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Contemplative & Monastic Life

Monasteries, cloister and contemplative nuns.

Also called monastic, enclosure, nuns.

9 documents

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1960s

  1. Venite seorsum15 August 1969Instruction on the contemplative life and enclosure of nunsRoman Curia
  2. Perfectae Caritatis28 October 1965Decree on the Renewal of Religious LifeEcumenical Council

1980s

  1. The Contemplative Dimension of Religious Life†12 August 1980The Contemplative Dimension of Religious LifeRoman Curia
  2. Patres Ecclesiae2 January 1980On St Basil the Great, 16th centenaryPope

1990s

  1. Verbi sponsa13 May 1999Instruction on the contemplative life and enclosure of nunsRoman Curia
  2. Vita Consecrata25 March 1996On the consecrated life and its missionPope

2000s

  1. Quaerere Deum12 September 2008Address to the world of culture, Collège des Bernardins, ParisPope

2010s

  1. Vultum Dei quaerere29 June 2016On women's contemplative lifePope
  2. Cor orans1 April 2018Implementing Instruction of Vultum Dei quaerereRoman Curia