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Secular institute
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<p> In the <a href="/facts/Catholic_Church/rJ4F4gqH">Catholic Church</a>, a secular institute is one of the forms of <a href="/facts/Consecrated_life/fXHmjRLj">consecrated life</a> recognized in <a href="/facts/Canon_law_of_the_Catholic_Church/eybl64mc">Church law</a> (<a href="/facts/1983_Code_of_Canon_Law/TwlqD8rq">1983 Code of Canon Law</a> Canons 710–730). </p><blockquote><p>A secular institute is an <a href="/facts/Institute_of_consecrated_life/2dDPsIyH">institute of consecrated life</a> in which the Christian faithful living in the world strive for the perfection of charity and work for the sanctification of the world, especially from within. (Canon 710)</p></blockquote> <p>Secular consecrated persons profess the <a href="/facts/Evangelical_counsels/M2Ieuz2g">Evangelical counsels</a> of chastity, poverty, and obedience while living in the world, as compared to members of a religious institute who belong to a particular congregations, often with specific apostolates. </p>