The General Chapter in a Religious Institute
Title | The General Chapter in a Religious Institute PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth M. Cotter |
Publisher | Peter Lang |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9783039114146 |
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.
The General Chapter in a Religious Institute with Particular Reference to IBVM, Loreto Branch
Title | The General Chapter in a Religious Institute with Particular Reference to IBVM, Loreto Branch PDF eBook |
Author | Sister Elizabeth M. Cotter (I.B.V.M.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 748 |
Release | 2006 |
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The Aspect of Participation as it Relates to the General Chapter of Lay Religious Institutes
Title | The Aspect of Participation as it Relates to the General Chapter of Lay Religious Institutes PDF eBook |
Author | Rose Marie Masserano (suora.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2005 |
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The Impact of Vatican II on Women Religious
Title | The Impact of Vatican II on Women Religious PDF eBook |
Author | Louise O’Reilly |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Pages | 235 |
Release | 2013-08-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1443852120 |
This book opens up a new area of research in the history of the institution of the Irish Presentation Sisters and the impact of Vatican II, 1962–1965 on women religious life in Ireland. The challenges offered by the Council were taken on by the Presentation Congregation and resulted in a trans-national structure known today as the ‘Union of Presentation Sisters’. In the latter half of the twentieth century, Vatican II called for the need for ‘adaptation’ and ‘renewal’ of religious life. This involved not just changes within the structures of religious life, but also meant that, psychologically, religious needed to change how and what they thought religious life in the twentieth century should be. The traditions of centuries had to be examined in the context of the ‘modern’ twentieth-century world and had to adapt to this change. However, the scope of the work is wide-ranging as it also examines issues that surrounded the transformation experienced by the Presentation Sisters. These included relations with the Church at both diocesan level and international level. In their efforts to implement change, they were often hampered by the local Bishops in Ireland but were supported by the Church in Rome. This book explores the whole area of women religious life in Ireland in the post-Vatican II period and examines the implications of these changes in relation to women religious and the Church.
General Instruction of the Roman Missal
Title | General Instruction of the Roman Missal PDF eBook |
Author | Catholic Church |
Publisher | USCCB Publishing |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781574555431 |
From USCCB Publishing, this revision of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) seeks to promote more conscious, active, and full participation of the faithful in the mystery of the Eucharist. While the Missale Romanum contains the rite and prayers for Mass, the GIRM provides specific detail about each element of the Order of Mass as well as other information related to the Mass.
The Code of Canon Law
Title | The Code of Canon Law PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789392340642 |
Sisters of the Holy Cross, Menzingen 1844-1863
Title | Sisters of the Holy Cross, Menzingen 1844-1863 PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Finbarr Coffey |
Publisher | LIT Verlag Münster |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2021-12-16 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 3643914687 |
While building on a comprehensive reading of available archival sources in the Menzingen Religious Institute, this work provides a greater understanding of the possibilities and the difficulties of a return \textit{ad fontes} in the Church and in religious life. It discloses that a struggle for a founding inspiration is a struggle for the memory. The theoretical framework which has been constructed from scriptural sources in this study, is likely to be of use in a theological interpretation of any Christian founding event.