Serving the poor and sick Is my calling. I’m making progress in joining the Franciscans. Pray for me that my path to postulancy continues to grow and I remain faithful to our Lord
I grew up around a Carmelite convent. I caught the school bus just a block away and I could see them, in their dark brown ankle length habits and black veils and rosaries on their belt. They looked like angels to me. I wasn't even Catholic then, but I became Catholic at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, now St. Francis Catholic Church in Logan, West Virginia. God bless you Father! God bless your ministry.
Thank you for this video. I am a Carmelite Secular having said my ‘ First Promise ‘. Twenty years ago I became a Catholic and for long time knew I was being drawn into something more than the usual activities of the parish, and I then met an amazing woman who introduced me to the Carmelite way of living. It has been wonderful journey...I am learning so much and the daily routine of prayer and reading has given structure to my daily life. I am now a widow, but amongst my group there are married people, single people, widows like me and one who is about to enter Carmel to become a nun. If you want a deeper relationship with Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit, and if you would like to know more about Carmelite Saints this sort of life could be for you. In two and a half years I will take my ‘ Final Promise ‘ Doing this study and prayer has changed my life and healed a lot of old painful memories. And it is never too late, I am 76!! God bless all of you who are reading these comments, and I pray that God’s will may be revealed to you.🙏🙏
I am a consecrated virgin. We don't make vows as such. We are consecrated by our diocesan bishop (may not be done by a priest), according to the solemn rite contained in the Roman Pontifical. Yes, we are virgins, and we make a resolution to remain virgins for the rest of our lives, but our consecration is passive, that is, we are consecrated by the bishop who invokes the power and grace of the Holy Spirit. This consecration, unlike vows, is irrevocable when it is conferred validly and it makes us true brides of Christ. The rite is filled with bridal imagery and it celebrates virginity given to God. The first virgins were consecrated by the apostles themselves.
Dear sister in Christ, may your consecration truly be a means for you to prepare yourself in the most wonderful manner to union with God. May our merciful God be with you always.
Greetings from Dunedin, New Zealand. I am a Consecrated Vigin living in the world. In 2002 I was granted the Consecration according to the Roman Canon. My main area of work is prayer including the Liturgy of the Hours (Public prayer of the Church), intercessory prayer, and being a presence to and for all. I thank God for calling me to this form of Consecrated Life.
Lord God, be with Mario Escorza. Show him that you are sovereign. Let him know your grace and truth. Give him prayers and comfort. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
Dear Father, in the apostolic live you didn't mention the prelatures like Opus Dei or the Comunnio and liberation Movement.. Can you make a video explaining about lay or secular live?
I literally went to sleep wondering about the consecrated life outside being a priest / nun / taking " permanent " vows only to wake up to this on my feed. Thank you Fr. Casey. God has definitely used you to teach me a couple of things today and to remind me that He hears me.
Great video. I love the use of "consecrated" as we in secular institutes are often not seen as distinct from religious and not understood. I have a concern. Not all Institutes involve married persons. We, The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, do not. Our "associate group" does welcome them. They make an annual promise to embrace our attitudes of life, not vows.
I'm discerning with a secular institute called 'The Leaven' or The Institute of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. It is only for single or widowed women and we do take first and later final vows in the church to a priest and vows are binding. I am glad you wrote your comment as that was my concern too.
I want to be a Marist Brother, but I have many faults, I am very lustful, and I am attached to my properties, being single I have lived like a king ... And yet I have a strong desire to be religious ... I am a doctor, I am 29 years, if I correct my depraved mind, can I one day be a Marist brother? or am I already very old and damaged?
No one is too old or too young to receive the grace of God. I was was pretty lustful but crying to God I received the grace I needed. Keep going and it’s vocations week, so keep going brother!
My own feeling? Start where you are and allow yourself to be open to divine love. I am still only catechumen. My desire is to enter a contemplative order but I cannot, because I am divorced. However, I realised that this does not prevent me from adopting as much of the contemplative lifestyle as is possible whilst working to support myself. Prayer, study and mass remain open to me. The more I embrace what I *can* do and the more I attempt to live the Surrender Prayer, the more I am surprised. The smallest steps make a difference in who I am.
