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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2024
The Apostolate of Christ the Worker merits high rank among the associations of the Church because it sees social work and holiness in their right perspective.
The apostle of Christ the Worker does not draw a great distinction between being holy and helping other people. His (or her) work for others is an essential part of the quest of sanctity.
(1) There are nin Third Orders: Premonstratensians, Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites, Augustinians, Minims, Servites, Trinitarians, Mercedarians. The Oblates of St Benedict, who arc of course a more ancient institution, are essentially the same.
(2) Cf. The Epistle of St. James, 1, xxvi, 27.
(3) “The ‘Social Question’ is first of all moral and religious, and for that reason its solution is to be expected mainly from the moral law and the pronouncements of religion.” (Leo XIII—Graves de Communi). .
(4) From the letter of the Dominican Master General appened to the Statutes.
(5) At a conference in connection with the .T.O.C. in Canada. Mgr. Antonintti in Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland.