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During the Age of Discovery, the Roman Catholic Church established a number of missions in the Americas and other colonies through the Augustinians, Franciscans, and Dominicans in order to spread Catholicism in the New World and to convert the indigenous peoples of the Americas and other indigenous people.
In 1524, Franciscan missionaries known as the Twelve Apostles of Mexico arrived in what is New Spain, followed by the Dominicans in 1526, and the Augustinians in 1533. [23] They worked hard to convert the Indians and to provide for their well-being by establishing schools and hospitals.
St. Francis Seraphic Seminary (River Road, Andover) - Operated by the Order of Friars Minor (Brown Franciscans) of the Province of the Immaculate Conception from 1930-1977. It was then operated as the Franciscan Retreat and Conference Center. It was demolished in 2016.
Name Post-nominals Founder Family Year founded Adorers of the Blood of Christ: A.S.C. St. Maria De Mattias: Augustinian: 1834 Adrian Dominican Sisters (Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary)
The Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) founded 1209 [2] The Order of Preachers (Dominicans) founded 1216 [ 3 ] The Augustinians (Hermits of St. Augustine) founded in 1244 [ 4 ]
The English word monk most properly refers to men in monastic life, while the term friar more properly refers to mendicants active in the world (like Franciscans, Dominicans and Augustinians), though not all monasteries require strict enclosure. Benedictine monks, for instance, have often staffed parishes and been allowed to leave monastery ...
Today the Friars Minor is composed of three branches: the Order of Friars Minor (Brown Franciscans), Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Brown Friars with long pointed hoods) and the Order of Friars Minor Conventual wearing grey or black habits (thus known as Grey Friars). In the Franciscan order, a friar may be an ordained priest or a religious ...
Both these institutes had vows of poverty but, while for the Franciscans poverty was an aim in itself, the Dominicans, treating poverty as a means or instrument, were allowed to own their churches and convents. [33] Similar institutes that appeared at about the same time were the Augustinians, Carmelites, and Servites. While the monasteries had ...