“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises’ of him who called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.” (1 Peter 2.9). This excerpt from Peter contains a lot of information in just one sentence. These men and women are called to a vocation by God to enter the priesthood or sisterhood to spread the word of his teachings. There are several religious orders all over the world, each with different missions that they carry out.
The Dominicans are both a men and women religious order. This order was founded by St. Dominic de Guzman in the early thirteenth century. St. Dominic was born at Calaroga, in New Castle in 1170. He came from a family of nobility. St. Dominic always wanted to help people. “On one occasion he sold his books, annotated with his own hand, to relieve the starving poor of Palencia.” (Knight). The Bishop of Osma, Don Martin de Bazan, called St. Dominic to be a member of his cathedral chapter. “As a canon of Osma, he spent nine years of his life hidden in God and rapt in contemplation, scarcely passing beyond the confines of the chapter house.” (Knight). Later, Diego de Acebo became bishop of Osma and he asked St. Dominic to come with him to spread the word of God. “Together in 1206, both men offered Pope Innocent III their services to save souls. The pope asked them to go preach to the Cathars of Languedoc.” (Preachers). After Diego died, St. Dominic still continued his mission with a group of men and women that he gathered from nearby villages in France. And this was the start of the Dominican religious order.
Today the Dominican order is broken into four branches. It includes the Friars, Sisters, Nuns, and Lay ...
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...ws to live a life of poverty, chastity, and obedience for three years. “They can be renewed for another period of time if there is special need to do so.” (Swami). After the three years or the extension of time if needed, the Friar will then live those vows out for life. He will also still be continuing the studies of the Dominican life and order.
A Dominican Friar receives a monthly salary and benefits. The monthly salary is six hundred dollars a month and that includes housing. The salary increases the longer they are a part of the order. Also, the Dominican Friars who go to the Dominican Republic to preach have an increase in their salary. Then after a Friar’s long time in the order, when he retires, there are some retired clergy houses that they could choose to live in. But usually the retired Friars choose to help out in other churches and schools.
Little is known of the early life of the Flemish Cistercian nun, Blessed Beatrice of Nazareth. Beatrice of Nazareth was born in the year 1200 in the town of Tienen, Belgium (Lindemann Ph.D n.d.). She was the youngest of six children (Lindemann Ph.D n.d.). De Ganck (1991, xiii) concludes that Beatrice is of middle class, “well-to-do, but not wealthy as has sometimes been asserted.”
Rob Hansen does an incredible job of placing the reader in the priory for themselves and allowing them to see just what kind of life the sisters live. On Mariette’s first day, the women rise at five o’clock to a ritualized call and response, where Sister Hermance shouts, “In Jesus Christ, my sisters, let us rise!” and the sisters respond with, “His holy name be praised!” (Page 5). The women follow a rigorous and regular schedule for the rest of the day. Embedded in their lifestyle are a lot of rituals and intricate tasks, which have been almost completely legitimized by their repetition.
In Puerto Rico, the majority of the population, about two-thirds of the inhabitants, are Roman Catholic. This dates back to when the there were Spanish colonies present during the 15th century who were Catholic. Although Catholics hold the majority, Protestants account for one-fourth of the population. Protestants date back to 1898 when missionaries came from the United States to Puerto Rico. Even though Catholics and Protestants hold the majority of the population, the Constitution guarantees freedom for all faiths. Some people are non-religious (2.3%) or another religion (3%). Some islanders ascribe to espiritismo (spiritualism) and others practice Santeria, an Afro-Caribbean belief system brought to Puerto Rico from Cuba. There is also a small Jewish community.
...usade or immediately after. They often recounted much of the military drama associated with the events of the Crusade and remained relatively silent about the tenets of Catharism. still lives on today in catholic churches. In attempting to present itself in the same light as the popular Parfaits, the papacy created two new preaching orders: the Dominicans and the Franciscans. It is evident that the In this they were consciously emulating Parfaits. The Cathar Tengriist principles were adopted and implemented by the Lutheran and Protestant Churches, and many other existing Christian denominations. Now the Franciscans are typically characterized by their lives of simplicity, penance, poverty, and love for the poor much like the Dominicans, and the Cathars. th is is something t5hat i sreflected throught history there is always more people use excuses to start wars
When the order was originally formed they were known as the Poor Knights of the Temple of King Solomon. It wasn’t until 1129 when the knight received the formal endorsements from the Catholic Church that they became the Templar Knights. The Pope Honorius II would dedicate the Templars as ...
