Consecrated life

Group 5
Members:

Iris Lanzaderas
Kristel Alyssa Llabore
Missy Ligutom
Christian John Ligan
Al Francis Lugo
John Ford Macadangdang
 What is consecrated life?
 Consecrated life is the total and radical dedication of one’s life to
God and his kingdom.

 Consecrated persons are lay persons or clerics by means scared

bond, and become members of an institute of consecrated life
according to the law of the church.

 Consecrated life emanates from our baptismal call to be “witness”

and servants and his kingdom.

 Consecrated life can be lived out in a community or individually but

always as an expression of the church’s life, mission, service and
charisma.
Consecrated by the
Holy Spirit
Prepared by: Christian John Ligan
 Consecrated
a person may be consecrated for a specific role within a
religious hierarchy, or a person may consecrate his or
her life in an act of devotion. In particular, the
ordination of a bishop is often called a consecration.

 Holy Spirit
in Abrahamic Religions, the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost), is
an aspect or agent of God, by means of which God
communicates with people or acts on them.
 Jeremiah 20 : 7

“You have seduced me, Lord, and I have

let myself be seduced.”
Who are those Consecrated by the Holy
spirit?
Who have received and accepted the grace to follow our
Lord’s counsels.

Lived by those faithful who are called to follow Jesus Christ

in a more exacting way.

Who take the three vows.

1. Poverty
2. Chastity
3. Obedience
FORMS OF CONSECRATED
LIFE
Religious Life
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 What is Religious Life?

 Religious Life is the term used to describe the

vocation in which a person is called by God to
live in a religious order and take vows.

 It is a call to become ever more conformed to

Christ, ever more like Christ.
Members of Religious Communities are Sisters,
Brothers and Priests.

The main occupation of religious community consists

of prayer, contemplation, education or health care.
The consecrated or religious life is characterized by
evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and
obedience.

• “evangelical” because they are the Gospel oriented

striving for the charity of Gospel.

• Public vows living according to the way of Jesus as

best as they can.
POVERTY

 Doesn’t mean destitute; comes from the word

poverty (from a Latin word meaning “little”.)

 Few material possessions to avoid distractions that

accompany ownership.

 Live simply, share their resources with others. The

goods of this earth are meant to serve everyone’s
needs.
CHASTITY
 It includes the pledge to be celibate.

 Vowed chastity is rooted in our intimacy with God

and in a deepening love and compassion for others,
esp. those most in need.

 Chastity gives them the freedom to love and

respond to need, a pledge to build community and
shows reliance to God.
OBEDIENCE

 Latin word “meaning to hear”

 Pledge to listen (discern) to the call of God

 Learn the will of God in human ways - through the

church, the Bible, in their constitutions and
community decisions, sign and community decisions,
signs of the times and esp. in the needs of the human
family.
CONTEMPLATIVE
RELIGIOUS LIFE
Prepared by: Kristel Alyssa V.
Llabore
 CONTEMPLATIVE RELIGIOUS
 LIFE
A term used to indicate a life characterized by solitude and prayers.

 The life of the contemplative religious is a life of healthy balance and the
development of the whole person.

 In solitude and silence, by listening to the word of God, participating in

divine worship, personal asceticism, prayer, mortification and the
communion of fraternal love, they direct the whole of their lives and all their
activities to the contemplation of God.
ACTIVE RELIGIOUS
SISTERS/BROTHERS
Active religious sisters and brothers divide their time between
private prayer, communal worship, and service work. Each
active religious community has a particular mission for which
it was founded, ranging from educating children to caring for
the sick to missionary work.
CONTEMPLATIVE RELIGIOUS
SISTERS/BROTHERS
Contemplative religious sisters and brothers devote
themselves entirely to private prayer and the celebration of
the Mass. Through their private lives of contemplation,
they praise God and intercede with Him on behalf of the
whole world.
CLOISTERED
CONTEMPLATIVE
SISTERS/BROTHERS
Cloistered contemplative sisters and brothers live apart from
the rest of the world in monasteries and convents under papal
enclosure, meaning that access to them is restricted.
 Contemplative brothers are often called monks (but are
addressed as “brother”).
 Contemplative sisters are called nuns (but are addressed as
“sister”).
 Active religious are usually just called brothers and sisters.
“Those called to the specifically contemplative life are
acknowledged as one of the most precious treasures of the
Church.”

