The Consecrated Life
Title | The Consecrated Life PDF eBook |
Author | Catholic Church. Pope (1978-2005 : John Paul II) |
Publisher | USCCB Publishing |
Total 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.
Understanding the Consecrated Life in Canada
Title | Understanding the Consecrated Life in Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Jason Zuidema |
Publisher | Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press |
Total Pages | 400 |
Release | 2015-12-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1771121394 |
The story of the consecrated life in Canada since the 1960s should be about much more than numerical decline. Although the falling numbers are significant among Catholic religious in communities that pre-date Vatican II, many communities continue to show stability and even growth. This book provides nuance to that story by adding detailed portraits of movements, communities and institutions. In four parts, this book presents essays from the leading scholars on religious life in Canada that seek to address the state of religious communities dedicated to religious virtuosity normally characterized by formal promises of chastity, poverty, and obedience. The essays examine a broad range of topics related to the general state of consecrated (or “religious” or “monastic”) life in contemporary Canadian Christian and Buddhist traditions. In the first section, the contributors trace the demographics and definitions of religious life in Canada. The second section examines Canadian developments in Catholic religious life during the Vatican II and the post-Vatican II eras. A third section explores trends in contemporary Canadian religious life, while the fourth section describes the consecrated life in other Canadian religious traditions.
Daughters in My Kingdom
Title | Daughters in My Kingdom PDF eBook |
Author | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Publisher | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Total Pages | 312 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1465106162 |
In the first meeting of the Relief Society, Sister Emma Smith said, “We are going to do something extraordinary.” She was right. The history of Relief Society is filled with examples of ordinary women who have accomplished extraordinary things as they have exercised faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Relief Society was established to help prepare daughters of God for the blessings of eternal life. The purposes of Relief Society are to increase faith and personal righteousness, strengthen families and homes, and provide relief by seeking out and helping those in need. Women fulfill these purposes as they seek, receive, and act on personal revelation in their callings and in their personal lives. This book is not a chronological history, nor is it an attempt to provide a comprehensive view of all that the Relief Society has accomplished. Instead, it provides a historical view of the grand scope of the work of the Relief Society. Through historical accounts, personal experiences, scriptures, and words of latter-day prophets and Relief Society leaders, this book teaches about the responsibilities and opportunities Latter-day Saint women are given in Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness.
The Power of Forgiveness: Pope Francis on Reconciliation
Title | The Power of Forgiveness: Pope Francis on Reconciliation PDF eBook |
Author | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 133 |
Release | 2021-08-24 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781601376831 |
The Power of Forgiveness, Pope Francis on Reconciliation calls the reader to explore the mercy of God, received in a profound way by turning toward God in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This heartfelt collection of the Pope's reflections on the need for repentance, awareness of sin, God's divine mercy, forgiveness of others, and confession and absolution, is a transformative read for Catholics of all vocational states!
Discerning Religious Life
Title | Discerning Religious Life PDF eBook |
Author | Clare Matthiass |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 227 |
Release | 2017-04-20 |
Genre | Discernment (Christian theology) |
ISBN | 9780989621250 |
A guide to help Catholic women discover a vocation to religious life.
Memorials of a consecrated life, compiled from the autobiography, letters and diaries of A. Lutton [by J.H.W.].
Title | Memorials of a consecrated life, compiled from the autobiography, letters and diaries of A. Lutton [by J.H.W.]. PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Lutton |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 568 |
Release | 1882 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Consecrated Life
Title | The Consecrated Life PDF eBook |
Author | Marcello de Carvalho Azevedo |
Publisher | Gracewing Publishing |
Total Pages | 38 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Evangelistic work |
ISBN | 9781570750038 |
Examining the state of the consecrated life today, Azevedo gives an inspiring account of biblical and contemporary theological insights into both the nature of religious vocation and its path to renewal. The key characteristic is its call for renewing religious life through radical commitment to Christ, to the poor and to the Church itself.