Catholic apostolate Word on Fire announced this month that its head, Minnesota’s Bishop Robert Barron, intends to “establish a Word on Fire order of priests” that will “continue [Barron’s] work long into the future and ensure the ongoing effectiveness and expansion of Word on Fire’s evangelization efforts.”
To date, few details have been released about Barron’s plan, apart from a brief fundraising solicitation to “support the new order.”
But the bishop’s announcement has raised questions from some Catholics, perhaps the most obvious of which is: How do you start a religious order? What are the steps?
