Title II. Religious Institutes (Cann. 607 - 709)

Can.607 §1. As a consecration of the whole person, religious life manifests in the Church a wonderful marriage

brought about by God, a sign of the future age. Thus the religious brings to perfection a total self-giving as a sacrifice

offered to God, through which his or her whole existence becomes a continuous worship of God in charity.

§2. A religious institute is a society in which members, according to proper law, pronounce public vows, either

perpetual or temporary which are to be renewed, however, when the period of time has elapsed, and lead a life of

brothers or sisters in common.

§3. The public witness to be rendered by religious to Christ and the Church entails a separation from the world

proper to the character and purpose of each institute.