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Church Documents
Priesthood, Consecrated Life, Vocations
and Related Subjects
Arranged chronologically (most recent document
first) within each category.
Index
of Consecrated
Life articles
(SCRIS, Sequela
Christi)
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Vocation
to Service [Message
for 40th World Day of
Prayer
for Vocations (5/11/03),
10/16/02]
Rosarium
Virginis Mariae
[On
the Most Holy Rosary]
[Apostolic Letter, 10/16/02]
Holy
Thursday Letter to Priests [Letter,
3/21/02]
Address
to the Clergy of Rome [Focusing
on the Vocation Crisis][2/14/02]
The
Vocation to Holiness [Message
for 39th World Day
of Prayer for Vocations
(4/21/02), 11/23/01]
To
the Plenary of the Congregation
for the Institutes of Consecrated
Life and Societies of Apostolic
Life [Message,
9/27/01]
To
Priests for Holy Thursday
2001 [Letter,
3/25/01]
Address
to the Participants in
the International Congress
of Sacred Music
[1/27/01]
Novo
Millennio Ineunte [At
the beginning of the new
millennium]
[Apostolic Letter, 1/6/01]
Life
as a Vocation [Message
for 38th World Day of Prayer
for Vocations (5/6/00),
9/14/00]
Thank
God for This Extraordinary
Gift! [Homily
at Mass celebrated
with 6,000 priests, 74
Cardinals and Patriarchs,
250 Archbishops and Bishops
for the Jubilee of Priests
and the Holy Father's 80th
birthday, 5/18/00]
Model
Your Life on Mystery of
the Cross [Homily
at an Ordination
Mass for the Diocese of
Rome, 5/14/00]
Eucharist
is Joined to Ministerial
Priesthood [Homily
at the Mass of
the Lord's Supper on Holy
Thursday, 4/20/00]
Priests,
by Ordination, Share in
Christ's Mission [Homily
at the Chrism
Mass on Holy Thursday,
4/20/00]
'This
is My Body, This is My
Blood' [Homily,
3/23/00] [During private
Mass with the Ordinaries
of the Holy Land and Cardinals
and Bishops of
his entourage at the Chapel
of the Cenacle during his
Holy Land Pilgrimage]
Proclaiming
Christ in the Media [Message
for the 34th World Communications
Day (6/4/00), 1/24/00]
[published in l'Osservatore,
Romano, 1/6/00]
Eucharist,
Source of All Vocations [Message
for 37th World Day
of Prayer for Vocations
(5/14/00), 9/30/99]
Monasteries are "Powerhouses" of
Spiritual Energy [Angelus reflection, 7/18/99]
Take
Holy Pride in Being "Other
Christs" [Message
to
Priests, 6/19/99]
Jesus, Model of Every Priest [Meditation
before leading the
recitation of the Regina
Coeli, 4/28/99]
Letter
of His Holiness Pope John
Paul II to Artists [4/4/99]
Letter to Priests for Holy
Thursday 1999 [3/14/99]
Priests Are Conformed to
Christ the Head [Address
at the plenary
session of the Congregation
for the Clergy, 10/15/98]
The Lord's Day [Dies
Domini] [Apostolic
Letter, 5/31/98]
Letter to Priests for Holy
Thursday 1998 [3/25/98]
For the I World Day for
Consecrated Life [Message,
1/6/97]
The Consecrated Life [Vita
Consecrata] [Post-Synodal
Apostolic Exhortation,
3/25/96]
Tertio
Millennio Adveniente [As
the third millennium draws
near]
[Apostolic Letter, 11/10/94]
On
the Formation of Priests [Pastores
Dabo Vobis] [Post-Synodal
Apostolic Exhortation,
3/25/92]
Pastor
Bonus [The
Good Shepherd] [Apostolic
Constitution,
6/28/88]
Redemptionis Donum [To
Men and Women Religious
on Their Consecration
in the Light of the Mystery
of the Redemption] [Apostolic
Exhortation,
3/25/84]
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Other Popes
On the Renewal of the Religious Life According to the Teaching
of the Second Vatican Council [Apostolic Letter of Pope Paul
VI, 6/29/71]
The
Celibacy of the Priest [Sacerdotalis Caelibatus] [Encyclical
of Pope Paul VI, 6/24/67]
On
the Holy Eucharist [Mysterium Fidei] [Encyclical of
Pope Paul VI, 9/3/65]
On Promoting Devotion to the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ [Sanguis Christi] [Apostolic Letter of Pope John XXIII, 6/30/60]
On
St. John Vianney [Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia (From
the Beginning of Our Priesthood)] [Encyclical of Pope John XXIII, 8/1/59]Vatican
II Council
Decree
on the Ministry and Life of Priests [Presbyterorum
Ordinis] [12/7/65]
Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life
[Perfectae Caritatis] [10/28/65]
Decree on Priestly Training [Optatam Totius] [10/28/65]
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Synods of Bishops (SB)
We Have Dialogued Enough! We Have Experimented Enough! Bishop
James C. Timlin [SB on Consecrated Life, 10/2-20/94]
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Congregations
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CB = Congregation for Bishops
CC = Congregation for Clergy
CCE = Congregation for Catholic Education
CDF = Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
