The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady

A place for Catholic devotion, prayer and meditation on the profound sorrows experienced by the Blessed Virgin Mary

About the Seven Sorrows Rosary

During the middle ages, Our Blessed Mother introduced The Seven Sorrows Rosary to St. Bridget of Sweden and the Seven Servite fathers in Florence, Italy, asking them to spread this devotion to her sorrows. Unfortunately, the Protestant Reformation caused both the traditional (Dominican rosary) and the Seven Sorrows Rosary to fall into disuse.

In November 1981, Our Lady appeared to Marie Claire Mukamgango in Rwanda, Africa. To promote peace, love, and forgiveness between the tribes in an effort to prevent the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, Marie Claire was asked by Our Lady to spread the Seven Sorrows Rosary to her country and the world. Marie Claire was killed in the genocide.

"Our Lady of Kibeho", by Immaculee Ilibigaza, is about three teenage girls who had apparitions of Our Blessed Mother, the messages they received and their stories. After reading this book, our apostolate for the Seven Sorrows Rosary was inspired and felt a strong call by Our Blessed Mother to continue the work of Marie Claire. This was our beginning, in January 2010.

After we received approval from our pastor to begin an apostolate for this devotion, we learned how to make rosaries and order supplies. We wrote a meditation booklet to go along with the rosary and scheduled presentations with our parish ministries and in other parishes. Our Blessed Mother, who has a definite plan, has guided us all the way and has sent giving hearts to donate for supplies.

Since we began fifteen years ago, we have given away over 52,000 rosaries all over the United States and around the world. This devotion continues to spread through others giving to others.

The Seven Sorrows Rosary, like the traditional rosary, is a meditative beaded prayer. Both rosaries are a powerful spiritual weapon against the snares of the evil one. It brings a great peace for the mind, body and soul. When we experience pain, suffering or sorrow we meditate on Mary’s sorrows. She unites her sorrow with ours and brings them to her Son, who in return gives us peace.

Mary and Jesus’ hearts beat as one. Her Immaculate heart brings us more perfectly to His Sacred Heart.

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We are a dedicated ministry creating and distributing rosaries and prayer booklets at no cost, along with valuable resources for prayers and novenas.

To request more than one rosary and prayer booklet, please reach out to us at the email address below.

Beautifully crafted rosaries.

Maria S.

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Promises of Our Lady

Our Lady told St. Bridget of Sweden that she would grant seven graces to those who honor her daily by meditating on her Seven Sorrows:

I will grant peace to their families.
They will be enlightened about the divine mysteries.
I will console them in their pains and I will accompany them in their work.
I will give them as much as they as for as long as it does not oppose the adorable will of my Divine Son or the sanctification of their souls.
I will protect them againt the infernal enemy and I will protect them at every instant of their lives.
I will visibly help them at the moment of their death; they will see the face of their Mother.

I have obtained the grace from my Divine Son, that those who propagate this devotion to my tears and dolors, will be taken directly from this earthly life to eternal happiness since all their sins will be forgiven and my Son and I will be their eternal consolation and joy.

Our Lady also told Marie Claire, one of the three Kibeho visionaries, that with the recitation of her Seven Sorrows Rosary:

The hardest hearts will change.
They shall be freed from obsessions and addictions.
They will find the strength to repent and convert their hearts.
They will obtain an understanding of the weaknesses that lead them to sin.
Praying it from the heart, they will obtain whatever they ask.

Get in Touch

We welcome your inquiries and are here to assist you with any questions about our rosaries and prayer resources.

Contact us by email:

sorrowsofmaryinfo@gmail.com