The Rosary Blessed of St. Dominic
No. 261. The Raccolta (1910).
This Devotion, called also the Psalter of Mary, consists of the continuous recitation of the Ave Maria, said 150 times (as many times as there are Psalms), divided into fifteen decades, each beginning with a Pater noster, while at the same time the principal mysteries of the life, death and resurrection of our LORD are meditated on.
Indulgences
To gain the following indulgences beads must be used, though in the case of several persons saying the Rosary together it is sufficient if the person leading the Devotion uses them. They must, except in the case of i, have been blessed by a Dominican Father or other priest duly authorized.
Persons incapable of meditating may gain the indulgences by merely saying the Rosary devoutly. Such persons should however endeavour, in some measure, to acquire the power of meditating.
i. Five Years and five Quarantines, for a third part, five decades, of the Rosary (blessed beads not necessary). Toties Quoties.
ii. 100 Days, to all who say the fifteen, or at least five decades for every Pater and Ave.
iii. Plenary, to all who say five decades every day for a year, on any one day in the year. (Special Conditions: Confession, Communion, Prayer according to the Pope’s intention.)
iv. Ten Years and ten Quarantines, once a day, to all who say five decades in company with others, either in public or in private.
v. Plenary, on the last Sunday of every month, to all who are in the habit of saying with others, at least three times a week, five decades. (Special Conditions: Confession, Communion, Visit to a church, Prayer according to the Pope’s intention.)
vi. 100 Years and 100 Quarantines, once a day, to all associates of the confraternity who devoutly carry a rosary about with them.
vii. Plenary, to all associates who say the Fifteen Mysteries in the course of the natural day, for the triumph of the Church. (Special Conditions: Confession, Communion, Visit to a church.)
N.B. The indulgences attached to beads blessed by the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross (see No. 193) can be gained simultaneously with the Dominican indulgences, i.e., while reciting the Rosary, provided the beads are blessed with the two blessings. (Pius X, June 12, 1907.)
Note. Indulgences vi and vii, with many others not recorded in the Raccolta, can be gained only by members of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary. To enjoy the privileges of this confraternity it is only requisite that a person’s name be entered on the Dominican Register, and that the beads should be blessed as above.
Decrees of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences:
Sixtus IV. Bull, May 12, 1479.
Benedict XIII. April 13, August 13, 1726; May 26, 1727.
Pius IX. May 12, 1851, January 22, 1858.
Pius X. July 31, 1906; June 12, 1907.