Religious Orders
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Abuna
ABUNA. - In Arabic "our father"; thus the Christians of the Arab countries call the priest. In Ethiopia it is the title of the head of the… -
Azarian, Aristace (Aristakes)
AZARIAN, ARISTACE (Aristakes). - Second abbot general of the Mechitarist monks of Vienna; titular archbishop of Caesarea, b. in… -
Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God (Fatebenefratelli) (OSPEDALIERI DI SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO (FATEBENEFRATELLI))
BROTHERS HOSPITALLERS OF SAINT JOHN OF GOD (FATEBENEFRATELLI). - Religious order, founded by St. John of God, who in 1537 founded a… -
Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God (Fatebenefratelli) - The Complex of Hospitals on the Tiber Island and the Principal Seat of the Order (OSPEDALIERI DI SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO (FATEBENEFRATELLI) - IL COMPLESSO DEGLI OSPEDALI DELL'ISOLA TIBERINA E LA SEDE PRINCIPALE DELL'ORDINE)
HOSPITALLERS OF ST. JOHN OF GOD (FATEBENEFRATELLI) - The complex of the Hospitals of the Tiber Island and the main seat of the Order -… -
Brothers of Penance of the Third Order of Saint Francis (FRATELLI DELLA PENITENZA DEL TERZ'ORDINE DI SAN FRANCESCO)
BROTHERS OF PENANCE OF THE THIRD ORDER OF SAINT FRANCIS. - In 1866 the priest Francesco Maria Clausade wished to restore the regular Third… -
Brothers of the Common Life (FRATELLI DELLA VITA COMUNE)
BROTHERS OF THE COMMON LIFE. - A confraternity that arose around 1381 at Deventer (Holland) through the work of Florens Radewijns of… -
Calatrava
CALATRAVA. - Spanish knightly order founded in 1158 by Raymond, Cistercian abbot of Fideiro, entrusted by Sancho III, king of Castile, with… -
Cepeda, Félix Alejandro
CEPEDA, FÉLIX ALEJANDRO. - Born in La Serena (Chile) on 19 Nov. 1854, died in Madrid on 29 Jan. 1930. After teaching in seminaries as a… -
College of Cardinals (COLLEGIO CARDINALIZIO)
COLLEGE OF CARDINALS: v. CARDINALI. COLLEGIO DELLE VERGINI DELLA BEATA VERGINE. - Institute founded in 1610 in Cremona by the noblewoman… -
Congregation of Priests of the Schools of Charity (CONGREGAZIONE DEI SACERDOTI DELLE SCUOLE DI CARITÀ)
CONGREGATION OF THE PRIESTS OF THE SCHOOLS OF CHARITY. - Fu istituita a Venezia nel 1802 dai fratelli sacerdoti Marcantonio e Antonio… -
Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth (CONGREGAZIONE DELLA SACRA FAMIGLIA DI NAZARET)
CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH. - Fu fondata nel 1886 a Brescia dal pio sacerdote Giovanni Piamarta (n. 1841, m. 1913) per la… -
Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Missionaries of Scheut) (CONGREGAZIONE DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (MISSIONARI DI SCHEUT))
CONGREGATION OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY (MISSIONARIES OF SCHEUT). - Founded in 1862 by Fr. Theophilus Verbist at Scheut, a suburb of… -
Crucifers of the Red Star (CROCIGERI DELLA STELLA ROSSA)
CROCIGERI OF THE RED STAR. - Religious order of Canons Regular that traces its origin to the Confraternity charged with the care of the… -
Decree of Praise (LODE, DECRETO DI)
DECREE OF PRAISE. - It is the first step of the Holy See in the approval of a religious Institute, which thus ceases to be of diocesan… -
Dendrites (DENDRITI)
DENDRITES. - From the Greek δένδρον, tree; Christian ascetics who, in the Byzantine East, spent part of their lives inside the hollows of… -
Discalced Clerics (Passionists) (CHIERICI SCALZI (PASSIONISTI))
CHIERICI SCALZI (Passionists) - Retreat of Sts. John and Paul. General house since 10 Dec. 1773: there the founder of the Congregation, St.… -
Family of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Brentana (FAMIGLIA DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ DI BRENTANA)
FAMILY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS OF BRENTANA. - The Institute was founded on 22 Sept. 1880 in Brentana (Milan), and only three years… -
Franciscans of Our Lady at Tempig (FRANCESCANE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA AL TEMPIG)
FRANCISCANS OF OUR LADY AT TEMPIG. - They were founded in 1858 at Dorat (France) by the priest Rougier (1853-95).They devote themselves to… -
Franciscans of the Immaculate Conception of Bonlanden (FRANCESCANE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DI BONLANDEN)
