Union of Prayer was a previous term for some Roman Catholic
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Union of Prayer was a previous term for some Roman Catholic
lay ecclesial movementsLay ecclesial movements, also called associations of the faithful, are groups of baptized Catholics organized for the purposes of catechesis, cultural work, mutual support, and/or missionary apostolate. Their members are not all exclusively lay, as some groups include priests as members also...
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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 Jesus
Heart 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
- Archconfraternity
An 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
- Archconfraternity
An 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