Looking for a Woman's Vocation with a Particular Focus

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Does anyone know any orders for women that focuses or has a lot to do with the praying for the Holy Souls in Purgatory?.
 
I think this is one of the apostolates of cloistered Carmelites but I could be in error.
 
I don’t know anything about this personally, but I have just read on the forums that the Dominicans have a devotion to praying for the dead. 🙂

[quoteI am going to be entering the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor MI. They are a community of contemplative apostles. So first and foremost they are a community of prayer warriors. They second are preachers (because they are Dominicans) and third are teachers. They have a very strong emphasis on Mary and spiritual motherhood. They also have the traditional Dominican devotion to praying for the dead, the Rosary, and the Most Holy Name.
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Does anyone know any orders for women that focuses or has a lot to do with the praying for the Holy Souls in Purgatory?.
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The Society of Helpers of the Poor Souls was founded by Mother Mary of Providence for that specific purpose. They really changed after Vatican II. They’re now known as the “Society of Helpers.”

Cloister Outreach has a proposed contemplative charism–which could be rewritten as eremitic–known as the Companions of the Soul of Christ Abandoned and the Poor Souls:

cloisters.tripod.com/companions/

There is a lay founder in KY who has plans for a network of bedridden (nursing home) eremitics who would join their sufferings to the Poor Souls. She doesn’t have a website, but I can put you in touch with her.

Blessings,
Cloisters
 
twohearts14 said:
I don’t know anything about this personally, but I have just read on the forums that the Dominicans have a devotion to praying for the dead. 🙂

[quoteI am going to be entering the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor MI. They are a community of contemplative apostles. So first and foremost they are a community of prayer warriors. They second are preachers (because they are Dominicans) and third are teachers. They have a very strong emphasis on Mary and spiritual motherhood. They also have the traditional Dominican devotion to praying for the dead, the Rosary, and the Most Holy Name.
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That is true but it’s not their first focus. If I’m not mistaken JS Cortez was looking for communities with praying for the Holy Souls as the primary focus of the community.

JMJ+
~Betsy

Totus tuus Maria!
 
I was indeed wondering if any had the Holy Souls as their primary focus, but it doesn’t seem to be the case. Which on the one hand, I can understand, but on the other, is a little sad. At least, it seems sad to me.
 
JS_Cortez said:
I was indeed wondering if any had the Holy Souls as their primary focus, but it doesn’t seem to be the case. Which on the one hand, I can understand, but on the other, is a little sad. At least, it seems sad to me.
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I’m just wondering, why does this sadden you?
 
Because it seems like they are being forgotten. At the same time, I can understand why an order or a cloister wouldn’t make the Holy Souls their main focus: praying for sinners is so immediate and dire, helping the poor and the sick is so necessary while the Holy Souls are suffering, they will be released and are already saved. Still, a little sad in a way.
 
JS_Cortez said:
Because it seems like they are being forgotten. At the same time, I can understand why an order or a cloister wouldn’t make the Holy Souls their main focus: praying for sinners is so immediate and dire, helping the poor and the sick is so necessary while the Holy Souls are suffering, they will be released and are already saved. Still, a little sad in a way.
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I don’t know, but I think the souls in Purgatory receive many prayers from cloistered religious. Religious, especially cloistered religious, pray for everyone and obtain graces for the whole Church, including the Holy Souls. Maybe the reason there are no religious with this as their primary focus, or at least none that I know of, is because the souls in Purgatory, though they need prayers, may not need too many prayers.

But I could be wrong, and maybe there is a need in the Church for people who will pray particularly for the souls in Purgatory.
 
I just thought of something. No matter where you end up in life you can always offer your prayers and sacrifices for the Holy Souls. I’m a really busy highschooler, I don’t have all this time to spend in Adoration praying for things (believe me I would love to do it if I could) so instead when I wake up in the morning with a bit of a headache I offer it up for the Holy Souls or when I’m taking my walk I’ll offer up a short prayer for the Holy Souls or when I don’t want to do my chores or my homework or whatever I’ll offer it up for the Holy Souls.

I know people tend to shy away from the phrase “offer it up” because they see it as a nicer way of saying “oh your problems don’t matter so get over them” but that’s really not what is should mean. It’s very important to offer things up because its a way of prayer and a way of honoring God.

JMJ+
~Betsy

Totus tuus Maria!
 
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