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The Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, officially the Hospitaller Order of the Brothers of Saint John of God (abbreviated as OH), are a Catholic religious order founded in 1572. In Italian they are also known commonly as the Fatebenefratelli , meaning "Do-Good Brothers", and elsewhere as the "Brothers of Mercy", the "Merciful Brothers ...
Catholic religious orders began as early as the 500s, with the Order of Saint Benedict being formed in 529. The earliest orders include the Cistercians (1098), the Premonstratensians (1120), the Poor Clares founded by Francis of Assisi (1212), and the Benedictine reform movements of Cluny (1216). These orders were confederations of independent ...
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The Dominican priest Marie-Dominique Philippe founded the Brothers of Saint John in 1975, the Contemplative Sisters of Saint John in 1982, and the Apostolic Sisters of Saint John in 1984. The Saint John Family is a Catholic religious order which draws heavily from the writings of John the Evangelist. Members live in communities structured ...
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Founders of Catholic religious communities (1 C, 568 P, 1 F) Roman Catholic religious brothers (5 C, 42 P) Sexual abuse scandals in Catholic orders and societies (1 C, 19 P)
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".