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What distinguishes members of religious orders from the rest of the laity and the clergy is that they try to imitate Jesus Christ by taking Vows of Poverty , Chastity , and Obedience . They may additionally profess to obey certain guidelines for living. There are a number of types of organizations commonly called "religious orders": ''orders'' proper, in which members take and Franciscans . More recently founded institutes of religious life like the Jesuits , Legionaries Of Christ , and Congregation Of Holy Cross are organized as congregations. In more recent times, " Societies Of Apostolic Life " have formed which are similar to Institutes Of Consecrated Life except that members are bound by an oath rather than a vow, and also Secular Institutes . Other forms of religious life include Hermits and Consecrated Virgins . LIST OF ROMAN CATHOLIC ORDERS The following list refers to some of the major Catholic religious institutes, both orders, and others; it should be understood that communities using the same name may exist in Anglican or Eastern Orthodox traditions as well, as well as more than one Catholic order with the same name. Each is accompanied by its official name in English as well as the acronym (or " Post-nominal Initials ") commonly used to identify its members. In parenthesis is the year it was established. # Apostles Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus - A.S.J. # Adorers (Adorers of the Blood of Christ) - A.S.C. # Adorno s ( Clerics Regular Minor ) - C.R.M. # Angelic Sisters Of St. Paul - A.S.S.P. # Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption) - A.A. # Atonement, Society Of The (Atonement Friars/Graymoor Friars/Sisters) - S.A. (1909) # Augustinian Recollects - ( Order Of The Augustinians Recollects ) - O.A.R. # Augustinian Sisters, Servants Of Jesus And Mary - A.S.J.M. # Augustinian s (Order of Saint Augustine) - O.S.A. (1256) # Baladites (Order of Lebanese Maronite) - O.L.M. # Barnabite s (Clerics Regular of Saint Paul) - B., C.R.S.P. (1530) # Basilians (Congregation of St. Basil) - C.S.B. (1822) # Benedictine s (Order of Saint Benedict) - O.S.B. (1216) # Bernardine Cistercian Sisters Of Esquiermes # Bernardine s (also see Cistercians ) # Bethany Ashram (Order of the Imitation of Christ) - O.I.C. (1930) # Bridgettines (Order of Our Savior) - C.S.B. (1350) # Brotherhood Of Hope - B.H. # Brothers Of Christian Instruction Of St Gabriel -S.G. (1711) # Brothers Of The Christian Schools ( Lasallian Brothers or Christian Brothers) - F.S.C. (1680) # Brothers Of Mercy Of Our Lady Of Perpetual Help - f.m.m. # Camaldolese (Camaldolese Benedictines) - O.S.B. Cam. # Camaldolese Hermits Of The Congregation Of Monte Corona - Er.Cam. # Camillians (Order of Saint Camillus) - O.S.Cam. # Canossians (Canossian Daughters and Sons of Charity) - F.D.D.C. # Canonesses Of St. Augustine - C.R.O.S.A. # Canons Regular Of The New Jerusalem - C.R.N.J. (2002) # Capuchin s ( Order Of Friars Minor Capuchin ) - O.F.M. Cap. (1520) # Capuchin Poor Clares # Carmelites (Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel) - O.Carm., O.C.D., O.C.D.S. (1209) # Carmelites Of Mary Immaculate - C.M.I. (1831) # Carmelite Sisters Of The Aged And Infirm # Carmelite Daughters Of The Divine Heart Of Jesus # Carmelite Sisters Of The Most Sacred Heart Of Los Angeles # Carthusian s - O.Cart. (1084) # Celestines (defunct) (1244) # Christian Brothers Of Ireland - C.F.C (1802) # Cistercian s (Cistercians of the Ancient Observance)- O.Cist./S.O.Cist (1098) # Claretians (Claretian Missionaries) - C.M.F. # Columban s (Missionary Society of St. Columban) - S.S.C. # Companions Of The Cross - C.C. # Congregatio Immaculatae Cordis Mariae (Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary), also ''Scheutfathers'', ''Scheutists'', or ''Missionhurst'' - C.I.C.M. (1862) # Congregation Of The Disciples Of The Lord - C.D.D # Congregation Of Notre Dame - C.N.D. # Congregation Of St. Therese Of Lisieux , Cstbrothers , Kerala, India # Congregation Of The Mother Coredemptrix - C.M.C. # Congregation Of The Sacred Hearts Of Jesus And Mary - SS.CC. (1800) # Congregation Of The Sisters Of Our Lady Of Mercy (Divine Mercy Sisters) # Congregatio Fratrum Cellitarum Seu Alexianorum (Alexians) (Cellites) - C.F.A # Conventual