The Anglican Rosary

There are no set ‘formulae’ of prayers for the Anglican Rosary, allowing users to develop their own method and rhythm of prayer. The Rosary can be said either on its own individually, or as part of a group meditation. The following section will guide you through suggested ways of using the Anglican Rosary. Read the rest of this entry »

Throughout history people of all faith traditions have used various forms of prayer counters to track the number of prayers offered to God. This brief historical overview explores how the use of prayer beads developed from ancient traditions to that which we now know as the rosary. Although there are varying types of prayer beads and methods of use the aims, whether used by Christian, Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist, are the same, to aid the devotee to enter into a deeper spiritual relationship with the creator of all that is, seen and unseen. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a wonderful example of prayers that have been composed by participants in the Anglican prayer bead workshops. It shows how a person can be inspired by something simple as sitting in a garden and reflecting on the needs of the world, in this case our need to care for the environment. Read the rest of this entry »

I wrote the following prayer before going to bed with a series of examples of prayers throughout the day for use by young people. It was inspired while preparing to lead a session on Anglican prayer beads with year 11 students at All Souls St Gabriels School; which we recently introduced as part of our visit to ASSG. Read the rest of this entry »

An example of how prayer books can be an inspiration for writing prayers for use with the Anglican Rosary. Simple prayers and responses from evening prayer (The Daily Office SSF ) have been used to fit with the rhythm of prayer of the Anglican Rosary for use in night prayer. Read the rest of this entry »

I wrote the following prayer for use at the end of the day to go with a series of examples of prayers throughout the day for use by young people. It was inspired while preparing to lead a session on Anglican prayer beads with year 11 students at All Souls St Gabriels School; which we recently introduced as part of our visit to ASSG. Read the rest of this entry »

An example of how prayer books can be an inspiration for writing prayers for use with the Anglican Rosary. Simple prayers and responses from evening prayer (The Daily Office SSF ) have been used to fit with the rhythm of prayer of the Anglican Rosary for use in morning prayer. Read the rest of this entry »