Background: Pro Orantibus Day (CWN)

On November 21, the memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Church commemorates Pro Orantibus Day (World Day of Cloistered Life), a day of prayer for cloistered religious. (“Pro orantibus” literally means “for the ones who pray.) Pope Venerable Pius XII established the commemoration in 1953, and the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life recalled the day in a news release last year.

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