Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of thousands of rosary makers across the country, we have reached our goal of 75,000 Rosaries for the Beatification of Fulton J. Sheen.

Religious sisters, parish groups, rosary-making ministries, families and individuals — every rosary was a gift of faith and prayer for the Church’s missionary work. All 75,000 were blessed and distributed in St. Louis on September 24 to those attending the Beatification.

Still making Rosaries? Please don’t stop. We receive requests from mission territories around the world, and from cathedrals across the United States preparing to receive relics of the new Blessed — where they can be touched to his relics and given to the faithful who come to venerate them.

Send Rosaries to:
The Pontifical Mission Societies
70 West 36th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10018, USA

75,000 Rosaries for the Beatification. And countless more for the mission.

Now Join TPMS to Pray the World Mission Rosary!

On September 24, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was beatified in St. Louis. You are invited to discover one of his greatest gifts to the Church: the World Mission Rosary.

75 years ago, Archbishop Sheen designed this special rosary so that every Catholic — no matter where they lived — could hold up the whole world in prayer. Every day of October, join us to do exactly that.

Sponsored by The Pontifical Mission Societies, Catholics from around the world will gather online each day of October at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time to pray it together.

The World Mission Rosary

The World Mission Rosary was designed by Archbishop Sheen 75 years ago this year, in 1951, at the beginning of his tenure as National Director of The Pontifical Mission Societies. It was a concrete way to help everyone pray to Our Lady, Queen of Apostles, for the success of the Church’s missionary efforts across the world. Each decade of the World Mission Rosary represents a different area of the world where missionaries continue to share the Good News of Jesus.

GREEN symbolizes the forests and grasslands of AFRICA. BLUE is for the ocean surrounding the ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC. WHITE symbolizes EUROPE, home of the Holy Father, shepherd of the world; RED shows the fire of faith that brought the first missionaries to the AMERICAS, and YELLOW is for the morning light of the East, symbolizing ASIA. To pray the World Mission Rosary, reflect on each area of the world according to the particular color described above at the time you announce each Mystery.