At the ongoing 3-day maiden Rosary Congress in Accra, Catholics within and across the southern sector of the country have been called to meditate on the Rosary and not just keep it as an artifact in their rooms.
Speaking on the first day of Congress on Thursday , October 16, 2025, Rev. Fr. Ebenezer Hanson, a Priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra, emphasised that “We cannot pray the Rosary if we don’t know scriptures.”
Speaking on the topic “The Power of the Rosary in the Life of the Church,” he explained that Catholics should not just pray the Rosary but meditate on the words of the scriptures.
“Don’t just pray the Rosary. Meditate on the word. You need to know the word of God… You cannot pray the Rosary if you do not know scriptures”, he added.
He said the Rosary is a weapon of the Church which can be used to conquer the devil and overcome his schemes.
Touching on the history of the Rosary, he explained that the Rosary began in the 16th century when the Blessed Virgin Mary handed it over to St. Dominic, urging him to pray it daily with the Church, noting that the Rosary is “the Bible in motion,” considering the mysteries of it.
Fr. Hanson indicated that the Church can use the Word of God, the Eucharist, Marian devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and penance as weapons to fight the devil.
He said that when all these things are done in the right proportion, Christians will have the right weapons to fight, and the Church will become victorious.
He encouraged the Church in various Dioceses to pray the Rosary at the galamsey sites.
He said, “If we move to all the regions doing galamsey, we’ll pick our rosaries… we are not going to fight them, they will put their weapons down because they are the Catholics, they will see their priests and they won’t go back again”.
The 3-day Rosary Congress, organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra in collaboration with the Global Rosary Network, is on the theme “The Holy Rosary: A Weapon for Pilgrims of Hope.”
It brought together thousands of Catholics within and beyond the Archdiocese of Accra with the Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, the Most Rev. John Bonaventure Kwofie, CSSp, presiding over the opening Mass.
By Celestine Edem Gbologah
