World Mission Rosary
World Mission Rosary
In February of 1951, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (national director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith from 1950 to 1966), in a radio address (The Catholic Hour), inaugurated a World Mission Rosary. “We must pray, and not for ourselves, but for the world. To this end, I have designed the World Mission Rosary. Each of the five decades is of a different color to represent the continents.”
Praying this Rosary, Archbishop Sheen said, would “aid the Holy Father and his Society for the Propagation of the Faith by supplying him with practical support, as well as prayers, for the poor mission territories of the world.”

Our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, encourages everyone to “intensify your praying of the Rosary…to obtain from the Lord those graces that the Church and humanity especially need."
The World Mission Rosary is available through the Society for the Propagation of the Faith for a suggested offering of $10 (comes with information / prayer booklet). Children's Rosaries are also available for a suggested offering of $5 each.
► Contact the national office
for more information, call the national office at
1-(800) 431-2222 or download our
• World Mission Rosary Order form
► To learn more about the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
• Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation Website
► To Pray the World Mission Rosary
• Pray the Rosary
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Prayer For Archbishop Sheen

He supported the needs of missionaries all over the world through his work in the National Office for the Propagation of the Faith. He also labored zealously for the renewal of the priesthood by preaching retreats to his brother priests and by encouraging them with the good example of his daily Eucharistic Holy Hour. His deep personal love of Our Lady moved many others to go to Jesus through His Mother. Heavenly Father, if it be according to Your Divine Will, I ask you to move Your Church to glorify Your faithful servant, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. I ask this prayer in Jesus’ name. Amen.