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Dear Holly,
I am grateful for reading A Mother's Rule of Life. We have 7 children and we homeschool some of them. Since your book is part of the good press and you are interested in faithfulness to one's rule of life, did you know that:
Blessed Fr. James Alberione (founder of the Pauline family - Society of St. Paul, the daughters of St. Paul, etc.) founded in 1963 the Holy Family Institute for husbands and wives who wish to commit themselves to seeking evangelical perfection in marriage by means of the vows of conjugal chastity, poverty and obedience. In 1993 the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life approved the Statute of the Institute with a Decree: Therefore the members of the Institute should strive to conform their lives to the Statute, and when they obey a schedule - for example the normal times for mass, or the regular family schedule - they merit once because of simple obedience, and twice because of the vows of obedience that they have taken.
The Holy Family Institute is the only approved-by-the-Holy-See way for married or widowed people to become part of the religious congregation of the Pauline family. The condition of the members of the Holy Family Institute is secular in the sense that they strive for the perfection of charity in the world, while in a juridical sense they are aggregated to the Society of St. Paul and are part of the Pauline Family, who are dedicated to The Aposolate of the Good Press, Media and Social Communications. The Holy Family Institute is not a third order or a lay movement, but enables you to become a consecrated lay person in the context of married secular life... Pretty interesting, and I would like to know your thoughts on that.
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posted by Holly at 3:28 PM
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My thoughts on this is that is sounds pretty interesting. I am familiar with the work of your founding father, Blessed James Alberione. I also like the idea of the wife and husband becoming consecrated. I have always held that when following a rule, there is a two-fold obedience if one does it in a) obedience to one's vocational duties, and b) obedience to one's spiritual director. I guess this applies directly to what you are saying.
I think that any family that appears to share the Pauline charism of media-ministry might want to unite their apostolic efforts and spiritual fruit with the Pauline family, and this would be the ideal way to do it. If you have a website for information available on this, please feel free to add it to the comments section below. I am sure many families would be interested.
See www.vocations-holyfamily.com
Holly,
I too am a novice in the Holy Family Institute. I just read your book and thought how perfect it is for those of us apart of the institute. I wrote a blog about the institute at www.homeschoolblogger.com/tmjost
The Holy Family Institute is such a gift from God. It unites our desire for holiness and our homes. Your book is beautiful and it is right in line with all my husband and I do with the institute. God calls us all to be holy. Most importantly he calls us to be holy in our homes. We are always to be Christ to others, but we need to be Christ to our families first. God Bless you and Thank you for the many wonderful ideas in your book.
Blessings of Christ's Peace,
Tina Jost :)
Thank you Tina for your response and your blessing. Peace to you and yours as well.
Holly
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