Catholic 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...

and in modern times, the Order of Hsu Yun. A Catholic religious institute is a society whose members (referred to as "religious") pronounce vows that are...

The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order of Brothers of the...

A military order (Latin: militaris ordo) is a Christian religious society of knights. The original military orders were the Knights Templar, the Knights...

Paulanerorden), are a Roman Catholic religious order of friars founded by Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy. The order soon spread to France, Germany...

members of religious orders recognized by the Anglican Communion, others may be members of ecumenical Protestant or Old Catholic religious orders while...

recently become more prevalent in other traditions. In the Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the female equivalent...

The Order of Augustinian Recollects (OAR) is a mendicant Catholic religious order of friars and nuns. It is a reformist offshoot from the Augustinian...

The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within...

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

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

of the Holy Land. The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land is a Catholic religious order that is responsible for the care of the holy shrines in the Holy...

postnominal abbreviation OFM) is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi. The order adheres to the teachings and spiritual...

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...

The Order of Preachers (Latin: Ordo Praedicatorum; abbreviated OP), also known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right...

such as the Roman Rite, but instead specific to a certain Catholic religious order. Catholic order liturgical rites exist as variants of both Latin liturgical...

Second Order of that movement, and religious sisters. In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, once a man or woman has made solemn, perpetual religious vows...

Turchine or Blue Nuns, as well as the Celestine Nuns, is a Roman Catholic religious order of contemplative nuns formed at Genoa, Italy, by Blessed Maria...

Penance, the Order is open to any Catholic, in good standing, at least 18 years in age, not bound by religious vows to another religious order and is made...

Warmund, Patriarch of Jerusalem, and proposed creating a monastic Catholic religious order for the protection of these pilgrims. King Baldwin and Patriarch...

Roman Catholic religious order Community of the Resurrection, an Anglican religious order Congregation of the Resurrection, a Catholic religious order Choose...

the Society of Jesus is the leader of the Society of Jesus, the Catholic religious order also known as the Jesuits. He is generally addressed as Father...

also known as the Visitandines, is a Catholic religious order of Pontifical Right for women. Members of the order are also known as the Salesian Sisters...

refer to: Soldiers of the Crusades Miles Christi (Religious Order), a multinational Catholic religious order founded in Argentina in 1994 Miles Christianus...

Roman Catholic religious orders, the term Second Order refers to those communities of contemplative cloistered nuns which are a part of the religious orders...

von Ungarn), is the mother church of the Teutonic Order, a German-based Roman Catholic religious order formed at the end of the 12th century. Located in...

A religious habit is a distinctive set of religious clothing worn by members of a religious order. Traditionally some plain garb recognizable as a religious...

Ireland that operate under the ethos of the Roman Catholic Church, classified by the religious order to which they belong. Good Counsel College - New Ross...

typically by religious institutes. Those tied to the Holy See are specifically called pontifical universities. By definition, Catholic canon law states...

OCSO) and originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, are a Catholic religious order of cloistered monastics that branched...