Franciscans (''Conventuals'' or Order of Friars Minor Conventual) - O.F.M. Conv. (1209) # Crosier s (Canons Regular of the Holy Cross) - O.S.C. # Daughters Of Charity Of St. Vincent De Paul - D.C. # Daughters Of Divine Charity - F.D.C. (1868) # Daughters Of Divine Love # Daughters Of Mary Of The Immaculate Conception # Daughters Of St. Paul - F.S.P. (1915) # Daughters Of The Holy Spirit - D.H.S. (1706) # Dehonians (Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) - S.C.J. # Divine Word Missionaries - S.V.D. (1875) # Discalced Augustinians - O.A.D. (1592) # Discalced Carmelites - O.C.D. # Dominicans (Order of Friars Preachers) - O.P. (1216) # Dominican Sisters Of Hawthorne # Dominican Sisters Of The Immaculate Conception - O.P. (1861) # Dominican Sisters Of St. Cecilia # Dominican Nuns Of Our Lady Of The Rosary # Dottrinari (Congregazione dei Preti della Dottrina Cristiana) - D.C. # Eudists (Congregation of Jesus and Mary) - C.I.M. # Felician Sisters (Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice) - C.S.S.F. # Fathers Of Mercy - (Congregatio Presbyterorum a Misericordia) # Franciscan Apostolic Sisters - F.A.S. (1954) # Franciscan Brothers Of Brooklyn - O.S.F. # Franciscan Brothers Of The Eucharist # Franciscan Brothers Of Peace # Franciscan Friars (Order of Friars Minor) - O.F.M. (1209) # Franciscan Handmaids Of Mary # Franciscan Missionaries Of The Eternal Word # Franciscan Friars Of The Renewal # Franciscan Friars Of The Third Order Regular - T.O.R. # Franciscan Missionaries Of The Divine Motherhood - F.M.D.M # Franciscan Missionaries Of Mary - F.M.M # Franciscan Missionary Sisters Of The Immaculate Heart Of Mary # Franciscan Servants Of Jesus # Franciscan Sisters Of Christian Charity # Franciscan Sisters Of The Eucharist - O.S.F. # Franciscan Sisters Of The Immaculate # Franciscan Sisters Of Mary Immaculate # Franciscan Sisters Of Penance Of The Sorrowful Mother - T.O.R. # Franciscan Sisters Of Perpetual Adoration - O.S.F. # Fransalians (Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales) - M.S.F.S. # Grey Nuns Of The Sacred Heart - G.N.S.H # Grey Nuns Of Montreal (Soeurs Grises De Montréal) - S.G.M. # Good Shepherd Sisters - R.G.S # Handmaids Of The Blessed Sacrament And Of Charity - A.A.S.C. # Handmaids Of The Precious Blood - H.P.B. # Handmaids Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus - A.A.S.C. # Handmaids Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Mary And Joseph # Holy Cross Fathers (Congregation of Holy Cross) - C.S.C. # Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (Pink Sisters) # Order Of Hospitalers (Hospitaler Brothers of St. John of God) - O.H. (1100) # Infant Jesus Sisters ( Nicolas Barre ) - I.J # Institute Of Christ The King Sovereign Priest - I.C.R.S.S. (1990) # Institute Of The Incarnate Word - I.I.W. (1984) # Jerusalem Communities # Jesuits (Society of Jesus) - S.J. (1534) # Josephines Of Asti (Oblates of St. Joseph) - O.S.I. # Josephite Fathers And Brothers (St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart) - S.S.J. # Lazarists or Vincentians (Congregation of the Mission) - C.M. (1624) # Little Brothers Of The Good Shepperd - B.G.S # Little Brothers Of The Gospel - (1956) # Little Brothers Of Jesus - (1933) # Little Brothers Of St Francis # Little Sisters Of The Assumption # Little Sisters Of The Gospel - (1963) # Little Sisters Of Jesus - (1933) # Little Sisters Of Jesus And Mary # Little Sisters Of The Poor - L.S.P. (ca. 1700s) # Loreto Sisters (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary) - I.B.V.M. # Marian Fathers - M.I.C. # Marianist s (Society of Mary) - S.M. # Marianist Sisters (Daughters of Mary Immaculate) - F.M.I. # Marist s (Society of Mary) - S. M.