Searching for the Mind of the Church on Religious Life?

You could equip yourself with and study the Vatican II documents:

* Lumen Gentium, * Perfectae Caritas, * Ecclesiae Sanctae,* Evangelica Testificatio, * Essentials of Religious Life, *Redemptionem Donum.

Or, you could purchase and view this APREL video which captures, in around 50 minutes, the core teachings of these documents - and more

APREL has produced this uniquely informative and inspiring 50-minute video on the Religious Vocation in the light of Church teaching. Produced in 1995 with the co-operation of several religious communities in Australia - active, semi-active and contemplative, - this video, "The Priceless Pearl" features the lives of religious and gives the Church's answers to such questions as:

"What is Religious Life? Where did it come from?

"Why is the Religious Life so necessary to the Church's life and holiness?"

"Why should we regard this life as 'the pearl of great price'?"

"What forms does it take? Where is it being lived?"

* The Video on the Vocation to the Consecrated Religious Life is now readily available:

Cost $20 incl. postage