• Source: Pious Association

      • Pious association or pious union in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church is the legal concept that describes an organization of Catholic persons, approved by the local ordinary, engaged in the practice of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy in the name of and in accordance with the teachings of the Church.


      Definition


      Title V, 'Associations of the Christian Faithful' (Cannon 298–329) defines these organizations as distinct from societies of consecrated and apostolic life which are to foster a more Christian life, promote public worship and Catholic doctrine, and exercise other works of such as evangelization, piety, and charity. The most recent and definitive Apostolic constitution concerning pious associations is "Provida Mater Ecclesia - Concerning Secular Institutes," issued by Pius XII in 1947.


      See also


      Association of the Christian faithful
      Catechism of the Catholic Church
      Lay ecclesial ministry
      List of Ecclesial movements
      Universal call to holiness


      References

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