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The Foran Prayer Leaflets

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I have often wondered about the Foran family. Thanks to the internet, now I know.

Mr. Frank M. Foran passed away April 12, 1988.

Frank M. Foran, 75, a funeral director in Summit for 50 years, was the founder of the Frank M. Foran Funeral Home there. He served for 35 years on the Argo-Summit-Bedford Park School Board.
Mass for Mr. Foran, a resident of Palos Hills, will be said at 11 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 8243 W. 111th St., Palos Hills. He died at home Monday. ...

... In 1958, he was founding president of the Catholic Funeral Directors Guild.
''He was an extremely friendly, outgoing person,'' said his son, Michael. ''He was also very Irish, so much so that he visited Ireland 7 times in the last 15 years and became a naturalized citizen of that country.''
Survivors, besides his son, include his wife, Jeanette; two daughters, Mary Sodetz and Margaret; and a sister.
Chicago Tribune: Frank Foran, Founder of Suburb Funeral Home

Mrs. Foran  passed away April 25, 2009

Extremely devoted to Sacred Heart and the distribution of prayers throughout the world.

Chicago Tribure: Jeanette A. Foran

They appear to have distributed  a number of prayer leaflets over the decades.  I came across the following during my searches. (source)

PRAYER TO MARY
I put my little babe under your protection, Mary my Mother. Make it’s tiny mind grow up to love the truths of the faith; consecrate its will to the service of God; fill its heart with love for its Creator, Fashion its little body in all perfection: let its organs be sound, its senses acute, all its members strong and healthy. You can obtain this favor for me and my child most powerful Mother. I put my trust in you. Amen
NIHILL OBSTAT: John A. Schulien S.T. D.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 10, 1955
IMPRIMATUR Albertus G. Meyer
Archiepiscopus Milwaukiensis
Milwaukee, Wis. March 14, 1955
Please pray for the Frank M. Foran family.
No offering may be accepted for this leaflet.
Distributed by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foran
7306 West Archer Ave., Summit Illinois

Pray for the repose of their souls.
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  1. VeraLucia from Calgary, AB CanadaJune 7, 2022 at 11:32 PM

    Extraordinary; so good to see what they looked like. I have a prayer card with the Prayer for Daily Neglects on one side and the evening prayer of St. Augustine on the other. It is a true blessing. May their souls RIP I always pray a Hail Mary for their children and grandchildren every time after I pray with the card, per her request.

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  2. JoAnne MJanuary 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM

    I have a leaflet titled

    Tremendous Value of Holy Mass

    at the hour of death, the holy masses you have heard devoutly will be your greatest consolation.
    Every Mass will go with you to judgment and will plead for pardon for you.
    By every Mass, you can diminish the temporal punishment due to your sins, more or less, according to your fervour.
    by devoutly assisting at Holy Mass, you render the greatest homage possible to the Sacred Humanity of Our Lord.
    Through the Holy Sacrifice, our Lord Jesus Christ supplies for many of your negligence and omissions. He forgives you all the sins which you are determined to avoid. He forgives you all your unknown sins, which you never confessed. The power of Satan over you is diminished.
    Piously hearing holy mass, you afford the souls in purgatory the greatest possible relief.
    One holy mass heard during your life will be of more benefit to you than many heard for you after your death.
    Through holy mass, you are preserved from many dangers and misfortunes, which would otherwise have be fallen you. You shorten your purgatory by every mass.
    During holy mass you kneel with a multitude of holy angels, who are present at the adorable sacrifice with Reverential awe.
    Through holy mass, you are blessed in your temporary goods and affairs
    when you hear Holy mass devoutly offering to Almighty God in honor of any particular St or Angelle thanking God for the favors bestowed on him, etc., etc. you afford that St or Angelle a new degree of honor, joy and happiness and draw his special love and protection on yourself. Every time you assist at Holy mass besides other intentions, you should offer it in honor of the saint of the day.
    this leaflet was found in a copy of “my Catholic faith“ a catechism that I ordered so that my adult son could learn the true catechism that was not taught to him in the post Vatican to church claiming to be Catholic. I will pray for the Forans foreign family.
    this leaflet will be a tremendous help to me and my family. God bless and Mary keep you.

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