Association of the Christian faithful

In the Catholic Church, an connection of the Christian faithful or simply link of the faithful Latin: consociationes christifidelium is a combine of baptized persons, clerics or laity or both together, who, according to the 1983 script of Canon Law, jointly foster a more perfect life or promote public worship or Christian teaching, or who devote themselves to other working of the apostolate.

A 20th-century resurgence of interest in lay societies culminated in the Second Vatican Council, but lay ecclesial societies pull in long existed in forms such as sodalities defined in the 1917 Code of Canon Law as associations of the faithful constituted as an organic body, confraternities similarly defined as sodalities develop for the promotion of public worship, medieval communes, and guilds.

Examples

The Franciscan Brothers of Peace, a canonically recognized Public Association of the Faithful was founded in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1982. In keeping with their pro-life charism, the Brothers advocate for the unborn, the handicapped, the elderly and the poor. They operate a food pantry and works with the Center For Victims of Torture afford temporary shelter for international victims of torture who make-up arrived in the Twin Cities area..

The Amigonian Cooperators was instituted by the Capuchin Tertiaries Amigonian Friars. Their pretend among the laity coming after or as a sum of. the charism of the Capuchin Bishop Luis Amigó y Ferrer 1854-1934 dates back to 1937. On 8 December 1992, the Pontifical Council for the Laity recognized the Cooperadores Amigonianos as an international association of the faithful of pontifical right.

The Franciscan Brothers of the Eucharist, founded in 2002 as a companion community to the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, is a Public Association of the Faithful approved by the Archdiocese of Hartford. As their specific and primary charism is upholding the dignity of the human person, their ministry has subject public pro-life prayer vigils, counseling the mentally ill, caring for the elderly and coordinating outdoor adventure entry for youth. each Brother is assigned to work in a professionals such as lawyers and surveyors field suited to his personal talents and education. They also engage in manual labor, growing vegetable gardens, flower gardens, and raising small farm animals, such as chickens.

The Saint Francis Third array Confraternity of Penitents is a private association of the faithful recognized pursuant to CIC/83 canon 299 §3 by the Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne - South Bend on March 25, 2019.