(Pope John Paul II, 1980)

 WHAT IS
 ToCONSECRATED
consecrate something means to setLIFE?
it aside or devote it to a holy
purpose. They participate in a ceremony in which they make this
commitment, much like a married couple exchanges their vows on their
wedding day. They promise Christ that they will live the rest of their
lives dedicated exclusively to Him. These vows help them to live
simply, to be more open with God, and to depend totally on Him.
APOSTOLIC
RELIGIOUS LIFE

Prepared by: John Ford C. Macadangdang

 APOSTOLIC
 RELIGIOUS LIFE
Apostolic religious life (sometimes called ministerial religious life)
includes communities of women (sisters) and men (brothers or
priests). In the 16th century in light of peoples’ great needs in the face
of poverty, both literal and spiritual, violence, sickness and ignorance
there was a powerful impetus among many men and women to move
from more cloistered religious life out into the world to serve in the
name of Jesus Christ, living out the Gospel in the world.
 APOSTOLIC RELIGIOUS LIFE
 Despite initial institutional difficulties and often great suffering and
misunderstanding these new apostolic communities were established
in the Church with their own characteristic spiritual focus. They
served as priests bringing the Sacraments to parishes and
communities in harsh times, sisters, brothers and priests established
schools, hospitals, homes for the poor and served on the missions
bringing the Good News of the Gospel to many worldwide.
SECULAR
INSTITUTES
 SECULAR
 INSTITUTES
Single or married laymen and women, and also some priests, belong
to secular institutes. Secular institutes are groups of consecrated
people who live and work as a leaven in the world to evangelize and
bear witness to Christian virtues. They make a commitment to live
the “evangelical counsels” of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Members do not necessarily live together as a Community. Their goal
is to be a transforming Christ-like presence in society.
 SECULAR
 INSTITUTES
Secular Institutes seeking to live out their consecration to God in the
world through the profession of the evangelical counsels in the midst of
temporal realities; they wish in this way to be a leaven of wisdom and a
witness of grace within cultural, economic and political life. Through their
own specific blending of presence in the world and consecration, they
seek to make present in society the newness and power of Christ’s
Kingdom, striving to transfigure the world from within by the power of
the Beatitudes.
CONSECRATED
VIRGINS Prepared by: Al Francis Lugo BEED-3
 FAQS
Aren’t nuns consecrated virgins?
A. The term “consecrated virgin” in its strict
sense is reserved to those who have received
the consecration of virgins from their bishop.
Some religious sisters and diocesan hermits
have received this consecration. Other virgins
live individually “in the world” under the
direction of their bishop.
Is a consecrated virgin a lay woman?
A. Not unless “lay” is understood to mean
“non-clerical”. Consecrated virgins are in the
consecrated state by virtue of their public
consecration of canon 604. Therefore, the
consecrated virgin is not a laywoman.
Is a consecrated virgin supposed to obey
someone?
A. If the consecrated virgin is a religious, her
superior is her superior in religious life. If the
consecrated virgin is a diocesan hermit, her
superior is the diocesan bishop. If the
consecrated virgin is one “living in the world”,
she has no superior (since she is not bound by
a vow of obedience), but follows the directives
of her bishop in how her vocation is to be lived
out.
Can a consecrated virgin be a “renewed
virgin”?
A. According to the Vatican, physical
virginity that is not lost voluntarily (rape and
incest are involuntary) is required because the
virgin signifies by both her body and soul the
virgin Church. A woman who has voluntarily
lost her virginity may be eligible for other
forms of consecrated life if there is no danger
of scandal, but is ineligible for this
consecration.
May a male become a consecrated virgin?
A. The consecration of virgins is reserved for
female virgins only.
Do consecrated virgins become consecrated
through their vows?
A. The bishop acts in the place of God, consecrating
the virgin body and soul as the bride of Christ. It is
through this consecration found in the Roman
Pontifical that the virgin is set aside as a “sacred
person” and is brought into the consecrated state. In
contrast, other forms of consecrated life entail vows or
promises made to God, which are accepted in His
name by the appropriate Church authorities, and are
thus brought into the consecrated state.
5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT
CONSECRATED VIRGINS
1. They are not nuns or sisters. 
2. It is one of the oldest sacramentals of the Church
3. A consecrated virgin has a profound spiritual relationship
with the local Church. 
4. Only a woman who has never been married can become a
consecrated virgin.
5. “The consecrated virgin offers the gift of her physical
virginity to Christ, as a sign of the dedication of her entire
being to Him. 
Sources:

https://www.rcan.org/offices-and-ministries/vocations/religious-life/consecrated-li
fe

https://www.mn.catholic.org.au/church-mission/catholic-life/vocations/religious-l
ife/?fbclid=IwAR3XBduGC35_i6LwppnF2SEgAaHunFHJIcqiAhLMEa0-D5jQD
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Thank you for
listening!