Our Lady of the Rosary

Patron of Apostolic Vicariate of North Arabia
Recognized by the Church

The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in the Mesaimeer complex in Doha is the first Catholic temple built in Qatar in modern times and the country's main legal Catholic church. The expatriate community, with a remarkable presence of the faithful of several languages, including Brazilians, comes to it. It is the center of the public Marian life of Catholics in Catar.

Main data

Origin and history

The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in the Mesaimeer complex in Doha is the first Catholic temple built in Qatar in modern times and the country's main legal Catholic church. The expatriate community, with a remarkable presence of the faithful of several languages, including Brazilians, comes to it. It is the center of the public Marian life of Catholics in Catar.

The image and the sanctuary

The temple is dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary. It is within the Catholic ecclesial area authorized by the State; a report describes that access passes through barricades, thorn wire and metal control, reflecting the security context of the enclosure. It does not contain an image with its own miraculous history or Marian legend of the temple.

Sponsorship and coronation

Its title is the Virgin of the Rosary. Local self-sponsorship or canonical coronation documented: not recorded. The regional invocation that gives identity to the faithful of the Gulf is Our Lady of Arabia, patron of the Apostolic Vicariate of North Arabia, to which Catherine belongs.

Party and devotion

The universal liturgical feast of the Virgin of the Rosary is on October 7, but it is not known that it is celebrated in Qatar with a solemn character of its own beyond the ordinary pastoral life. The temple is the main point of sacramental and devotional meeting, with masses in different languages, including in Portuguese for migrant faithful.

Link to the Rosary

The very title of the temple, Our Lady of the Rosary, makes the prayer of the Rosary the heart of her devotional life. It brings together a network of migrant piety of many nationalities around Marian prayer. The Rosary is the main spiritual bond of this community gathered in the country's only Catholic church.