LiturgyTools.net: The Rosary, a one-page guide

This is a one-A4-page with the prayers, responses and information needed to say the Rosary.

The left-hand-side lists the parts of the Rosary:

Welcome
Apostles Creed
Prayers for the Pope
Prayers for each mystery in today's decade, with counters to 5 (for mysteries) and 10 (for Hail Mary's)
Hail Holy Queen
Dismissal.

The right-hand-side side of the page has

The full words of each prayer used in the decades of the Rosary.
The prayers are the Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and Fatima prayer.
These are set out with a leader saying the first part, and everyone joining in the second part, because this is the way that they are usually said during the Rosary).
A list of the days of the week, the name of the mystery for that day, and a list the specific intentions that this includes
eg Monday - The Joyful Mysteries: 1 The Annunciation, 2 The Visitation, 3 The Nativity, 4 The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and 5 The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

This section is for leaders. But having it on the same sheet of paper means that everyone has the information needed to be the leader.

Downloads

PDF file - prints with exactly the same format you see on screen

MS Word version - lets you change the contents eg local spelling,

To download a file, click a link above. You’ll be taken to a page were can either print it or save a copy of it onto your own computer.

This printable is for your own parish / school / etc.

If you’d like to share it with friends and associates, please give them the link to this post.

Using the Rosary Prayer Card

What is included in "The Rosary"

This is a very flexible type of prayer, based on a set of five "mysteries" (events in Jesus' life) which people can meditate about while praying.

It can be very simple: just say the five sets of Our Father, 10x Hail Mary, and one Glory Be).

It can be very complicated, eg a gathering hymn, some opening prayers, a meditation and a hymn for each decade, more extra prayers (eg to St Michael the Archangel, etc) at the end).

This sheet has a one commonly-used way of saying the Rosary, with blessing at the start, the creed, prayers for the pope, with a blessing at the end, with some frequently-recited prayers.

To adapt the sheet eg to add extra prayers, or remove ones you don't want, use the Microsoft Word version. However the formatting in Microsoft Word (hard to use, but very widely available) is "complex" - you need to know how to work with sections, column and tables.

About this design

This page is designed to be folded in half vertically, down the middle. (If an A5 booklet format would be more helpful, please leave a message in the Comments box at the bottom of the page.)

It was originally designed for school children praying the Rosary in class-groups.

Everything is one one page
There are "counters" to help remember 10 Hail Marys, and 5 Mysteries
There are small pictures to help focus attention and be visually engaging.
They also help teachers know at a glance if the children are looking at the correct page
The words for each prayer are given on the other side: Many children remember these quite quickly - but not immediately.
The days name for each set of mysteries, and the individual mysteries, are listed, so that potential leaders have all the information they need.

But it may be useful in a parish or chaplaincy, for example for people who are new to praying the Rosary, or people who are learning English.