institutes of consecrated life (religious and secular), societies of apostolic life, as well as those living as hermits or consecrated virgins/widows...

Church, a consecrated virgin is a woman who has been consecrated by the church to a life of perpetual virginity as a bride of Christ. Consecrated virgins...

Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has ecclesial oversight of institutes of consecrated life. The more numerous form...

of Uppsala serving as the principal consecrator. The first Lutheran bishops of Estonia and Latvia were consecrated by Nathan Söderblom, the Archbishop...

of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, formerly called Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL;...

diocesan hermits under the direction of their bishop as members of the consecrated life. The same is true in many parts of the Anglican Communion, including...

commitment known as a profession), are recognised as members of the consecrated life. There are early forms of religious vows in the monastic traditions...

Permanent Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious is responsible to better handle consecrated religious in missionary areas, mostly in Africa...

who are members of the religious life, representing 29 institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life. Common names for members, if different...

or association. Forms of Individual Consecrated Life Consecrated virgins Hermits Institutes of Consecrated Life Religious institutes Monastic Orders...

In the Catholic Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members that profess solemn vows. They are classed as a type of religious...

priests), and the Societies of Apostolic Life of the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi, and the Lay Consecrated Men of Regnum Christi. The statutes of...

Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Lumen gentium, Chapter VI: Religious Perfectae Caritatis Code of Canon Law Institutes of Consecrated...

enter into consecrated life either on an individual basis, as a hermit or consecrated virgin, or by joining an institute of consecrated life (a religious...

anchoritic life is one of the earliest forms of Christian monasticism. In the Catholic Church, eremitic life is one of the forms of consecrated life. In medieval...

worship. A person may be consecrated for a specific role within a religious hierarchy, or a person may consecrate his or her life in an act of devotion....

churches). Catholics living a consecrated life or monasticism include both the ordained and unordained. Institutes of consecrated life, or monks, can be deacons...

of these claims, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life ordered that Figari be "prohibited from contacting...

purpose and live fraternally. It is regarded as a form of consecrated (or "religious") life. There are a number of apostolic societies, such as the Daughters...

Church, by joining the consecrated life, one does not become a member of the hierarchy but becomes a member of a state of life which is neither clerical...

are among the major religious superiors. In order for members of the consecrated life to be appointed or elected to the office of superior, a suitable time...

of work and life-styles are genuinely compatible with monastic life".: 882  Catholic sisters and nuns in the United States Consecrated life Religious brother...

monasteries for women from groups of consecrated virgins and widows of the early church, and in particular the contemplative life. Pius XII describes the characteristics...

priest or deacon, or the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life for clergy who are members of religious orders, secular...

admitted to temporary vows or asked to leave. The binding, life-long commitment to consecrated life comes at a later point. The term novitiate also refers...

of the Divine Office therefore forms the basis of prayer within the consecrated life, with some of the monastic or mendicant orders producing their own...

on women's contemplative life, of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life (1 April 2018)". www.vatican...

The ordinary may also erect new societies of apostolic life and institutes of consecrated life with the permission of the Holy See. The Catholic Church...

forms of consecrated life recognized in Church law (1983 Code of Canon Law Canons 710–730). A secular institute is an institute of consecrated life in which...

Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the council of an institute of consecrated life or a society of apostolic life of pontifical...