General Mission:
The Office of Consecrated Life of the Diocese of Corpus Christi ministers to the People
of God by helping to raise awareness, understanding and appreciation of Consecrated
Life as an ecclesial vocation.
Particular Mission:
The Director of the Office of Consecrated Life is responsible for the Bishop's pastoral ministry to:
- men and women in institutes of consecrated life
- individuals who make public consecration according to canon law
- persons seeking to form new modes of consecrated life in accord with the code of canon law and the directives of the Holy See.
At the Bishop's request, the Director of the Office of Consecrated Life
represents him to major superiors of institutes of consecrated life or apostolic life
serving in the Diocese of Corpus Christi.
In accord with Canon Law and with Vita Consecrata, the 1996
Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John Paul II, the phrase "men and women in consecrated life"
means those who have dedicated themselves through public commitment to the evangelical
counsels of celibate chastity, poverty, and obedience in any of the forms below
- religious institutes
- secular institutes
- hermits
- consecrated virgins.
In addition, the mission statement from the Bishop of Corpus Christi
includes
- those in institutes of apostolic life (similar to religious institutes).
- persons seeking to form new modes of consecrated life
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