In the Catholic Church, a religious institute is "a society in which members, according to proper law, pronounce public vows, either perpetual or temporary...

following is a list of current Catholic religious institutes. Most are Latin Catholic; however, Eastern Catholic institutes are also included. The list given...

Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members that profess solemn vows. They are classed as a type of religious institute. Subcategories...

the Congregation for Religious. In 1967 Pope Paul VI changed its name to the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes. Pope Francis gave the...

A religious sister (abbreviated: Sr.) in the Catholic Church is a woman who has taken public vows in a religious institute dedicated to apostolic works...

A religious congregation is a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distinguished from religious orders – the other major...

The Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) (Spanish: Instituto del Verbo Encarnado) is a Catholic religious institute founded in Argentina by Fr. Carlos...

of Hsu Yun. A religious order in the Catholic Church is a kind of religious institute, a society whose members (referred to as "religious") make solemn...

tertiarii, from tertius, "third"). In some cases, they may belong to a religious institute (a "congregation") that is called a "third order regular". Roman...

institutes of consecrated life. The more numerous form of these are religious institutes, which are characterized by the public profession of vows, life in...

Roman Catholic Church, in addition to hermits who are members of religious institutes, the Canon law (canon 603) recognizes also diocesan hermits under...

call a "monk" or "nun". More precisely, a religious is a member of a religious order or religious institute, someone who belongs to "a society in which...

classes of religious institutes, but societies of apostolic life, while similar, are of distinct character in that their members do not take religious vows...

A religious brother (abbreviated Br. or Bro. as a title) is a lay male member of a religious institute or religious order who commits himself to following...

are a global Roman Catholic community of about 900 apostolic religious women. The institute was founded in 1849 in Béziers, France by Father Jean Gailhac...

prevalent in other traditions. In the Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the female equivalent of male monks or friars)...

The Institute for Religious Research (IRR) is an American Christian apologetics and counter-cult organization based in Cedar Springs, Michigan. It declares...

consecrated lives in the world (i.e. not as members of a religious institute). Such are the secular institutes, the diocesan hermits (canon 603) and the consecrated...

by an individual after completion of the novitiate in a Catholic religious institute. It is solemn insofar as the Church recognizes it as such, and is...

Religious Party–Religious Zionism (Hebrew: מפלגה דתית לאומית–הציונות הדתית, romanized: Miflaga Datit Leumit – HaTzionut HaDatit), or Mafdal–Religious...

(born c. 1942/1943) is a French Religious Sister and member of the Little Sisters of Jesus, a religious institute dedicated to contemplative life while...

This page lists religious institutes of the Catholic Church that are now defunct. This refers to institutes that have merged, been suppressed, disbanded...

as a union of schools from three Catholic religious institutes and has since been sponsored by 23 institutes. It is one of the largest Catholic graduate...

all, religious communities founded after the year AD 1000, as well as the Augustinians, who date from earlier. A province of a religious institute is typically...

The head of a religious institute, who is in charge of the convent, is sometimes referred to as Mother superior. She could be the head of a monastic community...

German-Indian religious sister and the former Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity of Calcutta, India, the religious institute founded by the...

Canon Law defines the term in relation to members of religious institutes as follows: By religious profession members make a public vow to observe the...

The Religious of Christian Education is a Roman Catholic religious institute of religious sisters founded for the education of girls in post-Revolutionary...

Christ and the Sisters of Mercy. "Religious institutes" is a modern term encompassing both "religious orders" and "religious congregations", which were once...

provincial superior is an officer of a religious institute (including religious orders) acting under the institute's Superior General. A provincial superior...