The Confraternity is under the patronage of the Angelic Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas (+1274AD). Indeed, it takes its name from the episode in the life of St. Thomas when, in defense of holy purity, he drove off a woman-of-ill repute that his brothers had sent to his room to tempt him away from chastity. At that point he was gird with a cord by angels and shielded from further attacks against purity.
The Confraternity seeks to encourage holiness and purity in its members under the patronage of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Blessed Virgin Mary. To that end, the members pray for one another, and wear the cord and/or medal of St. Thomas.
The Angelic Warfare Confraternity was approved as a Confraternity of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) for the whole Church by Pope Benedict XII in 1727AD.
Members of this brotherhood include, "St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Blessed Columba Rieti and Blessed Stephana Quinzan (who actively promoted the Confraternity among women)."
The website of the Confraternity can be found here: http://www.angelicwarfare.org/
This is the site where one can purchase the necessary items for membership: http://www.newhope-ky.org/angelicwarfare.html
Certainly a Confraternity emphasizing the Angelic Doctor, whose sublime writings do so much to increase our understanding of the Faith, and Holy Purity, so ignored and ridiculed in our world, is of great contemporary relevance.
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