Chaplet (prayer)

A chaplet is a form of

Common chaplets

Common chaplets include:

• Blessed Sacrament Beads^[1]
• Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, using ordinary rosary beads of five decades.
• Chaplet of the Five Wounds of Jesus
• Marie Martha Chambon
• Little Crown of the Infant Jesus, made up of three and twelve beads.^[2]
• Chaplet of the Sacred Heart, consisting of thirty-three small beads, six large beads, a centerpiece, a crucifix and a Sacred Heart medal.^[1]
• Little Chaplet of the Holy Face, to honor the Five Wounds of Jesus Christ, composed of a cross and six large beads and thirty-three small.^[1]
• Chaplet of the Precious Blood, consisting of thirty-three beads in seven groups, was composed by Dom Francesco Albertini, founder of the Archconfraternity of the Most Precious Blood.^[3]

• Chaplet of Our Lady of Tears, based on the reported visions of the nun Amalia of Jesus Flagellated
• Chaplet of Black Madonna of Częstochowa, made up of nine beads with a crucifix and a medal of Our Lady of Czestochowa.
• Chaplet of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, consisting of a medal of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, three separate beads, and twelve additional beads.
• Chaplet of the Immaculate Conception, also called the Crown of Stars, consisting of three groups of four beads, with a medal of the Immaculate Conception. [1]
• Chaplet or
  Rosary of the Seven Sorrows of Mary, made up of seven groups of seven beads. Also known as the Dolour beads.^[4]
• Chaplet of Saint Joseph, which is divided into fifteen groups of four beads consisting of one white and three purple beads.
• Chaplet of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, composed of eight brown, eight red and eight crystal beads.
• Chaplet of
  Saint Anthony
  , made up of thirteen sets of three beads.
• Chaplet of Saint Patrick, made up of twelve beads symbolizing the twelve perils of Saint Patrick
• Chaplet of
  Saint Philomena
  , consisting of three white beads and thirteen red beads.
• Bridgettine Rosary, consisting of six decades of ten beads each. There are three additional beads at the end.
• Little Flower Chaplet, made of one large bead and twenty-four smaller beads.
• Chaplet of the
  Way of the Cross
  , made of fifteen groups of three beads, etc.
• Chaplet in Honor of the Holy Infant of Good Health, said on the standard Dominican rosary.
• nine choirs of angels
  .)
• Chaplet of Saint Anna Schäffer, made of one large bead and twenty-four smaller beads.

See also

• Rosary based prayers

References

Bibliography

• My Treasury of Chaplets, by Patricia S. Quintiliani, The Ravengate Press, 1986/99.
  ISBN 0-911218-36-X

• Sisters of Carmel (photos of many different chaplets)