MISSION ROSARY
Blessed by Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II encouraged everyone—“Children
adults young and old, families, parishes and religious
communities –to “intensify your praying of the Rosary”
In February of 1951,
Archbishop Fulton J.
Sheen, then national
director of the Society for
the Propagation of the
Faith inaugurated a World Mission Rosary. “We
must pray, and not for ourselves but for the world.
To this end I have designed the Word Mission
Rosary. Each of the five decades is of a different
color to represent each of the five continents.”
Each decade of the World Mission Rosary calls to mind an area where the
Church continues her evangelizing mission:
GREEN for the forest and grasslands of Africa
BLUE for the ocean surrounding
the Islands of the Pacific
WHITE symbolizing Europe,
the seat of the Holy Father Shepherd
of the world
RED calling to mind the fire
of faith that brought mission-
aries to the Americas
YELLOW, the morning light of
the East, for Asia
“When the World Mission Rosary is
completed, one has embraced all
continents, all people in prayer”
– Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Mission rosaries are available through the
Chicago Archdiocesan Mission Office for a
$35.00 donation (Avaulable in Packages of 12).
These make great gifts for First Holy
Communion, Confirmation, RCIA, Youth
Groups and CCD Classes.
To order make check payable to
Catholic Mission Office
MISSION ROSARY
