Editing Dominican Order (section)

===Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic===
The Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic<ref>Website: [https://www.sacerdotes.op.org/ Fraternitates Sacerdotales Sancti Dominici] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211213621/https://www.sacerdotes.op.org/ |date=2023-02-11 }}, accessed 11 February 2023</ref> consist of [[diocesan priests]] who are formally affiliated to, and "true members" of,<ref>Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic, [https://www.sacerdotes.op.org/what-we-do What We Do] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211212119/https://www.sacerdotes.op.org/what-we-do |date=2023-02-11 }}, accessed 11 February 2023</ref> the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) through a rule of life that they profess, and who strive for evangelical perfection under the overall direction of the Dominican friars. The origins of the Dominican fraternities can be traced from the Dominican third Order secular, which then included both priests and lay persons as members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.op.org/en/content/who-we-are-0|title=Who We Are – Order of preachers|website=www.op.org|access-date=2017-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224042442/http://www.op.org/en/content/who-we-are-0|archive-date=2017-12-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> Now existing as a separate association from that of the laity, and with its own distinct rule to follow, the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic continue to be guided by the order in embracing the gift of the spirituality of Dominic in the unique context of the diocesan priesthood. Along with the special grace of the Sacrament of Holy Orders, which helps them to perform the acts of the sacred ministry worthily, they receive new spiritual help from the profession, which makes them members of the Dominican Family and sharers in the grace and mission of the order. While the order provides them with these spiritual aids and directs them to their own sanctification, it leaves them free for the complete service of the local church, under the jurisdiction of their own bishop.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}