Secular institute

In the Roman Catholic Church, a secular institute is an organization of individuals who are consecrated persons – professing the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience – while living in the world, unlike members of a religious institute who live in community. It is one of the forms of consecrated life recognized in Church law (cf. the Code of Canon Law, can. 710–730).

Canon 710
A secular institute is an institute of consecrated life in which the Christian faithful living in the world strive for the perfection of charity and work for the sanctification of the world especially from within.

Description

Secular institutes first received papal recognition from Pope Pius XII in Provida Mater Ecclesia (1947). Secular institutes are recognized either by a Bishop (diocesan right) or by the Holy See. Most are registered in the World Conference of Secular Institutes.

Currently, up to 60,000 members belong to more than 200 secular institutes. Most of Secular Institutes' members are lay people. Some join as diocesan priests or deacons, and some Institutes are founded specifically for diocesan priests who wish to take vows and lead a consecrated life while still being incardinated in their diocese and working in the diocesan framework. Some Secular Institutes even train and incardinate their own priests, such as the Schoenstatt Fathers.

Notable Secular Institutes

Secular Institute Pius X (I.S.P.X.)
The Institute of the Maids of the Poor, O.F.M. Cap., is the first Roman Catholic secular institute in India.^[1]

References

↑ "Historical Background @ maidsofthepoor.com". Retrieved 9 July 2013.

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Consecrated life in the Catholic Church

Types	Secular clergy Consecrated virgin Hermit Religious institute Orders Monastic Cenobitic Enclosed Canons Regular Mendicants Second Orders Clerks Regular Congregations Secular institute Society of apostolic life

Vows	Evangelical counsels Poverty Chastity Obedience Profession Solemn vow Vow of silence Vow of enclosure

Monastery	Abbey Cloister Convent Hermitage Priory Refectory List

Prayer	Contemplation Liturgy of the Hours Mass Meditation Mysticism Rosary

Habit	Clerical clothing Coif Cornette Scapular Vestment

Members	Abbot Abbess Brother Master of novices Monk Novice Nun Oblate Postulant Provincial superior Prior Superior general

Other	Asceticism Tonsure Vocational discernment

Catholic lay spiritual organizations

Third orders	Oblates of Saint Benedict Lay Carmelites Secular Franciscan Order Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites Third Order of Saint Francis Third Order of Saint Dominic

International associations of the faithful with official recognition	Chemin Neuf Community Christian Life Community (CVX) Christian Life Movement (CLM) Cooperators of Opus Dei Couples for Christ Cursillo Communion and Liberation Emmanuel Community Focolare Movement Heralds of the Gospel International Alliance of Catholic Knights International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements International Catholic Conference of Scouting International Federation of Catholic Universities International Kolping Society International Union of Catholic Esperantists International Union of European Guides and Scouts Lay Claretian Movement L'Arche International Legion of Mary Militia Christi Militia of the Immaculata Neocatechumenal Way Priests for Life Regnum Christi Sant'Egidio Community SIGNIS Schoenstatt Movement Teams of Our Lady Teresian Association Union of Catholic Apostolate Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Confraternities	Confraternities of the Cord Confraternity of Catholic Saints Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Confraternity of the Rosary Confraternity of Penitents

Personal prelature	Opus Dei

Other associations of the faithful not listed above	Apostolate for Family Consecration Catholic Charismatic Renewal Catholic Christian Outreach Catholic Worker Movement Fellowship of Catholic University Students Madonna House NET Ministries

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Secular institute

Description

Notable Secular Institutes

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References

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