Call to Life

Declarations on the Rule of Benedict

From the Constitution
of the
Federation of St. Scholastica
1987


TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Benedictine Charism: Federation of St. Scholastica
II. Community
III. The Vowed Life
IV. Authority
V. Formation
VI. Prayer
VII. Ministry
VIII. Temporalities
IX. Federation Purpose and History

Decree on Final Approbation of the Constitutions
of the Federation of Saint Scholastica

CONGREGATIO
PRO RELIGIOSIS
ET INSTITUTIS SAECULARIBUS
Prot. n. L69 - 1/83

DECREE

This Congregation for Religious and for Secular Institutes, by virtue of its authority to erect, guide, and promote institutes of consecrated life, after careful study of the constitutions presented by the Benedictine Sisters, Federation of Saint Scholastica, acceding to the request of the Federation President and her Council, herewith approves, within the limits of canon law, these same constitutions as amended according to the observations of this Congregation. May the generous living of these constitutions encourage all the Sisters of the Federation to an ever deeper commitment to their consecrated life in accordance with the spirit and tradition of St. Benedict and under the constant protection of their patroness, Saint Scholastica.

Given at Rome, February 10, 1988
Feast of Saint Scholastica

Official signatures

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