A priest is a man who is ordained and has the authority to consecrate the Eucharist during the Holy Mass. A secular or diocesan priest is usually attached to a parish and under the authority of a local bishop or archbishop. Although he may have many responsibilities, his first priority is likely the shepherding of the people in his parish and administering the Sacraments to them. A religious priest or brother is a man who eventually takes vows within a religious order.
Well-known orders include the Jesuits, Franciscans, and Benedictines, among others. A diocesan priest generally attends seminary for five or six years after four years of college before he is ordained.
There is no geographic area that is assigned to him to serve. These priests are also referred to as Fathers. Religious priest are ordained by the church and have the authority to conduct ceremonies and services. For laymen who would like to commit themselves to a more dedicated walk with God than that experienced simply by participating in their parish church, joining a religious community as a brother through vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience is an option.
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These women religious also take the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience; live in community in a convent; and share in a particular apostolate. These religious congregations may serve either a particular diocese under the immediate jurisdiction of the local bishop, or serve throughout the universal Church under the immediate jurisdiction of the Pope.
A monk may be a priest or a deacon, who has received the Sacrament of Holy Orders, or a religious brother, who is not ordained.
Monks live in a monastery, the word from which "monk" is derived. Depending upon the circumstances of the particular order, they may have a very strict contemplative, cloistered lifestyle, like the Order of Cistercians of Strict Observance commonly known as the Trappists , or a less strictly cloistered lifestyle, like the Benedictines. Just as an aside, these monasteries are referred to as abbeys when they are independent, self-sufficient, and have a certain number of monks or nuns.
The head of the abbey is either the abbot or abbess. Moreover, religious institutes or congregations of men include those of both priests and brothers, like the Oblates of St.
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