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...

their two historical categories. Religious institutes are distinct from secular institutes, another kind of institute of consecrated life, and from lay...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

A religious brother (abbreviated Br. or Bro.) is a member of a religious institute or religious order who commits himself to following Christ in consecrated...

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

Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions. Different religious systems hold sacred law in a greater or lesser degree...

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

which concerns institutes of consecrated life (orders and religious congregations, both of men and of women, as well as secular institutes) and societies...

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

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...

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

novitiate in a Catholic religious institute. It is solemn insofar as the Church recognizes it as such. Any vow in Catholic religious life other than a solemn...

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

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

The Religious Sisters of Charity or Irish Sisters of Charity is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded by Mary Aikenhead in Ireland on 15 January...

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...

Italian-American Catholic religious sister. She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a religious institute that was a major support...

that a person undergoes, often related to membership in Christian religious institutes as well as Christian knighthoods or damehoods, in addition to government...

the Religious of the Virgin Mary (Spanish: Religiosas de la Beata Virgen María, abbreviated RVM, is a Roman Catholic centralized religious institute of...

Jesus Christ in a more exacting way. It includes those in institutes of consecrated life (religious and secular), societies of apostolic life, as well as...

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...

sacredness, faith, and a supernatural being or beings. The origin of religious belief is an open question, with possible explanations including awareness...

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...