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SSA043: How can a string of beads shape culture, prayer, and art? Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray unpack the Rosary’s deep roots—from ancient prayer beads to Dominican devotion—and ask why this humble object remains such a powerful spiritual weapon.

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Links for this episode:

• St. Cuthbert’s beads – Wikipedia
• Britain’s oldest prayer beads buried in new museum on remote island | The Art Newspaper
• The History Blog – St. Cuthbert’s beads post
• Preview PDF on PagePlace
• Paternoster Row – Wikipedia
• History of the Rosary | EWTN
• Prayer Rope History – Symeon Anthony
• Rosary Workshop – History of Beads
• The National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham Rosary Centre
• Chaplet of St. Michael – Traditional Catholic Prayers
• How to Pray the Chaplet of the Holy Face of Jesus | Catholic Company
• Rosary Army – Pray
• Rosaria Reginae – Home

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