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36-575: The Catholic Church calls people to the responsible stewardship of their time and talent in support of the Catholic Church. This often takes the form of volunteering for a specific lay ministry , most of which are liturgical , catechetical , or involved in pastoral care and social justice . Liturgical lay ministries include lectors (ministers of the Word) who proclaim scriptural (the Bible ) passages during

72-517: A valid but illicit ordination, as the name suggests, is an ordination in which a bishop uses his valid ability to ordain someone a bishop without having first received the required authorization. The same would apply to a bishop's ordaining of a man who has not undergone and completed necessary seminary schooling , as required by canon law. The bishop is then acting in a manner deemed illicit or illegal. A Latin Catholic bishop who consecrates someone to

108-629: A ceremony during which he installed six women as instituted lectors, and three women as instituted catechists, along with some men. Lay ministry Lay ministry is a term used for ministers of faiths in Christian denominations who are not ordained in their faith tradition. Lay ministers are people who are elected by the church, full-time or part-time. They may have theological degrees and training, which may be required in certain instances, but not all lay ministries require this qualification. Lay ministers are generally chosen in small communities where it

144-399: A competent superior of a religious institute or society of apostolic life possess the same faculty everywhere by the law itself as regards members and others living day and night in the house of the institute or society. They also use the faculty licitly unless some major superior has denied it in a particular case as regards his own subjects. Confessions in which the priest does not have

180-539: A priest is a minister of the Eucharist. If a priest is, for some reason, debarred and yet celebrates the Eucharist, he does so illicitly (i.e. against canon law ), but the Eucharist is still valid . However, in the case of the sacrament of Reconciliation (the Sacrament of Penance ), although the priest is the minister, the only minister, since there are no extraordinary ministers of this sacrament, he must have been granted by

216-837: A sacrament would be the use of leavened wheaten bread for the Eucharist in the Latin Church or in certain Eastern Catholic Churches. If, on the other hand, rice or rye flour are used instead of wheat, or if butter , honey , or eggs are added, particularly in large quantities, the Mass would be invalid ( transubstantiation would not occur). Likewise, wine used for the Eucharist must be valid. Invalid wine would be any wine made of non-grape fruits or wine mixed with any other substance apart from "a small quantity of water". A priest who has been laicized , suspended , or excommunicated

252-509: A sacrament, who is the standard or normal minister of that sacrament, has the spiritual power to administer it (i.e., the person's sacrament is valid ), but not necessarily the canonical authority to administer it (i.e., a licit sacrament). Thus, a bishop who consecrates another bishop without pontifical mandate exercises illicitly the spiritual power to consecrate him. While bishops, priests and deacons are ordinary ministers of holy communion , only someone who has been validly ordained as

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324-457: Is a description applied in the Catholic Church to describe either an unauthorized celebration of a sacrament or an improperly placed juridic act that nevertheless has effect. Validity is presumed whenever an act is performed by a qualified person and includes those things which essentially constitute the act itself as well as the formalities and requirements imposed by law for the validity of

360-499: Is a table outlining each sacrament, its ordinary ministers, and its extraordinary ministers (if any), with stipulations regarding its exercise by extraordinary ministers in parentheses. in emergencies, any person with the right intention, even if not baptised (in other circumstances illicit but valid ) The offices of lector (reader) and acolyte were previously minor orders ; with Ministeria quaedam (1972; taking effect on 1 January 1973), Pope Paul VI abolished minor orders and

396-439: Is an excuse to avoid automatic excommunication in this case ( canon 1323, §4). A marriage celebrated in due form but without express permission of the competent authority of the Catholic Church between a Catholic and another baptized person enrolled in a church or ecclesial community not in full communion with the Catholic Church is "prohibited" (illicit) but valid. On the other hand, a marriage celebrated in due form between

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432-496: Is difficult to find professional clergy to serve roles, and in which lay ministers are appropriate to fulfill the pastoral duties (e.g: a Catholic hospital chaplain does not have to be an ordained priest). In most Protestant churches, deacons, Sunday School teachers, youth ministers, and praise teams are considered lay ministry positions. The lay ministry's role and importance varies, depending on confession and regional situation: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops uses

