Relevant Radio stations across America, including here in Maine, will participate in the daily “Rosary for Life” throughout October, uniting over one million people in prayer for an end to abortion in our country.

To participate, join Catholics across the U.S. in praying the Rosary at 8 p.m. every night from Friday, October 1, through Sunday, October 31. Relevant Radio is available in Maine on 106.7 FM in Portland/Lewiston, 90.3 FM in Bangor, 89.7 FM in Bath/Brunswick, 89.5 FM in Augusta, and 1390 AM in northern Maine. In addition, listeners can tune in online at www.relevantradio.com/listen or by downloading the Relevant Radio app on their smartphones.

The month of October is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary, including the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in honor of the Blessed Mother on October 7. October was also the month in which Mary appeared for the last time to shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, urging them to "say the Rosary every day to obtain peace for the world."

The Rosary is an invitation to experience the grace of Mary’s spiritual motherhood as she leads us to her Son, Jesus. Devotion to the Rosary was especially promoted in the 13th century by St. Dominic and in the 16th century by St. Peter Canisius. It was Pope Leo XIII who dedicated October at the Month of the Holy Rosary and who, in 1895, wrote an encyclical, Adiutricem, on the Rosary. An invocation known as the Fatima Prayer was commonly added in the early 20th century. In 2002, Saint John Paul II, who called the Rosary his favorite prayer, added a new set of five reflections called the luminous mysteries. They join the joyful, sorrowful, and glorious mysteries, in providing opportunities to reflect on the lives of Jesus and his Blessed Mother.