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Religious Life
Lifestyles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| - Who are the Religious? | ○ People who live in communities where members vow solely to server God |
| - What do Religious publicly profess? | Poverty, Chastity, Obedience |
| What does it mean to say that all Christians are called to be "Religious"? | We are to live out our faith the way that God intends us |
| ○ Groups officially recognized by the Catholic Church as offering a way of life for those called to profess the Evangelical Counsels | religious orders |
| - When and why did Religious communities begin? | 1.few centuries b4 ressurection of Jesus 2. § Men and women went out into the deserts to pray, fast, and meditate the Word of God. then banded together and became one |
| - What is central to the meaning of religious life as well as central to the vocation of ALL Christians? | Spreading the Good News of Christ and promoting life and dignity |
| - What makes Religious Life distinct and specific as compared to other Christian lifestyles? | ○ A religious takes vows to serve God alone as he or she follows a rule of life distinct to their community |
| - The Essential Elements of Religious Life: | Community, Pray , and Service |
| § What is community intended to do for Religious? | □ To support and challenge each other |
| § Why were most religious founded? | □ To serve the human community and the church in a specific way |
| § Why were most religious communities founded? | □ To serve the human community and the church in a specific way |
| § What does prayer help us to do? | □ To focus on God, the center of existence |
| § What are among the many forms that prayer can take? | □ The Eucharist, meditation, reflection, rosary, Divine Office, Holy Hour (Eucharistic Adoration) |
| § How are religious Orders open to changing needs? | □ If a need exists in a particular community, a religious congregation often tries to meet it. |
| ○ What happens when religious take their solemn vows? | § They are consecrated to God similar to a husband and wife consecration to each other. § They commit themselves to the religious lifestyles of the community |
| ○ How do certain Vatican texts describe vows? | □ It is a gift from God |
| ○ When Religious publically take vows to follow Evangelical Counsels, why are the counsels called "Evangelical?" | □ Because they are Gospel Oriented, aiming at striving for the charity of the gospel. |
| ○ In North American Culture, what does the word "POVERTY" often imply? | § Destitution or malnourished |
| ○ What does the vow of poverty often mean in religious communities? | § Having little in order to avoid material distractions that accompany ownership |
| ○ What does the root of POVERTY come from? | § The Latin word meaning "Little" |
| ○ What does the vow of poverty remain Religious? | § That our lives should be like Jesus who journeyed place to place spreading the Good News and sharing his few possessions with people in need. |
| ○ Although ALL Christians are called to lead a life of Chastity, what makes it unique for Religious? | § It is a promise to love that frees the individual to respond ot all people, especially those most in need § They promise to live in CELIBACY |
| ○ How is the vow of chastity the freedom to respond to needs? | § It is a commitment to love other people while free of the single commitment to one other person |
| ○ How is the vow of chastity a pledge? | § It is a pledge to build community § Religious need to be loving, nurturing and supporting § They should always strive to build community |
| ○ What does the vow of chastity urge religious to do? | § To stay close communication with God § Prayer is particularly important to remain chaste |
| ○ What is the root of obedience? | § "To Hear" (Latin ) |
| ○ To a religious, what does the vow of obedience pledge him or her to do? | § To listen for the call of God what he wills, and follow it |
| ○ How is obedience an active, searching process? | § They seek the will of God with regard to their service and lifestyle |
| Contemplatives orders center on | □ Contemplation, meditation or communion with God |
| § 4 Most Common contemplatives orders? | □ Carmelites □ Trappists □ Poor Clares Benedictines |
| § How did Contemplative orders start? | □ Living the example of Mark 1:45 and 6:46 where Jesus is in the desert to pray □ Early Christians sometimes went out alone to pray □ Eventually, this led to groups of followers, people who formed communities with common lifestyles |
| § What is a CLOISTERED community? | □ One which spends the day in solitude and silence, praying, studying and doing penance |
| § What are men contemplatives often called? | monks |
| § What are women contemplatives often called? | nuns |
