An apostolate is a Christian organization "directed to serving and evangelizing the world", most often associated with the Anglican Communion or the Catholic Church.[1] In more general usage, an apostolate is an association of persons dedicated to the propagation of a religion or a doctrine. The word apostolate comes from the Greek word apostello, which means to "send forth" or "to dispatch". The Christian origin of the word comes from the twelve apostles who were selected by Christ; they had a "special vocation, a formal appointment of the Lord to a determined office, with connected authority and duties".[2] An apostolate can be a Christian organization made up of the laity or of a specific Christian religious order.
^Shaw, Russell (1 January 2002). Ministry Or Apostolate. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 9780879739577. Ministry is something directed to the service of the Church and its members, while apostolate is directed to serving and evangelizing the world.
An apostolate is a Christian organization "directed to serving and evangelizing the world", most often associated with the Anglican Communion or the Catholic...
The lay apostolate is made up of laypersons, who are neither consecrated religious nor in Holy Orders, who exercise a ministry within the Catholic Church...
The Pallottines, officially named the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Latin: Societas Apostolatus Catholici), abbreviated SAC, is a Society of Apostolic...
Apostolicam Actuositatem (Apostolic Activity), also known as the "Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity", is one of the 16 magisterial documents of the Second Vatican...
saint. Born in Rome, he was the founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate later to be known as the "Pious Society of Missions" (the Pallottines)...
Courage International, also known as Courage Apostolate and Courage for short, is an approved apostolate of the Catholic Church that counsels "men and...
The Madonna House Apostolate is a Catholic Christian community of laymen, women, and priests, all of whom take lifelong promises of poverty, chastity,...
Union of Catholic Apostolate is a Catholic association established by a Roman priest St. Vincent Pallotti in 1835. With a group of associates and collaborators...
The Fatima Family Apostolate (FFA) (Fatima Family Apostolate International) is a U.S.-based Roman Catholic Apostolate with headquarters in Hanceville...
World Apostolate. Archived from the original on 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2018-12-31. "Bayside, The Facts Revealed". St Michael's World Apostolate. Archived...
The Apostolate for Family Consecration is a U.S. Roman Catholic lay movement headquartered in Bloomingdale, Ohio. Founded in 1975 by Jerry and Gwen Coniker...
within the Church." This dicastery emerged from the Decree on the Lay Apostolate of the Second Vatican Council, Apostolicam Actuositatem. It was officially...
Portrait of a World Church. Orbis books; Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Georgetown University. ISBN 1-57075-375-X. Gale Group. (2002) New Catholic...
Societas a Sancto Paulo Apostolo Giacomo Alberione's idea of Pauline Apostolate for the Society of Saint Paul, apostles of the communication media Abbreviation...
prelature. This means that Opus Dei is part of the Catholic Church, and the apostolate of the members falls under the direct jurisdiction of the prelate of Opus...
universal call to holiness" Apostolicam actuositatem, a decree on The Apostolate of the Laity Orientalium Ecclesiarum, a decree On Eastern Catholic Churches...
based in El Cajon, California. It describes itself as the largest lay-run apostolate of Catholic apologetics and evangelization in the United States. It publishes...
St Michael's Priory, Kumily, Idukki, Kerala, India, is a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of the Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien. The...
moved to the village of Combermere, Ontario, where the Madonna House Apostolate, a Catholic community of laymen, laywomen, and priests, developed and...
Alberto Hurtado (Latin American Spanish: [alˈβeɾto wɾˈtaðo]; born Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga on January 22, 1901 in Viña del Mar, Chile – August 18...
The Society for the Propagation of the Faith (Latin: Propagandum Fidei) is an international association coordinating assistance for Catholic missionary...
Lady Teresian Association UIGSE Union of Catholic Apostolate Other associations of the faithful Apostolate for Family Consecration Association of Vatican...
The Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles is a Catholic religious congregation founded in 1876 in Lyon, France, by Fr Augustin...
into the World Apostolate of Fatima, the decree of erection for it being signed in October 2005. In February 2006, the World Apostolate of Fátima held...
National Enthronement Center in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, the Sacred Heart Apostolate of Knoxville, Tennessee, Sacred Heart Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, and...
ordained up to the permanent diaconate, working instead for the several apostolates of the institute. The charism of the institute is based on the example...
The Amigonian Friars, officially named the Capuchin Tertiary Religious of Our Lady of Sorrows (Latin: Fratres Tertii Ordinis Sancti Francisci Capulatorum...
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