Do You Wear Rosary Beads Around Your Neck. There are two reasons to wear the rosary piety and fashion. If it is used ONLY as fashion then this would be inappropriate.
Hispanics often drape the rosary around the neck for their dead instead of placing it in the hand. Say the Our Father while holding the larger bead then say three Hail Marys on the three little beads. If it is used ONLY as fashion then this would be inappropriate.
Dominican and Franciscan friars hang the rosary from their belts.
It would also appear that in some parts of the United States and elsewhere wearing rosary beads around the neck has become a gang-related. Is it appropriate for Catholics to wear a Rosary around their neck. However there are acceptable reasons to wear a rosary. When a rosary is taken to be blessed by a priest the rosary beads are bestowed with the blessing of the Church meaning that as you pray the rosary your prayers are strengthened with the prayers of the Church.
