Religious communities of Married people!?

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Right now the Missionaris of Charity are sending more Sisters and Brothers to the USA than we are sending to India. The Missionaries of the Poor are sending more Brothers to the USA from Jamaica, than we are sending to the Caribbean. The Capuchins Franciscans in the Caribbean, New Guinea and Australia have more profession of Religious Brothers than they do in the USA and Europe. **The Australians have three new religious communities for celibate and married couples, we have only one such community in the USA. **
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When I saw this I went woe woe woe (as in stop is that the right woe?) Are there actually communities for married couples? If so is this a have to become celibate?

Or is it a community made up of parents and children living in common if so neat. I like the idea of options for sexually active married couples.
 
The only community I’m aware of that includes married people is John Michael Talbot’s community, the Brother & Sisters of Charity. See littleportion.org/

Another option for married people is to join a community as an Oblate, Secular, Third Order, etc.
 
SuscipeMeDomine said:
The only community I’m aware of that includes married people is John Michael Talbot’s community, the Brother & Sisters of Charity. See littleportion.org/

Another option for married people is to join a community as an Oblate, Secular, Third Order, etc.
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I was the person who wrote the passage. The one community in the USA that I was referring to is the Brothers and Sisters of Charity founded by John Michael Talbot. I don’t know if there are others in the USA.

In Australia there were three represented at the Vocation Expo during World Youth Day. They are all Australian.

They have two vows of chasity. One is the vow of celibate chastity for those who are not married and have a call to the celibate life and the other is chastity without the obligation to celibacy.

In either case, they members live in community.

By the way, a Third Order, Oblates and Secular Orders are not the same. Secular Orders are canonically erected orders with their own rule, constitution, government, charism, vows, formation program and ministry. For example, the Secular Franciscans are an Order with a rule that St. Francis wrote for them and they were canonically errected in 1221. They do not depend on the Franciscan Friars or Poor Clare Nuns, but are on equal footing with them. They have their own Superior General and are autonomous. They are subject only to the Holy See. Each of the three Orders of St. Francis are autonomous from each other and yet they form one Franciscan body. They live according to the rule of St. Benedict given to the Monks. Some of the Secular Franciscans are deacons, priests, bishops or celibate lay persons. Others are married, but all must belong to a fraternity.

Benedictine Oblates are not an order. The commit themselves to live the rule that St. Benedict wrote for the Monks in a manner that is appropriate for the secular enviornment. They do not have a rule of their own, an autonomous government, a papal bull, or a fraternity. However, they are attached to an abbey or monastery. Each abbey or monastery is autonomous. Therefore the universal community of Oblates are not a juridical community.

Lay Dominicans, Lay Missionaries of Charity and Secular Carmelites are Public Associations of the Faithful. They have a canonical status in the Church, different from the Secular Franciscans and the Oblates. They have fraternal obligations and functions as well as a specific mission in the Church. Some are clerics and some are celibate lay persons. Others are married. The degree of commitment depends on each association.

Above all, these different groups are all have a place in the Body of Christ and a very special mission.

Fraternally,

JR 🙂

Fraternally,

JR 🙂
 
Thanks this is very interesting. I like the idea of communities like in Acts that are for more than just celibates.

Nothing against celibacy but I do believe it is suppose to be the smallest calling compared to those called to be married and shall we say active in there conjugal duties.
 
JReducation said:
I was the person who wrote the passage. The one community in the USA that I was referring to is the Brothers and Sisters of Charity founded by John Michael Talbot. I don’t know if there are others in the USA.

In Australia there were three represented at the Vocation Expo during World Youth Day. They are all Australian.
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Is there any website for the Australian ‘branch’? Do you know any more about these Australians?

Thanks heaps…Barb:)
 
BarbaraTherese said:
Is there any website for the Australian ‘branch’? Do you know any more about these Australians?

Thanks heaps…Barb:)
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I don’t. But one may find out through the diocesan website for the diocese of Sydney or Melbourne. It depends in which diocese they are based. If I come across the information I will post it on this thread for anyone who is interested in contacting them.

In addition, I recently read of a religious community of sisters who are married and celibate. They are an ecumenical community. From what I read they are seeking admission into the Catholic Church for all their members. In any case, that’s a new form of religious life.

Of course, let’s not forget the Secular Orders. They often have members who live in community instead of their homes. One of them is the Secular Franciscans. They have a hermitage.

paceminterris.org/Pacem/Main/PacemHome.asp

Fraternally,

JR 🙂
 
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