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- From: schroede@eagle.sangamon.edu (Ray Schroeder)
- Subject: Re: lay associates to holy orders
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:16:57 GMT
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- Jim McIntosh (JIM@AMERICAN.EDU) wrote:
- > On Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:30:18 GMT Martha Smith said:
- > >The Sisters of the Holy Family (Bay area) have a program of lay
- > >associates (both genders) who go through a year's formation (phone
- > >calls/ weekends etc) and then make commitments (for a year at a time, I
- > >believe) to religious service. During that year the associates maintain
- > >certain ties to the community of professed sisters. It is an interesting
- > >blend of lay and religious life - very appropriate to our time, I
- > >believe. Does anyone know of other similar programs?
- >
- > Well, there's the Secular Franciscan Order -- a lay religious order. The
- > SFO is both a canonically recognized religious order, with a rule of life
- > approved by the Pope, and at the same time it is a religious order
- > composed of lay men and women. We are people who want to live the Gospels
- > in the way of St. Francis of Assisi, and who are called to live in the
- > world as lay people.
-
- I have been a Secular Franciscan for seven years.... it has helped to
- make my life more meaningful.... as a husband and parent, I find it a
- great way to express my commitment to the franciscan way of life....
-
- Here in Springfield, Illinois there is also an associates program run by
- the Dominican Sisters...
-
- Pax et Bonum!
-
- Ray Schroeder <schroede@eagle.sangamon.edu>
- Institute for Public Affairs
- Sangamon State University
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