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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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)...

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...

Lasang River) and Davao de Oro. At the moment there is only one religious institute of men present in the diocese. These are the missionary priests who...

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

The Pontifical Institute of the Religious Teachers Filippini (abbreviated as M.P.F. from the Italian: Maestre Pie Filippini), known also as the Sisters...

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...

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...

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

New England Institute of Religious Research (NEIRR) is a countercult ministry located in Massachusetts which provides information on groups which it considers...

Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions. Examples of religiously derived legal codes include Christian canon law...

Catholic religious institute founded by Theodore James Ryken in Bruges, Belgium, in 1839 and named after Saint Francis Xavier. The institute is dedicated...