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The document provides an overview of the history and theology of consecrated life in the Catholic Church. It traces the origins of monastic life from early Christian hermits to the rules established by figures like St. Benedict. Over time new orders formed like mendicants and clerks regular. The document outlines the theological basis for consecrated life being rooted in imitation of Christ, self-donation to God, and living out the evangelical counsels. It describes how religious are called to witness to heavenly values and participate in the Church's mission. Statistics are also presented on the current number of religious priests, brothers, and sisters globally.

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INTRODUCTION There are two states in the church the clergy and the laity. There are different categories of people in the church the clergy, the consecrated people and the laity. The consecrated persons/religious are to be charismatic and prophetic. They depend on the hierarchy for discernment and approval of their charism and apostolate.
INTRODUCTION Working together causes conflict and tensions. Knowing the theological basis, their roles and dependence (canonical implications), will help to clarify the relationships. Working in partnership, with dialogue and mutual consultation, the church will benefit and the kingdom that Christ inaugurated furthered.
BRIEF HISTORY OF CONSECRATED LIFE EARLY CHURCH HAD VIRGINS, WIDOWS AND ASCETICS, THEY LIVED IN THEIR HOMES/WORLD
FROM THE 3rd CENTURY THERE WERE MONKS WHO LIVED IN THE DESERT ANTHONY OF EGYPT BEGAN MONASTIC VILLAGES PACHOMIUS WROTE A RULE AND BROUGHT MONKS UNDER A ROOF CENOBITIC LIFE
ST. BASIL TOOK IDEAS FROM PACHOMIUS AND MADE THEM LIVE TOGETHER AND ALSO PRACTICE CHARITY AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
ST. AUGUSTINE LIVED WITH THE CLERICS, WROTE A RULE FOR NUNS, HAD TO PRACTICE MORTIFICATION, PENANCE, PRAYER; BUT NO DESIRE FOR HOLY ORDERS
ST. BENEDICT BASED HIMSELF ON STS. BASILAND AUGUSTINE AND WROTE RULES WHICH DOMINATED RELIGIOUS LIFE FROM THE 8TH TO 12TH CENTURY. THEY LIVED TOGETHER, TOOK EVANGELICAL COUNSELS AND VOW OF STABILITY.
MILITARY ORDERS TEMPLARS WHO DEFENDED HOLY SEPHULCURE HUMILIATI IN LOMBARDY PERMITTED DIFFERENT FORMS MARRIED MEN LIVING WITH FAMILIES, LAY MEN/WOMEN LIVING IN COMMON AND TRADITIONAL MONKS AND NUNS
10TH AND 11TH CENTURIES THERE WERE AGGREGATIONS OF MONASTERIES WITH ST. ODO, FOUNDER OF CLUNY. CANONS REGULAR WERE ATTACHED TO A PARISH.
1215 , 4TH LATERAN COUNCILAND 1274 COUNCIL OF LYONS PUT A BAN ON NEW RELIGIOUS ORDERS. IF YOU WISH TO ESTABLISH NEW ONES, THEN FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE AND ST. BENEDICT.
THE FOURTH LATERAN COUNCIL IN 1215 The profusion of religious orders led to a certain amount of confusion in the Church of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. So much so that the fourth Lateran Council in 1215 attempted to restore order by issuing the following decree: In order that too great a variety of religious orders should not cause confusion in the Church of God we firmly prohibit anyone in the future from instituting a new form of religious life; if anyone wishes to take up the religious life he must follow one of the orders that are already approved. Similarly if anyone wishes to found a new order he must take over one of the already approved rules and constitutions.
12TH AND 13TH CENTURIES, THE CHURCHMEN WERE REPROACHED FOR THEIR RICHES AND LAXITY IN THEIR LIVES. FRANCIS OF ASSISI AND DOMINIC, START NEW MOVEMENTS AND FORBADE THEIR MONKS TO OWN PROPERTY EVEN IN COMMON. THEY LIVED IN COMMUNITIES AND WERE TRANSFERRED.
THERE WERE THE MENDICANT ORDERS, MILITARY ORDERS, HOSPITALLERS, CLERKS REGULAR, ETC.
IN 1540 JESUITS FOUNDED, TAKE VOWS, LIVE IN COMMON, FULL PASTORAL ACTIVITY.
