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Resources on the
Religious Life
Universal Documents
Catechism of the Catholic Church
No. 871-945 on Religious Life
Perfectae Caritatis
Pope Paul VI
Decree of Second Vatican Council on
Religious Life
Papal Documents, Homilies, and Addresses
Redemptionis Donum
1984 Apostolic Exhortation Pope John
Paul II to men and women religious on
their consecration in the light of the
mystery of the redemption.
Vita Consecrata
Pope John Paul II
Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John Paul
II On the Consecrated Life and its
Mission in the Church and in the World,
1996.
Address at Vespers to Priests,
Religious, Deacons, and Seminarians
Pope Benedict XVI on the occasion of the
850th anniversary of the foundation of
the Shrine of Mariazell, Austria, Sept.
8, 2007
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2007/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20070908_vespri-mariazell_en.html
John Paul II, Homily for the first World
Day of Consecrated Life, 1997
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/1997/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19970202_en.html
John Paul II, Homily for the II World
Day of Consecrated Life, 1998
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/1998/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_02021998_candel_en.html
John Paul II, Homily for the III World
Day of Consecrated Life, 1999
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19990202_vida-consagrada_en.html
John Paul II, Homily for the IV World
Day of Consecrated Life, 2000
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/2000/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20000202_en.html
John Paul II, Homily for the V World Day
of Consecrated Life, 2001
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/2001/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20010202_presentation-lord_en.html
John Paul II, Homily for the VI World
Day of Consecrated Life, 2002
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20020202_presentation-lord_en.html
John Paul II, Homily for the VII World
Day of Consecrated Life, 2003
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/2003/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20030201_vii-consecrated-life_en.html
John Paul II, Homily for the VIII World
Day of Consecrated Life, 2004
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/2004/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20040202_viii-consecrated-life_en.html
Benedict XVI, Homily for the X World Day
of Consecrated Life, 2006
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2006/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20060202_presentation-lord_en.html
Benedict XVI, Homily for the XIII World
Day of Consecrated Life, 2009
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20090202_vita-consacrata_en.html
Other Magisterial Documents
Essential Elements in the Church's
Teaching on Religious Life
1983 Document of the Sacred Congregation
for Religious and for Secular Institutes
“Essential Elements in the Church’s
Teaching on Religious Life as Applied to
Institutes Dedicated to Works of the
Apostolate”
Fraternal Life in Community
1994 document of the Congregation for
Consecrated Life and Societies of
Apostolic Life.
The Service of Authority and Obedience
2008 Instruction of the Congregation for
Consecrated Life and Societies of
Apostolic Life.
Starting Afresh From Christ
2002 Instruction of the Congregation for
Consecrated Life and Societies of
Apostolic Life. “Starting Afresh from
Christ: a Renewed Commitment to
Consecrated Life in the Third
Millennium”.
Books (not available on
the web)
The Foundations of Religious Life:
Revisiting the Vision
http://secure.avemariapress.com/itemdetail.cfm?nItemid=949
Author : Council of Major Superiors
of Women Religious
The Council of Major Superiors of Women
Religious has maintained the historical
form of religious life, with sisters
living in community and wearing the
habit. While many religious orders are
currently facing marked decline in
novitiates and the aging of their
members, the communities of the CMSWR
are experiencing growth on a worldwide
scale.
In this collection of foundational
articles, the CMSWR articulates how its
perspective is in keeping with the
vision set forth by Vatican II,
suggesting that its commitment to a more
visibly countercultural life and
ministry is what sustains its orders and
attracts young women to the CMSWR
communities.
The Foundations of Religious Life
is ideal reading for sisters and those
in formation, for their counterparts in
men’s communities, for diocesan priests
and for lay people interested in
learning about religious life.
Christian Totality: Theology of
Consecrated Life, Paul Conner, O.P. and
Basil Cole, O.P., third impression, St.
Paul Editions, Bombay, India 1992;
revised 1997; also published by Alba
House, Staten Island, New York 1997;
published in Polish as Plenia
Chrzescijanstwa, Anna Maria Nowak and
Danuta Dowjat (trs.), W Drodze, Poznan
1997. French translation by
Wilfred-Marie Hueto, submitted to
Desclee de Brouwer April 7, 2007.
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