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An up-to-date presentation of the Law of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life according to the 1983 Code of Canon Law.
This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive presentation of the Law of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life according to the 1983 Code of Canon Law. It also outlines the process of legal protection in canonical administrative matters. It is intended as an introduction for superiors and members of institutes and societies, as well as for vicars and officials in ecclesiastical administration. It will also serve as a useful resource for novitiate formation, and an initial overview for students engaged in academic study.
Contents
Contents
Foreword xi
Introduction xiii
Abbreviations xix
Part I
Institutes of Consecrated Life
Chapter One
Norms Common to All Institutes of Consecrated Life (cc. 573-606) 3
1. Fundamentals of Consecrated Life (cc. 573-577) 4
2. Patrimony (c. 578) 6
3. Erection of Institutes of Consecrated Life (c. 579) 8
4. Aggregation (c. 580) 14
5. Mergers and Unions, Confederations and Federations (c. 582) 14
a) Merger 14
b) Association 14
c) Federation 14
d) Confederation 15
6. Changes in Institutes of Consecrated Life (c. 583) 16
7. Suppression (c. 584) 16
8. Erection and Suppression of Parts of Institutes of Consecrated Life (cc. 581, 585) 17
9. Just Autonomy (c. 586) 18
10. Constitutions and Proper Law (c. 587) 19
a) Constitutions (c. 587 §§1-3 ) 19
b) Other Codes (c. 587 §4) 25
11. Typology (cc. 588-595) 26
a) Clerical Institutes and Lay Institutes (c. 588) 26
aa) Clerical Institutes 26
bb) Lay Institutes 29
cc) Mixed Institutes 30
b) Institutes of Pontifical Right and Institutes of Diocesan Right (cc. 589-590, 592-595) 31
aa) Institutes of Diocesan Right (cc. 594-595) 36
bb) Institutes of Pontifical Right (cc. 592-593) 38
c) Exempt and Non-Exempt Institutes (c. 591) 42
12. Superiors and Chapters (c. 596) 43
13. Basic Requirements for Admission (c. 597) 45
14. The Evangelical Counsels (cc. 598-601) 47
15. Communion of Life (c. 602) 50
16. Other Forms of Consecrated Life (cc. 603-605) 50
a) Diocesan Hermits (c. 603) 51
b) Consecrated Virgins (c. 604) 54
c) Consecrated Widows 59
d) New Forms of Consecrated Life (c. 605) 60
17. Equal Applicability of the Law (c. 606) 60
Chapter Two
Religious Institutes (cc. 607-709) 63
1. Religious Houses and Their Erection and Suppression (cc. 608-616) 63
2. The Governance of Institutes (cc. 617-640) 67
a) Superiors and Their Councils (cc. 617-630) 68
aa) Authority of Superiors (cc. 618-619) 68
bb) Types of Superiors (cc. 620-622) 69
cc) Election and Designation of Superiors (cc. 623-626) 71
dd) Obligations of Superiors (cc. 628-630) 74
ee) Councils (c. 627) 76
b) Chapters (cc. 631-633) 81
c) Temporal Goods and Their Administration (cc. 634-640) 84
aa) Finance Officer (cc. 636-637) 85
bb) Ordinary and Extraordinary Administration (c. 638 §§1-2) 88
cc) Alienation (c. 638 §§3-4) 88
dd) Liability for Debts and Obligations (c. 639) 91
3. Admission of Candidates and the Formation of Members (cc. 641-661) 93
a) Admission to the Novitiate (cc. 641-645) 94
b) The Novitiate and Formation of Novices (cc. 646-653) 102
c) Religious Profession (cc. 654-658) 107
d) Formation of Religious (cc. 659-661) 111
4. Rights and Obligations of Institutes and Their Members (cc. 662-672) 113
a) Spiritual Life (cc. 662-664) 113
b) Common Life and Lawful Absence (c. 665) 115
c) Use of Means of Social Communication (c. 666) 116
d) Cloister (c. 667) 117
e) Legal Implications of the Vow of Poverty (c. 668) 118
f) Religious Habit (c. 669) 120
g) Responsibility of the Institute to Care for the Members (c. 670) 121
h) Functions and Offices Outside the Institute (c. 671) 121
i) Further Obligations (c. 672) 121
j) Permission to Publish Writings (c. 832) 124
5. Apostolate of Institutes (cc. 673-683) 125
6. Separation from the Institute (cc. 684-704) 128
a) Transfer (cc. 684-685) 129
aa) Transfer from One Institute to Another Institute (c. 684 §§1-2) 130
bb) Transfer from One Autonomous Monastery to Another of the Same Institute, Federation, or Confederation (c. 684 §§3-4) 131
cc) Transfer to or from a Secular Institute or a Society of Apostolic Life (c. 684 §5) 131
b) Exclaustration (cc. 686-687) 131
aa) Exclaustration Requested by the Member (c. 686 §1-2) 132
bb) Imposed Exclaustration (c. 686 §3) 134
cc) Rights and Obligations Arising from Exclaustration (c. 687) 134
c) Departure (cc. 688-693) 135
aa) Departure of a Religious in Temporary Vows (cc. 688-689) 135
bb) Departure of a Religious in Perpetual Vows (cc. 691-693) 137
cc) Readmission after Departure (c. 690) 139
d) Dismissal (cc. 694-703) 139
aa) Dismissal ipso facto (c. 694) 140
bb) Dismissal through Dismissal Procedure (cc. 695-700) 142
cc) Legal Effects of Dismissal (cc. 701-702) 146
dd) Immediate Expulsion from a Religious House (c. 703) 146
e) Report of Separations to the Apostolic See (c. 704) 146
7. Religious Raised to the Episcopate (cc. 705-707) 147
8. Conferences of Major Superiors (cc. 708-709) 149
Chapter Three
Secular Institutes (cc. 710-730) 151
1. Sacred Bonds (c. 712) 153
2. Apostolic Activity (c. 713) 154
3. Governance (c. 717) 155
4. Administration of Temporal Goods (c. 718) 155
5. Spiritual Life (c. 719) 156
6. Admission and Formation (cc. 720-725) 157
7. Separation from the Institute (cc. 726-730) 159
Part II
Societies of Apostolic Life
Chapter Four
Societies of Apostolic Life (cc. 731-746) 165
1. Houses and Local Communities (c. 733) 167
2. Governance (cc. 734, 738) 167
3. Admission and Formation (cc. 735-736) 168
4. Obligations and Rights (cc. 737, 739-740) 169
5. Administration of Temporal Goods (c. 741) 169
6. Separation from the Society (cc. 742-746) 170
Appendix: Recourse in Administrative Matters 173
Administrative Recourse (cc. 1732-1739) 173
Appeal to the Apostolic Signatura 183
Bibliography 189



