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Are any orders open to married people?

Keith asks:

Can you please help me? I have received a strong call to married life, but also have received a call to some sort of service to the church. I hope you can tell me.... are there any Orders of the church open to married persons? Thank you, God bless you.

Dear Keith:  

Many orders have either a corresponding Third Order for the married laity, or a missionary cooperator program, or a Movement that shares their spirituality in which a married couple may participate. The degree of participation, and the corresponding obligations, will depend on the individual group. I would recommend that you get in touch with whatever religious order you are familiar with, or which attracts you. If you have no idea, write back and I will let you know some possibilities. But I may be misunderstanding your question. If you are asking about Holy Orders, and not religious orders, then you can consider that there are married deacons in the Church. However, it is usually only men who have successfully reared their families that are called to this vocation.

God bless.

 

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