The Foundations of Religious Life: Revisiting the Vision

In keeping with the vision set forth in Vatican II, the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious has maintained a more traditional form of religious life. While most religious orders are now facing marked decline in novitiates and the aging of their members, the communities of the CMSWR are experiencing growth on a worldwide scale. In this visionary manifesto, the CMSWR articulates a vision for the future of women religious, suggesting that their commitment to a more radical gospel-based life and ministry is what attracts young women to religious life. The contributors explain the historical and theological significance of religious consecration, the spousal bond, the vow of chastity, and living in communion. This concise outline of traditional religious life is ideal reading for sisters as well as priests already in religious orders, and for those interested in the shift taking place in the different expressions of religious life.

• Saint Joseph Guide for the Liturgy of the Hours: For 2019
• Chastity, Poverty and Obedience: Recovering the Vision for the Renewal of Religious Life
• Awakening Love
• Saint Joseph Guide for Christian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours (2019) (48)
• And You Are Christ's: The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life
• For Love Alone DVD
• Called by God: Discernment and Preparation for Religious Life
• The Priest Is Not His Own