Seven Sisters Apostolate

The Seven Sisters Apostolate is a commitment by seven women to pray for one priest—each offering one Holy Hour per week. This quiet ministry surrounds clergy with prayerful protection and spiritual strength. 

Inviting women in your parish to participate not only blesses the priesthood but deepens their own life of prayer. It’s a beautiful and structured way to support those who serve. 

Groups of men offer various forms of fasting to augment the prayer efforts of a Seven Sisters group. Each man (6 total for each priest of the parish) prayerfully discerns the type of fasting he will offer and commits to fast on a designated day of the week (excepting Sunday/Solemnities). A Fasting Brother offers his fast solely for the intentions of the pastor.

Jesus tells us of how to fight the most powerful devils: “But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting” (Matthew 17:21). The Seven Sisters provide the prayer and the Fasting Brothers complement it with their fasts. We need both!