ORDERS COULD BE DIVIDED AS: MONASTIC, MENDICANT FRIARS, CANONS REGULAR AND CLERKS REGULAR.
1857, POPE PIUS IX, NEMINI LATET DECREED FOR SIMPLE VOWS AND PERPETUAL VOWS
RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION OF WOMEN Unfortunately, the same cannot be said concerning the women who tried to set up new forms of religious life in the Church of the sixteenth century. Together with the clerks regular there were similar associations of women who wanted a less formal but still religious way Of life; and before the Council of Trent there were numerous societies of 'religious' women who were dedicated to working for the poor and the sick. Some of these took simple vows and they were not bound by enclosure.
The obligation of strict enclosure for women religious developed only gradually and it varied in different parts of the Church. Repeated prohibitions can be found in conciliar legislation against men entering convents and women leaving them. In 1298, Boniface VIII, in the constitution Periculoso, had imposed the cloister on all women religious. He did so in order to safeguard chastity, to avoid scandal and to ensure an atmosphere conducive to contemplation.
CLARIFICATION OF SOME TERMS MINISTRY, APOSTOLATE RELIGIOUS ORDERS/ CONGREGATIONS - INSTITUTES SIMPLE VOWS AND PUBLIC VOWS MONKS, NUNS, FRIARS, BROTHERS, SISTERS FIRST ORDERS, SECOND ORDERS, THIRD ORDERS
FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE 1. EASTERN AND WESTERN MONASTICS EVANGELICAL COMMITMENT, STABILITY, LIFE OF PRAYER, SECLUSION, REFLECTION, CULTURE, STUDY.
FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE 2. THE ORDER OF VIRGINS; HERMITS AND WIDOWS VIRGINS - LIFE ALONE OR WITH OTHERS, CONSECRATED BY BISHOP HERMITS LIVE ALONE AWAY FROM PEOPLE, WITNESS, IN INSTITUTES OR DEPENDENT ON THE BISHOP WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS LIFE OF PERPETUAL CHASTITY, DEVOTED TO PRAYER AND SERVICE FOR THE CHURCH
FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE 3. THE INSTITUTES COMPLETELY DEVOTED TO CONTEMPLATION ASCETICISM, CONTEMPLATION, SOLITUDE, MORTIFICATION, LIVE IN COMMUNITY
FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE 4. APOSTOLIC RELIGIOUS LIFE SISTERS, BROTHERS, PRIESTS - TAKE PUBLIC VOWS AND LIVE IN COMMUNITY, SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD, CLOISTER, ACTIVE APOSTOLATE, HORARIUM.
FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE 5. SECULAR INSTITUTES TAKE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS, SECULARITY, LEAVEN/LIGHT IN SOCIETY, LIVE IN THE WORLD, NO COMMON LIFE
6. SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE NO VOWS, (SOME TAKE THE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS IF MENTIONED IN THEIR CONSTITUTION) LIVE IN COMMON, FOCUS IS ON APOSTOLATE . FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE
ORGANISATION OF RELIGIOUS LIFE 1. Public vows, common life, separation from the world, cloister, horarium, apostolate according to charism 2. Three levels of government General, Provincial, Local 3. Have patrimony - C. 578; Institute can own property 4. Chapters General, Provincial, Local 5. Exemption (Pontifical institutes)
PURPOSE AND MEANING OF CONSECRATED LIFE 1. - Called to be Prophets to defend the poor and marginalised. 2. - Radical living of the gospel by individual and community witness 3. - Living evangelical counsels which are based on the life of Christ. 4. - Community is mission 5. - Start new ministries/apostolates 6. - Have a charism, which is mostly apostolic
THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE Canon 573#1: Life consecrated through the profession of the evangelical counsel is a stable form of living, in which the faithful follow Christ more closely under the action of the Holy Spirit, and are totally dedicated to God, who is supremely loved. By a new and special title they are dedicated to seek the perfection of charity in the service of Gods kingdom, for the honour of God, the building up of the church, and the salvation of the world. They are a splendid sign in the church, as they foretell the heavenly glory.
THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE THEOLOGICAL DIMENSION -Self-donation to God, deepening of baptismal commitment. - Seized by his love, abandon all to follow him. -Consecrated to God for a mission in the church -Profess the evangelical counsels to be free for service and dedication -Obedient to God like Christ who died on the cross. Vows to be taken during the Eucharist.
THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE TRINITARIAN DIMENSION The counsels are an expression of the love of the Son for the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Love for Christ leads to closeness with him; love for the Holy Spirit, opens our hearts to his inspiration; love for the Father, the first origin and supreme goal of the consecrated life. Chastity is love poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, which evokes a response of total love for God and the brethren.
THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE TRINITARIAN DIMENSION Poverty proclaims that God is mans only real treasure. It is an expression of that total gift of self which the three Divine Persons make to one another. Obedience shows the liberating beauty of a dependence which is not servile but filial, which is a reflection of the loving harmony between the three Divine Persons. Fraternal life, where consecrated persons strive to live in Christ with one heart and soul is put forward as an eloquent witness to the Trinity.
THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE CHRISTOLOGICAL DIMENSION -Imitates Christ who lived the evangelical counsels Poverty voluntary poverty as an option for the poor Chastity purifies the love and embraces all humanity Obedience right choice is to do Gods will as Jesus did even to death on the cross. -Bound to superiors due to an associative nature and to people and hierarchy due to a sacramental nature. - Put on Christ, closer intimacy with Him. -Christ lived his life for others, the consecrated give up possessions to enhance the life of others -No self-interest, but self-donation, a total surrender and letting go
THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE PNEUMATOLOGICAL DIMENSION - The Spirit awakens the desire to respond fully, shapes and moulds hearts to configure to Christ. - The Spirit gifts people with charisms for the use of the community -Each institute/founder has a special charism and contribution to make to build the Body of Christ -The church recognises and promotes the charisms which enrich the church. -The Spirit builds the Body of Christ by bestowing the institutional/hierarchial and charismatic/religious charisms
THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE ECCLESIOLOGICAL DIMENSION -Consecrated life belongs to the Churchs mystery and mission. -Their spiritual life should have an apostolic bearing to build the KoG. -Their charisms are a contribution to build the parts of the Body of Christ. -The ecclesial communion should promote a spirituality of communion, catalysts -It manifests the inner nature of the call to discipleship.
THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE MISSIOLOGICAL DIMENSION -Called to take on Christs redemptive work and the transformation of the world. -There are apostles, religious, laity fundamental unity but functional inequality. -They exist in the church in mission and for mission with the clergy. -They partake in the threefold mission of Christ to teach, sanctify and govern. They have power of governance over their subjects. -They are called to live the love of God in the love of ones neighbour by works of charity. -They are to live a life of prophetic witness and to be the voice of the poor.
THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE ESCHATOLOGICAL DIMENSION -Splendid sign that there is no lasting city on earth. Our commonwealth is in heaven. -Their joy and happiness project the heavenly goods here below. -The world cannot be transfigured without the spirit of the beatitudes. -It is a stable form of life expressing the spousal mystery between Christ and the church, His Bride.
THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE CONCLUSION God calls and consecrates. Consecrated people make a self-donation in response to Jesus love. They strive to live in Christ with one heart and soul. Their living in Christ proclaims the Father who desires to make of all humanity one family, it proclaims the Incarnate Son, who gathers the redeemed into unity. It proclaims the Spirit as the principle of unity in the church. Consecrated life is a special gift given to some. It enriches the church with its varied gifts and prophetic witness.
THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE CONCLUSION Different religious families arise as a result of the impulses of the Spirit. They live a life wholly inspired and motivated by the Spirit. They form part of the church and work in service of the church. Through their ecclesial communion they develop a spirituality of communion, being catalysts of communion. They share in Christs redemptive work in the transformation of the temporal order. They participate in the threefold mission of Christ, to teach, to sanctify and to govern. They stand out as a witness of having no lasting city here on earth, but look forward to the one which is to come. This is a reminder to the faithful of their final destiny.
CRI Statistics 2015 Religious Priests are 18970 in 2835 communities Religious Brothers are 2592 in 502 communities Religious sisters - Contemplatives are 863 in 63 communities Religious sisters - Apostolic 93162 in 12869 communities No of Institutes: 244 apostolic; 09 Contemplative CHURCH BOOK OF STATISTICS (DEC 31, 2016) World Population 7,352,289,000 Catholics 1,299,059,000 Catholic Priests 414,969 Religious Priests 133,138 Diocesan Priests 281,831 Religious women 659,445 Permanent Deacons 46,312

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  • 2. INTRODUCTION There are two states in the church the clergy and the laity. There are different categories of people in the church the clergy, the consecrated people and the laity. The consecrated persons/religious are to be charismatic and prophetic. They depend on the hierarchy for discernment and approval of their charism and apostolate.
