Perfectae Caritatis
Title | Perfectae Caritatis PDF eBook |
Author | Austin Flannery |
Publisher | Liturgical Press |
Pages | 25 |
Release | 2014-06-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0814649378 |
The sixteen official documents—constitutions, decrees, and declarations—of the Second Vatican Council are now available from Liturgical Press in the most popular and widely used inclusive-language edition translated by Irish Dominican Austin Flannery (+October 21, 2008). As the worldwide Church continues to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Council (1962–65), there is a great need in college classrooms and parish faith formation groups—as well as for individuals—to again have access to these documents in contemporary English. As Flannery wrote in his introduction to the 1996 edition, “The translation of the texts of the Vatican documents in the present volume differs from that in the previous publication in two respects. It has been very considerably revised and, in place, corrected. It is also, to a very large extent, in inclusive language. “I say ‘to a very large extent,’ because we have used inclusive language in passages about men and women but not, however, in passages about God, except where the use of the masculine pronoun was easily avoidable.”
Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of the Religious Life
Title | Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of the Religious Life PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 22 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Monastic and religious life |
ISBN |
The Council and Religious Life
Title | The Council and Religious Life PDF eBook |
Author | Richard J. Murphy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 6 |
Release | 1965* |
Genre | Clergy |
ISBN |
Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life
Title | Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life PDF eBook |
Author | Pope Paul VI |
Publisher | |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Religious life |
ISBN |
Chastity, Poverty and Obedience
Title | Chastity, Poverty and Obedience PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Francis |
Publisher | Ignatius Press |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2010-05-26 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1681490870 |
Among the many topics addressed by the Second Vatican Council was the need for the renewal of religious life. Some forty years later, many religious orders of women are dying out, begging the question: Did the reforms of Vatican II help the religious orders become more fruitful, or did they plant the seeds of destruction? In writing this work, Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C., carefully and prayerfully examined the decree on religious life promulgated by the Council Fathers and uncovered its noble meaning and purpose. With her penetrating eye and thoughtful reflection, Mother goes to the heart of the document, Perfectae Caritatis, and finds there the calling to pursue perfect love though chastity, poverty and obedience that Christ himself extends to those disciples who would follow him more closely. This book is a timely volume on this important topic for religious life in the Church. For Catholics who want to discover how the religious life can be restored, this is a fine place to start.
Directives on Formation in Religious Institutes
Title | Directives on Formation in Religious Institutes PDF eBook |
Author | Catholic Church. Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life |
Publisher | |
Pages | 70 |
Release | 1990-01-01 |
Genre | Monastic and religious life |
ISBN | 9780851838045 |
The Consecrated Life
Title | The Consecrated Life PDF eBook |
Author | Catholic Church. Pope (1978-2005 : John Paul II) |
Publisher | USCCB Publishing |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781574551228 |
Pope John Paul II speaks to the need for a fresh enthusiasm for a renewed and revitalized consecrated life.