Provida Mater Ecclesia
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Provida Mater Ecclesia was an apostolic constitution by Pope Pius XII, that recognized secular institutes as a new form of official consecration in the Catholic Church.[1]
Promulgated on February 2, 1947, the constitution recognized secular consecration; that is, it recognized that lay men and lay women could, while remaining "in the world", live consecrated lives– which hitherto had been held to be possible only as a religious. The specific
This way of life dates back at least to the sixteenth century and
While not living together under the same roof, members come together at meetings.[5] Unlike apostolic societies dedicated to a particular work, secular institutes are organizations of like-minded Catholic laity or clerics who share a certain vision lived out personally.
Along with Primo Feliciter and Cum Sanctissimus the constitution Provida Mater Ecclesia provided the basis for Catholic secular institutes to receive their own legislation.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "History". Voluntas Dei Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ Skarda, Patricia. "Secular Institutes -- the vocation of the 21st century", The Boston Pilot, January 2, 2015.
- ^ "St. Angela Merici (1474–1540)", St. Angela Merici Catholic Church, Missouri City, Texas.
- ^ "History". Company of St Ursula-Daughters of St Angela-Brescia.
- ^ Frattini, Anna. "The Charism of Secular Institutes", Camillian Religious, March 26, 2019.
- ISBN 0722019173p. 272.
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