  • 3. INTRODUCTION Working together causes conflict and tensions. Knowing the theological basis, their roles and dependence (canonical implications), will help to clarify the relationships. Working in partnership, with dialogue and mutual consultation, the church will benefit and the kingdom that Christ inaugurated furthered.
  • 4. BRIEF HISTORY OF CONSECRATED LIFE EARLY CHURCH HAD VIRGINS, WIDOWS AND ASCETICS, THEY LIVED IN THEIR HOMES/WORLD
  • 5. FROM THE 3rd CENTURY THERE WERE MONKS WHO LIVED IN THE DESERT ANTHONY OF EGYPT BEGAN MONASTIC VILLAGES PACHOMIUS WROTE A RULE AND BROUGHT MONKS UNDER A ROOF CENOBITIC LIFE
  • 6. ST. BASIL TOOK IDEAS FROM PACHOMIUS AND MADE THEM LIVE TOGETHER AND ALSO PRACTICE CHARITY AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
  • 7. ST. AUGUSTINE LIVED WITH THE CLERICS, WROTE A RULE FOR NUNS, HAD TO PRACTICE MORTIFICATION, PENANCE, PRAYER; BUT NO DESIRE FOR HOLY ORDERS
  • 8. ST. BENEDICT BASED HIMSELF ON STS. BASILAND AUGUSTINE AND WROTE RULES WHICH DOMINATED RELIGIOUS LIFE FROM THE 8TH TO 12TH CENTURY. THEY LIVED TOGETHER, TOOK EVANGELICAL COUNSELS AND VOW OF STABILITY.
  • 9. MILITARY ORDERS TEMPLARS WHO DEFENDED HOLY SEPHULCURE HUMILIATI IN LOMBARDY PERMITTED DIFFERENT FORMS MARRIED MEN LIVING WITH FAMILIES, LAY MEN/WOMEN LIVING IN COMMON AND TRADITIONAL MONKS AND NUNS
  • 10. 10TH AND 11TH CENTURIES THERE WERE AGGREGATIONS OF MONASTERIES WITH ST. ODO, FOUNDER OF CLUNY. CANONS REGULAR WERE ATTACHED TO A PARISH.
  • 11. 1215 , 4TH LATERAN COUNCILAND 1274 COUNCIL OF LYONS PUT A BAN ON NEW RELIGIOUS ORDERS. IF YOU WISH TO ESTABLISH NEW ONES, THEN FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE AND ST. BENEDICT.
  • 12. THE FOURTH LATERAN COUNCIL IN 1215 The profusion of religious orders led to a certain amount of confusion in the Church of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. So much so that the fourth Lateran Council in 1215 attempted to restore order by issuing the following decree: In order that too great a variety of religious orders should not cause confusion in the Church of God we firmly prohibit anyone in the future from instituting a new form of religious life; if anyone wishes to take up the religious life he must follow one of the orders that are already approved. Similarly if anyone wishes to found a new order he must take over one of the already approved rules and constitutions.
  • 13. 12TH AND 13TH CENTURIES, THE CHURCHMEN WERE REPROACHED FOR THEIR RICHES AND LAXITY IN THEIR LIVES. FRANCIS OF ASSISI AND DOMINIC, START NEW MOVEMENTS AND FORBADE THEIR MONKS TO OWN PROPERTY EVEN IN COMMON. THEY LIVED IN COMMUNITIES AND WERE TRANSFERRED.
  • 14. THERE WERE THE MENDICANT ORDERS, MILITARY ORDERS, HOSPITALLERS, CLERKS REGULAR, ETC.
  • 15. IN 1540 JESUITS FOUNDED, TAKE VOWS, LIVE IN COMMON, FULL PASTORAL ACTIVITY.
  • 16. ORDERS COULD BE DIVIDED AS: MONASTIC, MENDICANT FRIARS, CANONS REGULAR AND CLERKS REGULAR.