I didn’t quite understand it all. But, I feel like I am being called to a deeper spiritual commitment, and another marriage, with talents to be used for the benefit of the world. However that works, we will see. I am in RCIA, right now.
I'm a very recent convert and I'm interested in discerning religious life. Is there a mandatory amount of years that I should be Catholic before joining a religious order?
You were probably asking Father, but I would say it’s never too early to start thinking and praying about it! When looking at joining a community, if you have a good idea what kind of order you want to join I’d go ahead and get in touch; their vocation directors will be more than happy to provide guidance and will let you know if they think it’s too early for you to be jumping in to religious life. They’ll also let you come and stay for short periods to get an idea of how you fit the community and to give you a feel for what your life would be like if you joined. If you’re thinking of a community and don’t have an idea of what order, this early period of prayer and discernment is a great time to do more research. (I’d also recommend the book Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton, is the autobiography of a convert and his journey to enter a religious community) Congrats on your conversion! 😊
Oh, I see them both. I need to ask how to get it organized. The one other person I know of was in a community though. I’ll still see if I can check with her.
Anchorites-- I have a name....I didn't know that....I thought I was just consecrated lay person. That's what everyone keeps calling me. Now I know. Thanks for teaching. I'm not sure what the 7sisters and brothers are connected to, tho'...we are too new, as far as I know. My profession was private, by apostolic order, I believe that I fit, regardless of however God wants me and my brothers and sisters to be in formation. Thanks for this video. I hope it brings lots of Vocations!
Hello-- Private vows here, too. The vows could be either private or public (Diocesan hermit, vows taken from the hands of a bishop). Both require rigorous discernment.
Thank you for the video father! Most secular institutes however are not for married people. They are for unmarried people who are called to profess the Evangelical counsels and live them in the world. It is a very distinct and beautiful vocation!
Hi everyone, I know you may not know me, but I was wondering if I could get some prayers for my dad who is currently fighting Covid in the hospital. Any prayers will help and I just want to say thank you and I hope everyone has a good day 💖
Morning. I'm from Italy. 'm gonna leave for spending une year in a missionari comunity. It's from Brasile and there is a house even Gere in Italy, 1000 km from me. We work with poors, we live with them, juste like them, sharing everytjing. I'm 50, and i Nevers never exoected my life could change this way. I feel fear, and a great Joy in the same time. Please, pray for me. I promise i'll pray for tout and for all the consacrated. Peace and joy
That was surprisingly detailed and showed there’s a lot more diversity than I thought in the Catholic Church - and I thought I knew a lot about this! Thank you, Brother!
All the very best to you, Harald. May you grow into a life that allows you to move perpetually towards God. The Franciscan life is a call to truly live in humility, with an openness to beauty, and ultimately prepare oneself to live in imitation of Christ. I wish you only the best! :)
@@haraldfrancisoddsen7413 Dear Brother in Christ Harald, thank you! May you find the peace and joy of Christ. I also found your other post. Harald, let us both pray for you; so you may find strength through your journey. May you listen now to him, clearer than ever before! May you find perpetual hope through Christ, and never lose your vocational orientation. Requesting intercessions of our Blessed Mother for you, Your friend in Christ, Tiju Thomas (from India)
Due to my health I cannot get accepted in the convent.i get strength from Jesus.i live the life of a nun. I love Jesus ❤️ with all my heart and soul.jesus accepts me.paulette quarie
Dear Father I would require a clarification with regards to the Secular Franciscan order , as you said that secular Franciscan do not profess the evangelical counsels but as per the the rule of the SFO RULE NUMBER 23 AS APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER POPE PAUL THE VI , IT STATES THAT " PROFESSION BY ITS NATURE IS A PERMANENT COMMITMENT "
Great video. Very much limited to Roman Catholic. Eastern Catholic Churches have both western forms such as what you describe in the video and traditional Orthodox monastic forms (novice, rasophore, stavrophore and great schema). The ancient military-religious Orders (Teutonic Knights, Templars, Knights of St. John, the Spanish and Portuguese Orders, and a few others) were interesting because of the way they combined warfare and Religious life (with some even allowing married knights to be "fully" professed).
