# This vocabulary in Turtle syntax @prefix rdf: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix dct: . @prefix skos: . @prefix foaf: . @prefix org: . @prefix vcard: . @prefix geo: . @prefix clv: . @base . # -- Meta data ----------------------------------------------------------- <> a skos:ConceptScheme ; dct:created "2011-08-16" ; dct:title "Consecrated Life Vocabulary"@en ; dct:creator [ foaf:name "SDB Social Communications Department" ] ; dct:description "A list of important concepts for consecrated life"@en # -- Consecrated Life Classes ----------------------------------------------------------- a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Church"@en ; skos:definition """Church as communion: vertical - from God; horizontal - extending out to all mankind, and Church's life as a striving for holiness"""@en ; skos:scopeNote """Since all of consecrated life comes within the ecclesial (Church) domain, this has to be regarded as a superclass or top concept in SKOS terms. The Church as organization might well be handled by existing vocabularies or ontologies. Where there is something quite specific to Church which overlaps with the 'communion' dimension expressed here, it is included in this vocabulary"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Consecrated state"@en ; skos:definition """The ontological state of being resulting from the profession of the evangelical counsels in the Church"""@en ; skos:example """Example terms used: Religious, Religious Life, Consecrated Virgin, Hermit, Eremitical life"""@en ; skos:broader clv:Church . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Sacred Bond"@en ; skos:altLabel "Vows"@en ; skos:definition """Vow or at least promise accepted by a superior in the context of an association approved by the Church"""@en ; skos:broader clv:ConsecratedState ; skos:broader clv:Patrimony ; skos:scopeNote """This would usually be a consecrated life group, but it is possible in some instances that the sacred bond is directly with the Church and accepted by the Bishop (as in the case, for example of a Consecrated Virgin)"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Evangelical Counsel"@en ; skos:altLabel "Evangelical Counsels"@en ; skos:definition """The Gospel counsels. The consecrated life is constituted by the profession of the evangelical counsels"""@en ; skos:example "Traditionally known as poverty, chastity and obedience" ; skos:broader clv:Church ; skos:scopeNote """They are more often than not referred to in the plural, but can be named separately. Although not part of the Church's hierarchy, the profession of the evangelical counsels by consecrated persons belongs to the Church's life and holiness"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Institute"@en ; skos:definition """A religious society in which, in accordance with their own law, the members pronounce public vows and live a fraternal life in common. As an organization, in secular terms, it represents a collection of people organized together into a community or other social, commercial or political structure. The group has some common purpose or reason for existence which goes beyond the set of people belonging to it and can act as an Agent"""@en ; skos:broader org:Organization ; skos:scopeNote """skos:altLabel may be added for alternative names (trading names, colloquial names)"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Charism"@en ; skos:definition """Descriptive of the spiritual orientation and characteristics specific to a Religious Institute. Normally understood to be the gifts of the Holy Spirit as represented in the Founder or Founders and passed on to the Institute to be preserved and developed. In purely secular terms this might be understood as the purpose of the organization"""@en ; skos:broader org:Organization ; skos:related clv:Spirituality . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Spiritaulity"@en ; skos:definition """To be understood in this context as a particular spirituality representative of the charism of the Religious Institute"""@en ; skos:example "e.g. /Salesian spirituality/, /Dominican spiritualtiy/" ; skos:broader clv:Patrimony ; skos:broader clv:Charism . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Mission"@en ; skos:definition """Mission is of the Spirit, hence a theological concept, rather than of a particular group (for which we might speak of charism or spirituality)"""@en ; skos:scopeNote """Mission is a fundamental principle of consecrated life, not to be confused with 'missions' or 'the missions' which are specific sectors"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Religious Family"@en ; skos:definition """Religious Family is a term that stands for the bond (of varying strengths) that links groups under the one charism. It is an institutional expression of an inner, charismatic and spiritual communion"""@en ; skos:broader clv:Charism . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Service of Authority"@en ; skos:definition """Service of authority indicates a role a person or other agent plays in the consecrated life group. Usually a person is established as a sign of unity and a guide in discerning God's will, which is the role of the Superior, or Rector"""@en ; skos:scopeNote """The instances of this class remain in the abstract, denoting the 'role' of Rector or Superior (or Abbot or...) rather than the particular instance of this in a community - for this latter, cf. superior"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Universal Law"@en ; skos:definition """That which is promulgated for the whole Church"""@en ; skos:broader clv:Church ; skos:scopeNote """We are interested in the universal law of the Church as it applies to the consecrated state or to consecrated persons"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Proper Law"@en ; skos:definition """The Proper law defines rules in observance of the patrimony of the institute composed of the mind and designs of the founders regarding the nature, purpose, spirit and character of the institute in keeping with sound traditions"""@en ; skos:example "The Proper Law of the Institute covers such terms as 'Constitutions', 'Regulations', 'Statutes', 'Chapter deliberations', 'Directory' etc"@en ; skos:broader clv:UniversalLaw . