November: The Souls In Purgatory
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Purgatory is real.
Many of our relatives and friends are suffering there now. They need our help.
The Church dedicates the entire month of November to praying for the holy souls. She wants us to understand purgatory and join in her mission to help these souls get to heaven.
But what is purgatory, really? What do the souls there experience? Why do we need to pray for them? Do we have to go to purgatory? What are some effective ways to assist the poor souls?
Good Catholic favorite Fr. John Eckert is back with the answers. Join him for this month’s edition of A Year of Devotions!
What Is A Year of Devotions?
Throughout the year, the Church offers us not only her glorious feast days, but entire months of devotion built around those feasts.
By means of these devotions, she nourishes and enriches our faith, pours out special graces upon our souls, and lifts our minds to the contemplation and love of the eternal truths of our Faith.
Here at Good Catholic, we want to bring you the monthly devotions of the Church in all their beauty and splendor. So we partnered with some of your favorite Good Catholic contributors to bring you a monthly mini-series introducing you to each and every one of these devotions.
How Does A Year of Devotions Work?
Throughout 2024, we’ll be releasing one mini-series a month focused on that month’s devotion. Each mini-series will consist of five 6-12 minute videos from a priest-contributor.
We won’t be sending you reminder emails as with our other series—you’ll have access to all five videos at once and you can go at your own pace. Watch a video a day, a video a week, or just go ahead and binge watch them all at once!
One thing to note is that you must subscribe to each month individually. We’ll have the current month’s mini-series listed at the top of our Series page and other months listed at the bottom. Check out the full calendar of topics below!
Series Contributors
Father John Eckert
Fr. John Eckert is a priest of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina. A cradle Catholic, he grew up surrounded by family, friends, and clergy who exemplified what it meant to truly live the Faith. This helped him discern his calling to the priesthood from a young age. He graduated from Saint Louis University in 2004 with a degree in Political Science and Communication. He entered seminary soon afterwards, studying at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Ohio. In 2010, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Charlotte. He has served as Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro and as pastor of St. John the Baptist in Tryon. He now serves as pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Salisbury, where he has been in residence since 2014.
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