Toward the end the Sisters left group in dark blue are DAUGHTERS OF ST PAUL. THE MEDIA SISTERS.I BELONG TO THAT CONGREGATION. THIS WAS MOST INFORMATIVE AND HRELPFUL TO HELP THE YOUNG WOMEN TO GET THE CALL HOPEFULLY. THANK YOU FATHER CASEY.
@@BreakingInTheHabit I have been following your videos for a while, and never noticed any other spelling hiccups, so don't take it too hard! God bless you, dear Padre. 🙏🕯🕊💒
You cannot join a vowed religious order as a married person, but some orders (like the Benedictines) have associates which they call oblates. The Franciscans, Dominicans, and Carmelites have lay Third Orders whose members can be male, female, single, married, widowed, or divorced.
I’m currently reading 33 Days to Morning Glory to be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the feast day of the Immaculate Conception! This is my first time doing it so I’m excited! Could you maybe do a video on Marian Consecration? What category would that be in, btw? It certainly doesn’t require being in a religious order.
My 4th great grandfather was a Dominican in Baja California. Padre Gabriel Gonzalez. Originally from Spain. He successfully held off Mexican secularization efforts. Resisted occupying American forces during the Mexican-American war. Ended up as a successful rancher and parish priest. Raised a family of 11 children. He was one of two last Dominican Missionaries in Baja California.
Hello I am a coptic orthodox Sister in Egypt, I am a nun in one of the very few communities that have a communal life as with a community prayer life as well as a focus on mission life.
Amazing..The Prayer Life is the core of everything we do...I also have more than 1300 children in the school..which makes my life perfectly chaotic but very meaningful and full of joy..
Now, I am confused hahaha All this time, I thought the Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity had the same level as Opus Dei. But, following your descriptions, I am confused whether we are more like them or more like Secular Franciscans. We have our public promise though and we go through a phase of pre-trial, trial, and promise though 😹
@Matt Not, specifically no. The rite of consecration to the vocation is specifically for women. Men can certainly take vows of chastity either in community or as a personal devotion, but they wouldn’t technically be “consecrated virgins”. If you are curious take a look at paragraphs 922-924 of the catechism.
Even tho i am a literal heathen (prefer the term much more than pagan) i felt for years that a monsastic life lived in honour of a vocation would be a good fit for me. However heathens in general are rare nowadays, and even rarer is for me to find enough like minded individuals to even start a prayer group... Peace my dude
Really interesting with the apostolix societies, it seems very similar to the way the nazorite vow works in the old testament, not a vow for life but for a period of time
I'm not Catholic, but I never found someone to marry and I'm in my mid-forties wishing I had some kind of religious community and commitment beyond how I currently live. I would not have felt the same as a younger person.
It would be interesting to know age limits I know when you're young maybe teenage, everyone welcomes you, but I think that at certain age maybe when you reach 30's you can make a mature decision, however you may seem old and with little time to make choice... or is it that I'm not listening properly to the Holy Spirit?
I'm in England and am discerning with a secular institute called 'The Leaven'. It is for single and widowed women only - not married women or men at all. We also do have a process of formation and do take first vows, then after 8 years take life vows and our consecration is full and binding. Vows are made in a Church to a priest and we are under the Bishop of Southwark in London. We live in our own homes and commit to saying at least morning and evening office, private silent prayer, spiritual reading and Lectio Divina and have two retreats per year where we get together and we have women in positions of authority. We are Carmelites -though we wear no outward dress showing that. We seem to fall somewhere between several vocations in this video.
I'm a 36 year old cradle Catholic and even I find the breadth and depth of Church lore to be confusing at times. It's just so big and so old that it would almost be a full time job to fully understand all of its various institutions and hierarchies of administration.
Can someone become a consecrated layperson on their own ? Without having to join any kind of institute or society or third order ? With a spiritual director ? Excellent video, thank you.
You can be consecrated to Sacred heart Jesus and the immaculate heart of Mary and follow what they ask in devotion. I see it necessary not even a option in these dark times , its the End the end of times.
