Pope Benedict XVI's Latin Rosary (4CD boxed set): Two ways to buy it

This valuable aid to prayer is not, easy to purchase in UK. The London CTS does not appear to have it, nor does St. Michael's Farnborough Abbey. Neither St Paul's Bookshop next to Wesminster Cathedral, nor the Pauline Books & Media in Kensington, has an online bookshop. If anyone knows of an easy outlet in UK, or indeed USA, please comment on this post.

However, there are two ways to buy it and both involve contacting Vatican Radio where the set has been on promotion for over a month (17 euros including postage.)

The following information is correct as of today's date.

First contact Elvira Ortmann at promo@vatiradio.va
and in the subject box put "re: il rosario in latino del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI".
Apart from the foregoing, it's perfectly OK to write your email in English. (Not surprisingly there's a good team of linguists at Vatirad!)

You should receive a prompt response in which you'll be asked to email again, repeating your email address in the text and confirming the number of copies you want. They will then tell you that when your parcel arrives, it will contain Vatican Radio's International banking Code. You take this to your bank and send VR an international transfer using the code. This is the best way for people outside the Euro Zone.

THERE IS HOWEVER AN EASIER WAY. IF, LIKE ME YOU HAVE A EURO BANK ACCOUNT WITH A MAINLAND EUROPEAN BANK (NOT UK OF COURSe)YOU CAN SIMPLY POST VR A CHEQUE WHEN THE CDs ARRIVE ON YOUR DOORSTEP.

AS FELLOW PPL MEMBERS AND READERS OF THIS BLOG WELL KNOW, I WILL BE IN LONDON FOR THE LMS REQUIEM ON NOVEMBER 22nd. IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO ORDER THE CDs FOR YOU I WILL PAY BY CHEQUE AND BRING YOUR SET WITH ME TO HAND TO YOU BEFORE THE REQUEIM. I WILL ACCEPT PAYMENT BY(STERLING OR EURO CASH/OR STERLING CHEQUE. NO CREDIT CARDS I'M AFRAID.

IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE AT THE REQUIEM, I CAN STILL HELP YOU BY ORDERING AND PAYING FROM HERE AND THEN FORWARDING TO YOUR ADDRESS. IN THIS CASE I WOULD INFORM YOU OF THE CDs' ARRIVAL HERE AND THEN POST IMMEDIATELY ON RECEIPT OF STERLING CHEQUE AT MY FRENCH ADDRESS (TO BE NOTIFIED AS NECESSARY)

IF YOU WISH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MY OFFER AS IN ABOVE TWO PARAGRAPHS, PLEASE PUT YOUR ORDER IN THE COMMENTS FOR THIS POST OR EMAIL ME AT probenoit16@live.com

Please note, the closing date for orders via me is 4pm (GMT)October 30th. If the promo. is still on, I may reopen the offer on November 26th.

Unfortunately the set does not have sleeve notes. It would have been useful to have the Latin and English Rosary Prayers printed out for those who want to learn the Rosary in Latin. However the Latin version is easliy found on the Internet.

Some people asked on WDTPRS how Vatirad had managed to fill 4CDs. The answer is that each one contains a different cycle of Mysteries and at the end of each he goes into the Litany of Our Lady (so you'll need to pull that off the Internet too if necessary) In my view it's sheer poetry in Latin. Each disc closes with the Holy Father's blessing. There is also a small adult choir of men and women who punctuate the decades with Marian chant and hymns.

It's an intimate recording, not at all grand and sounds as if it was made in a small chapel in the Vatican, possibly the Holy Father's own. The microphone is very close to him and this really makes you feel he's in the room with you! It has a very 'family' feel to it which would make it perfect for families praying and learning at home, or for teaching purposes in the parish.

My husband and I find it most conducive to recollection and look forward every night to being led in these beautiful prayers by our beloved Pope Benedict. We want to do our little bit to help make these discs more widely known and appreciated.

God bless,
In Christo pro Papa

Jane