Dominican Tertiaries, Other Third Orders, and Purgatory

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Have you ever read the book Charity for the Suffering Souls by Rev. John Nageleisen? A PDF is available on the Library of Congress website. https://www.loc.gov/item/41030216/ (I’ve not posted a link before, so hopefully I’ve done so correctly). The book definitely is a product of the time it was written and has a lot of scary stories that may not be true; however, reading it has always encouraged my prayer for the Holy Souls.

The book does have an appendix on the Archconfraternity of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, “the spiritual benevolent fraternity for the relief and ransom of the suffering souls.” I do not know if the Archconfraternity still exists but it might be what you are looking for.
 
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Have you ever thought of becoming Oblate with the Benedictines. I’ve personally, always admired Dorothy Day OblSB, for example. I know becoming Tertiary with Dominicans and being an Oblate with the Benedictines are different. Oblates are associated with a specific monastery, while a Tertiary is associated with the entire order…I think. Your post motivated me to do some digging. One interesting article


I found some of the quotes in the article interesting…for example…
“If you become a Dominican Tertiary, your chances of becoming a saint will go up by 75 percent!” a Dominican nun once joked to me. “There are lots of Lay Dominican saints; nuns, not so much.”
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I think we have a Benedictine Oblate on this forum. Unfortunately, I never seem to be in the same area as a Benedictine group, so most of what I know about them comes from reading “in This House of Brede”. I’m much more familiar with the Fransciscans/ Poor Clares, the Carmelites, the Jesuits and the Norbertines, as I’ve had more personal contact with all of them.
 
I think you should pray to the Holy Spirit and follow His guidance. Living in cooperation with the will of God will help the holy souls the most. That could be a little different from one person to the next.
 
Yes, I’m trying to do that - live in cooperation with God’s will, etc.

Discerning God’s will can be a bit of a challenge sometimes though 🙂
 
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What about the Redemptorists? I believe they have associates or oblates. I think there is a Purgatorian Confraternity associated with them that used to be irregular, but has since come back to full communion with Rome. I’m not comepletely certain, but it might be worth a look.

Or Perhaps you can start a Purgatory Society in your area?

I’m partial to Dominicans myself…
 
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Tis_Bearself said:
So…getting back to the Holy Souls…

Which orders do the most to help the Holy Souls get out of Purgatory?
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A couple of quick thoughts. First, I don’t know of any lay order that focuses on praying for the Holy Souls - maybe an order of penitents. Second, joining a third order is a calling, it’s more than joining an organization. It is about a 6 year process to become a fully professed third order, where a person goes through a period of instruction and discernment to ensure that it is truly his/her calling. I spent a year with the Secular Discalced Carmelites before I realized it wasn’t for me. I’ve been in formation as a Lay Dominican for almost 2 years and I am much happier here. You’ll find a lot of overlap in the charisms and requirements for the different orders, it’s just a matter of discernment to find the right one for you.
 
Our new congregation will have a Purgatorian Ministry. We hope that the participants who qualify will eventually found a new contemplative community devoted to both the Soul of Christ Abandoned and the Poor Souls.
 
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