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Mar 14 2016

The Lay Vocation

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Introduction

To be a lay person is not merely the “default” position in the Church. A lay person is a member of the Church who in baptism is called upon to participate in the salvific work of the Church in the secular realm; in a special way, the laity are commissioned to make the Church present and operative in those places and circumstances of daily life where only through them can the Church become the salt of the earth. Distinguished from the ordained clergy – whose fundamental calling is the care of the baptized – the calling of the lay person is to transform secular society through living the faith in all aspects of life: in the family, socially and recreationally, in one’s occupation, etc.

We will emphasize what is meant by “vocation,” particularly using St. John Paul’s apostolic exhortation, Christifideles Laici: to be a lay person is to be a member of the People of God and is to be called by God to participate as a member of that People in the redemptive mission of Jesus. We will show how the realization of one’s personal vocation is always manifested in the light of the vocation of the whole People. We will therefore consider:

  • the apostolic commission that each of us receives and to which we are called and appointed by God himself;
  • that we are therefore invited to understand the concrete circumstances of our lives in the light of what Jesus means for us to see and to accomplish as those who he calls, commissions and sends, meditating upon the real difference that this makes in our relationships and commitments;
  • the manner in which we participate in the priesthood of Christ – the royal priesthood – and the priestly, prophetic and kingly dignity of the lay person;
  • how the laity are possessed of “a secular character” and how the whole temporal order is entrusted, most particularly, to the laity;
  • how the realm of the “secular” was first conceived, what it meant and has come to mean;
  • how we can more deeply understand our present “secular” culture (making use of the “social imaginaries” of Charles Taylor) and how we are called to baptize the imaginations of our contemporaries;
  • the manner of our dependence upon each other in the particular work to which we are called, given our common vocation;
  • how we can accompany others in the light of Jesus’ instruction to us in the Beatitudes.

We will invite prayerful reflection and conversation around each of these topics, supplemented with brief readings taken from magisterial documents (especially Lumen Gentium, Gaudium et Spes, Christifideles Laici) and excerpts of works by Yves Congar, OP.

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Lesson 1: The Lay Vocation 3 Topics | 3 Reviews
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Topic 1: Who are the Laity?
Review 1.1 Who are the Laity?
Topic 2: What is a Vocation?
Review 1.2 What is a Vocation?
Topic 3: The Uniqueness of the Lay Vocation
Review 1.3 The Uniqueness of the Lay Vocation
Lesson 2: The Secular Character of the Laity 3 Topics | 3 Reviews
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Topic 1: What is “Secular?”
Review 2.1 What is “Secular?”
Topic 2: The Secular “Character” of the Laity
Review 2.2 The Secular “Character” of the Laity
Topic 3: Charisms and the Exercise of the Characters
Review 2.3 Charisms and Exercise of Characters
Lesson 3: Contemporary Challenges 3 Topics | 3 Reviews
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Topic 1: Contemporary Understanding of what is “Secular”
Review 3.1 Contemporary Understanding of “Secular”
Topic 2: Modern Social “Imaginaries”
Review 3.2 Modern Social “Imaginaries”
Topic 3: Challenges for the Lay Apostolate
Review 3.3 Challenges for the Lay Apostolate
Lesson 4: Priest, Prophet and King 3 Topics | 3 Reviews
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Topic 1: The Priestly Office of the Laity
Review 4.1 The Priestly Office of the Laity
Topic 2: The Prophetic Office of the Laity
Review 4.2 The Prophetic Office of the Laity
Topic 3: The Kingly Office of the Laity
Review 4.3 The Kingly Office of the Laity
Lesson 5: The Lay Office in the Church 3 Topics | 3 Reviews
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Topic 1: Definition of Office
Review 5.1 Definition of Office
Topic 2: Ecclesial Office
Review 5.2 Ecclesial Office
Topic 3: Significance of the Lay Office
Review 5.3 Significance of the Lay Office
Lesson 6: The Lay Apostolate (Part 1) 3 Topics | 3 Reviews
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Topic 1: The Role of the Laity in a Pluralistic Society
Review 6.1 The Role of the Laity in a Pluralistic Society
Topic 2: Evangelization of Persons
Review 6.2 Evangelization of Persons
Topic 3: The Role of the Family in Evangelization
Review 6.3 The Role of the Family in Evangelization
Lesson 7: The Lay Apostolate (Part 2) 3 Topics | 3 Reviews
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Topic 1: Apostolate vs. Ministry
Review 7.1 Apostolate vs. Ministry
Topic 2: Apostles to the World
Review 7.2 Apostles to the World
Topic 3: Obligations and Rights of the Laity
Review 7.3 Obligations and Rights of the Laity

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