The practices of the Apostleship of Prayer spread widely among local farmers and young Christians in the countryside around Vals-près-le-Puy. By that time the Apostleship already had 13 million members. It was Father Ramiére who formalized and structured the Apostleship of Prayer thus he is considered, after Father Gautrelet, a second founder. In 1861, Jesuit Father Henri Ramière provided a new dynamism for the Apostleship and framed this proposal in a missionary perspective: devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The concrete practice that Father Gautrelet suggested to his students to keep this spirit alive was a prayer every morning to offer up the day. This initiative was later developed into the Apostleship of Prayer, and now today, into the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network. On the eve of the feast day of Saint Francis Xavier (2 December 1844), he outlined the original idea to them in meditation. The initiative was first proposed by a Jesuit priest, Francis Xavier Gautrelet, who at the time was the spiritual director of the students. The Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, originally called the Apostleship of Prayer, was founded in 1844 in the south of France in a house of formation for young Jesuits in Vals-près-le-Puy. History: The Apostleship of Prayer The beginnings 2 The process of recreation: the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network.The International Director of the PWPN is Frédéric Fornos, SJ, who was appointed in 2016. Today the PWPN, which includes the branch specifically dedicated to young people aged between seven and 18: the Eucharistic Youth Movement (EYM), is present in 89 countries with a membership of more than 22 million Catholics worldwide. In December 2020, the Pope constituted this Pontifical Society as a Vatican Foundation. įounded in 1844 as the Apostleship of Prayer and renamed in 2016, this ecclesiastic service became a pontifical work in March 2018 when Pope Francis approved the new statutes. It is particularly inspired by devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and his compassion for the world. The Network provides monthly prayer intentions determined by the Pope.
The Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network is a Pontifical Society of the Catholic Church, which encourages Catholics to prayer and action as part of the church's universal mission. Official logo of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network
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