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-    "title":"A [[https://combostrap.com/frontmatter|frontmatter]] Associates to Association ",
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-    "description":"A [[https://combostrap.com/frontmatter|frontmatter]] evolution of a movement"
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 ====== Associates to Association ======
 ===== the evolution of a movement =====
-Association has been a dynamic development in the community of faith in the years since the Second Vatican Council with its re-affirmation of the universal calls to holiness and to mission. Recent decades have seen encouraging growth in interest among the Christian faithful spirituality and participation in prayer, spiritual practices, retreats, prayer groups, and bible studies. At the same time, there is increased interest in mission and service, addressing both historic ministries such as healthcare and education as well as emerging ministries such as care of immigrants, addressing racism and interlocking systems of oppression, care for earth combating the climate crisis and its effects. These are true signs of our times and signs of hope amid the multifaceted crises we face in our world today.
+====Universal Calls to Holiness and Mission====
+  * **Scripture**:
+    * Created in the image and likeness of God (Gen 1:26), God who is Love (1 Jn 4:8), God's love is holy and missionary.
+    * Be holy as God is holy in all manner of living. (1 Peter 1:15)
+    * Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:19-20)
+  * **Vatican II**
+    * **//Lumen Gentium//** - ...all the faithful of Christ of whatever rank or status, are called to the fullness of the Christian life and to the perfection of charity; ...They must follow in His footsteps and conform themselves to His image seeking the will of the Father in all things. They must devote themselves with all their being to the glory of God and the service of their neighbor. LG#40
+    * **//Redemptoris Missio//** - The universal call to holiness is closely linked to the universal call to mission. RM#90
+  * **Renewal**
+    * //“Throw open the windows of the church and let the fresh air of the Spirit blow through.”// John XXIII 10/11/62
+    * Evolution in the Church's self-understanding as the People of God, a community of faith, called to be a __holy people__ and a __people on mission__
+    * Evolution in the self-understanding of religious life
+      * from //the// holy people and //the// people on mission within the community of faith
+      * to //a// holy people and //a// people on mission //for// the community of faith
+      * to be church for the Church
+    * Evolution of the Associate movement
+      * rediscovering the calls to holiness and to mission
+      * within parishes and with religious communities
+      * renewed interest in spirituality, spiritual practices, prayer
+      * renewed interest in mission and service
+      * renewal occurs within the community of faith and beyond it
+      * rich interchange between communities of faith and communities of service
+      * also occurring in the wider society
+    * //“Throw open the windows of the church and let the fresh air of the Spirit blow through.”// John XXIII 10/11/62
+      * Spirit infuses the Church, the community of faith
+      * The Church infuses the wider society
+      * The Spirit at work in the hearts and lives of all peoples finds communion with the Spirit at work in the community of faith.
+====Birth of Associates====
+  * 70s-80s
+    * Individuals inquired and communities invited them
+      * A forum for formation and spiritual development
+      * Prayer & Spirituality
+      * Mission & Service
+      * Share in charism of communities and their celebrations
+      * Commitment to spirituality and mission in a charism family
+    * Individuals in association
+      * Initial numbers small
+      * Relationships meaningful
+      * Participation in events of the community
+====Growth of the Associate Movement====
+  * 90s-00s
+    * Increasing numbers of Associates
+    * Decreasing numbers of Sisters
+    * Questions regarding participation
+    * Questions about nature of association
+    * Questions about the future of religious life
+    * Varying understandings and practices among sisters and among associates
+      * Prayer group
+      * Relation to a sister or ministry
+      * Future or successor to sisters
+      * Greater involvement in sisters' community and governance
+      * Deeper personal commitment to mission and charism
+      * Desire by sisters for greater or lesser internal autonomy
+      * Emerging sense of "autonomy in relationship"
+    * Canonical concerns:
+      * Autonomy of the community,
+      * Rights of the sisters to have discussions
+      * Issues of voting and 'second class' participants in community meetings
+      * Differing understandings of appropriate boundaries
+====Emergence of Association====
+  * 10s-20s...
+    * Emerging notion of an Association
+      * Individuals become members of an association
+      * The Association develops its own leadership and governance
+      * The Association develops its own identity and vocation
+      * The Association develops its own sustainability and infrastructure
+    * Relation to sisters
+      * The two have their own 'center of gravity'.
