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The Apostleship of Prayer

Join the worldwide network of souls who pray each day for the Holy Father's intentions, through the Sacred Heart.

Why this practice

The Apostleship of Prayer, founded by a Jesuit priest in France in 1844, is now called the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network. Tens of millions of Catholics across the world belong to it, joined to one another by the daily Morning Offering and by praying each month for the intention the Pope has chosen.

It is the simplest possible apostolic act: to live one's day in prayer for what the universal Church most needs. Through the Sacred Heart, the smallest prayer is joined to the prayer of every other member.

How to begin

1Sign up at popesprayer.va or through the Click to Pray app, or simply begin praying the Morning Offering with the Pope's intention.
2Look up each month's intention — it is usually one social/global and one ecclesial concern.
3Hold the intention through the month. Add a brief mention of it in your evening prayer.
4Invite others gently into the practice. It is exactly the sort of thing the Heart of Jesus asked to be spread.

He who unites his prayers to those of the whole Church, prays with the Heart of Jesus Himself.

— Pope Pius IX, on the Apostleship of Prayer

A prayer for this practice

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I pray today with the Holy Father and with all who pray in union with him. For the Pope's intentions this month, and for the deepest needs of the Church and the world, I offer this day.

Amen.

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