Mutuae Relationes (Mutual Relationship)
Author: Catholic Church. Congregatio pro Religiosis et Institutis Saecularibus
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9781574556346
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Directives for Mutual Relations Between Bishops and Religious in the Church
Author: Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Staff
Publisher:
Published:
Total Pages: 65
ISBN-13: 9780819818607
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The General Chapter in a Religious Institute
Author: Elizabeth M. Cotter
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9783039114146
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book examines the historical antecedents of the concept of general chapter, the supreme authority in an institute of consecrated life. This provides the basis for an examination of the contemporary understanding of the nature of its power and authority, as portrayed in the 1983 Code of Canon Law. The general chapter is analysed in terms of its juridic status, collegial nature, participative character and representative function as well as its dynamic aspects and faith dimension. The author applies the findings to one institute of consecrated life, Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary Loreto Branch. This application provides an example of the challenges inherent in working participatively and collaboratively within a hierarchical structure. Because consecrated life has an inalienable ecclesial dimension, understanding authority and power and their exercise in institutes of consecrated life has relevance for understanding authority and its exercise in other organs of authority at all levels in the church.
Catholicism and Citizenship
Author: Massimo Faggioli
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2017-03-29
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0814684483
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The beginning of the twenty-first century has provided abundant evidence of the necessity to reexamine the relationship between Catholicism and the modern, global world. This book tries to proceed on this path with a focus on the meaning, legacy, and reception in today’s world of the ecclesiology of Vatican II, starting with Gaudium et Spes: “This council exhorts Christians, as citizens of two cities, to strive to discharge their earthly duties conscientiously and in response to the Gospel spirit.” Catholicism and Citizenship is a call for a rediscovery of the moral and political imagination of Vatican II for the Church and the world of our time.
The Consecrated Life
Author: Catholic Church. Pope (1978-2005 : John Paul II)
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781574551228
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FORMATION OF SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO
Author: Formation Department
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 0244525323
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Illuminate the Future
Author: Spadaro, Antonio, SJ
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 1587689774
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“When Pope Francis decided to grant an audience to the Union of Superiors General of Male Religious Institutes at the end of their 82nd General Assembly (November 29, 2013), he had one thing clear: he did not want to make speeches and did not want to hear them. It was his intention to enter the dynamics of the discussion of the Generals, to have questions to reflect on and to answer. I was there to record the conversation and be able to tell it in writing. It was an experience that I would define as 'spring': the dialogue was truly such and the contents arose from the confrontation in a spontaneous, natural way, leaving in the present the sense of a true and consoling encounter. In this booklet, the reader will find the story of that conversation and the answers that the pope gave to the questions he was asked ."—Antonio Spadaro
New Generations of Catholic Sisters
Author: Mary Johnson S.N.D. de N.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014-04-01
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0199316856
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book offers a comprehensive examination of the generations of women who entered religious life in the United States after 1965. It provides up-to-date demographics for women's religious institutes; a summary of canon law locating religious life within the various forms of life in the Church; an analysis of Church documents on religious life; and data on the views of post-Vatican II entrants regarding ministry, identity, prayer, spirituality, the vows, and community. Beginning each chapter with an engaging narrative, the authors explore how different generations of Catholic women first became attracted to vowed religious life and what kinds of religious institutes they were seeking. By analyzing the results of extensive national surveys, the authors systematically examine how the new generations of Sisters differ from previous ones, and what those changes suggest about the future. The book concludes with recommendations for further understanding of generations within religious life and within the Church and society. Because of its breadth and depth, this book will be regarded by scholars, the media, and practitioners as an essential resource for the sociological study of religious life for women in the United States.
Spiritan Life and Mission Since Vatican II
Author: William Cleary
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2018-02-01
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 1532634692
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Second Vatican Council (1962–65) called for the renewal of all religious institutes in the Catholic Church. The Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) responded initially under the leadership of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Different interpretations of Vatican II caused divisions culminating in Lefebvre’s departure from the congregation. From this difficult starting-point the Spiritans sought to redefine themselves in creative fidelity to their founding intention, the spirit of Vatican II, and the “signs of the times.” Spiritan Life and Mission since Vatican II recounts this journey of renewal in three parts: the Spiritan world before Vatican II and the election of Archbishop Lefebvre as superior general in 1962; the “ad experimentum” period culminating with a new rule of life in 1986; and the implementation of this new rule as interpreted through inter-congregational discourse, particularly the general chapters of 1992, 1998, and 2004. The development of thinking on the church’s mission and the congregation’s rediscovery of the founding charisms of Claude Poullart des Places and Francis Libermann provide the parameters for this positive interpretation of the Spiritan journey of renewal. Its evolution in the third millennium into a multicultural, international missionary community of some three-thousand members from over sixty countries in service of the Missio Dei bears testimony to this.
John Duns Scotus on Parts, Wholes, and Hylomorphism
Author: Thomas M. Ward
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014-07-17
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9004278974
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In John Duns Scotus on Parts, Wholes, and Hylomorphism, Thomas M. Ward examines Scotus's arguments for his distinctive version of hylomorphism, the view that at least some material objects are composites of matter and form. It considers Scotus's reasons for adopting hylomorphism, and his accounts of how matter and form compose a substance, how extended parts, such as the organs of an organism, compose a substance, and how other sorts of things, such as the four chemical elements (earth, air, fire, and water) and all the things in the world, fail to compose a substance. It highlights the extent to which Scotus draws on his metaphysics of essential order to explain why some things can compose substance and why others cannot. Throughout the book, contemporary versions of hylomorphism are discussed in ways that both illumine Scotus's own views and suggest ways to advance contemporary debates.
