Unions of Prayer
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Union of Prayer was a previous term for some Roman Catholic lay ecclesial movements
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They tended to be archconfraternities aiming at the conversion of various groups to Catholicism. Some of these included:
Roman Catholic lay ecclesial movement
Lay ecclesial movements are one form of associations of the faithful of the Catholic Church.Associations of the faithful are groups of baptized Catholics, clerics or laity or both together, who jointly foster a more perfect life or promote public worship or Christian teaching, or who devote...
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They tended to be archconfraternities aiming at the conversion of various groups to Catholicism. Some of these included:
- Association of Prayer and Penitence in honour of the Heart of JesusHeart of JesusHeart of Jesus can refer to:*The Sacred Heart of Jesus as an object of religious devotion*Sacred Heart Church*A common name for Caladium...
- offering reparation for outrages against the Catholic Church and the pope - ArchconfraternityArchconfraternityAn archconfraternity is a Roman Catholic confraternity, empowered to aggregate or affiliate other confraternities of the same nature, and to impart to them its indulgences and privileges.-Status and operation:...
of Our Lady of Compassion for the Return of England to the Catholic Faith - Pious Union of Prayer to Our Lady of Compassion for the Conversion of Heretics
- ArchconfraternityArchconfraternityAn archconfraternity is a Roman Catholic confraternity, empowered to aggregate or affiliate other confraternities of the same nature, and to impart to them its indulgences and privileges.-Status and operation:...
of Prayers and Good Works for the Reunion of the Eastern Schismatics with the Church under the patronage of Our Lady of the Assumption