FRANCISCANS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF BONLANDEN. - They were founded in 1856 at Bonlanden in Germany by the priest Faustino Mennel… -
Franciscans of the Immaculate Conception of San Piero a Ponti (FRANCESCANE DELL'IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE DI S. PIERO A PONTI)
FRANCISCANS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF SAN PIERO A PONTI. - Founded in 1876 by the priest Olginto Fedi and by Sister Francesca… -
Franciscan Tertiaries of the Holy Cross (TERZIARI FRANCESCANI DELLA SANTA CROCE)
FRANCISCAN TERTIARIES OF THE HOLY CROSS. - They were founded by Brother Giacomo Wirth (1830-72), who was the first superior general, and… -
Girolamiti
GIROLAMITI. - With this name were called certain Congregations of hermits that arose in Spain and Italy in the 14th and 15th centuries.… -
Hospitaller of Our Lady of Charity (OSPITALIERE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA CARITÀ)
HOSPITALLER OF OUR LADY OF CHARITY. - Institute founded in Dijon in 1682 by the Ven. B. Joly. In Aug. 1694 the Constitutions were approved… -
Institute of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri (ISTITUTO DELL'ORATORIO DI SAN FILIPPO NERI)
INSTITUTE OF THE ORATORY OF ST. PHILIP NERI. - It formed its first nucleus at the church of S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini in Rome, when,… -
Little Sisters of the Worker (PICCOLE SUORE DELL'OPERAIO)
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE WORKER. - They were founded in Grenoble in 1880 by the Jesuit Father Sambin, with the approval of the bishop Msgr.… -
Little Work of Divine Providence (PICCOLA OPERA DELLA DIVINA PROVVIDENZA)
LITTLE WORK OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE. - Religious congregation, founded in Tortona by Fr. Luigi Orione. Approved by the bishop in 1903, it… -
Maestre di Santa Dorotea
MAESTRE DI SANTA DOROTEA. - In 1834 at Quinto, near Genoa, Bl. Paola Frassinetti with six other companions, under the guidance of her… -
Merciedarie Missionarie di Bérriz (MERCEDARIE MISSIONARIE DI BÉRRIZ)
MERCIEDARIE MISSIONARIE DI BÉRRIZ. - The monastery of Bérriz, founded in 1550 as a community of devout Mercedarian women, was changed in… -
Ministers Of The Sick (MINISTRE DEGLI INFERMI)
MINISTERS OF THE SICK. - The Institute arose in 1819, through the work of the servant of God Domenica Brun-Barbantini, in Lucca, and was… -
Missionaries of Marianhill (MISSIONARI DI MARIANNHILL)
MISSIONARIES OF MARIANHILL. - The abbey of Mariannhill in Natal (South Africa) was founded by the Trappist prior Franz Pfanner in 1882, 30… -
Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette (MISSIONARI DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA SALETTE)
MISSIONARIES OF OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE. - Founded by Msgr. Filibert de Bruillard, bishop of Grenoble (d. 1860), on May 1, 1852, recognized… -
Missionaries of Saint Joseph of Mexico (MISSIONARI DI SAN GIUSEPPE DEL MESSICO)
MISSIONARIES OF SAINT JOSEPH OF MEXICO. - Il 19 dic. 1872 nella città di Messico il sacerdote Giuseppe M. Villaseca, prete della… -
Missionaries of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulists) (MISSIONARI DI SAN PAOLO APOSTOLO (PAULISTI))
MISSIONARI DI SAN PAOLO APOSTOLO (PAULISTI). - It is the first American missionary society, and it was founded in Rome and in New York in… -
Missionaries of the Company of Mary (MISSIONARI DELLA COMPAGNIA DI MARIA)
MISSIONARIES OF THE COMPANY OF MARY. - From the very beginnings of his priesthood St. Louis M. Grignion de Montfort (v.) had thought of… -
Missionaries of the Holy Family (MISSIONARI DELLA SANTA FAMIGLIA)
MISSIONARIES OF THE HOLY FAMILY. - Religious congregation founded in 1895 by Fr. G. B. Berthier at Grave, near Bois-le-Duc in Holland. The… -
Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (MISSIONARI DELLO SPIRITO SANTO)
MISSIONARIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. - A religious congregation that arose at Tepeyac, near Mexico City, at Christmas in 1914, when Msgr.… -
Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood (MISSIONARI DEL PREZIOSISSIMO SANGUE)
MISSIONARIES OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD. - Religious congregation founded by the blessed Gaspare Del Bufalo (v.) in 1815, at Giano… -
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MISSIONARI DEL SACRO CUORE)
MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART. - Religious congregation founded at Issoudun, in France, in 1854 by Fr. Jules Chevalier, with the… -
Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Majorca) (MISSIONARI DEI SACRI CUORI DI GESÙ E MARIA (MAIORCA))
MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY (Majorca). - Religious congregation founded by Fr. Joachim Rossellò Ferrà and… -
Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Naples) (MISSIONARI DEI SACRI CUORI DI GESÙ E MARIA (NAPOLI))
MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY (Naples). - Religious congregation founded in 1833 by the venerable Gaetano Errico, at… -
Missionaries Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ)
MISSIONARIES SONS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. - Religious congregation dependent on the S. Congregation of Propaganda, which erected it… -
Monumenta Ordinis Servorum Sanctae Mariae
MONUMENTA ORDINIS SERVORUM SANCTAE MARIAE. - A publication whose purpose is to reproduce and disseminate the principal historical… -
Oblates and Oblate Sisters (OBLATI E OBLATE)
OBLATES AND OBLATE SISTERS. - This was the name given to children consecrated to God in a monastery by their own parents, and to those… -
Oblates and Oblate Sisters, Congregations of (OBLATI E OBLATE, CONGREGAZIONI DI)
OBLATES AND OBLATE SISTERS, Congregations of. - Religious institutes of men and women, with or without religious vows. Still in existence… -
Oratory of Eternal Wisdom (ORATORIO DELL'ETERNA SAPIENZA)
ORATORY OF ETERNAL WISDOM. - An association or Company of ecclesiastics and laypeople desirous of a more intense spiritual life, born and… -
Order of the Holy Cross (ORDINE DELLA SANTA CROCE)
ORDER OF THE HOLY CROSS. - On the origin of the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross there is no > (from A. A. Huckel, Homen, Fribourg 1861,… -
Order of the Most Holy Trinity (ORDINE DELLA S.MA TRINITÀ)
ORDER OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY - Martin, archbishop of Toledo, with the consent of the Chapter, grants to St. John of Matha the perpetual… -
Priests of Saint Mary of Tinchbray (SACERDOTI DI SANTA MARIA DI TINCHEBRAY)
PRIESTS OF SAINT MARY OF TINCHBRAY. - They were founded in 1851 by Fr. Charles Duguey, then assistant parish priest of Tinchebray, diocese… -
Priests of the Most Holy Sacrament (SACERDOTI DEL S.MO SACRAMENTO)
PRIESTS OF THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT. - A religious congregation commonly called the Fathers Sacramentines (S.S.S.), founded in Paris on 13… -
Priests Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus Of Bétharram (PRETI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ DI BÉTHARRAM)
PRIESTS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS OF BÉTHARRAM. - Religious congregation founded by St. Michael Garicoits in 1832 at Bétharram for the… -
Religious Congregation (CONGREGAZIONE RELIGIOSA)
RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION. - The CIC defines a r.c. as a religio, that is, a religious institute in which only simple vows are taken, whether… -
Religious Missionary Congregations, Male and Female (CONGREGAZIONI RELIGIOSE MISSIONARIE MASCHILI E FEMMINILI)
RELIGIOUS MISSIONARY CONGREGATIONS, MALE AND FEMALE. - In the conversion of the peoples of northern Europe the Benedictine monks played a… -
Religious State (STATO RELIGIOSO)
RELIGIOUS STATE. - In canon law, and in the strict sense, it is the juridical situation of those Christians who, desiring to live a stable… -
Religious Superior (SUPERIORE RELIGIOSO)
RELIGIOUS SUPERIOR. - He who has the legitimate power to command the members of a religious society or a part of it. I. In canon law there… -
Review of History and Bibliography of the Scolopi (RASSEGNA DI STORIA E BIBLIOGRAFIA SCOLOPICA)
REVIEW OF SCOLOPIC HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. - Journal published under the direction of Fr. Leodegario Picanyol, general archivist of the… -
Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco (SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI SAN GIOVANNI BOSCO)
SALESIAN SOCIETY OF SAINT JOHN BOSCO. - It is among the major modern religious Congregations whose purpose is the Christian education of… -
Sanctimonial (SANTIMONIALE)
SANCTIMONIAL. - From sanctimonia (sanctus plus the ending -monia); in Cicero, Pro Quinto, 17, 55 and in Tacitus, Ann., III, 69, it means… -
Scapular (SCAPOLARE)
