Apostleship of Prayer

E106430

Catholic prayer movement public association of the faithful

The Apostleship of Prayer is a worldwide Catholic prayer movement that encourages daily offering and devotion to the intentions of the Pope and the mission of the Church.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Apostleship of Prayer canonical	1
Apostolado de la Oración	1
Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T903167 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Apostleship of Prayer
Context triple: [Francis Xavier, patronage, Apostleship of Prayer]

A. Friends Church
Friends Church is a Christian denomination rooted in the Quaker tradition, emphasizing inner spiritual experience, simplicity, and social justice.
B. Apostolic United Brethren
The Apostolic United Brethren is a Mormon fundamentalist group known for its practice of plural marriage and adherence to early Latter-day Saint doctrines that diverge from the mainstream LDS Church.
C. Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination known for its observance of Saturday as the Sabbath, emphasis on Christ’s imminent second coming, and distinctive teachings on health, education, and biblical prophecy.
D. Church of Christ, Scientist
The Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christian denomination best known for its emphasis on spiritual healing, prayer, and the teachings outlined in Mary Baker Eddy’s book "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures."
E. Church of God in Christ
The Church of God in Christ is a historically Black Pentecostal Christian denomination in the United States known for its Holiness teachings, charismatic worship, and significant influence on American religious and musical culture.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Apostleship of Prayer
Target entity description: The Apostleship of Prayer is a worldwide Catholic prayer movement that encourages daily offering and devotion to the intentions of the Pope and the mission of the Church.

A. Friends Church
Friends Church is a Christian denomination rooted in the Quaker tradition, emphasizing inner spiritual experience, simplicity, and social justice.
B. Apostolic United Brethren
The Apostolic United Brethren is a Mormon fundamentalist group known for its practice of plural marriage and adherence to early Latter-day Saint doctrines that diverge from the mainstream LDS Church.
C. Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination known for its observance of Saturday as the Sabbath, emphasis on Christ’s imminent second coming, and distinctive teachings on health, education, and biblical prophecy.
D. Church of Christ, Scientist
The Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christian denomination best known for its emphasis on spiritual healing, prayer, and the teachings outlined in Mary Baker Eddy’s book "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures."
E. Church of God in Christ
The Church of God in Christ is a historically Black Pentecostal Christian denomination in the United States known for its Holiness teachings, charismatic worship, and significant influence on American religious and musical culture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic prayer movement ⓘ public association of the faithful ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Apostolado de la Oración ⓘ linked to: Apostleship of Prayer Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network ⓘ linked to: Apostleship of Prayer
associatedWith	Society of Jesus ⓘ
collaboratesWith	local bishops ⓘ parishes ⓘ religious communities ⓘ
communicationChannel	mobile applications ⓘ prayer leaflets ⓘ websites ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
devotionCenter	Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ
emphasis	offering of daily work and sufferings ⓘ union with the Heart of Christ ⓘ
encourages	acts of charity united to prayer ⓘ frequent confession ⓘ participation in the Eucharist ⓘ
focusesOn	monthly prayer intentions of the Pope ⓘ
foundedBy	François-Xavier Gautrelet ⓘ
foundedIn	1844 ⓘ
globalPresence	worldwide ⓘ
goal	to form hearts available for Christ’s mission ⓘ to foster a culture of prayer and service ⓘ
hasDocument	formula of the Daily Offering ⓘ
hasPractice	Daily Offering ⓘ Eucharistic adoration ⓘ linked to: Holy Hour devotion devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ
hasSpiritualDirectorTraditionally	Jesuit priest ⓘ
hasTargetGroup	families ⓘ parish groups ⓘ youth ⓘ
linkedTo	First Friday devotion ⓘ First Saturday devotion ⓘ
membershipType	open to clergy, religious, and laity ⓘ
originalLocation	Vals-près-le-Puy, France ⓘ
purpose	to encourage daily offering of prayer ⓘ to promote devotion to the intentions of the Pope ⓘ to support the mission of the Church through prayer ⓘ
recognizedAs	pontifical work ⓘ
recognizedBy	Holy See ⓘ
religion	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
spiritualityTradition	Ignatian spirituality ⓘ
typeOfDevotion	ecclesial devotion ⓘ
underAuthorityOf	Holy See’s Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life ⓘ linked to: Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life Pope ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Francis Xavier → patronage → Apostleship of Prayer ⓘ

Apostleship of Prayer → alsoKnownAs → Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network ⓘ

linked to: Apostleship of Prayer

Apostleship of Prayer → alsoKnownAs → Apostolado de la Oración ⓘ