| § What do their lives center around? | □ Praying the Liturgy of the Hours |
| § How do they support themselves? | □ They often do manual work on the property |
| § What do service congregations engage in? | □ A wide variety of ministries |
| § What is the largest men's order of a service congregation? | □ Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola |
| § How are these men a "service congregation"? | □ They run schools, colleges, and universities and serve as missionaries all over the world |
| § What is the largest women's "service Congregation"? | □ Daughters of Charity founded by St. Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac |
| § How are these women a "Service Congregation"? | □ They work in hospitals, orphanages, schools and clinics |
| § Name some service congregation Orders are specifically missionary in character | □ Maryknoll □ Society of Divine Word Medical Mission Sisters |
| § Name some service congregations that work primarily in education? | □ Marist Brothers □ School Sisters of Notre Dame |
| § Name some service congregations that working hospitals, schools, missions, and social work | □ Sisters of Charity □ Sisters of Mercy □ Sisters of St. Joseph |
| ○ The first step of formation | § Getting to know the community § The candidate engages in one of its ministries § The candidate often lives in one of its houses |
| ○ At the end of first year what happens? | § The candidate and community mutually decide if the vocation is authentic |
| the candidate is accepted in to ____ which is the formal preparation from religious life | Novitiate |
| What is the candidate called after they are accepted into the Novitiate ? | postulant |
| ○ What does the postulant do for the next few years? | § Shares in the life of the community and delves deeper into the spiritual life § Takes Theology classes § Studies the congregation's history and rules |
| After they take a couple classes what does the postulate become? | a novice |
| ○ What does a Novice do? | Begins to live the life and vows of the community |
| ow does the Novice begin to live the life and vows of a community? | § They study the community's charism § They often withdraw from active ministry to concentrate more on prayer, God, and the interior life |
| ○ What happens at the end of the Novitiate? | § The Novice requests entrance into the community |
| ○ What are Temporary vows? | § Vows made for 1-2 years at a time |
| how often are Temporary vows renewed? | for up to 9 years |
| ○ During the time of Temporary Vows, what may the person be known as? | § A Junior Professed |
| ○ What are the Permanent Vows? | § Vows made according to the community rules |
| ○ After making Permanent Vows, what is the person know as? | § Senior Professed |
| lifestyles that do not require a person to be a fully professed member of a religious community | related Lifestyles |
| § Co members of a community | Associates |
| single and married lay people who have a close bond to the religious community | Associates |
| □ Often pledge to carry out prayers and works of service according to the community's spirituality | Associates |
| □ Go through a formation program and usually make a formal commitment | Associates |
| § They are received into the religious community in a ceremony | ○ Third Orders |
| § They commit themselves to certain practices and prayers | ○ Third Orders |
| § Also known as Secular Orders and Oblates | ○ Third Orders |
| ex: of Third Orders | Franciscan Community: |
| ___include single or married laity and diocesan clergy who make a public promise t live the Franciscan way of life forever | ○ Third Orders |
| § Institutes of consecrated life for single lay people and Diocesan priests | ○ Secular Institutes |
| Profess the evangelical counsels and work in the world for its holiness | ○ Secular Institutes |
| § Not members of a particular religious order so they do not take public vows and they doe no live together | ○ Secular Institutes |
| § Members may come together for monthly gatherings | ○ Secular Institutes |
| ex: Secular Institutes | Sara Club |
| Women who live a life of perpetual virginity but remain lay women and support themselves | ○ Consecrated Virgins |
| § They are consecrated by the local Bishop and are bonded to their diocese | ○ Consecrated Virgins |
| § Devoted to mass, Liturgy of the Hours, and private prayer | ○ Consecrated Virgins |
| § Have never been married, have no children and never lived in open violation of chastity | ○ Consecrated Virgins |
| § Communities whose members do not make public vows but engage in many good works for the church | ○ Societies of Apostolic Life |
| ex: Societies of Apostolic Life | Knights of Columbus: Founded by Michael J. McGivney |
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