A few details I should clarify: Benedictines, while in practice they do live a life of celibacy and poverty, do not take explicit vows to that effect in their rule. Rather they have a different set of vows particular to their order that includes "stability" which adds contrast to Franciscans who have lived as wandering preachers in the past. Here is a Benedictine website with further details. www.conceptionabbey.org/monastery/monastic-vows/ Likewise, the Dominicans do not have explicit vows of poverty and chastity, but both of these ways of life are contained within their singular vow of obedience. www.friarly.com/the-vowed-life.html#:~:text=We%20make%20only%20one%20vow,the%20Master%20of%20the%20Order. I apologize for any confusion. Basically I should have said evangelical counsels, and not stressed the vows as such. Edit: A few more supplemental notes for clarity since this is a complicated topic. -My stickfigure guys have hoods if they are monks, and no hoods if they are mendicants, but this is just for clarity as mendicants (such as Capuchins) may also have hoods. - I describe the mendicants as intermediate movements, but I want to make clear that it is not as though Christian charity did not exist among religious until the 1100's. This should be obvious, but I want to say it expressly. -The Poor Clares are associated with the mendicant movement, and like their Franciscan counterparts they rely on the donations of others to live their life, but they have historically been nuns rather than sisters who do external ministry (like the sisters of charity). This is a little confusing, so I wanted to point it out specifically just so no one is confused why there are Poor Clares who live cloistered lives. Like all religious orders, there are a lot of variability with regards to this - and some Poor Clares do live active lives like their Franciscan counterparts. -Someone in the comments has mentioned that there are Missionary of Charity Brothers (and Fathers), so a male movement was created in the same tradition as the Missionaries of Charity. I should have found a better example of an all female order to mirror the all male Jesuits.

I'm aspiring to be a Third Order Carmelite and this video will help me explain what I'm trying to do to my family, friends, and coworkers. Thank you for the video, and for all that you do. May our Lord bless you! ❤

@CatechesisVids

4 күн бұрын

Wonderful! I'll say a prayer for your discernment.

@richardmiranda640

2 күн бұрын

Why are you trying to do something to your family, friends and coworkers?

Very concise and clear explanation! Well done! I also liked the esthetics of the visuals.

this is a very clear introduction to these differences. It will take time for me to retain and actively be able to discern each difference since they seem to blend but are very clear in several instances. awesome video.

I loved this video. I work for Salesian priests and I didn't understand until now. Thank you

@CatechesisVids

5 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This is definitely one of your best videos, absolutely saved me from understanding all these names 😅😅

@CatechesisVids

5 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

That was excellent... Thanks

This is a very good introduction. One thing I don't know much about is what is a third order, but I'm starting to think it will be good for my spiritual life to join one of them. I think in my hometown there's at least third orders from Benedictines and Franciscans.

@CatechesisVids

4 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching, good look on your faith journey.

Thanks for making a great video. I’d like to add the vocation of Deacon. Deacons in the Catholic Church are considered Clergy, with an emphasis on service. There are two types. Transitional Deacons, which are usually seminarians who are close to being ordained a priest. It is a step before that ordination and helps them to transition into their true calling as priest. And there are Permanent Deacons that are lay men who go through a period of preparation in a Diocese for a period of 4-6 years in most cases. Permanent Deacons serve at the will of the local Bishop, usually within their local parish. A deacon may also assist a priest during Mass by reading the Gospel and preaching, among other things. A deacon may also administer the Sacrament of Baptism; bring Viaticum to the dying; preside for prayer services; officiate at wakes, funerals, and burial services; and witness marriages. Deacons are also able to bless religious articles.

@CatechesisVids

4 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching! In my experience, religious orders really only ordain deacons transitionally to priesthood - not permanent deacons. So it was beyond the scope of this video to cover deacons individually. But I could be mistaken on that. Thanks for writing up the summary of deacons.

Excellent video. One very powerful motivation for holiness in the early Church was the persecutions by the Roman Empire which lasted to about the year 313 AD when the Emperor Constantine ended them with the Edict of Milan. After this Edict the Church grew very much, which is good, but unfortunately a lot of people were becoming Christian for less-than-ideal motives; For example: "if the Emperor is a Christian, maybe I should be Christian to get myself a good job!" So the Church grew greatly but also became a little worldly you might say. Then a group of Christians who were a bit bombed out by this decided to go to the desert, at first as individual hermits, and eventually as small communities. This would be the beginning of monasticism. With Saint Anthony of the desert at the lead. I really like this line taken from his biography by St Athanasius, which is like the very first description of the monastic life: "Those who wished to take heed of themselves would practice the discipline in solitude outside their own villages."

There are actually male members of the Missionaries of Charity: The Missionaries of Charity Fathers The Missionaries of Charity Brothers Active The Missionaries of Charity Brothers Contemplative I did some work previously with the Missionaries of Charity Brothers in India and they were actually the first Religious Community I reached out to

@CatechesisVids

4 күн бұрын

According to the missionaries of charity website, they do not have any male members. www.missionariesofcharity.org/about_us.html Are the missionaries of charity fathers a new order?

Can you explain what Denzinger is?

@CatechesisVids

4 күн бұрын

It's a resource book of official Church pronouncements since the Early Church.

This is very good. You should know, however that friars of the Order of Preachers, aka Dominicans, take only one public vow, that of obedience to God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Dominic, the Master of the Order and his successors, according to the Rule of St. Augustine and the institutions of the Order. It is the latter which imposes the obligations of chastity and poverty. Holy Father Dominic, pray for us.

@CatechesisVids

5 күн бұрын

Yikes, I should have double checked their website. Thanks for letting me know.

When is a Nun (Sister) able to be called “Mother” such as mother Teresa? Thanks for the informative video.

@CatechesisVids

5 күн бұрын

I believe it's just that she's the head of an order or house, but I might go more in depth on nuns in a future video. Women in charge of religious houses have historically been permitted crosiers (bishops crooks) too, which is an interesting thing I'm curious to research more about.

Random question but how does the Roman church recognize saints if they died outside of communion with Rome?

@CatechesisVids

Күн бұрын

Generally it doesn't, hence the controversy surrounding the elevation of figures like Gregory Palamas to sainthood. But ultimately, a saint is just a member of the Church triumphant and the Church is free to count whomever it wills among that number and propose their cult for common generations. Once promulgated, it is infallible that a particular individual is in Heaven. This means that at the moment of the individual's death they must have had charity between themselves and God, been free of mortal sin, and been sufficiently incorporated into the Church to be saved.

I think monks and friars are better than diocesan priests, specially in my area, although we don’t have monks or friars!

@naijagerd7909

3 күн бұрын

By "better", what do you mean exactly?

@rattata30

3 күн бұрын

@@naijagerd7909 they work