  • 17. 1857, POPE PIUS IX, NEMINI LATET DECREED FOR SIMPLE VOWS AND PERPETUAL VOWS
  • 18. RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION OF WOMEN Unfortunately, the same cannot be said concerning the women who tried to set up new forms of religious life in the Church of the sixteenth century. Together with the clerks regular there were similar associations of women who wanted a less formal but still religious way Of life; and before the Council of Trent there were numerous societies of 'religious' women who were dedicated to working for the poor and the sick. Some of these took simple vows and they were not bound by enclosure.
  • 19. The obligation of strict enclosure for women religious developed only gradually and it varied in different parts of the Church. Repeated prohibitions can be found in conciliar legislation against men entering convents and women leaving them. In 1298, Boniface VIII, in the constitution Periculoso, had imposed the cloister on all women religious. He did so in order to safeguard chastity, to avoid scandal and to ensure an atmosphere conducive to contemplation.
  • 20. CLARIFICATION OF SOME TERMS MINISTRY, APOSTOLATE RELIGIOUS ORDERS/ CONGREGATIONS - INSTITUTES SIMPLE VOWS AND PUBLIC VOWS MONKS, NUNS, FRIARS, BROTHERS, SISTERS FIRST ORDERS, SECOND ORDERS, THIRD ORDERS
  • 21. FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE 1. EASTERN AND WESTERN MONASTICS EVANGELICAL COMMITMENT, STABILITY, LIFE OF PRAYER, SECLUSION, REFLECTION, CULTURE, STUDY.
  • 22. FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE 2. THE ORDER OF VIRGINS; HERMITS AND WIDOWS VIRGINS - LIFE ALONE OR WITH OTHERS, CONSECRATED BY BISHOP HERMITS LIVE ALONE AWAY FROM PEOPLE, WITNESS, IN INSTITUTES OR DEPENDENT ON THE BISHOP WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS LIFE OF PERPETUAL CHASTITY, DEVOTED TO PRAYER AND SERVICE FOR THE CHURCH
  • 23. FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE 3. THE INSTITUTES COMPLETELY DEVOTED TO CONTEMPLATION ASCETICISM, CONTEMPLATION, SOLITUDE, MORTIFICATION, LIVE IN COMMUNITY
  • 24. FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE 4. APOSTOLIC RELIGIOUS LIFE SISTERS, BROTHERS, PRIESTS - TAKE PUBLIC VOWS AND LIVE IN COMMUNITY, SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD, CLOISTER, ACTIVE APOSTOLATE, HORARIUM.
  • 25. FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE 5. SECULAR INSTITUTES TAKE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS, SECULARITY, LEAVEN/LIGHT IN SOCIETY, LIVE IN THE WORLD, NO COMMON LIFE
  • 26. 6. SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE NO VOWS, (SOME TAKE THE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS IF MENTIONED IN THEIR CONSTITUTION) LIVE IN COMMON, FOCUS IS ON APOSTOLATE . FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE
  • 27. ORGANISATION OF RELIGIOUS LIFE 1. Public vows, common life, separation from the world, cloister, horarium, apostolate according to charism 2. Three levels of government General, Provincial, Local 3. Have patrimony - C. 578; Institute can own property 4. Chapters General, Provincial, Local 5. Exemption (Pontifical institutes)
  • 28. PURPOSE AND MEANING OF CONSECRATED LIFE 1. - Called to be Prophets to defend the poor and marginalised. 2. - Radical living of the gospel by individual and community witness 3. - Living evangelical counsels which are based on the life of Christ. 4. - Community is mission 5. - Start new ministries/apostolates 6. - Have a charism, which is mostly apostolic
  • 29. THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE Canon 573#1: Life consecrated through the profession of the evangelical counsel is a stable form of living, in which the faithful follow Christ more closely under the action of the Holy Spirit, and are totally dedicated to God, who is supremely loved. By a new and special title they are dedicated to seek the perfection of charity in the service of Gods kingdom, for the honour of God, the building up of the church, and the salvation of the world. They are a splendid sign in the church, as they foretell the heavenly glory.
  • 30. THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE THEOLOGICAL DIMENSION -Self-donation to God, deepening of baptismal commitment. - Seized by his love, abandon all to follow him. -Consecrated to God for a mission in the church -Profess the evangelical counsels to be free for service and dedication -Obedient to God like Christ who died on the cross. Vows to be taken during the Eucharist.
