Q and A
What is Consecrated Life?
Consecrated Life (or Religious Life) is a form of life approved and recommended by the Church. It is characterized by:
- Total dedication to God who is loved most of all
- Following Christ more closely under the action of the Holy Spirit
- Striving for the perfection of charity in service to the Kingdom of God
- Contemplation of divine things and constant union with God in prayer
- Public profession of the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
- Fraternal life in community
- Service to the Church
- Public witness to the faith and consecration to God
- Union with the Church and its mystery in a special way
- A degree of separation from the world
- Being an outstanding sign in the Church which foretells the heavenly glory
- Doing everything in conformity with the character and purpose of the individual institute