The Secular Franciscans are not consecrated, that is, they do not make vows. Instead, they make a permanent public promise to observe the Gospel by following in the footsteps of Francis and Clare. There is a 27-month initial formation process and a written Rule approved by Rome. Secular Franciscans (OFS) are worldwide. Today there are proximately 350,000, with about 11,000 in the US. No matter where you live, there's likely a local fraternity near you. Members are male and female, single, married, divorced, widowed. Secular (diocesan) priests may also become Secular Franciscans.
I'm discerning a benedictine vocation and/or the sacred priesthood. Please do pray for me!
🙏awe, wonderful! Praise God!! Praying for you
I’ll be praying for your discernment , Jensen, God bless you
Praise God! Saint Benedict pray for Jensen
Where are you now Jensen?
Praying for you 🙏
Disernment communities? Sign me up! Those could be so helpful.
Thank you for another insightful video, Fr. Casey!
Serving the poor and sick Is my calling. I’m making progress in joining the Franciscans. Pray for me that my path to postulancy continues to grow and I remain faithful to our Lord
Praying for you, Brother!
How u doing bro
I grew up around a Carmelite convent. I caught the school bus just a block away and I could see them, in their dark brown ankle length habits and black veils and rosaries on their belt. They looked like angels to me. I wasn't even Catholic then, but I became Catholic at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, now St. Francis Catholic Church in Logan, West Virginia. God bless you Father! God bless your ministry.
I need a flow chart for this.
Seconded!
Thank you for this video. I am a Carmelite Secular having said my ‘ First Promise ‘. Twenty years ago I became a Catholic and for long time knew I was being drawn into something more than the usual activities of the parish, and I then met an amazing woman who introduced me to the Carmelite way of living. It has been wonderful journey...I am learning so much and the daily routine of prayer and reading has given structure to my daily life. I am now a widow, but amongst my group there are married people, single people, widows like me and one who is about to enter Carmel to become a nun.
If you want a deeper relationship with Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit, and if you would like to know more about Carmelite Saints this sort of life could be for you. In two and a half years I will take my ‘ Final Promise ‘ Doing this study and prayer has changed my life and healed a lot of old painful memories. And it is never too late, I am 76!!
God bless all of you who are reading these comments, and I pray that God’s will may be revealed to you.🙏🙏
I am feeling called to the Carmelite Third Order too. Thanks for your testimony.
I am a consecrated virgin. We don't make vows as such. We are consecrated by our diocesan bishop (may not be done by a priest), according to the solemn rite contained in the Roman Pontifical. Yes, we are virgins, and we make a resolution to remain virgins for the rest of our lives, but our consecration is passive, that is, we are consecrated by the bishop who invokes the power and grace of the Holy Spirit. This consecration, unlike vows, is irrevocable when it is conferred validly and it makes us true brides of Christ. The rite is filled with bridal imagery and it celebrates virginity given to God. The first virgins were consecrated by the apostles themselves.
Dear sister in Christ, may your consecration truly be a means for you to prepare yourself in the most wonderful manner to union with God. May our merciful God be with you always.
@@TheTijuT Thank you.
Greetings from Dunedin, New Zealand. I am a Consecrated Vigin living in the world. In 2002 I was granted the Consecration according to the Roman Canon. My main area of work is prayer including the Liturgy of the Hours (Public prayer of the Church), intercessory prayer, and being a presence to and for all. I thank God for calling me to this form of Consecrated Life.
Im Discerning the Passionist Spirituality, particularly in the Priesthood, please pray for me
This is my calling
Than do it by all means!!! Many blessings!!!
Please pray for me I'm scared
My prayers go for you.
I will.
"Be not afraid!" The words of Christ, also echoed by his servant, St. John Paul II!
Lord God, be with Mario Escorza. Show him that you are sovereign. Let him know your grace and truth. Give him prayers and comfort. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
I'm scared of life
Dear Father, in the apostolic live you didn't mention the prelatures like Opus Dei or the Comunnio and liberation Movement.. Can you make a video explaining about lay or secular live?