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Formation"@en ; skos:definition """The personal accompaniment of an individual, the stages reached in the process of personal growth towards completeness as a human being"""@en ; skos:example "Traditionally known as poverty, chastity and obedience" ; skos:broader clv:Patrimony ; skos:scopeNote """Includes terms such as 'initial formation', 'ongoing formation', 'special formation', 'quinquennium' etc"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Consecrated Person"@en ; skos:definition """The consecrated person is one who has taken on the obligations of the evangelical counsels and has made 'profession'"""@en ; skos:related clv:SacredBond . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Membership"@en ; skos:definition """Indicates the nature of the Membership of an individual (e.g. incorporated in an Institute, radical membership of a Province etc.) or of a group to a Religious Family. In this latter case there will be varying degrees. For example a group may have been additionally founded by the founder, so has a level of membership at the core level, or it may have been founded by a member of the group the founder founded, so at a secondary level of Membership of the Family; or it may have sprung into existence inspired by the founder's charism, hence a tertiary level of Membership"""@en ; skos:broader clv:Institute ; skos:broader clv:ReligiousFamily . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Circumscription"@en ; skos:definition """A broadly understood delimitation which may be territorial (as in a province or diocese) or personal (as in a personal prelature, ordinariate or other)"""@en ; skos:example "It may be represented by terms such as 'province', 'vice province', 'district', 'delegation', 'region', 'custody', 'mission', 'conference' or other similar" ; skos:related clv:Institute ; skos:scopeNote """In almost every case for consecrated life groups the notion of ecclesiastical circumscription is that of a legally constituted extension, normally consisting of more than one legally constituted house under a duly appointed superior"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Fraternal Communion"@en ; skos:altLabel "Community Life"@en ; skos:definition """A dimension of Religious community, which may be expressed in concrete terms as 'fraternal life' or 'community life' or similar"""@en ; skos:broader clv:Church . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Common Life"@en ; skos:definition """A condition of consecrated life in an Institute, in contrast to private, individual living of the secular clergy or to the eremetical solitary life. Means living in community, with submission to a superior and a common rule, with community of goods such as food, clothing, and shelter"""@en ; skos:broader clv:Institute . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "House"@en ; skos:definition """A lawfully constituted community under the authority of a Superior designated by law"""@en ; skos:broader clv:UniversalLaw ; skos:broader clv:Institute ; skos:scopeNote """The term interprets 'lawfully constituted' broadly here to include a presence set up by due religious authority but not canonically constituted"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Apostolic Work"@en ; skos:definition """An Apostolic Work is essentially a work of charity, but it may take precise concrete and indeed institutional form as a work of 'education' or 'health care' or other of the kind"""@en ; skos:broader clv:Institute ; skos:scopeNote """It is intended to cover the superior level of designation (education, health care etc) rather than the more precise 'school' or 'hospital' or similar, or could apply to all 'works'. Where it is a case of a work taking particular institutional form one could call on an organization vocabulary"""@en ; rdfs:seeAlso "http://schema.org/School or http://schema.org/Hospital or similar" . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Assembly"@en ; skos:definition """Any formal moment of gathering in consecrated life (be it in community at local level, or in a province, or worldwide, or across different rgoups of consecrated life...)"""@en ; skos:example "Examples of instances 'Chapter', 'community assembly'" ; skos:broader clv:Institute ; skos:scopeNote """The term covers the full range of religious assembly in consecrated life"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Sector"@en ; skos:definition """A unit of organization which is of the very nature (charismatic) of the consecrated life group in question, so only has full recognition within the context of that group. It is not a Legal Entity in its own right. Units can be large and complex containing other units. Groups may have a variety of names for this kind of unit"""@en ; skos:broader org:Organization . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Temporal Goods"@en ; skos:definition """Wordly goods as distinct from spiritual goods"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Discipline"@en ; skos:definition """Refers to the autonomy of a consecrated life group and the way it preserves it patrimony"""@en ; skos:broader clv:ProperLaw ; skos:scopeNote """The term can therefore cover the concept of 'governance'"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Vocation"@en ; skos:definition """Calling; the fundamental calling is to holiness"""@en ; skos:scopeNote """The term is often applied in the plural, 'vocations', implying people who are attracted to this form of life, or in reference to ones 'vocation' or calling (to this or that other Institute)"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Dimension"@en ; skos:definition """An aspect or an element of the consecrated state"""@en ; skos:broader clv:ConsecratedState ; skos:scopeNote """May be qualified by terms such as 'prophetic', 'charismatic'"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Patrimony"@en ; skos:definition """Patrimony is an extensive class including such things as the 'intentions of the Founder', the 'spirit' and 'charism' of the Institute, its wholesome 'traditions', the 'Constitutions' and other 'norms', 'discipline', 'incorporation', 'formation' and proper object of the 'sacred bond'"""@en . # -- Properties -------------------------------------------------------- a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "preferred title"@en ; skos:definition """The primary name or title (e.g. legally recognized name or title) for a consecrated life group"""@en ; skos:example "An example is 'Society of St Francis de Sales' or 'Salesian Society' as formal titles where instead 'Salesians' or 'Salesians of Don Bosco' are in fact alternative labels" ; skos:broader rdfs:label . