Newsletter to the Marian Helpers, November 2025
DEAR MARIAN HELPERS!
DEAR APOSTLES OF DIVINE MERCY!
Over the course of my ministry, I’ve met many people who wonder what kind of legacy they will leave behind. Did their life make the world a better place? Will their children continue in the faith? Will anyone remember them or even care that they existed at all once they’re gone?
In my own family, we try to keep memories and stories of past generations alive. Family gatherings are filled with laughter and sharing of anecdotes and humorous tales. Still, over time memories and stories slip away and ancestors are forgotten as the years move on.
But, my friends, we need not be saddened or worried: our deceased brothers and sisters, your family members, friends and loved ones, are not forgotten! Our Lord and Our Lady possess a special love for them. We too love them and remember them in our prayers and those precious memories and stories of the past. Even more, through praying for the Holy Souls, we can establish a legacy now!
Your prayers are effective. Your sufferings are effective. Your supplications for the dead, the dying and for the conversion of sinners are effective, even if appearances seem to be the contrary. Through your prayers, dear members of our Marian family, souls will be saved and go to Heaven. That’s the greatest legacy, the most profound impact on this world that anyone can make.
Did you know that Jesus spoke about Purgatory to St Faustina almost 25 times in her Diary? In fact, many souls from Purgatory appeared to her and asked her to pray for them. She did so by remembering them in her prayers, especially in her daily praying of the Chaplet.
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, in a special way, is particularly efficacious for the conversion of sinners, the salvation of the dying and the release of souls from Purgatory. Include these intentions in your daily recitation of the Chaplet and take confidence in knowing that your prayers are making a difference by leaving a spiritual legacy.
If you’re able to and have the time, I encourage you to say a second Chaplet in your day for the Holy Souls and the dying. Just like St Faustina, St Stanislaus Papczynski, the founder of the Marian Fathers, also had visions and mystical experiences of Purgatory. In fact, after one such vision he exhorted his Marian confreres: “Pray, brethren, for the souls in Purgatory, for they suffer unbearably.” For the past 350 years, the Marian Fathers throughout the world have been faithful to the charism of praying for the dead that our dear Father Founder and the Holy Spirit have given us.
As members of the Marian Fathers, it is our privilege and our duty to pray for you and for your loved ones. Please send us your intentions; their names will be placed at the foot of the altar in our Chapel and we will remember them in our Masses and prayers for the whole month of November. In fact, we always keep you and your loved ones, both living and deceased, in our prayers every day. Together, united in prayer, we can help the souls in Purgatory by quickening their journey towards Heaven and giving them comfort and peace as they await that joyful day. In return, they pray for us and ask the Lord to bless us with love, blessing and grace.
And so we pray:
Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
