Ordination

The psalm De Profundis shall be recited at least once a day in common for deceased brothers and benefactors.

1. In every convent strictly so called, the conventual Mass shall be celebrated weekly for the deceased mentioned above. The Prayer of the Faithful with petitions for the dead shall be included. Where, however, the conventual Mass cannot be said (see n. 61, § II) one Mass shall be offered for the dead.
2. The following weeks are excluded: Holy Week, Easter Week, the week in which Christmas falls; also excluded are weeks during which an anniversary Mass (n. 70, § II), Mass for a deceased brother (n.73) or for a pope (n. 74) are celebrated.
3. Five decades A third part of the rosary shall be recited weekly by all the brothers for the deceased mentioned above.

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.