Our Lady of the Rosary

The feast of the Our Lady of the Rosary was established in 1571 by St. Pius V to commemorate the naval battle of Lepanto. The victory of the Christian fleet over the Turks was attributed to the Blessed Virgin, whose help through praying the Holy Rosary.

According to the venerable tradition the rosary was revealed to St. Dominic by the Blessed Virgin. In the year 1214, as St. Dominic withdrew into a forest near Toulouse, France, for three days of prayer and penance, the Virgin Mary appeared to him accompanied by three angels and gave him the Holy Rosary. She said " Dear Dominic, do you know which weapon the Blessed Trinity wants to use to reform the world? I want you to know this warfare, the principal weapon always been the Angelic Psalter (the Hail Mary), which is the foundation-stone of the New Testament. Therefore, if you want to reach these hardened souls and win them over to God, preach my Psalter."





Our Lady said that anytime people recite the Hail Mary they are giving her a beautiful rose, and that each complete Rosary makes her a crown of roses, in Latin Rosarium. Accordingly, St. Dominic promoted the Rosary for the rest of his life, witnessing an outpouring of graces and conversions.

The mysteries of the Holy Rossary, divided into Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious, reflects the principal events of the life of Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Pope Paul VI said that the rosary, without the mediation on these mysteries is like a dead person with out life.