Traditional Catholic devotion
The Brigittine Rosary
Also called the Chaplet of St. Bridget
The Brigittine Rosary is an older Marian chaplet arranged in six divisions. Each division contains one Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and the Apostles’ Creed.
The 1903 source connects its sixty-three Hail Marys with the traditional number of years attributed to the earthly life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Its seven Our Fathers honor her seven joys and seven sorrows.
At a glance
Divisions
6
Our Fathers
7 total
Hail Marys
63 total
Apostles’ Creeds
6 total
Source choice: This guide follows the order printed in The New Raccolta in 1903. That source assigns no mysteries and no Glory Be to the chaplet, so neither has been added here.
Prayer order
How to pray it
Pray the first division
Pray one Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and one Apostles’ Creed.
Complete six divisions
Repeat that same order five more times, for a total of six divisions.
Pray the final prayers
After the sixth division, pray one additional Our Father and three additional Hail Marys.
Conclude simply
The 1903 source gives no required closing prayer. You may finish in silence or with your customary conclusion.
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Prayer texts
These three prayers are all that the 1903 order requires. The full texts below use the traditional English forms already preserved in the Novena Regina prayer library.
The Lord's Prayer
Open prayer pageOur Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Francis Xavier Lasance, page 153.
The Hail Mary
Open prayer pageHail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Francis Xavier Lasance, page 153.
The Apostles' Creed
Open prayer pageI believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Francis Xavier Lasance, page 153.
Historical record
History and sources
The New Raccolta says the chaplet is so called because St. Bridget of Sweden originated and first propagated it. This is the traditional attribution recorded by the devotional source.
Its unusual placement of the Apostles’ Creed after each group of ten Hail Marys is part of the form. It should not be rearranged to resemble the more familiar five-decade Rosary.
No assigned mystery list
Some later guides attach meditations to the six divisions. The 1903 source does not prescribe them. This page therefore keeps the older prayer structure without presenting later additions as original.
About older indulgence grants
Older editions record indulgences that belonged to their period. The Church revised indulgence discipline in 1967, so this guide does not present those older grants as current.
Primary prayer source
The New Raccolta (1903), pages 215 to 217.Current indulgence discipline
Paul VI, Indulgentiarum Doctrina (1967).
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Other traditional Rosaries and Chaplets
Franciscan Crown
Seven decades in honor of the Seven Joys of Our Lady, following an 1869 Franciscan manual from beginning to end.
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Seven Sorrows Rosary
Seven groups of seven Hail Marys while meditating on the principal sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Passionist Chaplet of the Five Wounds
Five groups of five Glory Bes in honor of the Five Wounds of Christ, with one Hail Mary after each group.
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