Three Characteristics of Religious Institutes
What makes monks, nuns, sisters and brothers religious? There are three elements of their lives which make their form of life a distinct one in consecrated life. The three elements are the profession...
View ArticlePrivate Vows Of Poverty, Chastity, And Obedience
by Therese Ivers For centuries people have been embracing the evangelical counsels and binding themselves to observe them by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. The most common example we...
View ArticleThe Vocation To A Secular Institute
by Therese Ivers The first secular institute with whom I came in contact were the Father Kolbe Missionaries. Not many people respond to a call to a vocation to a secular institute and in part, I...
View ArticlePublic, Semi-Public, and Private Vows and Promises
By Therese Ivers One of the most frequent topics people discerning their vocation have several questions about is on vows and promises. As most people enter their vocation by means of a vow or vows,...
View ArticleThe Thursday Q & A
Q. Why don’t you post the formulas for private vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience? A. It is adviseable for a person who wishes to make a vow of this nature and magnitude to do so under the...
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