SCAPULAR. - From Latin scapula = shoulder. An integral part of the monastic religious habit worn over the tunic, consisting of two long… -
Secular Oratory of Saint Philip Neri (ORATORIO SECOLARE DI SAN FILIPPO NERI)
SECULAR ORATORY OF SAINT PHILIP NERI. - Having become a priest, Philip Neri saw a nucleus of friends and admirers gather around him from as… -
Servites of Mary (SERVI DI MARIA)
SERVITES OF MARY. - From the Marian movement that spread almost everywhere from the early 13th century, sometimes also under the name of… -
Society for Foreign Missions of Quebec (SOCIETÀ PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE DI QUÉBEC)
SOCIETY FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS OF QUÉBEC. - It was founded on 2 February 1921 by the episcopate of the province of Québec. It is a society… -
Society for the Foreign Missions of the United States of America (Maryknoll) (SOCIETÀ PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE DEGLI STATI UNITI D'AMERICA (DI MARYKNOLL))
SOCIETY FOR THE FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (MARYKNOLL). - Founded on 27 April 1911 by the episcopate of the United… -
Society of African Missions (SOCIETÀ DELLE MISSIONI AFRICANE)
SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS. - It was erected on 8 Dec. 1856 in Lyon by Msgr. Melchiorre de Marion-Brésillac, who from 1846 to 1855 had… -
Society of Saint Columban for the Chinese Missions (SOCIETÀ DI SAN COLOMBANO PER LE MISSIONI CINESI)
SOCIETY OF SAINT COLUMBAN FOR THE CHINESE MISSIONS. - It was founded by the Rev. Edward Galvin and by Fr. Blowick in 1918 at Dalgan Park… -
Society of Saint Joseph of Mill Hill for Foreign Missions (SOCIETÀ DI SAN GIUSEPPE DI MILL HILL PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE)
SOCIETY OF SAINT JOSEPH OF MILL HILL FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. - It was begun on 19 March 1866 by Herbert Vaughan (v.) at Mill Hill near… -
Society of the Divine Saviour (S.D.S.) (SOCIETÀ DEL DIVIN SALVATORE (S. D. S.))
SOCIETY OF THE DIVINE SAVIOR (S.D.S.). - Religious congregation of simple vows, founded in Rome by Fr. Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan… -
Society of the Divine Word (Verbits) (SOCIETÀ DEL DIVIN VERBO (VERBITI))
SOCIETY OF THE DIVINE WORD (VERBITI). - A religious congregation composed of priests and coadjutor brothers, founded at Steyl (Holland) on… -
Society Without Public Vows (SOCIETÀ SENZA VOTI PUBBLICI)
SOCIETY WITHOUT PUBLIC VOWS. - I. NOTION. - They are thus defined by the CIC in can. 637 § 1: "Societies of men or of women, in which the… -
Sons of Saint Mary Immaculate (FIGLI DI SANTA MARIA IMMACOLATA)
SONS OF SAINT MARY IMMACULATE. - Giuseppe Frassinetti, prior of St. Sabina in Genoa, had founded in 1861 the "Pious Union of the Sons of… -
Sons of the Holy Family (FIGLI DELLA SACRA FAMIGLIA)
SONS OF THE HOLY FAMILY. - Religious congregation founded at Tremp in Spain by G. Mañanet y Vives in 1864, for the spread of devotion to… -
Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (FIGLI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ)
SONS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. - This Congregation, dependent on the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda, is also known by the name of… -
Superioren-Vereinigung
SUPERIOREN-VEREINIGUNG. - Association of the major superiors (abbots and provincials) of the clerical Orders and Congregations of Germany… -
Superior (Religious) (GENERALE (RELIGIOSO))
SUPERIOR (Religious). - He is the supreme head of a religious Order or Congregation: the first of the so-called major superiors. In the CIC… -
Tertiaries (TERZIARIE)
TERTIARIES. - Religious communities living according to the proper rules of the principal ancient Orders, which were already divided into… -
Third Order (TERZ'ORDINE)
THIRD ORDER. - It is an association of the faithful who profess to strive toward Christian perfection in a manner suited to secular life,… -
Third Order Regular of the Penance of Saint Francis of Assisi (TERZ'ORDINE REGOLARE DELLA PENITENZA DI SAN FRANCESCO D'ASSISI)
REGULAR THIRD ORDER OF PENANCE OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI. - Founded at Albi on 7 June 1866 by the priest Francesco M. Clausade for the… -
Unitarian Brothers (FRATELLI UNITORI)
UNITARIAN BROTHERS. - Armenian religious (Elbarg Miabanolq), founded in the first half of the fourteenth century by John of Qina, converted…