Why the Rosary, Why Now?
By Gretchen R. Crowe
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About the Author
Gretchen R. Crowe is editor-in-chief of OSV Newsweekly, overseeing the publication of the only national Catholic weekly newspaper in the United States. In addition to planning and editing the print edition, she also oversees the content of OSVNews.com and Our Sunday Visitor’s social media content. An award-winning writer and photographer, Crowe has been a member of the Catholic Press Association since 2005, and she serves on a liaison committee of the Catholic Press Association and Catholic News Service. She covered both the 2015 pastoral visit of Pope Francis and the 2008 pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States. Crowe is married to Michael Heinlein, and the couple is expecting their first child in May 2017.
Dedication
For my husband, Michael, my unfailing cheerleader, inexhaustible research assistant, thoughtful editor, and always my favorite person with whom to pray the Rosary.
Contents
Homily for the centenary of the feast of the Holy Rosary
by Cardinal Albino Luciani (Pope John Paul I)
For a Deeper Devotion to the Church
Excerpt from The World’s First Love (Chapter 8: “Roses and Prayers”)
Excerpts taken from All for Her,
autobiography of Father Patrick Peyton
For an Increase in Christian Discipleship
Excerpt from Rosarium Virginis Mariae (Chapters 1-2)
by Pope St. John Paul II
Excerpt from The Rosary of Hiroshima
by Father Hubert F. Schiffer, SJ
Excerpts from Ingruentium Malorum,
encyclical of Pope Pius XII on reciting the Rosary
Octobri Mense,
encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on the Rosary
Excerpts from saints about the Rosary:
Pope St. John XXIII, St. Teresa of Calcutta, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Zélie Martin, Blessed John Henry