1-31 october 2025

rosary prayer group

At Divine Indwelling, we believe in enriching our spiritual practice with the wisdom of many traditions. In the Christian tradition, October is dedicated to the Rosary, a prayer of rhythm, repetition, and deep reflection. Historically, October Rosary prayers have been offered especially for peace in times of war or crisis. This emphasis on peace and protection continues today. This year, from October 1st to October 31st, we will join with Christians around the world in praying the Rosary.

Throughout the centuries, people across cultures have turned to prayer beads as companions on the journey of the heart. This prayer group is open to all who want to create a rhythm in their spiritual life and cultivate a daily practice this month. The Rosary will be prayed in an interspiritual spirit, as we do with all our programs, so that people of any faith tradition, or none, can participate and benefit.

You are welcome to bring your own intentions into this circle, whether personal, for loved ones, or for the wider world. These intentions will be held in daily prayer with love and respect.

  • This offering is for anyone who longs to pray more deeply, regardless of background or tradition. It is especially for:

    • Christians who wish to pray the Rosary in community

    • Spiritual seekers drawn to contemplative practice

    • Those carrying personal or collective intentions

    • People exploring prayer with beads across traditions

    • Anyone desiring peace, presence, and connection

How to Participate

Every day during the month of October, we will gather to pray the Rosary together:

🌹 How to Take Part
There are two ways to join this prayer circle. You may gather live online at the daily Rosary times below, or pray in your own time while knowing you are connected to the larger circle and supported by the group’s shared intention.

🌹 Live Gatherings on Zoom
Join participants around the world in the daily Rosary prayer.

Los Angeles: 8:00 a.m. | New York: 11:00 a.m. | Paris: 5:00 p.m. | South Africa: 5:00 p.m. | Bali: 11:00 p.m.

🌹 Praying with Intention
You are invited to bring your own intentions or share them with us to be lovingly included in the daily Rosary. All requests are held in confidence and offered with care.

🌹 Free and Open to All
This offering is a gift, open to people of all faiths and paths. No prior experience is needed, only an open heart and a willingness to enter the rhythm of prayer.

Register below to receive details and share your intentions.

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  • The Rosary is a centuries-old devotion in the Christian tradition, using beads to guide the heart and mind into meditation. While its origin is Christian, its essence is universal: using sacred repetition to quiet the mind, deepen reflection, and open the heart to grace.

    Through history, the Rosary has been a source of peace, consolation, and even miraculous hope. Stories abound, from moments of courage in times of trial, to Marian apparitions such as Lourdes and Fatima, where the Rosary was a vessel of light and healing.

    At Divine Indwelling, we honor this practice in its fullness while also embracing its interspiritual dimension: the Rosary as one path among many into the great mystery of Divine Love. In praying it, we join our Christian brothers and sisters, while inviting seekers of every path to find their own resonance in the rhythm of the beads.

    • Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7):

      • Instituted by Pope Pius V in 1571 to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Lepanto (October 7, 1571). The victory was attributed to widespread praying of the Rosary for protection.

      • First called the “Feast of Our Lady of Victory,” it was renamed “Our Lady of the Rosary” in 1573 by Pope Gregory XIII.

    • Dedication of October to the Rosary:

      • In 1883, Pope Leo XIII (sometimes called the “Pope of the Rosary”) officially dedicated the month of October to the Rosary.

      • He wrote numerous encyclicals on the Rosary, urging daily recitation in families and parishes during October.

    • Daily Recitation of the Rosary

      • Catholics are encouraged to pray the full Rosary (or at least one set of mysteries—Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, or Luminous) each day.

      • Families often gather to pray together at home.

    • Special Rosary Devotions in Churches

      • Many parishes organize daily communal Rosary prayers in October, often before or after Mass.

      • Some parishes hold a “Rosary procession” or a “Living Rosary,” where groups of people each lead a bead of the prayer.

    • Feast Day Celebrations (October 7)

      • On the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, special Masses, processions, and Marian devotions are celebrated worldwide.

      • In some countries (e.g., Italy, Spain, the Philippines, Latin America), there are large-scale Rosary processions with statues of Mary.

    • Intentions for Peace

      • Historically, October Rosary prayers have been offered especially for peace in times of war or crisis. This emphasis on peace and protection continues today.

    • Indulgences

      • The Church grants special indulgences during October for those who devoutly pray the Rosary in a group, in a family, or in a church.

    • At a General Audience (September 24, 2025), Pope Leo invited “everyone” to pray the Rosary daily throughout October for peace — personally, with family, and in community.

    • He specifically asked Vatican employees and officials to gather each evening at 7 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica to pray the Rosary.

    • He also announced a public Rosary in St. Peter’s Square on October 11, 2025, as part of the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality.

    • The Pope stated:

      “I invite everyone, each day of the coming month, to pray the Rosary for peace—personally, in the family, and in community.”

    In addition to this call to pray the Rosary for peace, the Vatican’s official Pope’s Monthly Prayer Intention for October 2025 is:

    “For collaboration between different religious traditions” —
    “Let us pray that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice, and human fraternity.”

    This intention aligns closely with an interspiritual orientation and emphasizes the theme of unity among faiths.

  • 🌹 Hiroshima Rosary Miracle (1945)

    When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a group of eight Jesuit priests living just over a kilometer from ground zero survived unharmed, though everything around them was destroyed. They attributed their protection to their daily devotion to the Rosary. Despite medical examinations, they showed no ill effects of radiation.

    🌹 Akita, Japan (1973)

    In Akita, a statue of the Virgin Mary reportedly wept human tears more than a hundred times. Sister Agnes Sasagawa, a nun in the convent, received messages urging prayer of the Rosary for the world’s conversion and peace. Many healings and conversions followed, including the cure of Sister Agnes’s deafness after fervent Rosary prayer.

    🌹 Brazil Bus Hijacking (1970s)

    A group of schoolchildren and teachers in Brazil were on a bus hijacked by armed men. As fear spread, the children began praying the Rosary together. The attackers suddenly fled without harming anyone, leaving the group safe. The protection was attributed to the power of the Rosary prayed in unison.