The opportunity to pray for our priests is both a privilege and a true spiritual treasure. To join an entire world praying the Rosary especially for the sanctification of all priests is a unique opportunity to unite with our brothers and sisters in Christ the world over.
The Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Relay Day on 27 June 2025 will be a relay in real time, praying the Rosary and continuously handing on from one prayer location to another at an allocated time, as an allocated mystery is prayed. This will allow maximum local participation, regardless of culture, nationality, age, language or disposition in life, making this unique relay a resounding victory for Our Lady and the power of her Rosary.
Open your hearts on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to receive the relay Rosary prayer at your allocated named and listed participating prayer location and then send it forth spiritually to the nominated next location, forming prayer communities as you have been doing every year for the past fifteen years. Be proactive this year in planning and promoting the relay. Remember, this is your annual opportunity to make a real difference in a very beneficial way for our priests. Here is your link to effective participation around the world: https://www.worldpriest.com/promotional-material/
Please do follow your allocated time slot for your local prayer location, as this allows for the real time relay to become a truly global event. You will receive your local promotional poster by mid-May, well in advance for you and your community to learn about the event and how to promote it locally– focused on your cathedral, church, shrine or designated prayer location – and to find out what time to pray and the mysteries of the Rosary you have been allocated to pray. See https://www.worldpriest.com/participating-prayer-location-list/
The Year of Jubilee 2025, also known as the Year of Hope, is a Catholic event that takes place every twenty-five years. The theme for this jubilee is Pilgrims of Hope, which seeks to inspire hope around the world. In 2025 Pope Francis invites the faithful to live this holy year as ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. The jubilee aims to foster a greater sense of global brotherhood, solidarity with the poor and care for the environment. https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en.html
Apostolic Blessing
Pope Francis conveys his cordial greetings to all taking part in the ‘24-hour Rosary Relay for Priests’ and assures all of his spiritual closeness. He prays that our Blessed Mother may always guide and protect priests, who are consecrated to the joyful and indispensable mission of proclaiming the Gospel and offering God’s people – through the celebration of the sacraments – the closeness, the word and the strength of Christ (cf. Evangelii Gaudium,121).
His Holiness commends all those joining in this annual global prayer event to the loving intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary, and willingly imparts his Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of grace and peace.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin
Secretary of State
In this, the sixteenth Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Relay for the Sanctification of Priests, please connect with both your local religious and secular media outlets to further inform people locally and nationally about opportunities to participate at their local parish or shrine.
Attached is the Worldpriest Global Rosary Relay generic English language version poster to help you to plan your local participation. This promotional poster is also available on line in a number of other languages. Please visit our website and choose your local version at: https://www.worldpriest.com/promotional-material/
In this, the sixteenth Worldpriest Annual Global Rosary Relay for the Sanctification of Priests, please connect with both your local religious and secular media outlets to further inform people locally and nationally about opportunities to participate at their local parish or shrine.
Attached is the Worldpriest Global Rosary Relay generic English language version poster to help you to plan your local participation. This promotional poster is also available on line in a number of other languages. Please visit our website and choose your local version at: https://www.worldpriest.com/promotional-material/
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