of an institute, consecrated life may also be lived individually; the Catholic Church recognises, as forms of individual consecrated life that of hermits...

those in institutes of consecrated life (religious and secular), societies of apostolic life, as well as those living as hermits or consecrated virgins/widows...

for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, formerly called Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic...

Church, a consecrated virgin is a woman who has been consecrated by the church to a life of perpetual virginity as a bride of Christ. Consecrated virgins...

period of time has elapsed, and lead a life of brothers or sisters in common." A religious institute is one of the two types of institutes of consecrated life;...

counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience (See Can. 731 §2.). However, unlike members of an institute of consecrated life (religious institute or secular...

to the nature of the Dicastery, some priests and deacons, some members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and some lay faithful...

secular institute is one of the forms of consecrated life recognized in Church law (1983 Code of Canon Law Canons 710–730). A secular institute is an institute...

electors, who are members of the religious life, representing 29 institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life. Common names for members...

Church, the institutes of consecrated life have their own regulations concerning those of their members who feel called by God to move from the life in community...