This guy could charm the pants off of a choirboy!
That was a vulgar response. Sad comment .
@@martinkent333 why..
Future Jesuit here ✝️
pray for me 🙏🌷
I will pray for you 🙏
AMDG you've got this
St. Catherine of Siena was a third order Dominican who lived in two houses. She never married and is a doctor of the church.
Please pray for me I want to be a priest when I grow up and become the pope and change the world pls pray for
Will do .never lose faith and continue praying daily
I literally went to sleep wondering about the consecrated life outside being a priest / nun / taking " permanent " vows only to wake up to this on my feed. Thank you Fr. Casey. God has definitely used you to teach me a couple of things today and to remind me that He hears me.
Great video. I love the use of "consecrated" as we in secular institutes are often not seen as distinct from religious and not understood. I have a concern. Not all Institutes involve married persons. We, The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, do not. Our "associate group" does welcome them. They make an annual promise to embrace our attitudes of life, not vows.
I'm discerning with a secular institute called 'The Leaven' or The Institute of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. It is only for single or widowed women and we do take first and later final vows in the church to a priest and vows are binding. I am glad you wrote your comment as that was my concern too.
I want to be a Marist Brother, but I have many faults, I am very lustful, and I am attached to my properties, being single I have lived like a king ... And yet I have a strong desire to be religious ... I am a doctor, I am 29 years, if I correct my depraved mind, can I one day be a Marist brother? or am I already very old and damaged?
No one is too old or too young to receive the grace of God. I was was pretty lustful but crying to God I received the grace I needed. Keep going and it’s vocations week, so keep going brother!
You can do. Just keep praying and asking for god's grace and did the saints to help guide you.
My own feeling? Start where you are and allow yourself to be open to divine love. I am still only catechumen. My desire is to enter a contemplative order but I cannot, because I am divorced. However, I realised that this does not prevent me from adopting as much of the contemplative lifestyle as is possible whilst working to support myself. Prayer, study and mass remain open to me. The more I embrace what I *can* do and the more I attempt to live the Surrender Prayer, the more I am surprised. The smallest steps make a difference in who I am.
Go to a Priest.
@@brew8533 I was in my 30s when I discerned the priesthood. It had been on my heart for many years but the vocation director thought I was too old.
I didn’t quite understand it all. But, I feel like I am being called to a deeper spiritual commitment, and another marriage, with talents to be used for the benefit of the world. However that works, we will see. I am in RCIA, right now.
I'm a very recent convert and I'm interested in discerning religious life. Is there a mandatory amount of years that I should be Catholic before joining a religious order?
You were probably asking Father, but I would say it’s never too early to start thinking and praying about it! When looking at joining a community, if you have a good idea what kind of order you want to join I’d go ahead and get in touch; their vocation directors will be more than happy to provide guidance and will let you know if they think it’s too early for you to be jumping in to religious life. They’ll also let you come and stay for short periods to get an idea of how you fit the community and to give you a feel for what your life would be like if you joined. If you’re thinking of a community and don’t have an idea of what order, this early period of prayer and discernment is a great time to do more research. (I’d also recommend the book Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton, is the autobiography of a convert and his journey to enter a religious community) Congrats on your conversion! 😊
Such a timely video for me! Discerning consecrated life right now, and planning on speaking to my priest about it. ✨😊✝️
May God bless you, and may your gift of yourself be wholly accepted by God.
Love from kerala👍
Love from Mizoram ❤️🙏
If lived well, these types of lives are a sure way to heaven.
I’ve been looking for an explanation like this! Thank you!
Consecrated Virgin here! :)
Hi! Was the consecration able to be done by your priest, or maybe I saw a bishop?
Oh, I see them both. I need to ask how to get it organized. The one other person I know of was in a community though. I’ll still see if I can check with her.
Anchorites-- I have a name....I didn't know that....I thought I was just consecrated lay person. That's what everyone keeps calling me. Now I know. Thanks for teaching. I'm not sure what the 7sisters and brothers are connected to, tho'...we are too new, as far as I know. My profession was private, by apostolic order, I believe that I fit, regardless of however God wants me and my brothers and sisters to be in formation. Thanks for this video. I hope it brings lots of Vocations!
