Identity and Mission: Of the Religious Brother in the Church

Following the three dimensions within which the Church-Communion presents itself, this latest document from the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life develops the identity of the Brother as a mystery of communion for mission. At the centre of this triple perspective lies the heart of the identity of the Religious Brother – namely 'fraternity’, which is a gift that is received (mystery), a gift that is shared (communion) and a gift that is given away (mission).