Lay Religion of Men

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Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 1 passage

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, Scholion. On Confessors to…, II. Lay Religion of Men

n. 375.

I. Also in lay religions of men an ordinary and extraordinary confessor should be deputed; and if a religious asks for some special confessor, the Superior should grant him, in no way inquiring into the reason for the petition nor showing that he takes it ill (can. 528).

Note. In an exempt lay religion, the Superior proposes the confessor, who nevertheless must obtain jurisdiction from the local Ordinary in whose place the religious house is found (can. 875, § 2).

II. Also for lay male religious the things said in n. 374, II hold.

III. As regards novices, the things said in n. 374, III hold. Their ordinary confessors, however, should either stay in the novitiate house itself or at least frequently come to the novitiate house to hear the confessions of the novices. Postulants are subject only to the common governance of religious.