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Religious Women & Men

Religious Women & Men. Rights & Duties. Who is a Religious?. Those who live a consecrated and apostolic life (c. 207 §2) Poverty Chastity Obedience Not part of the hierarchy Three types of religious orders. Types of Religious Orders. 1. Institutes of consecrated life Public vows

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Religious Women & Men

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  1. Religious Women & Men Rights & Duties

  2. Who is a Religious? • Those who live a consecrated and apostolic life (c. 207 §2) • Poverty • Chastity • Obedience • Not part of the hierarchy • Three types of religious orders

  3. Types of Religious Orders 1. Institutes of consecrated life • Public vows • Common life • E.g. • OSB • OFM • OP • SJ • OCarm

  4. Types of Religious Orders • Societies of Apostolic Life (c. 713) • Not public vows • May substitute a pledge • Some form of common life • E.g. • Maryknoll • Vincentians • Daughters of Charity

  5. Types of Religious Orders • Secular Institutes (c. 710-714) • Not religious • May share a common life (alone or with families) • New this century • E.g. • Taize community • H. Nouwen’s community

  6. Characteristics of Religious Orders Distinctions (c. 606, 538, 589) • Men or women (but same norms) • Lay or clerical • Diocesan or pontifical

  7. Characteristics of Religious Orders External controls • Hierarchy (c. 579, 582-584, 593-595) • Pope (c. 591) • Congregation for Religious (c. 592)

  8. Governance of Religious Orders • Houses (c. 608-611, 665, 733, 312) • Superiors (c. 596, 617, 620-622, 624-625, 618, 619, 628, 630 [protects freedom of conscience and personal autonomy) • Councils (c. 627) • Chapters (c. 631-633)

  9. Governance of Religious Orders • Property (c. 634-640, 741 §1) • Admission and formation (c. 597 §2) • Pre-novitiate • Novitiate (c. 64?-653, 735) • Temporary profession (c. 654-657, 659-660) • Perpetual profession (c. 657-658)

  10. Governance of Religious Orders • Separation • Transfer (c. 684-685, 744) • Departure • Temporary leave (c. 686-687, 745) • Permanent leave with dispensation (c. 691-693, 743) • Dismissal • Apostasy or marriage (c. 694) • Violent crime or scandalous sexual arrangement (c. 695) • Other grave and publicly established offenses (c. 696-701)

  11. Obligations of Religious • Follow Christ (c. 662) • Devotion to prayer and conversion (c. 663-664) • Ongoing spiritual and theological formation (c. 661) • Residence in community (c. 665)

  12. Obligations of Religious • Follow order’s rules regarding property, money, income (c. 668, 741 §2, 668 §3) • Obedience to superiors (c. 601, 618, 671, 738) • Wear the habit or insignia of the religious community (c. 669) • Celibacy and continence (c. 672, 739, 277, 285-289)

  13. Rights of Religious • Community support (c. 670-737) • Time and resources for personal development (c. 661) • Vote (626, 631, 633) • Selection of superiors • Establishing community policies

  14. Apostolate of Religious • Spread God’s kingdom according to the particular role/charism of that order (c. 676) • Witness of life (c. 673) • Mission in union with the Church (c. 675) • Accommodate mission and works to contemporary needs (c. 677)

  15. Apostolate of Religious Autonomy of life and governance (c. 586) • Subject to bishop (c. 678, 681-682) • Care of souls • Public worship • Works of the apostolate • limited oversight (c. 683)

  16. Apostolate of Religious • Specific assignments from the bishop (c. 678 §3, 680-682, 394) • Use written agreements re: diocesan responsibilities (c. 681 §2)

  17. Conferences of Major Superiors Voluntary associations regulated by the Holy See (c. 708-709) • E.g. • LCWR • CMSM • Can. Rel. Conf.

  18. Discussion • What is the significance of the rights and obligations per se? • What similarities and differences do you see between the rights and obligations of the faithful v. religious v. clerics? • Which rights and obligations do you see as most significant? • How did this review of rights and obligations change your understanding of these various roles in the Church?

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