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Hi, Greg —
After a little research, this is
what I found out:
What you found was a four-way centerpiece
Rosary.
I believe these are mainly designed
to extend the devotion the Christian
has to the Rosary,
to other related devotions and/or
saints.
| For non-Catholic Christians
and non-Christians unfamiliar
with the Rosary, any one can
pray the Rosary. You don't
have to be a Catholic. It was
meant to be prayed by everyone. |
I remember seeing these centerpieces
in the shape of a cross with holes
in the horizontal portion of the
(cross|centerpiece). It attaches
to the rest of the set of five decades
of beads on both ends, although more
times than not, you will see them
on pendants.
Although they are rare, here is a Coptic
Rosary with this type of centerpiece.
It looks like the above centerpiece
has pictures of:
- Our Lord, or His Sacred Heart
- the Miraculous Medal
- St. Joseph holding the Christ
child
- and one other image I can't
make out.
A more popular type of four way
Rosary centerpieces are the circular
centerpieces where the centerpiece
is divided into four quadrates. Each
of the four parts of the centerpiece
having
(mini-pictures|icons) of Our Lord
and other special saints. I went
down to my local Catholic gift shop and found a military and nautical
Rosary with four-way centerpieces.
This
type of centerpiece has the Sacred
Heart, Miraculous Medal, St. Joseph,
and the Holy Spirit at the top of
the centerpiece.
I believe McVan makes four-way centerpiece
rosaries.
It appears the one you found had
pictures of:
- Our Lord, or His Sacred Heart
- the Blessed Mother
- the infant of Prague
- and one other image
You said:
- Should I take it to a local parish, maybe they can get it to someone in need of one?
Yes, if you found something that
is not yours, you should bring it
to the nearest store, building or
Catholic parish.
Usually when people misplace something,
they will back track to where they
had it last, to see if they can find
what they lost.
Hope this answers your question.
Mike
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