468-405: Is fitting that instituted acolytes and instituted lectors carry out their functions – rather than by those who have not been instituted. The 2004 Congregation for Bishops guideline Apostolorum Successores , n. 113, says: "The bishop should promote the ministries of lector and acolyte, which may be conferred upon male laypersons". A role of the instituted lector is to proclaim the readings (except

504-496: Is not to say Mass , but if the Mass is said, it is considered valid but illicit. Church laws regarding confession require that priests who are hearing confessions must have valid faculties and jurisdiction . As penance is not only a sacramental act but also one of jurisdiction, such faculties are required for both for validity and liceity. Those who are provided with the faculty of hearing confessions by reason of office or grant of

540-507: The Holy See . In the 20th century, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre was automatically excommunicated for his valid but illicit ordinations of four bishops for the SSPX without a papal mandate. After Lefebvre's death, the Holy See , on 21 January 2009, lifted the excommunication of the four bishops. However, his defenders argue that he acted under grave necessity, which the 1983 canon law stipulates

576-747: The Liturgy of the Word , altar servers and acolytes who assist the presider at the altar, cantors and music ministers who lead the singing, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion who serve during Mass and/or who take Holy Communion to the sick and homebound, and ushers or ministers of hospitality who direct the seating and procession of the assembly. Catechetical lay ministries include catechists ( Sunday school teachers and teachers at Catholic schools), dismissal leaders (ministers who lead RCIA catechumens on Sundays), retreat leaders, youth group leaders, and Scout religious emblems counselors. Some persons within

612-512: The episcopate without a mandate from the pope is automatically excommunicated according to Catholic canon law , even if his ordination may be considered valid. The person who receives consecration from him is also automatically excommunicated. Pope Pius XII declared that the consecration of a bishop against the express orders of the Pope may be valid but is 'gravely illicit i.e. criminal and sacrilegious'. The excommunication can be lifted by only

648-535: The subdiaconate , creating "instituted ministries" in their stead. Since 2021, in the Latin Church , both men and women can become instituted lectors and acolytes, and catechist has been turned into an instituted ministry and is available for both sexes. While the approved English translations of the liturgical books of the Catholic Church's Roman Rite use the terms "instituted acolytes" and "instituted lectors" some translations refer to them as "installed". For example,

684-602: The CDF statement, saying the "We" formula was valid. In the Latin Church , a bishop is the ordinary minister of confirmation and he may licitly administer it to his own subjects everywhere and, in his own territory, even to Catholics who are not his subjects, unless their ordinary has expressly forbidden it. In the Latin Catholic Church, simple priests (presbyters) can validly and licitly confirm in some circumstances, such as when they baptize adults or receive them into

720-562: The Gospel) in liturgical celebrations. The instituted lector should do this even if ministers of higher rank are present. Other lay people do these readings at Mass in "the absence of an instituted lector". In January 2021, with the motu proprio Spiritus Domini , Pope Francis changed the canon law of the Latin Church so that both men and women could become instituted lectors and acolytes. Previously, only men were allowed to be instituted in those ministries. In May 2021, Pope Francis created

756-605: The Sustainer", were invalid. In 2020, the CDF stated the formula "We baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" was invalid for the purposes of conferring baptism. This made it so Matthew Hood, a Catholic priest of Detroit who had been baptised by Mark Springer by this formula, was not considered a priest anymore as Hood had been baptised with this formula (Hood

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792-437: The act. The 1983 Code of Canon Law states: "Except in a case of necessity, it is unlawful for anyone without due permission to confer baptism outside his own territory , not even upon his own subjects". In the Latin Church , administration of baptism is one of the functions especially entrusted to the parish priest . However, according to the same Code , any person, even someone not baptized, can baptize, if he has

828-538: The church and when there is danger of death. Priests of the Eastern Catholic Churches can validly confer the sacrament on any Catholic, even a Catholic of the Latin Church , but they can do so licitly only on those who belong to their own particular church and on other Catholics who meet the conditions of either being their subjects or of being lawfully baptized by them, or of being in danger of death. A prime example of valid but illicit celebration of

864-504: The church receive formation , usually including graduate studies in theology or divinity, and then exercising some leadership role in the community. In common usage, when someone refers to a "minister of the church" they are referring to any one of these "professional" ministers. The Catholic Church identifies five ecclesial vocations, three of which are ordained. Theologians and lay ecclesial ministers are not necessarily ordained, while bishops, presbyters, and deacons are ordained. While only

