The Bequines offer a model that could easily be revived today. It could start with professed women religious, who have been expanding their lay memberships in order to carry out their missions.  The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) in California did something like this also, after refusing to knuckle under to Cdl McIntyre.  When they decided to reorganize as a community not under the thumb of the hierarch, (The Immaculate Heart Community in Santa Barbara), about 300 sisters joined the new Community, leaving only 68 remaining under the cardinal.  Today there are only 5 sisters left among those who chose to stay in the original community.  The Immaculate Heart Community in Santa Barbara continues the original IHM mission, including now many lay people in addition to vowed members.