+        * Congregation has its own evolutionary journey
+        * Association has its own evolutionary journey
+      * The two come into relationship and collaborate
+        * Joint committee for celebration of Patronal Feast
+        * Joint committee for a mission project
+        * Representatives at each others' major meetings (chapter)
+====Sponsoring Congregation====
+  * Canon 587: §1 To protect more faithfully the vocation and identity of each institute, the fundamental code or __constitutions__ of the institute are to contain... basic norms about the governance of the institute, the life of the members, the admission and formation of members, and the proper object of the vows.
+  * Canon 623: For validity __Superior__ must be finally professed member for a term determined in proper law.
+  * Canon 631§2 The composition of the general __chapter__ and the limits of its powers are to be defined in the constitutions. Limited to professed sisters/brothers.
+====Evolution====
+  * A place at the table
+  * Equity at the table
+  * A table of our own with shared and distinct responsibilities for mission and charism
-Even before the Second Vatican Council, many laypersons turned to religious communities to assist the religious in their mission and to work or volunteer in their ministries. They also sought the assistance of religious for growth in their spiritual lives, in societies and prayer groups, in individual conversation, and in spiritual direction. Beginning in the 1970s and 1980s, religious communities welcomed associates, offering them formation and a forum to develop their spirituality and their commitment to mission. Initially, the number of associates was small, in comparison to the number of sisters, and associates were invited to many of the sisters' celebrations and events. They came and committed themselves as individual associates in the broader community of sisters. Over time, some communities invited increasing involvement of associates in the life of sisters’ communities, and questions arose regarding whether or not there should be boundaries or limits on participation of associates in the life of the sisters, and what those should be. It became clear that there were different understandings of the nature, purpose, and character of association, both among sisters and among the associates. As the movement continues to develop, there is a growing desire to identify an Association that has a modicum of autonomy to invite, form, and engage associates and to develop their own leadership for the Association. This Association has its own internal authority and ‘center-of-gravity’ alongside the sisters’ community. And they move toward a more mature partnership and shared responsibility for charism, mission, and spirituality while retaining the distinct charism of religious life and lay spirituality. Many acknowledge that the growth of an Association, in partnership with the Religious community is a positive development.
+====Stuctural Options====
+=== Nonprofit Corporation ===
-This evolution has not been completely linear and has not been without significant growing pains. Because it is a movement that has developed in many different places times and charisms, it has had the benefit and challenge of differing hopes, dreams, and expectations.
+  * Current reality
+    * Within the civil structure of a religious community
-Associates and Religious continue to explore the contours of these developments, hoping to understand how an Association can help to give form and support to the growing movement, without clipping the wings of the spirit. Test everything, hold to what is good, as the scriptures say. We bring from the movement both the old and the new, and word to integrate the blessings of the past with the evolutionary developments of the present, always ready to embrace the call of the spirit into hope and holiness.
+    * Administration, budgeting, and finances
+  * A separate civil corporation for the Association
-There is a strong sense of God's inspiration and the “new thing” that God is doing with and for the community of faith. Yet they also face the challenges of the growing organization with its need to balance structure and flexibility in bringing the charism into lived expression.
+    * moving toward autonomy in relationship.
+  * Similar to sponsored ministries.
+    * In the religious community's corporation
+    * Separately incorporated.
+    * Increasing autonomy
+    * Long-term viability
+=== Association of the Christian Faithful ===
+  * Canons 298 - 329 - possibilities
+  * Canon 298 §1 __In the Church there are associations__ that are distinct from institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life. In these associations, __Christ's faithful__, whether clerics or laity, or clerics and laity together, __strive with a common effort to foster fullness of life, or to promote public worship or Christian teaching__. They may also devote themselves to other __works of the apostolate, such as initiatives for evangelization, works of piety or charity, and those which animate the temporal order with the Christian spirit__.
+  * Canon 299 §1 By __private agreement__ among themselves, Christ's faithful have the right to constitute associations for the purposes mentioned in can. 298 §1, without prejudice to the provisions of can. 301 §1.
+    * E.g. St. Vincent de Paul [[https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/laity/documents/rc_pc_laity_doc_20051114_associazioni_en.html| examples]]
+  * Canon 301 §1 It is for the __competent ecclesiastical authority__ alone to establish associations of Christ's faithful which intend to impart __Christian teaching__ in the name of the Church or to promote __public worship__, or which are directed to other ends whose pursuit is of its nature reserved to the same ecclesiastical authority.
+    * E.g. sponsoring Catholic Schools
+  * Canon 303 Associations whose members live on their own but share in the spirit of some religious institute, under the overall direction of the same institute, and who lead an apostolic life and strive for Christian perfection, are known as third orders, or are called by some other suitable title.