Editing Rosary (section)

===Devotional growth===
[[File:Our Lady of Lourdes - Grotto of Lourdes - Lourdes 2014.JPG|thumb|right|[[Our Lady of Lourdes]] appearing at [[Lourdes]] with rosary beads]]

Through the preaching of de Rupe, Rosary [[Confraternity|confraternities]] began to be erected shortly before 1475.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13188b.htm Thurston, Herbert. "Confraternity of the Holy Rosary." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 3 January 2015]</ref>

When [[Penal Laws against Irish Catholics|Penal Laws]] in Ireland restricted or banned the [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]], the Rosary became a substitute prayer ritual within private homes.{{sfn|McNicholas|1917|p=343}} During the 18th century, de Montfort elaborated on the importance of the rosary and emphasized that it should be prayed with attention, devotion, and modesty (reverence).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.montfort.org.uk/Writings/Rosary.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327085157/http://www.montfort.org.uk/Writings/Rosary.html|url-status=dead|title=De Montfort, St. Louis-Marie. Secret of the Rosary, Forty-Fourth Rose (paragraph 127)|archive-date=27 March 2008}}</ref>

In Brazil, two million men engage in a movement called {{lang|pt|[[Terço dos Homens]]}} ("Men's Rosary").<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ourladyofaparecida.org/rosary-prayer-groups | title=Men's Rosary Group Terço dos homens }}</ref> It consists of weekly meetings to pray a set of mysteries.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbb.org.br/cresce-o-terco-dos-homens-no-brasil/ | title=Cresce o Terço dos Homens no Brasil - CNBB | date=23 April 2018 }}</ref> In neighboring Hispanic countries, the movement is called {{lang|es|Rosario de Hombres Valientes}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.schoenstatt.org/es/en-salida/2017/04/el-rosario-de-hombres-valientes-un-fenomeno-cada-vez-mas-fuerte-en-paraguay/|title=El Rosario de Hombres Valientes – un fenómeno cada vez más fuerte en Paraguay | date=9 April 2017 }}</ref>

The theologian [[Romano Guardini]] described the Catholic emphasis on the Rosary as "participation in the life of Mary, whose focus was Christ."<ref name=Rosenkranz>Rosenkranz, A Heinz. Marienlexikon, Eos, St. Ottilien, 1993, p.555, {{isbn|9783880968905}}</ref> This opinion was expressed earlier by Leo XIII who considered the rosary a way to accompany Mary in her contemplation of Christ.<ref name="autogenerated3">Encyclical Jucunda Semper 8.9.1894 quoted in Marienlexikon,Eos St. Ottilien, 1988 42</ref>