--- title: Road-Trip Rosaries description: When her family is trapped together for hours on end during road trips, Maria Riley uses the time to pray together.  image: https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/New%20Rosary%20in%20our%20hands.png --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/roadtrip-rosaries#) [FAITH](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/tag/faith) # Road-Trip Rosaries Oct 20, 2024 6:00:00 AM  |  by [Maria Riley](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/maria-riley) ![featured image](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/New%20Rosary%20in%20our%20hands.png) *When her family is trapped together for hours on end during road trips, Maria Riley uses the time to pray together. * --- Venerable Patrick Peyton, known as "The Rosary Priest," devoted his priestly life to encouraging family prayer, especially the Rosary. This October, for the Month of the Holy Rosary, Family Rosary (an apostolate founded by Father Peyton) and Catholic Mom have teamed up for this daily series dedicated to the Rosary.   We are a family of six with no family living in the same state as us, which means we are a road-tripping family! Every year we take at least two road trips, and sometimes more depending on holiday schedules. Visiting extended family is a priority, and driving is the only way to keep it affordable. Each day we spend in the car traversing this beautiful country is not complete until we’ve prayed a Rosary.   Life is hectic, and we don’t regularly pray a Rosary together as a family. But during road trips, we never miss. Once we’ve finished lunch, it’s Rosary time. Sometimes we leave after breakfast and sometimes we arrive before dinner, but we’re almost always eating lunch on the go. Having a designated time to pray rather than just hoping that we get to it has made it easy to remember and actually pray it. Since we’ve been so consistent with our Rosary schedule, at least half the time it’s my kids reminding me that it’s time for the Rosary!    ![null](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/20241020%20Maria%20Riley.png?width=1080&height=1080&name=20241020%20Maria%20Riley.png)   ## Encountering Christ in the Rosary  We always take turns leading each decade, and this helps keep the kids actively participating while we pray. I also take a minute or two to explain the upcoming Mystery so they know what they should be meditating on while we pray. I’m not sure if they consistently think about the Mystery the whole time (heck, even my mind wanders and I have to consciously bring it back to the Mystery of the decade), but I believe an important part of overcoming the objection that the Rosary is boring is by teaching my kids that the prayer is so much more than just saying the same thing over and over. It’s an encounter with the life of Christ.   For her first Communion, one of my daughters received a stuffed Saint Raphael. He’s the patron saint of travelers, so she graciously donated him to our minivan. He’s with us everywhere we travel, and while we pray the Rosary, the person who is leading the decade gets to hold Saint Raphael. Snuggling with Saint Raphael is another great way to keep the kids engaged and excited about praying.   I love our tradition of praying a Rosary in the car. Not only does it teach my kids a beautiful prayer, but it helps pass the hours as we travel down this road called life.    Share your thoughts with the Catholic Mom community! You'll find the comment box below the author's bio and list of recommended articles. 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