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Coming up for the Confraternity of Christian Mothers:
Save the Date: February 2, 2026 at 6:00pm: Solemn Reception
WHAT IS THE CONFRATERNITY OF CHRISTIAN MOTHERS?
The confraternity was founded in Lille, France, in 1850, designed to help wives and mothers combat the forces undermining family life. Under the special patronage of the Mother of Sorrows, the members are encouraged in the important task of training and sanctifying the young souls entrusted to their care.
A CHRISTIAN MOTHER’S
DAILY PRAYER FOR THE CHILDREN
O Mary, Immaculate Virgin and Sorrowful
Mother, commend our beloved children to the
most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Who refuses
nothing to His Mother.
Holy Guardian Angels, pray for them.
St. Joseph, powerful patron, pray for them.
St. John, much-beloved precursor of our
Lord, pray for them.
St. John, adopted son of the Sorrowful
Mother, pray for them.
St. Joachim and St. Anne, parents of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, pray for them.
St. Augustine, pray for them.
St. Anthony, pray for them.
St. Aloysius, pray for them.
St. Elizabeth, pray for them.
St. Monica, pray for them.
St. Rose of Lima, pray for them.
All you holy fathers and mothers,
pray for them and for us.
All you holy children,
pray for them and for us. Amen.
WHY JOIN THE CONFRATERNITY?
There are many advantages for the woman who joins the Confraternity. First, a Christian Mother is under the powerful protection and intercession of Mary, our Mother of Sorrows, the chief patroness of the organization, as well as other special patrons of Christian Mothers: St. Joseph, St. John the Baptist, St. John the Apostle, St. Joachim and St. Anne, St. Augustine, St. Anthony, St. Aloysius, St. Elizabeth, St. Monica, and St. Rose of Lima. Local Confraternities also adopt their own particular patrons and invoke them lovingly. In return for all these benefits, a Christian Mother takes on the obligation to recite a daily prayer for the children, to offer a monthly Mass for the members, and to attend meetings as she is able. The monthly meeting consists of Mass, a brief business meeting, and a talk on an appropriate topic. Often the topic of discussion centers around the character formation of children – one of the main purposes of the Confraternity. One of the special advantages is the actual presence of Our Divine Lord with His graces: “Where two or more are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them.” There are many indulgences attached to membership of this Confraternity. A plenary indulgence is given on the day of enrollment and its anniversaries, another at the hour of death (if they pronounce the holy name of Jesus), on the principal feast of the Confraternity, and on the other feasts named in the Confraternity’s manual. There are also many partial indulgences given to members. A particular grace available in abundance to members is this: every single time a mother (being in the state of grace and with good intention) instructs her children, rewards, or punishes them in the interest of Christian training and says a prayer or performs a good work receives a remission of temporal punishment incurred by sin! How many times do mothers guide, instruct, and help their children in one day? Through the Confraternity, the works of mercy inherent in motherhood are further sanctified, elevated, and made fruitful.
WHAT IS THE MISSION OF THE CONFRATERNITY?
The mission of the Confraternity is primarily to unite mothers in prayer and also to instruct, educate, and inspire mothers in performing their duties and in practicing virtue. By Catholic instruction at regular meetings, the Confraternity strives to encourage and impress on them the importance of motherhood and to inflame them with ardent zeal. Its aim is to show them the way of attaining their own sanctification and that of their families and to induce them to bring up their children as true Christians, ensuring their temporal and especially their eternal welfare.
WHAT IS THE NEED FOR THE CONFRATERNITY TODAY?
Mothers rule the world. They guide the destinies of homes. A Mother’s influence is felt for all time and for eternity, and that influence is exercised from the very cradle. The world will never be better until mothers get closer to Christ at home. That is why God is relying on mothers to keep Christ in the world by keeping Him in their hearts and homes. God has privileged women with the dignity of motherhood and of mothering the world. Our spiritual mother, the Catholic Church, realizes the great responsibilities of mothers and wants to help them through the Confraternity of Christian Mothers. The destinies of the individual, of society, the Church, and the State are in the hands of mothers more than anyone else. Neglect mothers, or permit them to neglect themselves, and all others who work for the good of God and society will not be successful.