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Single Vocation
Religious Life
Religious Vocab
Religious Formation
Laborers in the Vineyard
100
Why does friendship take on a special significance in the single vocation?
It doesn't have a natural community
100
What were the first two active religious orders?
Franciscans and Dominicans
100
What is the term for a cloistered religious brother?
Monk
100
What is another word for candidates, or those just beginning to share in the life of a religious community?
Postulant
100
How are we called to be laborers in the vineyard?
200
When does the single vocation first really arise in the Bible?
Jesus' ministry
200
What is the main activity in a cloister?
200
What is the word for the clothing that religious wear?
Habit
200
What is the term for those who are now participating more fully in the life of a religious community?
Novices
200
What are two ways that we can transform society with the Gospel message?
300
What is the virtue that protects the intimate center of the person?
Modesty
300
How did active religious life develop differently for women than for men?
300
What is the term for a cloistered religious sister?
Nun
300
How many times do religious typically take vows during their religious formation process?
Twice - temporary vows and final vows
300
When do we first receive our three-fold vocation to be priest, prophet, and king?
Baptism
400
What order of a religious community can a lay person join in order to share in spiritual formation?
Third order
400
Through the vow of celibacy, who are priests and sisters called to marry?
Priests - Church Sisters - Christ
400
What is the term for the guide often written by the founder of a religious order that teaches them how to live?
Rule
400
What are the evangelical counsels?
Poverty, chastity, and obedience
400
How are all Christians called to be a priest?
500
How does the virtue of chastity apply to all vocations?
500
How is celibacy a sign?
It points to marriage with God in heaven
500
What is the word for "spiritual gifts" which founders of religious orders often have in special ways. The orders strive to live these out.
Charisms
500
What is one circumstance in which a religious would not be required to follow the vow of obedience?
If they were asked to do something sinful or immoral
500
Describe two ways in which work enhances the dignity of the person.