Dear Participants,
the 2024 World Rosary Day concluded its first edition, circling around the globe in the 24 hours of October 7th, feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Starting with the Marian Shrine of Pukekaraka, Ōtaki, Aotearoa in the Maori Kingdom (New Zealand) and travelling Westbound, the Rosary was recited in thousands of prayer locations inside 71 Nations and the five continents, by millions of believers, touching four International Sanctuaries, and finally ending its journey in New Caledonia.
The celebration in the Basilica of Santa Maria Major in Rome, presided by Archbishop Rolandas Makrikas (to become Cardinal on Dec. 8th) and filmed by the Vatican TV, is already available on Youtube at this link:
We heartfully thank all of you for participating in this choral prayer celebration, and will soon start sharing splendid images and videos from different parts of the world, as we are now receiving them by the hundreds.
As many of you have asked if there would be another edition, given the huge and joyous reception, the answer is a resounding yes.
We will celebrate it again on
October 7th 2025
Yours truly,
Umberto Angeloni
(of the WRD “action team”)