• Syracuse Diocese Purgatorian Society $30 (Nov - 3 Masses ) $100.00 (Full membership- 14 Masses) Per Year which helps defray costs. For those who are struggling to come up with the funds, please send us a check for the amount you can do and we will email/call you confirming your full membership - We want you to join and we do not want money to stop you!)
• Members Enroll Deceased Members - Receive Benefits of Masses and Prayers- Renew Annually.
• Upon death, members (both levels) are enrolled for and receive benefits of Society ad perpetuam. 
• Members join in (daily if possible) prayers for the Poor Souls: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be & Eternal Rest Grant unto them O Lord and Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon them.  Members should pray for the dead.  They can visit cemeteries, attend funeral Masses, help bury the dead, have Masses said for the poor souls in their respective parishes, pray the Office of the Dead, Say St. Gertrude prayer!, etc
• To become a member sign up online or send us your name, address, email address, names of deceased and a check for $30 or $100.00 
• Requiem Latin Masses said monthly (exception 3x in Nov.) at St. Mary's Shrine & occassionally at our sister Latin Parish (Transfiguration Parish in Syracuse). Schedule of Masses here.
• God bless you and help spread this important work of charity.

The St. Mary's Purgatorian Society is being established on November 2nd by Bishop Douglas J. Lucia Bishop of Syracuse in a Pontifical Solemn High Mass.  This Mass is November 2nd at 6:00pm at St. Mary's Shrine 103 West 7th Street, Oswego and all are welcome to attend.  We ask that you invite others and share the news as we come together for pray for our deceased loved ones and the Holy Souls in Purgatory. 
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The intent of the society is to bring relief to the suffering souls in Purgatory by offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in their name.  It is also the intent, that through prayer, sacrifice, and education, others will learn and remember their obligation to implore God’s mercy on behalf of the Poor Souls.   We encourage the commitment of daily prayer and sacrifice for the benefit of the Poor Souls. 

One book that we have found that beautifull supports the mission of St. Mary's Purgatorian Society is The Redemporist Purgatorian Manual which can be purchased from Amazon by following this link: Purgatorian Manual .  A pdf version of the book can be found by following this link:PDF of Purgatorian Manual.  For ease of daily use, it is recommended that the book be purchased when possible - It will soon be availabe at St. Mary's Gift Shop. 

HAVE MERCY UPON THE SUFFERING SOULS.
Hear ye not the spirits' moaning From the depths of cleansing fire ? Know ye not the burning anguish Of these souls—their hearts' desire? Hear them cry in bitter sorrow, Sighing, weeping in their pains, While they call on us who love them, "Break our heavy prison chains!" Though their lives on earth were holy, And their virtue manifest, Yet some stains of imperfection Still prevent their perfect rest. And they weep in mournful numbers, Pleading for our fervent pray'r, Oh, take pity on their sorrow, Let their solace be your care.Place your pray'r, your pious offring For these suffering souls, so poor, In the hands of our dear Mother, Of sweet Mary Virgin pure. With a mother's love and mercy She will lead them to her Son ; And their pain shall turn to glory There, before the Heav'nly throne.

• Syracuse Diocese Purgatorian Society $30 (Nov - 3 Masses ) $100.00 (Full membership- 14 Masses) Per Year which helps defray costs.
• Members Enroll Deceased Members - Receive Benefits of Masses and Prayers- Renew Annually.
• Upon death, members (both levels) are enrolled for and receive benefits of Society ad perpetuam. 
• Members join in (daily if possible) prayers for the Poor Souls: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be & Eternal Rest Grant unto them O Lord and Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon them.  Members should pray for the dead.  They can visit cemeteries, attend funeral Masses, help bury the dead, have Masses said for the poor souls in their respective parishes, pray the Office of the Dead, Say St. Gertrude prayer!, etc
• To become a member sign up online  or send us your name, address, email address, names of deceased and a check for $30 or $100.00 
• Requiem Latin Masses said monthly (exception 3x in Nov.) at St. Mary's Shrine & occassionally at our sister Latin Parish (Transfiguration Parish in Syracuse). Schedule of Masses here.
• God bless you and help spread this important work of charity for the 'Church Suffering', who cannot help themselves but can only receive help from us 'Church Militant' so they can one day soon join 'Church Triumphant' in heaven!

The St. Mary's Purgatorian Society was established on November 2nd 2021 by Bishop Douglas J. Lucia Bishop of Syracuse in a Pontifical Solemn High Mass. 
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The intent of the society is to bring relief to the suffering souls in Purgatory by offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in their name.  It is also the intent, that through prayer, sacrifice, and education, others will learn and remember their obligation to implore God’s mercy on behalf of the Poor Souls.   We encourage the commitment of daily prayer and sacrifice for the benefit of the Poor Souls. 

One book that we have found that beautifull supports the mission of St. Mary's Purgatorian Society is The Redemporist Purgatorian Manual which can be purchased from Amazon by following this link: Purgatorian Manual .  A pdf version of the book can be found by following this link:PDF of Purgatorian Manual.  For ease of daily use, it is recommended that the book be purchased when possible - It will soon be availabe at St. Mary's Gift Shop. 

Two levels of support: membership fees defray the cost of the monthly Requiem Mass and the Yearly Pontifical Solemn Requiem Mass on November 2nd. 

$30.00 - Deceased family members & friends are remembered at three Requiem Masses
$100.00 - Yearly membership provides full membership and enrollment of deceased family in friends in the Society's Requiem Masses said monthly throughout the year (14 Masses).

Members will be expected to commit to praying the daily prayers for the Holy Souls in Purgatory.  Under no pain of sin, we commit to saying One Our Father, One Hail Mary and One Our Father each day as well as 'Eternal Rest Grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual Light shine upon them."

Members assist in the monthly Requiem Masses at St. Mary's Parish & Shrine located at 103 West 7th Street Oswego NY 

A Pontifical Solemn Requiem Mass is offered annually on November 2nd to commemorate all the Faithful Deperated and is celebrated by the Bishop of Syracuse, Bishop Douglas J. Lucia. 

To Enroll in the St. Mary's Purgatorian Society, Please Make out a check to 

St. Mary's Church

Please indicate whether you are enrolling in a three-time Mass remembrance or in a one-year membership.  Three-time Mass remembrance is $30.00 and yearly membership is $100.00.  

Please clearly PRINT all the names of the of the deceased family and friends you want remembered.

Please provide all your own contact information including mailing address, phone number, and email address for updates and Requiem Mass schedule.  

Please send all information and payment to:

St. Mary's Church
103 West 7th Street
Oswego, NY 13126

St Gertrude Prayer - Our Lord told St. Gertrude that 1000 souls were released from Purgatory every time this prayer was said.

Eternal Father,
I offer You the most precious blood
of thy Divine Son, Jesus,
in union with all the Masses said
throughout the world today,
for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory,
for sinners everywhere,
for sinners in the universal Church,
for those in my own home,
and within my own family. Amen.