There are six honest ways to pray the Rosary with other people online.
- The same prayer at the same hour as everyone else: a live, synchronized Group Rosary on Orabimus, a video call your own group runs, a parish or shrine livestream, or the Rosary on Catholic radio.
- A shared commitment, each on their own time: a Living Rosary app, where each member prays one decade, or the groups inside a prayer app such as Hallow.
Is anyone praying the Rosary right now?
On Orabimus, anyone with a free account can open a public Group Rosary at any hour, or join one that is praying. When a room is praying, the app shows it under Praying now, with who leads it and which mysteries.
A live Group Rosary on Orabimus
A Group Rosary on Orabimus is a room where everyone prays the same prayer at the same moment, step by step, under one host. When the host moves to the next Hail Mary, every screen moves with them, whether five people have joined or five hundred. Each person reads in their own language (the prayers come in nine) and can listen to studio narration in seven.
- In silence or aloud: in silence, everyone follows on screen; in a spoken room, six people can speak and take turns leading decades, and up to 400 can listen.
- Public or private: a room can be public, shown to the host's followers, or private.
- Now or later: a room can be set for a later hour, with reminders for the people coming.
- How to join: by link, by a six-character code or by scanning a QR code, in any browser, with nothing to download.
- Good for: praying with someone at any hour of the day or night; a family spread across time zones; a group that wants everyone on the same bead.
- What it asks: a free account to join or host. Joining is free, and so is speaking in a spoken room; hosting a spoken room is for supporters, because it runs on a second server.
A video call your group runs itself
Many prayer groups simply meet on a video call, such as Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime or a WhatsApp video call. One person leads the first half of each prayer and everyone answers the second half, the way a group prays in a living room.
- Good for: seeing faces, and the conversation before and after.
- What it asks: someone to set up the call and keep the time, and everyone to have the call's link and app.
- Good to know: the small delay on a call makes praying in unison choppy, so it works best when one voice leads and the others answer. Newcomers who do not know the words can follow along on screen in an Orabimus room, or on the Rosary prayers page, while the call carries the voices.
A parish or shrine livestream
Many parishes stream a daily or weekly Rosary on their website, YouTube or Facebook, and shrines do the same. On television and online, EWTN airs The Holy Rosary From Lourdes, where pilgrims pray the Rosary at the Grotto in France.
- Good for: praying with a real congregation.
- What it asks: being free at the hour it is streamed; you follow along rather than lead, and there is no way to take a turn.
- To find one near you: look at your parish's website or bulletin, or your diocese's.
The Rosary on Catholic radio
Relevant Radio prays the Family Rosary Across America live every night at 7 p.m. Central, on the radio and online. You can pray along in the car, in the kitchen, or anywhere your hands are busy.
- Good for: a fixed daily habit with a large company of people.
- What it asks: the radio or the station's stream at that hour.
A Living Rosary app
In a Living Rosary, each member prays one decade a day, so that together the group completes the whole Rosary every day. The idea goes back to Blessed Pauline Jaricot in 1826. Rosario, a free app from the Hozana association (US App Store), forms groups of five and gives each member a different mystery every day (App Store listing).
- Good for: friends who cannot share an hour but want to keep a daily promise together.
- What it asks: the app; you pray on your own time, not at the same moment as the others.
Groups in a prayer app such as Hallow
In the Hallow app (US), groups let members share prayer intentions, message the whole group, and go through a challenge, a course or another program together (Hallow help center: creating a group, questions for group admins). Its help center describes no live, synchronized group prayer, as of October 31, 2026.
- Good for: a community that prays through the same content over weeks.
- What it asks: the app; the group shares a program rather than a single hour.
How do you choose?
| Same moment | You can lead | What you need | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orabimus room | Yes, step by step | Yes | A browser and a free account |
| Video call | Yes, with some delay | Yes | The call's link and app |
| Livestream | Yes, at its hour | No | The stream's link |
| Radio | Yes, at its hour | No | A radio or the station's stream |
| Living Rosary app | No, each on their own time | Each prays a decade | The app |
| App groups | No | Admins pick the program | The app |
- You want to pray with someone right now: join a public room on Orabimus, at any hour.
- Your group already meets each week: a video call, or an Orabimus room set for the same hour every week.
- You want to pray with a congregation: a parish or shrine livestream.
- Your hands are busy: the Rosary on the radio.
- Your group cannot share an hour: a Living Rosary, one decade each.
How do you start a Group Rosary on Orabimus?
Open Orabimus and sign in
Open orabimus.com in any browser and sign in with Google or a passkey. The account is free and takes under a minute.
Tap "Pray together"
Choose "I'll lead now" to open a room at once, or "Set a time" to schedule it. Pick the mysteries, who can find the room, and whether it is prayed in silence or aloud.
Share the way in
Send the room's link, its six-character code or its QR code by text, email or the group chat. People who follow you are told when it opens.
Begin together
When everyone has gathered, press "Begin Group Rosary." Every screen moves with yours, prayer by prayer, to the final Sign of the Cross.
Set the next one
When the Rosary ends, tap "Same time next week?" and next week's Rosary is set, with the group told and reminded.
Pray the Rosary with others today.
Join a public room, or open your own and share the link. Free, nothing to download, in nine languages with audio in seven.
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Questions about praying the Rosary together online
Is a Rosary prayed together online a real Rosary?
Yes. The Rosary is its prayers and its mysteries, prayed with attention. Praying them at the same moment as others, wherever they are, is praying together: where two or three gather in his name, Christ is among them (Matthew 18:20).
Is there a Rosary I can join at any hour?
On Orabimus you can join a public Group Rosary whenever one is praying, or open one yourself at any hour, in a minute, and wait for others to come. Livestreams and radio Rosaries keep a fixed time.
Do I need an account?
To pray the Rosary on your own in Orabimus, no. To join or host a live Group Rosary, a free account, which keeps the rooms free of bots and full of real people. Livestreams and radio need no account; other apps have their own rules.
Can people pray in different languages in one room?
Yes. On Orabimus everyone advances on the same prayer, but each person reads it in their own language, one of nine, and can hear it in one of seven, Spanish and Latin among them.
See also: Group Rosary · The virtual Rosary · For parishes · The best free Catholic apps · Hallow alternatives
Sources: Matthew 18 (USCCB) · The Holy Rosary From Lourdes (EWTN) · Family Rosary Across America (Relevant Radio) · Rosario, US App Store · Hallow help center, creating a group · Hallow help center, group admins · all verified October 31, 2026