Ordination

The prayers to be said at table shall be determined by the provincial chapter or by the prior provincial with the consent of his council.

1. The gravity of a transgression is to be judged especially by the damage done to the common good rather than by any sin that may be involved.
2. The principal forms of penance are: the performance of spiritual exercises, works of  mortification or self-denial, works of benefit to the community.

1. It is the responsibility of provincial and conventual chapters to prescribe new forms of penance suited to different people and different places and drawn from present-day patterns of living. This applies especially to Advent and Lent.
2. Individual brothers may take on further mortifications, the better to fulfil the duty of penance.

The brothers should wear the habit of the Order in our convents as a sign of our consecration, unless, for a good reason, the prior provincial shall have determined otherwise. Outside the convent, the directives of the prior provincial shall be followed as well as Church laws.

1. The brothers’ food should be simple but adequate for their needs.
2. All the brothers should eat together unless legitimately prevented.
3. The provincial chapter, bearing in mind the tradition of the Order and the prescriptions of the competent church authority, shall determine how and when fast and abstinence are to be observed. The conventual chapter shall decide on appropriate penances for the community, particularly during Lent.

It is for provincial and conventual chapters to determine when and where silence is to be observed in accordance with the Order’s tradition.

If a brother lives unlawfully outside his convent beyond one year, the prior provincial with his council shall decide the appropriate procedures according to Code of Canon Law (CCL) 696, 697 and 699.

1. A brother who is going to spend some time in the territory of another province should notify the relevant prior provincial in advance, with due regard for n. 137. However, in order lawfully to extend the length of stay beyond three months, the permission of said prior provincial is required.
2. A brother who is travelling should as far as possible stay in our own convents wherever we have them.

For a long journey or a prolonged absence a brother needs the permission of the competent superior as determined by the provincial statute.

The brothers need the superior’s permission to go out of the house. This can be a general permission for a specific purpose.