  • 31. THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE TRINITARIAN DIMENSION The counsels are an expression of the love of the Son for the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Love for Christ leads to closeness with him; love for the Holy Spirit, opens our hearts to his inspiration; love for the Father, the first origin and supreme goal of the consecrated life. Chastity is love poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, which evokes a response of total love for God and the brethren.
  • 32. THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE TRINITARIAN DIMENSION Poverty proclaims that God is mans only real treasure. It is an expression of that total gift of self which the three Divine Persons make to one another. Obedience shows the liberating beauty of a dependence which is not servile but filial, which is a reflection of the loving harmony between the three Divine Persons. Fraternal life, where consecrated persons strive to live in Christ with one heart and soul is put forward as an eloquent witness to the Trinity.
  • 33. THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE CHRISTOLOGICAL DIMENSION -Imitates Christ who lived the evangelical counsels Poverty voluntary poverty as an option for the poor Chastity purifies the love and embraces all humanity Obedience right choice is to do Gods will as Jesus did even to death on the cross. -Bound to superiors due to an associative nature and to people and hierarchy due to a sacramental nature. - Put on Christ, closer intimacy with Him. -Christ lived his life for others, the consecrated give up possessions to enhance the life of others -No self-interest, but self-donation, a total surrender and letting go
  • 34. THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE PNEUMATOLOGICAL DIMENSION - The Spirit awakens the desire to respond fully, shapes and moulds hearts to configure to Christ. - The Spirit gifts people with charisms for the use of the community -Each institute/founder has a special charism and contribution to make to build the Body of Christ -The church recognises and promotes the charisms which enrich the church. -The Spirit builds the Body of Christ by bestowing the institutional/hierarchial and charismatic/religious charisms
  • 35. THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE ECCLESIOLOGICAL DIMENSION -Consecrated life belongs to the Churchs mystery and mission. -Their spiritual life should have an apostolic bearing to build the KoG. -Their charisms are a contribution to build the parts of the Body of Christ. -The ecclesial communion should promote a spirituality of communion, catalysts -It manifests the inner nature of the call to discipleship.
  • 36. THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE MISSIOLOGICAL DIMENSION -Called to take on Christs redemptive work and the transformation of the world. -There are apostles, religious, laity fundamental unity but functional inequality. -They exist in the church in mission and for mission with the clergy. -They partake in the threefold mission of Christ to teach, sanctify and govern. They have power of governance over their subjects. -They are called to live the love of God in the love of ones neighbour by works of charity. -They are to live a life of prophetic witness and to be the voice of the poor.
  • 37. THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE ESCHATOLOGICAL DIMENSION -Splendid sign that there is no lasting city on earth. Our commonwealth is in heaven. -Their joy and happiness project the heavenly goods here below. -The world cannot be transfigured without the spirit of the beatitudes. -It is a stable form of life expressing the spousal mystery between Christ and the church, His Bride.
  • 38. THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE CONCLUSION God calls and consecrates. Consecrated people make a self-donation in response to Jesus love. They strive to live in Christ with one heart and soul. Their living in Christ proclaims the Father who desires to make of all humanity one family, it proclaims the Incarnate Son, who gathers the redeemed into unity. It proclaims the Spirit as the principle of unity in the church. Consecrated life is a special gift given to some. It enriches the church with its varied gifts and prophetic witness.
  • 39. THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CONSECRATED LIFE CONCLUSION Different religious families arise as a result of the impulses of the Spirit. They live a life wholly inspired and motivated by the Spirit. They form part of the church and work in service of the church. Through their ecclesial communion they develop a spirituality of communion, being catalysts of communion. They share in Christs redemptive work in the transformation of the temporal order. They participate in the threefold mission of Christ, to teach, to sanctify and to govern. They stand out as a witness of having no lasting city here on earth, but look forward to the one which is to come. This is a reminder to the faithful of their final destiny.
  • 40. CRI Statistics 2015 Religious Priests are 18970 in 2835 communities Religious Brothers are 2592 in 502 communities Religious sisters - Contemplatives are 863 in 63 communities Religious sisters - Apostolic 93162 in 12869 communities No of Institutes: 244 apostolic; 09 Contemplative CHURCH BOOK OF STATISTICS (DEC 31, 2016) World Population 7,352,289,000 Catholics 1,299,059,000 Catholic Priests 414,969 Religious Priests 133,138 Diocesan Priests 281,831 Religious women 659,445 Permanent Deacons 46,312