the mysteries were added to the rosary in 2002.
when were the mysteries added to the rosary?
2002
pope john paul ii, in his 2002 apostolic letter, added five optional mysteries to the rosary, which he gave the name, "luminous mysteries." since the new group of mysteries are in fact optional, they are, properly speaking, not an integral part of the rosary of st. dominic. the rosary confraternity does not require its members to recite the new luminous mysteries, and rosarians who continue to recite the 15 mystery dominican rosary as received from the ecclesiastical tradition do fulfill their confraternity obligations. the 15 mystery rosary consists of the joyful, sorrowful & glorious mysteries.





















































section::::activities of the confraternity.
confraternity of the rosary
rosary beads are at times used to say rosary based prayers which do not primarily involve the hail mary and the mysteries of the rosary. some forms of the catholic rosary are intended as reparation "including the sins of others". an example is the rosary of the holy wounds first introduced at the beginning of the 20th century by the venerable sister marie martha chambon, a catholic nun of the "monastery of the visitation order" in chambéry, france. this rosary is somewhat similar in structure to the chaplet of divine mercy introduced by saint faustina kowalska said on the usual rosary beads and intended as an act of reparation to jesus christ for the sins of the world. these prayers often use rosary beads, but their words and format do not correspond to the mysteries. both kowalska and chambon attributed these prayers to visions of jesus.
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