# Institute, Secular ## Catechism of the Catholic Church A form of consecrated life 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 ([[1.2.3.9.p2a#^ccc-928|928]]). ## Vatican II - secular institutes — "although not Religious institutes involve a true and full profession of the evangelical counsels in the world" — [[perfectae-caritatis#^pc-11|PC ¶11]]