What is The Guild of All Souls?

The Guild, founded in England in 1873, is a Prayer Guild within the worldwide Anglican Communion which seeks to promote the Church's teaching in regard to the Faithful Departed through Intercessory prayer for the Dying and for the Repose of the Souls of the Departed; encouraging Christian customs at burial, especially the offering of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and promoting the two great doctrines of the Christian Creed: The Communion of Saints and The Resurrection from the Dead. Independence was granted to the American branch in 1889.

Requiem Mass at Church of the Resurrection 2022, New York City

We regret very much indeed to announce the death of Father Allan Bevier Warren III, Sometime Rector of the Church of the Resurrection, New York (1993-1999) and of the Church of the Advent, Boston from 1999-2018. Father Warren died at home in Marblehead, Massachusetts, on 31 March 2024, Easter Day, which was also the 51st anniversary of his ordination to the Sacred Priesthood by Bishop Alexander of Upper South Carolina, in 1973.

Father was a native of Charlottesville, Virginia, and was aged 77 years. He had been battling cancer for several years. He graduated from Princeton University and the General Theological Seminary in New York. He was preceded in death by his wife Polly. He served his title at All Saints, Clinton, and Epiphany, Laurens, S. C., and was then curate of the Church of the Transfiguration, New York, from 1974-1981. He was then Canon Pastor of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Paris, France, from 1981-84, a felicitous appointment as he was a life-long Francophile.

He was then Rector of Good Shepherd, Waban, Massachusetts, 1984-1990, and curate of the Advent, Boston, 1990-1993. He had been President of the New England Catholic Clerical Union, and for several years a member of SSC. He had also been a faithful member of the Council of the Guild of All Souls.

Jesu mercy, Mary pray.

Funeral arrangements
Church of the Advent, Boston, Saturday 6 April, 11am
Church of the Resurrection, New York City, Saturday 27 April, 2pm

Prayers for Members of the Armed Forces

For some time, we have had relationships at the Church of the Resurrection with various people and a small group whose focus is praying for members of our armed forces who have died in the lengthy conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002. Both in the Great War and the Second World War, the Guild was active both in the United States and the British Empire, in offering prayers as a matter of course for our own members who had died, but also those for whom our prayers were desired by the members.

It occurs to the Council that the Guild may be of service in this ministry again. We would welcome names of members of the Armed Forces of our country (or of course our allies: the U.K., Canada, etc.) who have died in these lengthy conflicts. We will be happy to print the names in the next Intercession Paper which comes out. They will be printed once, unless a member desires to enrol them in our Chantry List posthumously, in which case the usual rules apply (an alms of $20 is asked for posthumous enrolment is asked, and for posthumous enrolment they must have been baptised in some Christian Church – we would not insist upon that for one-time prayers).

Since the Guild is also concerned with the sick and the dying, we would also welcome requests for prayers for those who have returned from conflict impaired, reduced or wounded, praying for God’s will that they be healed or come to deal with their situations as well as humanly possible. These prayers, too, can be requested by any member, and will be included in the next Intercession Paper in a special section.

We hope that this ministry, entirely consonant with the Guild’s intentions from its beginnings in 1873, will help fill a need. Please feel free, as members, to send in these names for one-time insertion, or if you desire, for posthumous enrolment.