For the larger Rosary Book, I purchased a post-bound 8.5"x10" scrapbook/photo album at Michael's. The album does come with some top-load sheet protectors (I cannot remember how many), but I purchased extra to complete the project. The weekly Michael's ad has great coupons ... I'm certain I used a 50% off one item coupon to purchase the album, and scrapbooking supplies are regularly on sale.
Sorry for the poor pictures. Glossy sheet protectors don't make for great photos.
The title page - page 1.
The next two pages - pages 2 & 3 - are titled "Praying the Rosary" and "Schedule for Praying the Rosary".
Pages 3 & 4 include a listing of the prayers need to pray the Rosary and page 4 is the title page for the Joyful Mysteries. All of the mystery pages are similarly created and placed appropriately within the book.
Pages 6 & 7 are examples of what is contained in the remainder of the book. The mystery and two different meditations are listed on the left and an 8x10 picture is shown on the right. The first meditation is more teen/adult, while the second is written more for children.
The last page of the book show the prayer "Hail, Holy Queen."
I also plan to make a smaller Rosary Book - the blue album. It's pages will hold a 4"x6" print/picture of each mystery. It's nice to have two copies and the smaller book will be great for travel.
*If anyone is interested in making a Rosary Book, I'd be glad to email you the prayers & meditations. It'll save you a bit of time! You can always change the font or wording to suite your personal preference.
This is a great idea! We are just starting out with the family Rosary, but we are only doing one decade on Sunday nights ... Our kids are still so young, that we figure we better add on slowly to have it stick. But we did one decade this afternoon in honor of Our Lady's birthday, and the older girls did well! Perhaps we will be able to progress more quickly, but we'll see =)
ReplyDeleteHappy 1st day of school, too!