It is not required that the beads be blessed, or in fact that beads be used at all, since the Indulgence is not attached to the material rosary, but to the recitation of the prayers as such.

This same procedure is then followed for the other six Mysteries. In 1905 Pope St. Pius X, in response to the petition of the Procurator General of the Friars Minor, enriched the Franciscan Crown with several new Indulgences that may be gained by all the faithful. New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1974 ICEL] Instructions How to say the Crown Rosary A Journey of Faith: The Seven Joys of Mary [Father Thomas Bourque, T.O.R. It is not required that the beads be blessed, or in fact that beads be used at all, since the Indulgence is not attached to the material rosary, but to the recitation of the prayers as such.

The plenary Indulgence attached to the recitation of the Franciscan Crown, and applicable to the dead, may be gained as often as the crown is recited. An indulgence is attached to the recitation of this Rosary. In 1905, Pope St. Pius X, in response to a petition of the Franciscan Procurator General, added new indulgences to the Franciscan Crown which may be gained by all the faithful.

The plenary Indulgence attached to the recitation of the Franciscan Crown, and applicable to the dead, may be gained as often as the crown is recited. The plenary Indulgence attached to the recitation of the Franciscan Crown, and applicable to the dead, may be gained as often as the crown is recited. Franciscan Crown Rosary – Instructions, Reflections and Prayers [All Prayers are taken from The Roman Missal. It is composed of seven decades (one Our Father and ten Hail Marys each). ; Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Province, USA - Loretto, PA.] 1. I would note that although it is usually called a rosary–because it is so nearly the same as the rosary, the Franciscan Crown is technically a chaplet, but not a rosary chaplet. The Franciscan Crown Rosary is a seven decade rosary which commemorates the joys of Our Lady (The Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Visit of the Magi, Finding in the Temple, Resurrection, and Assumption and Coronation of Our Lady). The prayers of the Rosary must be prayed vocally and one must meditate upon the Mysteries of the Rosary. A plenary indulgence is attached to the recitation of the Crown Rosary, and is applicable to the deceased each time the Rosary is prayed. It is not required that the beads be blessed, or in fact that beads be used at all, since the Indulgence is not attached to the material rosary, but to the recitation of the prayers as such. However, what you are looking for is the Franciscan Crown or the rosary of the seven joys of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a devotion all its own; still, its similarity to the 5 decade rosary makes it natural to think of it as simply a variation of the rosary. At the end two Hail Marys are added and it is concluded with the Our Father and Hail Mary (said for the intention of the Pope in order to gain indulgence. A Plenary Indulgence... may be gained (under the usual conditions) when the Rosary is prayed in Church, in a family group or in a religious community.