Hello-- Private vows here, too. The vows could be either private or public (Diocesan hermit, vows taken from the hands of a bishop). Both require rigorous discernment.
Thank you for the video father! Most secular institutes however are not for married people. They are for unmarried people who are called to profess the Evangelical counsels and live them in the world. It is a very distinct and beautiful vocation!
Considering monastic life. Pray for me.
try the Order of St. Augustine of the Primitive Observance ( OSAPrim)
or the Hieronymites in Spain only 9 remaining in the world
Hi everyone,
I know you may not know me, but I was wondering if I could get some prayers for my dad who is currently fighting Covid in the hospital. Any prayers will help and I just want to say thank you and I hope everyone has a good day 💖
Praying for Meg's father, that he may survive and thrive.
@@breatheeasily4013 Thank you so much and know that everyone may also be in my prayers no matter your current situation 💖 Sending love
Added to my Prayer List
Prayer for your father's healing.
@@d88danp thank you so much and may you have a great day 💖💖
Morning. I'm from Italy. 'm gonna leave for spending une year in a missionari comunity. It's from Brasile and there is a house even Gere in Italy, 1000 km from me. We work with poors, we live with them, juste like them, sharing everytjing.
I'm 50, and i Nevers never exoected my life could change this way. I feel fear, and a great Joy in the same time. Please, pray for me.
I promise i'll pray for tout and for all the consacrated.
Peace and joy
You didn't talk about 'Opus Dei'.
Sorry, there are thousands of different individual communities. I couldn’t mention them all.
That was surprisingly detailed and showed there’s a lot more diversity than I thought in the Catholic Church - and I thought I knew a lot about this!
Thank you, Brother!
Actually, Norbertines do have a vow of stability to a particular abbey and in their early years were almost indistinguishable from Cistercians.
Any lay groups for older single - never married - ? Most groups I've checked into were for for married men & women with families
I think there is a Franciscan order for lay people
Benedictine Oblates accept either single or married. I believe most other third orders do the same.
Eudist of the 7th hour is for you
Try the Secular Franciscans. They are members of the Third Order, male and female, single, married, divorced, widowed, also diocesan priests.
Thank you for a great presentation. I'm discerning my call on joining OFM. Is there any way to communate with you about it in private channel?
All the very best to you, Harald. May you grow into a life that allows you to move perpetually towards God.
The Franciscan life is a call to truly live in humility, with an openness to beauty, and ultimately prepare oneself to live in imitation of Christ. I wish you only the best! :)
@@TheTijuT Thank you, and peace to you brother.
@@haraldfrancisoddsen7413 Dear Brother in Christ Harald, thank you! May you find the peace and joy of Christ.
I also found your other post.
Harald, let us both pray for you; so you may find strength through your journey. May you listen now to him, clearer than ever before!
May you find perpetual hope through Christ, and never lose your vocational orientation.
Requesting intercessions of our Blessed Mother for you,
Your friend in Christ,
Tiju Thomas (from India)
Thank u Father Casey for this video, you explain things in a way, a lay person can understand.
I am officially being consecrated on Wednesday feb 9th 2022 at 6pm as a consecrated virgin i first heard about this vocation on your channel thank you
Due to my health I cannot get accepted in the convent.i get strength from Jesus.i live the life of a nun. I love Jesus ❤️ with all my heart and soul.jesus accepts me.paulette quarie
Dear Father I would require a clarification with regards to the Secular Franciscan order , as you said that secular Franciscan do not profess the evangelical counsels but as per the the rule of the SFO RULE NUMBER 23 AS APPROVED BY THE HOLY FATHER POPE PAUL THE VI , IT STATES THAT
" PROFESSION BY ITS NATURE IS A PERMANENT COMMITMENT "
Great video. Very much limited to Roman Catholic. Eastern Catholic Churches have both western forms such as what you describe in the video and traditional Orthodox monastic forms (novice, rasophore, stavrophore and great schema). The ancient military-religious Orders (Teutonic Knights, Templars, Knights of St. John, the Spanish and Portuguese Orders, and a few others) were interesting because of the way they combined warfare and Religious life (with some even allowing married knights to be "fully" professed).
