Consecrated Life
What is Consecrated Life?
A Response to a Call God calls each of us into existence as a unique and unrepeatable creation. In His love, He desires to enter into communion with us and for this end He gives each of us a specific vocation. A Call of Love Your vocation is the particular way that...
FAQs About Consecrated Life
A vocation is a call from God who created you to share intimately in His inner life of love. You are called to perfect love in union with God for all eternity! You live out this call by making a total self-gift of yourself in love. As you take up your cross and follow...
Consecrated Life in Palm Beach
Institutes of Women in Consecrated Life in the Diocese of Palm Beach Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm (O. Carm.) Claretian Missionary Sisters (RMI) Dominican Sisters of Adrian, MI (OP) Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, NY (OP) Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, WI...
Church Documents on the Consecrated Life
Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life (Perfectae Caritatis) [10/28/1965] The Consecrated Life (Vita Consecrata) [Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, 3/25/1996] Essential Elements in the Church's Teaching on Religious Life as Applied to Institutes...
Life of a Religious
About Apostolic Religious Life Apostolic religious life is a form of consecrated life within the Church wherein the members profess vows of chastity, poverty and obedience within a Congregation or Community approved by the Church. Shared community life is an integral...
5 Signs of a Religious Vocation
Five Signs Consecrated Life Might Be Right For You By Sister Colleen Therese Smith, A.S.C.J. Not long ago a young woman posed this question to me: “Does God send signs?” She had been praying to God for a very specific sign that would alleviate any doubt in her mind...
A Living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Consecrated Life
A comprehensive guide to help men discern if God is calling them to religious life. Written by Fr. Benedict Croell, O.P. and Fr. Andrew Hofer. O.P.
Discerning Consecrated Life – by Mother Clare Matthiass, CFR
A comprehensive guide to help women discern Consecrated Life with clarity, confidence, and joy. Foreword by Cardinal Dolan.
USACV United States Association of Consecrated Virgins
A voluntary association of consecrated virgins living in the world. The purpose of the USACV is to provide support to its members in the faithful living out of their vocation to consecrated virginity and “…to assist one another in service to the Church as befits their state” (Canon 604, Code of Canon Law). The USACV website is designed both to serve our members and to provide information about the vocation of consecrated virginity lived in the world. Visit the website to learn more
Websites to help you discern your vocation
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