Obligations of Tertiaries are detailed in the Rule of the Third Order.
This is done under the direction of the chaplain of the Third Order and one’s individual confessor. (Cor Unum, January 14, 1982) The laity seeking membership in the Society are to foster this spirit and collaborate in the apostolate to form and preserve priestly vocations. The spirit as described by the founder “is essentially a priestly spirit, enlightened by the radiance of our Redeemer’s Sacrifice on Calvary and in the Mass, ‘the Mystery of Faith’”. This establishment was to associate the laity with the spirit and mission of the Society. In 1981, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre established a Third Order within the Priestly Society of St. What is the Third Order of the Society of St. Rules for membership are regulated by the order. If one is able to keep the rule and the spirit of the order, he may be admitted to the order. Third orders are regulated by a rule which is to be kept by each member. Tertiaries may not belong to more than one order at once, nor transfer to a different without grave cause. Who may join a third order?Īll Catholics may join a third order. These promises distinguish them from members of mere confraternities and constitute them legally part of religious order. Regulars take vows seculars can make only solemn promises. Lay men and women who join a third order can be either regulars-those living in convents or seculars-those outside a convent. What kind of involvement may laity have in a religious order? The Church thus legislates for these associations and enumerates the specific privileges that can be obtained. And so it is that the Church has granted a kind of affiliation of the laity with religious orders, primarily for obtaining of the graces and indulgences of the Order. It seems logical that this collaboration of the laity would eventually find some legal expression. Paul often enumerates by name those who help in his apostolate. Salute Prisca and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus.” (Rom.16:1-3) For she also hath assisted many, and myself also. That you receive her in the Lord as becometh saints and that you assist her in whatsoever business she shall have need of you. What is the origin of third orders?Ĭollaboration of the laity with the ministers of Christ is as old as the Church.Īnd I commend to you Phebe, our sister, who is in the ministry of the church that is in Cenchrae. As Tertiaries, the laity possess and additional means of sanctification through the Order or a religious congregation they are instructed in the spiritual life by the specific character and spirit of the order and they partake in the spiritual treasures of the Order. What is the purpose of granting this participation? Ultimately, the reason for third orders is the sanctification of the laity.
A third order gives the laity a degree of participation in what is proper to the clergy or religious.
The laity has always been distinguished from clergy or religious. Third Order signifies membership of the laity in a religious order. What is a third order and its advantages? The Third Order allows the laity to participate more closely with the apostolic work of the Society of St.
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