Lay members of the order said in place of the psalms the Our Father (Pater). The 150 psalms/paters were subdivided in groups of fifty. During the twelfth-thirteen centuries, the Hail Mary was added.

At one time it became fifteen joys. However, what you are looking for is the Franciscan Crown or the rosary of the seven joys of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is composed of seven decades (one Our ...

Then proceed to the recitation of the decade. On the large bead say the Our Father. On each of the ten small beads, say a Hail Mary. Then pray the Glory Be. Each decade is a contemplation of the ...