(1817) # Marist Brothers - F.M.S. (1817) # Maryknoll (Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America) - M.M. (1911) # Mercedarians (Order of Our Lady of Mercy) - O. de M. # Missionaries Of Charity - M.C. (1950) # Missionaries Of La Salette - M.S. (1852) # Missionaries Of The Gospel Of Life # Missionaries Of The Poor # Missionaries Of The Sacred Heart - M.S.C. # Norbertine s or Premonstratensians (Canons Regular of Prémontré) - C.R.P., O.Praem. (1120) # Olivetans (Order of Our Lady of Mount Olivet) (1313) # Oblates Of Mary Immaculate - O.M.I. (1816) # Oblates Of The Virgin Mary - O.M.V. (1827) # Oblate Sisters Of Providence -O.S.P. (1829) # Oratorians (Oratory of St. Philip Neri) - C.O., Cong. Orat. (1500s) # Order Of St. Elisabeth O.S.E. (1622) # Pallottines (Society of the Catholic Apostolate) - S.A.C. (1835) # Paris Foreign Missions Society (Missions Etrangères de Paris) - M.E.P. (1658) # Passionists (Congregation of the Passion) - C.P. (1720) # Passionist Nuns # Pauline Fathers (Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit) # Paulists (Congregation of St. Paul) - C.S.P. # Piarists (Clerics Regulars Poors of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools) - Sch.P. (1617) # Poor Clares (Nuns of the Order of St. Clare/(Order of Poor Ladies) - O.S.C. # Poor Clare Nuns Of Perpetual Adoration # Presentation Brothers - F.P.M. # Presentation Sisters - P.M. # Presentation Sisters or Sisters Of The Presentation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary - P.B.V.M. # Priestly Fraternity Of St. Peter - F.S.S.P. (1988) # Racine Dominican Sisters # Redemptorist s ( Congregation Of The Most Holy Redeemer ) - C.Ss.R. (1732) # Religious Of The Assumption - R.A. # Religious Of The Cenacle - R.C. # Religious Sisters Of Mercy Of Alma, Michigan - R.S.M. # Resurrectionist s - C.R. # Rogationist s of the Heart of Jesus - R.C.J. # Rosminians (Institute of Charity) - I.C. # Sacramentines (Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament) - S.S.S. # Salesians Of St. John Bosco - S.D.B. (1857) # Salesian Sisters (Daughters of Mary Help of Christian) - F.M.A. # Salvatorians (Society of the Divine Savior) - S.D.S. (1881) # Scalabrians (Congregation of the Missionaries Of St. Charles Borromeo ) - C.S. (1887) # School Sisters Of Christ The King # School Sisters Of Notre Dame - S.S.N.D. (1833) # School Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis # Servites (Order of Friars, Servants of Mary) - O.S.M. (1233) # Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters # Sister Adorers Of The Precious Blood - R.P.G. (1861) # Sisters Adorers Of The Royal Heart Of Jesus Christ Sovereign Priest # Sisters Of Charity - S.C. # Sisters Of Charity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary - B.V.M. # Sisters Of Charity Of The Incarnate Word # Sisters Of The Apostolic Carmel # Sisters Of The Holy Family # Sisters Of The Holy Names Of Jesus And Mary - S.N.J.M. (1844) # Sisters Of Jesus, Our Hope # Sisters Of La Retraite # Sisters Of Life - S.L. (1991) # Sisters Of Mary, Mother Of The Eucharist - O.P. (1997) # Sisters Of Mercy - R.S.M. (1831) # Sisters Of Notre Dame De Namur - S.N.D., S.N.D. de N. (1803) # Sisters Of Our Lady Of Mercy # Sisters Of Saint Agnes # Sisters Of St. Francis Of Assisi # Sisters Of St Francis Of The Martyr St George - O.S.F. # Sisters Of St Joseph - C.S.J. or S.S.J. (1650) # Sisters Of St Joseph Of The Sacred Heart - S.S.J. (1866) # Sisters Of St. Joseph Of The Third Order Of St. Francis # Society Of The Precious Blood ( Precious Blood Fathers ) - C.PP.S. # Sisters, Servants Of The Immaculate Heart Of Mary – IHM – 1845 # Sisters, Servants Of The Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus (Cresson, PA; Poland; Vatican City) - S.S.C.J. # Society Of Saint Paul - S.S.P (1914) # Spiritans ''or'' Holy Ghost Fathers (Congregation of the Holy Ghost) - C.S.Sp (1703) # Stigmatines (Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata) - C.S.S. # Sisters Of St Therese Of The Child Jesus (St Therese Sisters - Tanzania) - S.S.Th. # Sulpician Fathers (Society of Saint Sulpice) - S.S., P.S.S. (1642) # Tertiary Sisters Of St. Francis - Cameroon # Theatines (Congregation of Clerics Regular) - C.R. (1524) # Trappists (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance) - O.C.R., O.C.S.O. (1662) # Trinitarians (Order of the Most Holy Trinity) - O.SS.T. (1194) # Ursulines (Ursuline Nuns of the Roman Union) - O.S.U. (1535) # Ursulines (Ursuline Sisters of Tildonck) - S.U. (1535) # Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity - M.V.D.F # Viatorians (Clerics of Saint Viator) - C.S.V. (1831) # Vincentians or Lazarists (Congregation of the Mission) - C.M. # Vocationists (Clerics of the Divine Vocation) - S.D.V. # White Fathers # Xaverians ''or'' Xaverian Brothers (Missionary Society of St. Francis Xavier) - S.X. EXTERNAL LINKS
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