I love your videos ❣️❣️❣️
What about Episcopalian monk's and nuns ?
Toward the end the Sisters left group in dark blue are DAUGHTERS OF ST PAUL. THE MEDIA SISTERS.I BELONG TO THAT CONGREGATION.
THIS WAS MOST INFORMATIVE AND HRELPFUL TO HELP THE YOUNG WOMEN TO GET THE CALL HOPEFULLY.
THANK YOU FATHER CASEY.
Can we get a full video on nuns and sisters and other religious?
Sorry, hate to be that person, but it should be Evangelical Counsels*, not councels
And I think I saw the word Institutes missing a "T". (2:53)
Nevertheless, a great explanation of consecrated life!
Could you give me the time codes for when they happened? I need to have another conversation with my editor...
@@BreakingInTheHabit
I have been following your videos for a while, and never noticed any other spelling hiccups, so don't take it too hard! God bless you, dear Padre. 🙏🕯🕊💒
@@sylvieb623 I noticed that, too. .
@@BreakingInTheHabit - Could that "editor" be yourself? Don't be too hard on "him"!!! :)
Wow, I had no idea I could join a religious order as a married person! Can you switch to the one for widows if your spouse dies?
Try the Sisters of St. Rita
You cannot join a vowed religious order as a married person, but some orders (like the Benedictines) have associates which they call oblates. The Franciscans, Dominicans, and Carmelites have lay Third Orders whose members can be male, female, single, married, widowed, or divorced.
Thank you Fr Casey for "preaching and teaching" (1 Timothy 5:17)!
I’m currently reading 33 Days to Morning Glory to be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the feast day of the Immaculate Conception! This is my first time doing it so I’m excited! Could you maybe do a video on Marian Consecration? What category would that be in, btw? It certainly doesn’t require being in a religious order.
My 4th great grandfather was a Dominican in Baja California. Padre Gabriel Gonzalez. Originally from Spain. He successfully held off Mexican secularization efforts. Resisted occupying American forces during the Mexican-American war. Ended up as a successful rancher and parish priest. Raised a family of 11 children. He was one of two last Dominican Missionaries in Baja California.
Hello I am a coptic orthodox Sister in Egypt, I am a nun in one of the very few communities that have a communal life as with a community prayer life as well as a focus on mission life.
that’s so cool! how’s it like?
Amazing..The Prayer Life is the core of everything we do...I also have more than 1300 children in the school..which makes my life perfectly chaotic but very meaningful and full of joy..
You can't be a "Sister" and a "Nun" at the same time, can you? Two different things there.
@@mikelastname1220a nun is referred to as sister. Same as a monk or friar is referred to as brother.
Now, I am confused hahaha All this time, I thought the Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity had the same level as Opus Dei. But, following your descriptions, I am confused whether we are more like them or more like Secular Franciscans.
We have our public promise though and we go through a phase of pre-trial, trial, and promise though 😹
Can men be consecrated virgins?
Yes
@Matt Not, specifically no. The rite of consecration to the vocation is specifically for women. Men can certainly take vows of chastity either in community or as a personal devotion, but they wouldn’t technically be “consecrated virgins”. If you are curious take a look at paragraphs 922-924 of the catechism.
There's a similar but different thing
Arent you allowed to leave if you wanted to leave no matter what your form of consecrated life? Nobody is forcing you to stay, right?
No offense, but for my TH-cam research, I encountered too many big words to understand what's going on here. Will make a video reply fs
My "consecrated life" has been my nursing career. I've devoted my career and life to God.
Even tho i am a literal heathen (prefer the term much more than pagan) i felt for years that a monsastic life lived in honour of a vocation would be a good fit for me.
However heathens in general are rare nowadays, and even rarer is for me to find enough like minded individuals to even start a prayer group...
