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In the Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the female equivalent of male monks or friars), each with its own charism or special character. Traditionally, nuns are members of enclosed religious orders and take solemn religious vows , while sisters do not live in the papal enclosure and formerly took vows ...
Enclosed religious orders of men include monks following the Rule of Saint Benedict, namely the Benedictine, the Cistercian, and the Trappist orders, but also monks of the Carthusians, Hieronymites, along with the male and female members of the Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno, while enclosed ...
Christian monasticism is a religious way of life of Christians who live ascetic and typically cloistered lives that are dedicated to Christian worship. It began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church , modeled upon scriptural examples and ideals, including those in the Old Testament .
In Christian hagiography, there are numerous accounts of pre-Nicaean virgin martyrs, such as Margaret of Antioch, Agnes of Rome, Euphemia of Chalcedon and Lucia of Syracuse. In the theology of the Church Fathers , the prototype of the sacred virgin is the Blessed Virgin Mary , consecrated by the Holy Spirit at Annunciation . [ 8 ]
Mary Ward, IBVM CJ (23 January 1585 – 30 January 1645) [1] was an English Catholic religious sister whose activities led to the founding of the Congregation of Jesus and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, better known as the Sisters of Loreto. There is now a network of around 200 Mary Ward schools worldwide. [2]
A Catholic Youth Catechism states, "In male priests the Christian community was supposed to see a representation of Jesus Christ. Being a priest is a special service that also makes demands on a man in his gender-specific role as male and father."
The word oblate (from the Latin oblatus – someone who has been offered) has had various particular uses at different periods in the history of the Christian church. [3] The children vowed and given by their parents to the monastic life, in houses under the Rule of St. Benedict, were commonly known by this term during the century and a half ...
Benedictine nuns follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.The Second Order of St. Augustine was founded in 1264 and remained strictly cloistered until 1401. [5]While almost all Second Orders are those of cloistered, contemplative nuns, not all cloistered, contemplative communities are Second Orders.