Endorsed by
The following Bishops and Priests endorse prayer for priests through this apostolate:
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"I invite you to pray and to manifest your love for all the priests, by joining this worldwide prayer chain every Thursday. With this, I'm joining our Pope Francis' petition:"Dear lay faithful, be close to your priests with affection and with your prayers, that they may always be shepherds according to God's heart." Pope Francis, 28.3.2013. Fr. Walter Gampenrieder, LC |
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"I endorse and support this apostolate prayer for priests, which was born in our Archdiocese of Detroit. God bless you for your prayers." Most Rev. Donald F. Hanchon, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, MI |
"There is no doubt that in these times prayer for priests is not only essential but it is very urgent, because we’re living in times where the church will undergo renewed persecution for her prophetic witness to marriage, to live and to the protection of children. Today I ask you for prayers for all priests." Rev. John Hedges, St. Stephen - New Boston, MI |
"When you pray for us, we're growing closer to each other and we know that in a deeper sense, we're really one body of Christ." Fr. Joseph Lu, Diocese of Shanghai, China |
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"Without priests we have no sacraments. How important it is to continue our prayer, both now and in the time to come. We beseech our Lady, Mary our Mother, Mother of Jesus and the Mother of all Catholics and the Mother of priests to pray for us and the triumph of the Holy Church." Rev. Michael Zuelch, Archdiocese of Detroit, MI |
"Pray for priests, because prayer is a way of communicating with God. Pray that priests may journey in companionship with Christ." Fr. Herald Thamel SSS - from SRI LANKA, currently serving in Melbourne, Australia |