Practical Meditations For Every Day of the Year II
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1858 Creation Confraternity of Christian Mothers, same time frame. Women in Church gravely concerned about children and husbands.
Christians tale between legs, people bearing brunt of chaos is mothers, children, and families
Noble woman in France, Rio, husband & children caught up in socialist atheist ideas
Rapidly approved by Vatican, daily prayer created, number of ways to gain indulgence
Obtain graces to fight against a material heresy. Expanded rapidly, in USA within USA.
Many of Confraternities in Europe have gone defunct. Largest in USA
Prayer Book, written in France, accumulating beautiful language of prayer against onslaught against women & children
Percy Shelly radical, down on marriage, easy divorce, material problems.
Don’t want discomfort, want radical solution. Rise in sinfulness innocent suffer the most.
New website https://www.christianmothers.org
Mother Love prayer book https://www.christianmothers.org/mother-love
175 yr anniversary of Confraternity
Band together with other Catholic Mothers, grace available to achieve that end
Indulgenced prayer, Holy Mass, spiritual director
Specifics commit to say short litany of saints who are patrons
how to join based out of Pittsburg PA
Parish affiliation, monthly meeting, Mass, dues based on intent
Not another women’s group, contemplative mother’s movement within the heart of the Church
Not fundraising, bake sales, altar cloths rather formation of the mothers, and Christian education of husbands & children
Older women keeping movement alive, more traditionally minded parishes rediscovering our patrimony with younger mother
Grandmothers & mothers married together for an active Faith in children & husband
Zellie Martin attended some of the early meetings
Intercessory prayer current and past members incredible help
10K praying for the members plus deceased
Mother Love (brand new compilation of prior book) formal prayer book common to Practical Meditations
These prayers, profoundly beautiful
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