Peace my dude
Really interesting with the apostolix societies, it seems very similar to the way the nazorite vow works in the old testament, not a vow for life but for a period of time
love it , may i make a suggestion , can u make a video on the difference between anglicans and catholics
Thank you Fr Casey for "preaching and teaching"
Im having a hard time learning on congregations while being married and if thats even an option
Hey as Catholics if we dont get baptized will we go to heaven?
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Quite interesting and necessary explanation about it.
Future franciscan sister here 😊
Spell check...."counsels"!
Really enjoy your videos father Casey
where does the "Old Roman Catholic Church" fit into this all these orders?
I don’t believe the so-called Old Roman Catholic Church is in communion with The Catholic Church. It is its own religion, not a religious order.
I MARTYRED IN 1977A.D.
I'm not Catholic, but I never found someone to marry and I'm in my mid-forties wishing I had some kind of religious community and commitment beyond how I currently live. I would not have felt the same as a younger person.
It would be interesting to know age limits I know when you're young maybe teenage, everyone welcomes you, but I think that at certain age maybe when you reach 30's you can make a mature decision, however you may seem old and with little time to make choice... or is it that I'm not listening properly to the Holy Spirit?
I'm in England and am discerning with a secular institute called 'The Leaven'. It is for single and widowed women only - not married women or men at all. We also do have a process of formation and do take first vows, then after 8 years take life vows and our consecration is full and binding. Vows are made in a Church to a priest and we are under the Bishop of Southwark in London. We live in our own homes and commit to saying at least morning and evening office, private silent prayer, spiritual reading and Lectio Divina and have two retreats per year where we get together and we have women in positions of authority. We are Carmelites -though we wear no outward dress showing that. We seem to fall somewhere between several vocations in this video.
Being a digital nomad with a travelling lifestyle, could I join a Third Order?
I'm a 36 year old cradle Catholic and even I find the breadth and depth of Church lore to be confusing at times. It's just so big and so old that it would almost be a full time job to fully understand all of its various institutions and hierarchies of administration.
The last category sounds like the Nazirites. A vow made to G-d for a specific period of time.
FYI, your link for "Find your vocation director" is broken.
I hope to find a vid explaining the difference between monastic contemplative apostolic and missional
Thank you for this!
My goodness! Quite a bit to unpack here. Thanks for the explanation.
So fake deepfake
Thank you for this video😭😭😭, it helped me understand and learn more than my teacher
MsRhuby was here February 11, 2023
Where are the Jesuits 😂 ?
AMDG
They are a religious institute.
I absolutely love learning new things about other forms of Christianity than that which I was taught.
Very Interesting!!! Great job Father!!! Thank you for this!!!
father you should collab with Rev Chris
Vow of poverty, chastity and obidiemce. I’ve seen priests who own gadgets you can name and have nice cars. Vow of poverty?
Diocesan (secular) priests do not take a vow of poverty. They receive a salary and may spend/save it as they wish.
Why do the Diocesan priests fall?
So what are the 4 types of consecrated life?
Can someone become a consecrated layperson on their own ? Without having to join any kind of institute or society or third order ? With a spiritual director ?
Excellent video, thank you.
You can be consecrated to Sacred heart Jesus and the immaculate heart of Mary and follow what they ask in devotion.
I see it necessary not even a option in these dark times ,
its the End the end of times.
Which catagory are Redemptorists?
What an amazing video,May lord make a way soonest for me as I search for cogregation
try the ( OSA ) Sisters of St. Rita
I'd like to be a Consecrated Secular Franciscan.
The Secular Franciscans are not consecrated, that is, they do not make vows. Instead, they make a permanent public promise to observe the Gospel by following in the footsteps of Francis and Clare. There is a 27-month initial formation process and a written Rule approved by Rome. Secular Franciscans (OFS) are worldwide. Today there are proximately 350,000, with about 11,000 in the US. No matter where you live, there's likely a local fraternity near you. Members are male and female, single, married, divorced, widowed. Secular (diocesan) priests may also become Secular Franciscans.
Oh wow! I didn’t know so many!!
What about the preists?
Very, very interesting!
Do you believe in theosis?
What about Jesuits?
What about the Opus Dei?
Future OFM 🙏🙏🙏
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