The most common type of Rosary throughout the world is the five decade Rosary. Different from the one decade Rosary, or “tenner”, this type is particularly useful for the Rosary prayer, which millions of Catholics around the world pray daily. This is a prayer by which the Faithful ask for the intercession of the Virgin Mary while focusing on the mysteries of Christ life on earth before his death.

This type of Rosary features five groups of ten beads. A larger bead or different type of bead indicates the place where the Lord’s Prayer is recited. One of the beauties of these sacramentals is that that although the structure is the same, they come in many colors, shapes, and sizes with every type of bead you can imagine.