers have been meeting for at least 30 years Group members estimate they’ve made tens of thousands over the years Parishioners work on rosaries at home and then meet about once ...

Chris Fogle prays the rosary with other staff members at the chapel of Our Lady’s Rosary Makers in Louisville, Ky., May 6, 2021. (Credit: CNS photo/Katie Rutter.) Listen LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — From a ...

In a community room at the Holy Family School in Orange, at least 20 women gather each Tuesday, spreading colorful beads and strings among themselves to make rosaries that are later shared throughout ...

In Rome in October 2002, while waiting with Catholics from around the world for a papal Mass to begin, Roy and Roberta Wilson believed they saw the Blessed Mother’s hand at work. As the couple passed ...

HOUMA -- For many Catholics, praying the rosary is second nature. They can say the series of prayers without thinking. The trademark prayer of the Catholic religion has become standard in ceremonies ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- What started as a rosary-making project at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School to commemorate October, the month of the rosary, turned into "truly the work of the Holy Spirit," ...

Area theologians say Pope John Paul II’s addition of a fourth set of “mysteries” to the rosary is a logical change to a 400-year-old prayer. The pope issued a 60-page letter Wednesday, on the 24th ...

The Kindergarten Students made crowns to celebrate the joy that they feel knowing that they are “Children 0f God”. They wore their crowns as they prayed and told God how happy they were to know that ...

August Bueltel of St. John the Baptist in Savage, Minn., inspects plants in his backyard Oct. 30. He uses the grains to make rosary beads from his basement. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic ...