Further Reading and Listening

Begin with the Church’s definitions, then use these writers and recordings as companions. A devotional author, a publisher’s description and a private revelation do not carry the same authority as the Church’s teaching. The links below lead to the publishers or organisations themselves; their texts and recordings are not reproduced here.

Remembering Fr Paul O’Sullivan, O.P.

Fr Paul O’Sullivan’s Read Me or Rue It and How to Avoid Purgatory are among the works cited in this guide. His appeal to remember the holy souls belongs beside the practical work of prayer, the Mass and preparation for a holy death—not in place of the Church’s sacramental teaching.

TAN Books’ author profile records his birth in Tralee in 1871 and his death in Lisbon in 1958. Use that publisher page to browse its current O’Sullivan catalogue and to ask about editions of the two booklets; current availability of those specific titles has not been established here.

• Accounts carried by Read Me or Rue It.
• Accounts carried by How to Avoid Purgatory.
• Prepare now: the sacraments, funeral and grave.

These account pages are finding aids, not full-text editions. Their book page references remain subject to checking against the editions cited in the catalogue.

A note on the text and permission

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Fr John A. Hardon, S.J.

• Devotion to the Poor Souls in Purgatory — Archive & Guild. An All Souls homily addressing who the poor souls are, why they undergo purification and how to practise devotion to them.
• Purgatory articles — Archive & Guild. The archive’s relevant category, for further reading in its own setting.

Read Hardon on the Archive & Guild’s own pages; its text is not reproduced here.

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Listen: A Catholic Catechism — Purgatory, at Keep the Faith.

The host describes the subject as “Washing Our Baptismal Robes” within Sheen’s 49-lecture catechism series. Its page includes the organisation’s podcast player. The host may request an email address for access; playback and access arrangements are controlled by Keep the Faith.

We link to the host’s page rather than copying the audio or embedding a separate player. The familiar “vestibule of heaven” and “pain with love” sayings are not printed here as authenticated verbatim quotations: a recording timestamp or a reliable primary-text citation is still needed.

Prayer in company with others

• Purgatorian Archconfraternity: its own information about the association and membership.
• Pious Union of St Joseph: prayer for the suffering and dying, with its own Mass-request information.

These are external resources, not a guarantee about particular arrangements or benefits. Read current terms and ask the organisation directly before enrolling or making a Mass offering.

Link and quotation policy

The Hardon pages, Keep the Faith page, TAN author page, the two association home pages, and the Lantern’s /the-mass and /calendar pages were opened during this update on 2 November 2026. Accessibility can change, and a reachable page does not establish copyright permission or verify every statement on it.

Continue with Three Things to Arrange, When Someone Dies, or the guide’s Sources.