Catholic Encylopedia - Religious Orders

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Orders of the Annunciation
Order of Aviz
Barnabites
Benedictine Order
Bethlehemites
Brigittines
Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God
Military Order of Calatrava
Camaldolese
Capuchin Friars Minor
Carmelite Order
Carthusian Order
Christian Brothers of Ireland
Cistercian Sisters
Cistercians
Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca
Order of Friars Minor Conventuals
Crosiers
Feuillants
Franciscan Order
Order of Friars Minor
Orders of St. George
Order of Gilbertines
Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls
Hermits of St. Augustine
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Hieronymites
Orders of the Holy Ghost
Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament
Jesuits (The Society of Jesus)
Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem
Marist Fathers (Society of Mary)
Mechitarists
Mercedarians
Minimi
Congregation of the Sisters of Misericorde
Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament
Poor Catholics
Poor Clares
Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
Order of the Presentation
Religious Congregations of the Presentation
Clerks Regular of the Pious Schools
Servites
Order of Saint James of Compostela
Teutonic Order
Theatines
Trappists
Order of Trinitarians
Ursulines
Valliscaulian Order
Visitation Order


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