Guild of All Souls

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The Guild of All Souls is an Anglican devotional society dedicated to prayer for faithful departed Christians. As stated on its website, it is a "devotional society praying for the souls of the Faithful Departed, and teaching the Catholic doctrine of the Communion of Saints."

1 Objectives
2 History
3 Anglican Devotional Societies
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Objectives

The stated objectives of the Guild are as follows:

Intercessory prayer for the dying and the faithful departed.
The celebration of Requiem Masses.
Promotion of the Communion of Saints and the Resurrection of the Dead.
Promotion of the The Sacrament of Healing.
Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament for the sick and the dying.
Provide Requiem vestments for parishes that cannot otherwise afford them.

[edit] History

The Guild of All Souls was founded in 1873 in England as a prayer guild within the Anglican Communion.

[edit] Anglican Devotional Societies

Since the time of the Oxford Movement (also known as the "Catholic Revival") in the Church of England (and her sister churches), there have been organizations whose purpose is the propagation of Catholic faith and practice within the Anglican tradition. The Guild of All Souls is among the most famous of these societies, which include the Society of King Charles the Martyr, the Society of Mary and the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament.

Each of these societies champions one aspect of Catholic faith and practice which otherwise is not emphasized by the Anglican Churches as a whole. For the Guild of All Souls, this is the promotion of a Catholic Christian understanding of death and resurrection; and prayer for those Christians who have already died.