Francis then lived a life of charity which included nursing lepers. His life influenced many people and some even decided to follow him. One of these people was St. Clare. These followers of his became known as Friars. Francis lived a life of helping others which he summed up with three vows for others to follow.
The Archbishop Guillaume de Tyre said the start of the Knights Templar in 1118. However, the Bishop of Chares had made reference to the knighthood of Christ in 1114, suggesting that the Knights Templar might have formed sooner than 1118. The Knights Templar formed in Jerusalem to protect the pilgrims visiting Palestine at the end of the First Crusade of 1096. The rules of their order, formally granted in 1128, were created by St. Bernard of Clairveaux and officially given to them at the Council of Troyes, France. The crusaders had grown to love the new land but they wanted and needed other westerners if they were to stay. They knew that they had to keep the roads safe for more to come. There was no one to protect travelling pilgrims, travelling to and from Jerusalem. There were a group of eight or nine knights that took on this duty as their own. The first of these men was Hugh De Payen. Then there was Geoffrey de St. Omer, Payen de Montdidier, Archambaud de St. Agnan, André de montbard, Geoffrey Bisol/ Bisot, then two men whose names only on record as Rossal/ Roland, and Gondemare. Records say there was a ninth man but there is no name given to this man in any records. These eight or nine men were t...
The Yoruba religion was brought to the Hispanic Caribbean approximately four hundred years ago by African slaves during the period of conquest and colonization of the new world. The religion remained traditionally strong among the African community until the Spanish conquerors began to prohibit its practice. When the Spaniards reached the New lands they brought with them the religion of the reigning King. That is Queen Isabella's religion; Catholosism. The conquerors forced the slaves to accept the Catholic faith as their new religion. The African, stripped already of their dignity refuse to give up their religious beliefs, this belief being all they brought with them. Knowing of the negative ramnifications, punishment and sometimes even death if caught "devil worshipping" it meant that in order to continue to worship theri Gods the angry Africans had to find a way to practice thier religion. They astutely hide theri religion behind Catholic religious practices and saints.
The Knights Templar were the manifestation of a "new chivalry" which united the seemingly incompatible roles of monk and warrior. As the first religious military order, these dedicated men were models for successive orders including the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, later known as the Hospitallers, and the Teutonic Knights of the Hospital of St. Mary, two contemporary, rival brotherhoods. These and other orders, flourishing during the 12th-14th centuries as protectors of the Holy Land, were the first standing troops to be properly trained and commanded in Western Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire (Seward 17). The extraordinary story of the Knights Templar ranges from its humble establishment to a period of extreme prosperity, and, finally, to a tragic, haunting conclusion.
The most effective of these new orders was the Jesuit. Credit for a majority of the growth in the Catholic Church during the Counter Re...
Their lives strictly involve prayer and work. They practice spiritual disciplines, such as chastity, silence, fasting, confession, obedience, good works, vigils and prayer.
Saint Francis of Assisi was a uniquely spiritual man who gave up a life of wealth and position to lead a life of poverty in accordance and service to God. Embracing a life according to the Gospels, Francis went on to establish a Monastic Order, known as the Franciscans. In the midst of the political climate within the religious community of Italy, Francis emerged a champion for the poor and sick, with humility and no regard for himself. Francis exhibited his love for God through his love and admiration for all of God's creation including nature. The principles of Saint Francis are as relevant today as they were in thirteenth century Italy; service and love to all of God’s creation.
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In the middle ages Friars, Monks and Prioresses had very specific roles in society. A Friar had to follow the mendicant order while living off of charity, preaching, educating, attending to the sick and absolving people from their sin. The Prioress was the head of a group of nuns. She would have had a low social standing as she belongs to the Theocracy. Her roles included growing vegetables and grain, producing wine and honey, providing medical care for the community and being in charge of the Priories. Lastly, the Monk’s role was to remain in his cloister and study religious texts; “And that a monk uncloistered is a mere/ Fish out of water, flapping on the pier…”(177-178). All of these people were supposed to model holiness; they were bound to the community and had no personal possessions. They are supposed to be selfless Christians dedicated to the Church.
Women in the Catholic Church take on many roles, from parishioner to laywoman to nuns. Women parishioners help prepare for the mass. They can be lectors, choir members, CCD instructors, etc. Laywomen “…are the Catholic women traditionally permitted certain ministerial responsibilities (Wessinger, 244).” They work in churches, schools, prisons, etc. Nuns dedicate their lives to religious devotion. They take three vows; poverty, chasity, and obedience. They are to live simple lifestyles. They live their lives teaching others and helping others.