October is the month of the Rosary
By tradition, the Catholic Church dedicates each month of the year to certain devotion. The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary, one of the best known of all Catholic devotions. October includes the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7).
The best way to celebrate the month is, of course, to pray the Rosary.
Pope Leo's Intentions for October 2025
This month of October, Pope Leo XIV invites the faithful to pray the Rosary daily for peace in our world and to be faithful instruments of reconciliation in their daily lives.
"As we begin October, the month dedicated to the holy Rosary, I invite you to pray the Rosary every day for peace in our world."
Pope Leo XIV made this exhortation on Wednesday morning while addressing various language groups during his General Audience in the Vatican.
Amid the conflicts and wars worldwide, the Pope urged the faithful to promote peace in their regular lives.
"May you be faithful instruments of reconciliation in your daily lives," he said.
With the same sentiment, he reminded the Arabic-speaking pilgrims present that Christians are called "to witness that love and pardon are greater than every wound and stronger than every injustice."
Meanwhile, the Holy Father asked Portuguese-speaking faithful to become "missionaries of peace and mercy," and French-speaking faithful to become "witnesses of peace and love greater than our failures or divisions."
~Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News
Praying the Rosary
We have included instructions and even a downloadable resource.
How to Pray the Rosary
1. While holding the crucifix, make the Sign of the Cross and say the Apostles’ Creed.
2. On the first bead and all the single beads, say an Our Father.
3. Pray one Hail Mary on each of the next three beads for an increase in faith, hope, and charity.
4. On the next single bead, pray the Glory Be.
5. Before praying the next set of ten beads (called a decade), first meditate on the first mystery. Announce the mystery, imagine the event, and begin to meditate on it by itself or in association with whatever matter the mystery brings to your heart.
6. Pray an Our Father.
7. Pray a Hail Mary on the first bead of the decade, and on each following bead.
8. After praying the decade, pray the Glory Be. You may also want to add the Fatima invocation.
9. Reflect on the second mystery, then pray an Our Father on the next single bead.
10. Pray the Hail Mary on the next ten beads. Repeat the sequence around the rosary.
11. At the end of the last decade, pray the Hail Holy Queen. [During the month of May, the Holy Father has asked the faithful to also pray the two prayers found above.]
12. Make the Sign of the Cross.