Acquiring a new rosary is a special moment for many Catholics, symbolizing a deeper commitment to prayer and faith. One meaningful step you can take is to have your new rosary blessed by a priest.   More ..read more

Easy Way to Request Simple Changes You see a rosary on our website but would like it in a different color paracord or you would like to add a devotional medal not on the list. These are two examples of simple changes we can make for you without going through the custom work order process. If you want to change just one thing on your rosary, you can request that change in the order notes on the shopping cart page when you go to checkout. See images below. If you need more than one of these "Simple Change" items, then you will need to email support@ruggedrosaries.com to initiate a custom wo ..read more

THE ORDER OF BLESSING & CONFERRAL OF THE BROWN SCAPULAR OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL THE ORDER OF BLESSING The blessing of and enrolment should preferably take place within a community celebration. The enrolment implies affiliation to the Carmelite Family and its spirituality. Priests and deacons have the faculties for blessing Scapulars. Other authorized persons may conduct the enrolment. INTRODUCTORY RITE Celebrant: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. Celebrant: Through the Son, born of Mary, every blessing comes to us from God our Father. May ..read more

CUSTOM ORDERS Because rosaries are such a personal and special possession, we want our customers to have the exact rosary they want and need. Most of the materials we use on our standard styles shown on the website may be mixed and matched to create your own one-of-a-kind rosary. We can also fashion any of our styles into a different configuration for you, such as a particular chaplet, Seven Sorrows, Stations of the Cross, Chotki, 10, 15, 20-decade rosaries, Anglican, etc. Simple Changes do not necessarily need a custom work order: If you only want to make one change to a stock rosary, you do ..read more

For the Soldier of God! For customers that are looking for a smaller, more portable, more traditional rosary that is still strong, rugged, and masculine,  HERE IT IS!  The WWI Battle Beads are replicas of the original vintage 1916 WWI service combat rosaries issued by the US and French governments to soldiers, sailors, and flying aces in WWI.  They are rugged, masculine, and portable, with a meaningful history, and they won't knot up or break apart.   WWI Service Combat Rosary The original WWI service combat rosaries were produced beginning in 1916 and ..read more

This small little chaplet can be used to keep count of the prayers of a full five-decade rosary, by looping the ring over a thumb and praying the first decade, then moving the ring to each finger in turn, praying one decade at each position. Start at the Crucifix, and do the sign of the cross and say the Apostles Creed. Next, at #1, Pray the Our Father At #2, Say 3 Hail Marys and one Glory Be At #3, Recall the first mystery, and pray the Our Father At #4, Say 10 Hail Marys, followed by one Glory Be Repeat #3 and #4 for the remaining 4 mysteries, moving the ring at #5 over to the next finger to ..read more

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How to pray the St. Michael Chaplet...    The Chaplet of St. Michael O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, etc. (Say one Our Father and 3 Hail Marys after each of the following nine salutations in honor of the 9 Choirs of Angels)  1. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Seraphim may the Lord make us worthy to burn with the fire of perfect charity.  Amen. 2. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Cherubim may the Lord grant us the grace to leave the ways of sin and run in the paths ..read more

Dear Friends,  This page is all about our beads.  Many people ask where we buy our beads because they are very hard to find in craft stores.  The reason they can't be found in the craft stores is because we have our beads custom made in our military inspired colors exclusively for Rugged Rosaries®.  Most of our beads are made of a strong acrylic resin, which has proven much more resistant to breakage than wooden beads and lighter in weight than metal alloy. These are not the inexpensive "pony" beads you used in Boy Scouts. If you want a bead with the feel of highly s ..read more

These are some of our important Registered Trademarks.  We are publishing these here because many other companies illegally use our trademarks or are claiming that they own trademarks of similar copy we use, when actually they do not.  If you want to verify if someone actually is legally using a trademark, just ask to see their registration.  Rugged Rosaries is a registered trademark, Reg. No. 4,779,215 WWI Battle Beads is a registered trademark, Reg. No. 5,445,339             ..read more