Union of Prayer was a previous term for some

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

lay ecclesial movements.Brown, C.F. Wemyss. "Unions of Prayer." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 30 Dec. 2014
/ref> 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'' - offering reparation for outrages against the Catholic Church and the pope *

Archconfraternity An archconfraternity ( es, archicofradía) is a Catholic confraternity, empowered to aggregate or affiliate other confraternities of the same nature, and to impart to them its benefits and privileges. History In 1569, Charles Borromeo started ar ...

of Our Lady of Compassion for the Return of England to the Catholic Faith * Pious Union of Prayer to

Our Lady of Compassion Our or OUR may refer to: * The possessive form of " we" * Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany * Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium * Our, Jura, a commune in France * Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a government utility regulat ...

for the Conversion of Heretics *

of Prayers and Good Works for the Reunion of the

Eastern Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai *Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air Li ...

Schismatics with the Church under the patronage of Our Lady of the Assumption

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