In the Catholic Church, a religious institute is "a society in which members, according to proper law, pronounce public vows, either perpetual or temporary...

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...

following is a list of current Catholic religious institutes. Most are Latin Catholic; however, Eastern Catholic institutes are also included. The list given...

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

of Hsu Yun. A Religious order in the Catholic Church is a kind of religious institute, a society whose members (referred to as "religious") make solemn...

A religious congregation is a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distinguished from religious orders – the other major...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

The Institute for Religious Research (IRR) is an American Christian apologetics and counter-cult organization based in Cedar Springs, Michigan. It declares...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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)...

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...

States National Pro-Life Religious Council Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality "Renewal or Ruin?: The Institute on Religion and Democracy's...

Virginis), founded in 1627 in Kraków as the first Polish active Religious institute. St. Peter's Basilica contains the Cappella della Presentazione (Presentation...

were not in possession of (or preparing for) holy orders. In female religious institutes, the equivalent role is the lay sister. Lay brothers were originally...

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

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

The Brothers of Charity are an international religious institute of Religious Brothers and associate members at the service of the people most in need...

Religious Party–Religious Zionism (Hebrew: מפלגה דתית לאומית–הציונות הדתית, romanized: Miflaga Datit Leumit – HaTzionut HaDatit), or Mafdal–Religious...