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "alternative title"@en ; skos:definition """Alternative name, perhaps a colloquial name, for a consecrated life group"""@en ; skos:example "An example could be 'Salesians of Don Bosco' as an alternative to the formal 'Society of St Francis de Sales'. In this case the alternative label is the more widely known one" ; skos:broader rdfs:label . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "founder"@en ; skos:definition """Person who has founded or established a group"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "superior"@en ; skos:definition """The superior is a role of organizing life for the good of the the institute and its members according to the vocation. It is a pastoral service limited by law. Leader of a community or indeed of a group"""@en ; skos:scopeNote """Intended to cover a wide range of concrete situations within the Service of Authority, from the 'Major Superior' ('Provincial', 'Abbot', 'Moderator', 'Coordinator' or other designation or one who stands in their stead) to a local superior (again covering a wide variety of possible designations)"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "honorific prefix"@en ; skos:definition """Complete term or abbreviated version of a variety of forms of address for persons used in the Church and consecrated life"""@en ; skos:example "Father (Fr), Brother (Br, Bro.), Sister (Sr), Abbot, Mother are some examples" . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "designatory prefix"@en ; skos:definition """The initials that usually follow the name of a person who is a member of a consecrated life group: sdb, sj, op etc"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "saintly prefix"@en ; skos:definition """Candidates for canonisation will be called one of 'Servant of God' (not abbreviated), Venerable (Ven.), Blessed (Bl.), Saint (st)"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "public"@en ; skos:definition """In reference to profession, which is by nature 'public', that is made into the hands of one who receives the profession of the evangelical counsels in the name of the Church"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "clerical"@en ; skos:definition """Used in relation to Religious Institutes which exercise sacred orders by tradition and therefore are governed by a cleric. May also be applied to a person who exercises a role associated with Sacred Orders or is at least a candidate for such"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "lay"@en ; skos:definition """In reference to a Religious Institute that by tradition does not include the exercise of Sacred Orders. May also be applied to a person who is not ordained or is not a candidate for ordination"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "of pontifical right"@en ; skos:definition """An Institute established by authority of the Holy See"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "of diocesan right"@en ; skos:definition """An Institute established by authority of a Diocesan Bishop"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "gender"@en ; skos:definition """A property of the majority of groups of consecrated life (some newer forms include male and female members)"""@en ; skos:scopeNote """While it may seem politically incorrect to some in today's context the fact is there are male and female Institutes. FOAF gender applies only to person not to groups"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "separated from the world"@en ; skos:definition """The most well-known form of consecrated life is that of religious institutes, which are characterized by the public profession of vows, life in common as brothers or sisters, and separation from the world"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "living in the world"@en ; skos:definition """In a secular institute, the faithful live in the world and work for its sanctification from within. They are a 'leaven in the world', trying to order temporal things according to God's plan. They commit themselves to the evangelical counsels and to a fellowship appropriate to their 'particular secular way of life' (Canon 713)"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "member of"@en ; skos:definition """Indicates that a *person* or *group* is a member though with no indication of the nature of that membership or the role played. Note that the choice of property name is not meant to limit the property to only formal membership arrangements"""@en ; skos:scopeNote """It is also intended to cover related concepts such as affiliation or other involvement in the group. Extensions can specialize this relationship to indicate particular roles within the group or more nuanced relationships to the group"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "governed by"@en ; skos:definition """A property of the service of authority"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "professed"@en ; skos:definition """Those persons in a religious community who have been admitted to the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience"""@en ; skos:scopeNote """In some groups the term is reserved for those religious who have lived in their communities for a definite period of time after the taking of vows. The term may also apply exclusively to those who have taken final vows. But generally they are said to be “finally professed,” as distinct from those who are “temporarily professed” or “first professed” or “junior professed.”"