Welcoming Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Mark Bradford

Laity and Consecrated or Religious Life
After reviewing how lay people participate in the priestly, prophetic, and kingly ministries of Christ today, Dr. Schreck describes the important vocation and apostolate those who consecrate themselves to Jesus Christ and his service through the evangelical counsels of poverty, chaste celibacy, and obedience. The various forms of religious or consecrated life has, for centuries, been a powerful witness to the Lord and an instrument of the Church’s mission.
Included the "communion of saints" professed in the Apostles' Creed is the saint who has a unique and exalted place in God's plan of salvation: Mary, the mother…...
In the Apostles' Creed, the profession of faith in "the holy Catholic Church" is immediately followed by "the communion of saints." Dr. Schreck talks about how the Church…...
Following the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, the Catechism of the Catholic Church reveals a new emphasis and clarity on the essential role and mission of lay…...