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make a crown for themselves which they will be able to wear in heaven.
This holy Carthusian's vision is very much like that which
Saint John the Beloved Disciple had. He had a vision of a very
great multitude of angels and saints who continually praised
and blessed Our Savior Jesus Christ for all that He had done
and suffered on earth for our salvation. This is precisely what
the devout members of the Rosary Confraternity do.
It must not be thought that the Rosary is only for women and for simple and ignorant people;
it is also for men and for
the greatest of men. As soon as Saint Dominic acquainted Pope Innocent III with the fact that he
had received a command from heaven to establish the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary, the Holy
Father gave it his full approval, urged Saint Dominic to preach it and said that he wished to
become a member himself Many Cardinals embraced the devotion with
great fervor too, which prompted Lopez to say: "Neither
sex nor age nor any other condition has kept anyone from devotion to the Holy Rosary."
Members of the Confraternity have always been from all
walks of life: dukes, princes, kings, as well as prelates, cardi­
nals and Sovereign Pontiffs; it would take too long to give all
their names in this little book, which is but a summary. If you join the Confraternity, dear
reader, you will share in the devo­
tion of your fellow members and in the graces that they gain on earth as well as in their glory in
heaven. "Since you are united to them in their devotion you will share in their dignity."

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Confraternity Privileges (I)

IF THE VALUE of a confraternity and the advisability of joining it are to be judged by the
indulgences attached to it, then it can surely be said that the Confraternity of the Most Holy
Rosary is by far the most valuable one and that the faithful should be strongly urged to join it.
This is because it has been awarded more indulgences than any other confraternity in the Church,
and ever since its inception there has hardly been a Pope who

1Leo XIII modified this list of indulgences. We give it here because it is included in Saint
Louis' manuscript.

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