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "temporary vows"@en ; skos:definition """A commitment made to God to practice poverty, chastity or some other virtue for a specified length in time. They are canonically temporary, so that after they expire the one who made them is free to live the institute of Christian perfection. But intentionally, even the person who takes only temporary vows should have the desire to persevere in the vowed commitment until death"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "perpetual vows"@en ; skos:definition """Ordinarily the final vows a person takes in an institute of Christian perfection, mainly poverty, chastity and obedience. Other vows may be added, according to the constitutions of the institute"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "simple vows"@en ; skos:definition """Every vow, whether private or public, that is not expressly acknowledged by the Church as solemn"""@en ; skos:historyNote """They are more often than not referred to in the plural, but can be named separately. Although not part of the Church's hierarchy, the profession of the evangelical counsels by consecrated persons belongs to the Church's life and holiness"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "solemn vows"@en ; skos:definition """Public vows pronounced in a consecrated life group (known in this case as an 'Order') and recognized as such by the Church"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "formative phase"@en ; skos:definition """A defined phase in the formation process, which may receive various designations, but the most common would be: 'initial' 'ongoing', 'specific'"""@en ; skos:scopeNote """Could involve a pre-phase such as aspirantate or prenovitiate, then novitiate and postnovitiate or other phase including special formation, ongoing formation, quinquennium"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "contemplative"@en ; skos:definition """Human life insofar as it is occupied with God and things of the spirit. Compared with the active life, its stresses prayer and self-denial as a means of growing in the knowledge and love of God. As a form of consecrated life, it identifies “institutes which are entirely ordered towards contemplation, in such wise that their members give themselves over to God alone in solitude and silence, in constant prayer and willing penance”"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "apostolic"@en ; skos:altLabel "active" ; skos:definition """A property belonging to consecrated life groups who bring 'anew to their own times the living presence of Jesus, the Consecrated One par excellence, the One sent by the Father'. In simple terms it means service in a particular active way by means of works of charity"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "admitted"@en ; skos:definition """According to conditions laid down by Universal Law and Proper Law pertaining to each Institute, a candidate may be 'admitted' to novitiate, vows, sacred orders"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "separated"@en ; skos:definition """A member may leave a consecrated life group by 'transfer' to another group/Institute, by departure (by consent of the Major Superior and Council, or by indult), or by dismissal"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "deceased"@en ; skos:definition """A deceased member of a consecrated life group who remains part of the Church understood as communion (the communion of saints)"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "saintly cause"@en ; skos:definition """A Cause of canonization is introduced with regard to a deceased member of a consecrated life group (but not only - the Cause can be introduced for any deceased member of the Roman Catholic Church) with a reputation for holiness and under certain conditions. At an initial stage, if the Cause is officially recognized, the person will be declared a 'Servant of God', then 'Venerable', then 'Blessed', then 'Saint' (cf [[saintlyPrefix][saintly prefix]])"""@en ; skos:scopeNote """This property describes the process rather than the person"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "location"@en ; skos:definition """The relation between something and the point, or other geometrical thing in space, where it is. May involve geolocation coordinates and therefore use of an appropriate vocabulary such as URI http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#location"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "department of"@en ; skos:definition """Indicates a unit which is a sub-part or child of a [[Sector]]. It is organizational in nature rather than charismatic (if this latter, then it would belong to the class of Sectors)"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "sponsorship"@en ; skos:definition """A reservation of canonical control by the juridic person that founded and/or sustains an incorporated apostolate that remains canonically part of the church entity. This retention of control need not be such as to create civil law liability on the part of the sponsor for corporate acts or omissions but should be enough for the canonical stewards of the sponsoring organization to meet their canonical obligations of faith and administration regarding the activities of the incorporated apostolate.” (Rev. Jordan Hite, T.O.R., J.D., A Primer on Public and Private Juridic Persons: Applications to Catholic Healthcare Ministry, Catholic Health Association, St. Louis, MO, 2000, p. 37.)"""@en ; skos:scopeNote """The term “sponsorship” is not formally defined in theology, canon law or civil law. It has developed in recent years and is often used currently to describe the official relationship between an apostolic work and the ecclesial entity under whose auspices the apostolic work is being conducted"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "has department"@en ; skos:definition """Indicates a sub unit which is part of this consecrated life group, e.g. a Department within a Sector. It is organizational in nature rather than charismatic (if this latter, then it would belong to the class of Sectors)"""@en ; skos:broader org:hasSubOrganization . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "linked to"@en ; skos:definition """An organizational relationship between two groups"""@en ; skos:scopeNote """Indicates an arbitrary relationship between two groups, either between two or more consecrated life groups where they are working in common on a project. Or it may be especially useful where there is a sub unit of the group, perhaps operating as an NGO but the relationships are not formalized, or are formalized outside the scope of this vocabulary which deals especially with relationships within the ecclesial community"""@en . a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "site address"@en ; skos:definition """Indicates a VCard (using the http://www.w3.org/TR/vcard-rdf/ vocabulary) for the site. This can include email, telephone, and geo-location details as well as an address"""@en .