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The Holy Souls Prayer Project

A family project to help children learn about love through praying for others.

One of the seven Spiritual Works of Mercy is to pray for the living and the dead.  November is deemed the month dedicated to the Holy Souls.  The poor souls in Purgatory need our help and you can be sure that they will remember us and pray for us in return as well.        

This project is simple.  Pray the prayer dictated to St. Gertrude by our Lord, Jesus Christ as often as possible throughout the month.  St. Gertrude was told that each time this prayer is devoutly said, 1,000 souls are released from purgatory.  Keep track of the number of times you pray the prayer using our Holy Souls Prayer Chart and then figure out how many souls you have released from Purgatory daily and then monthly.  Younger learners can cut out and affix The Gift of Prayer Counters to a door, wall, bulletin board or window frame to keep track of how many souls they have helped to Heaven.  It's that simple. 

Project Steps:

Step 1:  Print out the Prayer Chart to keep track of your family's prayers and the Holy Souls released through steadfast prayer throughout the month.

Step 2:  If not already committed to memory, print out the prayer to release the Holy Souls.  You can print it out in a plain .PDF (2 per sheet) or use Our Learning Card for the this prayer.  Make your selection below and download it by right clicking on the link below and selecting "save target as."

Step 3:  Pray daily and keep track of your prayers and souls for the entire month of November using the prayer chart for older learners and the gift counters affixed on a bulletin board, wall or window frame for younger learners. 

**Don't forget you can pray for the Holy Souls on any day, in any month as well, so you can repeat this project as often as desired.

Select the resources you would like to use and download it by right clicking on the link and selecting "save target as."

Prayer Chart

The Gift of Prayer Counters

Prayer for the Holy Souls (.PDF) -2 per page

My Book Mini-book about St. Gertrude

Holy Souls Prayer Copywork - Print (3p)

Holy Souls Prayer Copywork - Cursive (3p)

Prayer for Holy Souls from Our Learning Cards