This kit helps a parish Rosary group or ministry pray together on Orabimus, live and in sync, whether its members are in the pews, at home or in a hospital bed. Everything on this page is free to use and to copy.
Who is it for?
- Parish Rosary groups and prayer chains
- Knights of Columbus councils and other men's groups
- Legion of Mary praesidia
- Homebound and nursing home ministries
- Catholic schools, youth groups and campus ministries
- Hispanic ministry, with the prayers and the audio in Spanish
What does Orabimus offer a group?
Everyone on the same prayer
A Group Rosary is live and synchronized: the leader moves to the next prayer and every screen moves with them, with no limit on how many join. Pray in silence, following on screen, or aloud, with six voices and up to 400 listening.
A weekly hour that keeps itself
Set the Rosary for your group's hour and members are reminded. When it ends, one tap sets the same time next week, and everyone who follows the leader is told when it opens.
English and Spanish in one room
Everyone prays the same prayer, each in their own language: the text comes in nine languages and the audio in seven, English and Spanish among them.
Easy for the homebound
It opens in the browser of any phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to install. Every prayer is on screen and read aloud, so no one has to know the words by heart.
- It is free. Each person needs a free account to join or lead a Group Rosary, which takes under a minute with Google or a passkey. Praying alone needs no account.
- Leading a spoken room is for supporters, because spoken rooms run on a second server; silent rooms are free to lead.
How do you set up a weekly Group Rosary?
Choose the hour and the leader
Pick one evening or morning a week and one person to lead. The leader signs in to Orabimus with a free account.
Tap "Pray together," then "Set a time"
Pick the mysteries, who can find the room (Public lists it for anyone; Followers shows it to people who follow the leader; Private keeps it to people with the link), and whether you pray in silence or aloud. Then choose the day and hour and tap "Schedule Rosary."
Tell the group
Share the room's link, its six-character code or its QR code in the parish email, the group chat or the bulletin. Ask members to follow the leader, so they are told each week when the Rosary opens.
Let members set a reminder
Members who open the room's link before the hour can tap "Remind me," or "Add to my calendar" on a device that cannot receive reminders.
Pray together
At the hour, the leader opens the room, waits for the group to gather and presses "Begin Group Rosary." Every screen follows the leader's, prayer by prayer.
Set next week's
When the Rosary ends, the leader taps "Same time next week?" and next week's Rosary is set, with the group told and reminded.
Words for the bulletin and the pulpit
Copy these as they are, and fill in the brackets.
Bulletin blurb, in English
Pray the Rosary with us, wherever you are. Every [day] at [time], our parish prays a live Rosary together on Orabimus, a free Catholic Rosary app that opens in any web browser. Everyone prays the same words at the same moment, from home, from work or from a hospital bed, in English or in Spanish. Scan the QR code, sign in free, and follow [name] to be told when we begin.
Para el boletín, en español
Recemos juntos el Rosario, estés donde estés. Cada [día] a las [hora], nuestra parroquia reza el Rosario en vivo en Orabimus, una app católica gratuita que se abre en cualquier navegador, con las oraciones y el audio en español. Todos rezamos las mismas palabras al mismo tiempo, desde la casa, el trabajo o el hospital. Escanea el código QR, crea tu cuenta gratis y sigue a [nombre] para saber cuándo empezamos.
From the pulpit
This [day] at [time], pray the Rosary with our parish from wherever you are: open orabimus.com, or scan the QR code in the bulletin.
The QR code and the flyer
Scan to open Orabimus
The flyer is a letter-size page with this code, the words in large type, and blank lines for your day, hour and leader, to fill in by hand: download the flyer in English or in Spanish, open it, and print it.
Set up your group's Rosary.
Open Orabimus, sign in free, and tap "Pray together." Nothing to download, in nine languages with audio in seven.
Open OrabimusFree for every member · English and Spanish · No participant cap
Questions from parishes
Does every member need an account?
To join or lead a Group Rosary, yes: a free account, which takes under a minute with Google or a passkey. Praying the Rosary alone needs no account at all.
Can members who are not used to phones join?
If they can open a link on a phone, a tablet or a computer, they can join. A family member or a volunteer can set it up once, sign them in, and add Orabimus to the home screen so it opens with one tap.
Can we pray in English and Spanish together?
Yes. Everyone advances on the same prayer, and each person reads and hears it in their own language.
What does it cost the parish?
Nothing. Orabimus is free and has no ads. Leading a spoken room, where people pray aloud together, is for supporters, because those rooms run on a second server; silent rooms are free to lead, and joining any room is free.
Can we use it in church or in a classroom?
Yes. Put the room's QR code on a screen so everyone can scan it at once, and each person follows on their own phone.
See also: Group Rosary · Pray the Rosary together online · Rosary for men · Rosary for women · Rosary for the sick