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A religious order is characterized by an authority structure where a superior general has jurisdiction over the order's dependent communities. An exception is the Order of Saint Benedict which is not a religious order in this technical sense, because it has a system of independent houses, meaning that each abbey is autonomous. However, the ...
Organisation of Catholic religious orders (10 C, 42 P) A. Assumptionist Order (4 C) Augustinian Order (10 C, 16 P) B. ... Pages in category "Catholic orders and ...
Teutonic Knights (Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, German Order) O.S.M.T. Teutonic Order: 1192 Third Order of Saint Dominic: T.O.P. The Sisters of the Sacred Heart and of the Poor (Hermanas de la Sagrada Corazon y los Pobres) H.S.C.P. Third Order Secular of the Most Holy Trinity: O.SS.T. Ter. Trinitarian
Priests lay their hands on the ordinands during a Catholic rite of ordination. The sacrament of holy orders in the Catholic Church includes three orders: bishops, priests, and deacons, in decreasing order of rank, collectively comprising the clergy. In the phrase "holy orders", the word "holy" means "set apart for a sacred purpose".
In its canon VI, it declares that in the Catholic Church "there is a hierarchy by divine ordination constituted, consisting of bishops, priests, and ministers". [3] By his motu proprio Ministeria quaedam of 15 August 1972, Pope Paul VI decreed: "The orders hitherto called minor are henceforth to be spoken of as 'ministries'."
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is home to a large number of religious orders and congregations. Some of them arrived in the 19th century to serve various immigrant populations. As these groups became more assimilated, the congregations directed their efforts to various types of apostolates or other locations.
Pages in category "Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns by order" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A Religious order in the Catholic Church is a kind of religious institute, a society whose members (referred to as "religious") make solemn vows that are accepted by a superior in the name of the Church, [1] who wear a religious habit and who live a life of brothers or sisters in common. [2]