The state of consecrated life is thus one way of experiencing a “more intimate” consecration, rooted in Baptism and dedicated totally to God. In the consecrated life, Christ’s faithful, moved by the Holy Spirit, propose to follow Christ more nearly, to give themselves to God who is loved above all and, pursuing the perfection of charity in the service of the Kingdom, to signify and proclaim in the Church the glory of the world to come. (CC 916)
Men’s Religious Communities
- Benedictines – Clear Creek Abbey (Hulbert, OK)
- Benedictines – Monastero di San Benedetto in Monte (Norcia, Italy)
- Benedictines – Silverstream Priory (Kilbreckstown, Stamullen, Co. Meath, Ireland)
- Benedictines – St. John’s Abbey (Collegeville, MN)
- Benedictines – St. Meinrad Abbey (St. Meinrad, IN)
- Canons Regular of St. John Cantius (Chicago, IL)
- Capuchin Franciscans – Midwest Province (South Lyon, MI)
- Carmelite Hermits of the Ancient Observance (Lake Elmo, MN)
- Carthusians – Charterhouse of the Transfiguration (Arlington, VT)
- Congregation of Holy Cross (Notre Dame, IN)
- Conventual Franciscans – St. Bonaventure Province (Chicago, IL)
- Discalced Carmelite Friars (West Milwaukee, WI)
- Dominicans/Order of Preachers – Central Province (Chicago, IL)
- Family of Jesus (Puerto Maldonado, Peru)
- Fathers of Mercy (Auburn, KY)
- Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (New York, NY)
- Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular (Loretto, PA)
- Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word (Irondale, AL)
- Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (Chicago, IL)
- Spirituality of St. Francis de Sales, celebrate the liturgy according to 1962 Missal, etc.
- Have houses in Wausau, Green Bay, and Milwaukee
- Marians of the Immaculate Conception (Stockbridge, MA)
- Miles Christi (Detroit, MI)
- Missionaries of Charity Brothers
- Missionaries of Charity Fathers (San Diego, CA)
- Norbertines/Praemonstratensians – St. Michael’s Abbey (Silverado, CA)
- Norbertines/Praemonstratensians – St. Norbert’s Abbey (De Pere, WI)
- Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (South Abington Township, PA)
- Celebrate the liturgy according to 1962 Missal, etc.
- Priestly Society of the Holy Cross (Diocesan Priests who are linked with Opus Dei, New York, NY)
- Schoenstatt Fathers
- Have a house in Waukesha, WI
- Society of Jesus/Jesuits – Midwest Province (Chicago, IL)
- Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (Corpus Christi, TX)
- Trappists/Cistercians of the Strict Observance – New Melleray Abbey (Peosta, IA)