Special Prayer Partners

Special Prayer Partners of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mercy:

Monasteries of Monks and Nuns are welcome to join the Confraternity (see “Membership,” #5), and they serve as our Special Prayer Partners. The prayers of contemplative religious (who dedicate their entire lives to prayer, contemplation of God, and penance) are especially powerful. We, in our turn, should pray for them. We here list the monasteries who have joined our Confraternity:

Poor Clare Nuns:

Maria Regina Mater Monastery, Kokomo, Indiana

Monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Roswell, New Mexico

St. Clare’s Monastery, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota

Monastery of Our Lady of Mercy, Belleville, Illinois

Monastery of St. Michael the Archangel (P.C.P.A.), San Antonio, Texas

Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels (P.C.P.A.), Hanceville, Alabama

Passionist Nuns:

St. Joseph Monastery, Whitesville, Kentucky

Monastery of the Immaculate Conception, Ellisville, Missouri

Monastery of the Most Sacred Passion, Erlanger, Kentucky

Dominican Nuns:

Monastery of the Infant Jesus, Lufkin, Texas

Monastery of St. Jude, Marbury, Alabama

Carmelite Nuns:

Monastery of Our Mother of Mercy and St. Joseph, Alexandria, South Dakota

Monastery of the Holy Name of Jesus, Denmark, Wisconsin

Monastery of the Holy Cross, Iron Mountain, Michigan

Monastery of the Little Flower, Buffalo, New York

Monastery of Mary Immaculate and St. Mary Magdalen, Flemington, New Jersey

Monastery of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Joseph, Brooklyn, New York

Carmelite Monastery, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Carmelite Monastery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Individual Carmelite Nuns at these monasteries: Lake Elmo, MN; Erie, PA

Carmelite Monks:

Carmelite Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cody, Wyoming

Other Communities of Contemplative Sisters:

Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood, Precious Blood Monastery, Manchester, New Hampshire

Active Sisters Communities:

School Sisters of St. Francis (“Panhandle Franciscans”), Panhandle, Texas

Sister Servants of the Eternal Word, Birmingham, Alabama

Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, Walton, Kentucky

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