CDWDS = Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the
Sacraments
CEP = Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
CICLSAL = Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies
of Apostolic Life (formerly SCR and SCRIS, see below)
COC = Congregation for the Oriental Churches
SCR = Sacred Congregation for Religious
SCRIS = Sacred Congregation for Religious and for Secular Institutes
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Consecrated
Persons and Their Mission in Schools [Reflections
and Guidelines] [CCE, 10/28/02]
The
Priest, Pastor and Leader of the Parish Community [Instruction]
[CC, 8/4/02]
Starting
Afresh from Christ: A Renewed Commitment to Consecrated Life in the
Third Millennium [Instruction]
[CICLSAL, 5/29/02]
Directory
on Popular Piety and the Liturgy [Principles and
Guidelines] [CDWDS, 12/01]
On
the Sending Abroad and Sojourn of Diocesan Priests from Mission Territories
[Instruction] [CEP, 4/25/01]
Liturgiam
authenticam [On the Use of the Vernacular Languages in
the Publication of the Books of the Roman Liturgy] [Fifth Instruction "For
the Right Implementation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
of the Second Vatican Council (Sacrosanctum Concilium, art. 36)][CDWDS,
3/28/01]
Responsa ad quaestiones circa obligationem persolvendi Liturgiam Horarum
(Latin) [Concerning the obligation for reciting the
Liturgy of the Hours] [Response to questions] [CC, 11/15/00]
Dominus
Jesus (Latin) or On
the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church (English)
[Declaration] [CDF, 8/6/00]
Institutio
Generalis Missalis Romani [CDWDS, original Latin edition as
approved by Pope John Paul II on Holy Thursday, 2000 and provided on the
NCCB web site]
Concerning the Integrity of the Sacrament of Penance [Circular Letter] [CDWDS, 3/20/00]
Consecrated Life within the Church, a Testimony to Christ
Yesterday, Today and Forever [Celebrative Booklet] [CICLSAL,
Jubilee of the Consecrated Life, 2/2/00]
Instruction
on the Contemplative Life and on the Enclosure of Nuns [
[Verbi Sponsa] [CICLSAL, 5/13/99]
The Priest and the Third Christian Millennium: Teacher of
the Word, Minister of the Sacraments and Leader of the Community [CC,
3/19/99]
Inter-Institute Collaboration for Formation [Instruction]
[CICLSAL, 12/8/98]
Priests
of the Old Covenant [CC, 11/24/98]
Priests
in the New Testament [CC, 11/24/98]
Priests in the Early Church and in Vatican II [CC, 11/23/98]
The
Priest and the Bishop [CC, 11/23/98]
The
Role of Priests in Catechesis [CC, 11/15/98]
Basic
Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons [Directory for
the Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons] [CCE, CC, 2/22/98]
New Vocations for a New Europe: Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical
Vocations [In Verbo tuo...] [CE, COC, CICLSAL, 5/5-10/97]
Instruction Regarding the Collaboration of the Non-Ordained
Faithful in the Sacred Ministry of Priest: [CC, PCL, CDF,
CDWDS, CB, CEP, CICLSAL, PCILT (see Pontifical Councils), 8/15/97]
Fraternal
Life in Community [Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor]
[CICLSAL, 2/2/94]
Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests [CC, 1/31/94]
Directives
on Formation in Religious Institutes [Instruction] [CICLSAL,
2/2/90]
For Diocesan Priests in Churches Dependent on the Cong....
[Pastoral Guide] [CEP, 10/1/89]
Essential Elements in the Church's Teaching on Religious Life
as Applied to Institutes Dedicated to Works of the Apostolate [SCRIS,
5/31/83][Includes Letter of His Holiness John Paul II to the Bishops
of the United States, 4/3/83]: Instruction on Certain Questions 4/3/83]:
Instruction on Certain Questions 4/3/83]: Instruction on Certain Questions
The
Contemplative Dimension of Religious Life [SCRIS, Plenaria
of 3/4-7/80]
Directives for the Mutual Relations Between Bishops and Religious in the
Church [SCRIS, 5/14/78]
Religious and Human Promotion [SCRIS, 8/12/80] [Plenaria
of 4/25-28/78]
Works of Art [Opera Artis] [Circular Letter on the
care of the Church's historical and artistic heritage] [CC, 4/11/71]
Careful
Selection and Training of Candidates for the States of Perfection and
Scared Orders [SCR, 2/2/61]
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Other
The
Canonical Establishment of a Religious Institute, [by
Rev. Elio Gambari, S.M.M., who worked in the Congregation for Religious
from 1946 to 1983. Published by Dominican Sisters of Divine Providence,
South Amboy, NJ.]
Homosexuality
and Gospel Truth: Toward Effective Pastoral Care [Fr.
Robert A. Gabel, Jr. in l'Osservatore Romano, 7/14/99]
A
Eucharistic Prayer [Bishop Eugene J. Gerber in Crisis,
6/99]
[updated
02/04/05]
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