900-486: The effects intended is considered "invalid". Liceity designates an action which has been performed legitimately; an action which has not been performed legitimately is considered "illicit". Some actions can be illicit, but still be valid. Catholic canon law also lays down rules for licit , also called lawful , placing of the act, along with criteria to determine its validity or invalidity. Valid but illicit or valid but illegal ( Latin : valida sed illicita )

936-540: The faculties to hear confession, yet without good reason pretends to have them, are valid but illicit. The church supplants the faculties leading to validity of the sacrament ( canon 144). Pope Francis allowed priests of the canonically irregular Society of Saint Pius X to hear confessions during the Year of Mercy, in 2015 and 2016; Pope Francis extended the concession indefinitely in the apostolic letter Misericordia et Misera of 20 Nov. 2016. Every priest can administer

972-489: The faithful Pars dynamica (trial procedure) Canonization Election of the Roman Pontiff Academic degrees Journals and Professional Societies Faculties of canon law Canonists Institute of consecrated life Society of apostolic life Validity and liceity are concepts in the Catholic Church . Validity designates an action which produces the effects intended; an action which does not produce

1008-593: The instituted ministry of lay catechist with the motu proprio Antiquum ministerium  [ de ] . In December 2021, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments published a liturgical rite for the installation of instituted lay catechists. On 23 January 2022, Pope Francis installed for the first time women as instituted lectors and catechists . On this day, Pope Francis held

1044-488: The latter are considered clergy by the Catholic Church, all are considered ministers in the professional and vocational sense. The other kind of minister in Catholic parlance is a person who administers a sacrament , meaning that he or she is a conduit of sacramental grace . This is not an office or position but instead a function that different kinds of people may perform, depending on the sacrament. There are two kinds of ministers in this sense. The ordinary minister of

1080-416: The law itself or by a competent authority the faculty to celebrate this sacrament validly for the person to whom he imparts absolution. An extraordinary minister of a sacrament is someone, other than an ordinary minister, officially authorized to administer a sacrament by the law itself (as an instituted acolyte is an extraordinary minister of holy communion ) or by being deputed for this purpose. Below

1116-449: The leadership positions (e.g. bishop) require ordination to the priesthood, and all worthy male members are ordained to the priesthood and thus have the authority necessary to serve in any ecclesiastical position. Some of the general global church leadership positions (e.g. apostle) require full-time service; in those positions, a relatively small stipend is provided for them to support themselves. This Christianity -related article

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1152-778: The required intention. The intention required is to will to do what the Catholic Church does when she baptizes, and to apply the Trinitarian baptismal formula . In 2008, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) stated the baptism formulae "I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier" and "I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Liberator, and of

1188-424: The sacrament of anointing of the sick validly. The duty and the right to administer it pertains to the priest to whom the spiritual care of the person concerned is entrusted. However, any other priest may administer it instead for a good reason if he has the presumed consent of the priest who has the duty and right. All bishops are able to ordain a deacon , priest , or bishop . In the sacrament of holy orders ,

1224-465: The term " lay ecclesial ministry " for a category of non-ordained (non-priest) pastoral ministers. The idea of volunteer, unpaid leadership and service is very important in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Ordinary church members may receive "callings" to serve in any number of positions, from leadership and administration to teaching sunday school classes for adults or for children. Some of

1260-631: The translation on the Vatican's website of the 2019 motu proprio Aperuit illis has "Bishops could celebrate the Rite of Installation of Lectors or a similar commissioning of readers". In 1972, an official part of the Pontificale Romanum containing a liturgical ceremony for the installation of instituted lectors and instituted acolytes, was published. The 1984 liturgical book Ceremonial of Bishops , says that in ceremonies where are bishop presides it

1296-510: Was later properly baptised and ordained ). This 2020 statement created other difficulties, as other people from Detroit had been baptised with the same formula by Springer, and other people had received sacraments from Hood since the latter's ordination 2017. Due to the same 2020 statement, another US priest, Andrés Arango, who had baptised using the same formula, had to properly baptise those he had invalidly baptised. Thomas Reese and retired sacramental theology Prof. Peter Fink have criticized

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