Sentence examples for lay orders from inspiring English sources

Following a cross bearer, hundreds of priests, nuns, deacons, representatives of lay orders and leaders of other religions will file through the portals of St. Patrick's.

He was also a member of the Knights of Malta, a lay order of the Roman Catholic Church.

The reactionary lay order Opus Dei was transformed into a "personal prelature" accountable directly to the Pope.

He raised the reactionary lay order Opus Dei to the status of a "personal prelature" — the only personal prelature in the Church — directly responsible to him.

Both the British and Australian governments have formally apologised, as have organisations such as the Christian Brothers, a Catholic lay order, and Barnado's.

In Spain, Italy and Latin America as well as France, businesspeople speak of the influence of Opus Dei, a conservative Catholic lay order which supports a number of business schools.

Last week, a team of Vatican investigators presented the results of its yearlong inquiry to the communities, seminaries and schools of the group and its lay order, Regnum Christi.

In 1972, the Roman Catholic Church appointed him as a Knight of St. John of Jerusalem, also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, its highest lay order post.

In response, lay ordered an investigation, but also that the investigators not second-guess the accountants.

When the Reagans disowned her ("Lie!" ordered Nancy), she got her own back in a haughty memoir.

Seeing that, Dr. Centor knew where the problem lay and ordered a few tests to confirm his diagnosis.