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Catholic religious orders should be distinguished from Holy Orders, the sacrament of bishops, priests, and deacons. The following list refers to Roman Catholic orders; it should be understood that communities using the same name may exist in Anglican or Eastern Orthodox traditions as well. In the following list of some of the major Catholic orders, each order is listed with the acronym (or " post-nominal initials") commonly used to identify its members.
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- Adorers (Adorers of the Blood of Christ) - A.S.C.
- Adornos (Clerics Regular Minor) - C.R.M.
- Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption) - A.A.
- Augustinians (Order of Saint Augustine) - O.S.A.
- Baladites (Order of Lebanese Maronite) - O.L.M.
- Barnabites (Clerics Regular of Saint Paul) - B., C.R.S.P.
- Basilians (Congregation of St. Basil) - C.S.B.
- Benedictines (Order of Saint Benedictine) - O.S.B.
- Bernardine s (also see Cistercians)
- Brothers of the Christian Schools ( Lasallian Brothers or Christian Brothers) - F.S.C.
- Brothers of Mercy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help - f.m.m.
- Brigittines (Order of Our Savior) - C.S.B.
- Camillians (Order of Saint Camillus) - O.S.Cam.
- Canossians (Canossian Daughters and Sons of Charity) - F.D.D.C.
- Capuchins (Order of Friars Minor Capuchin) - O.F.M. Cap.
- Carmelites - O.C., O.C.D., O.C.D.S.
- Carmelites of Mary Immaculate - C.M.I.
- CarthusianThe Carthusians are a Christian religious order founded by St Bruno in 1084. There exist both Carthusian monks and nuns. They follow their own Rule, called the Statutes rather than the Rule of St Benedict (as is often erroneously reported) and combine eres - O.Cart.
- CelestinesCelestines a branch of the great Benedictine monastic order. At the foundation of the new rule, they were called Hermits of St Damiano, or Moronites (or Murronites), and did not assume the appellation of Celestines till after the election of their founder (defunct)
- Cistercians - O.Cist.
- Claretians (Claretian Missionaries) - C.M.F.
- Columbans (Missionary Society of St. Columban) - S.S.C.M.E.
- Congregation of Holy CrossThe Congregation of Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic congregation of priests, brothers and affiliated congregations of sisters. The Congregation founded the University of Notre Dame. Roman Catholic Orders and Societies. - C.S.C.
- Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryCongregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, ss. is a Roman Catholic religious order of brothers, priests, and nuns. The priests of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, ss. are also known as the Picpus Fathers, in honor of Picp - ss.cc.
- Crosiers (Canons Regular of the Holy Cross) - O.S.C.
- Dehonians (Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) - S.C.J.
- Divine Word Missionaries - D.V.M.
- Discalced Carmelites - O.C.D.
- DominicansThe Dominican Order (its formal name, the Order of Preachers is less common in English; a member is referred as a blackfriar founded by Saint Dominic in the early 13th century, is one of the great orders of mendicant friars that revolutionized religious l (Order of Friars Preachers) - O.P.
- Dottrinari (Congregazione dei Preti della Dottrina Cristiana) - D.C.
- Eudists (Congregation of Jesus and Mary) - C.I.M.
- FranciscanFranciscans is the common name used to designate a variety of mendicant religious orders of men or women tracing their origin to Francis of Assisi and following the Rule of St. The official Latin name is the Ordo Fratrum Minorum (Order of the "Lesser Brots (Order of Friars Minor) - O.F.M.
- Franciscan Friars - T.O.R.
- Fransalians (Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales) - M.S.F.S.
- Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart - G.N.S.H
- Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity - A.A.S.C.
- Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - A.A.S.C.
- Holy Cross Fathers (Congregation of Holy Cross) - C.S.C.
- Knights Hospitallers or Knights of Malta (Hospitaller Brothers of St. John) - O.H.
- Institute of Charity (Rosminians) - I.C.
- Jesuits (Society of Jesus) - S.J.
- 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.
- Legionaries of Christ - L.C.
- Little Sisters of the Poor - L.S.P.
- Loreto Sisters (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary) - I.B.V.M.
- Marian Fathers - M.I.C.
- Marianists (Society of Mary) - S.M.
- Marianist Sisters (Daughters of Mary Immaculate) - F.M.I.
- Marists (Society of Mary) - S. M.
- Marist Brothers - F.M.S.
- Maryknoll Congregation (Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America) - M.M.
- Mercedarians (Order of Our Lady of Mercy) - O. de M.
- Missionaries of Charity - M.C.
- Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - M.S.C.
- Norbertine s or Premonstratensians (Canons Regular of Prémontré) - C.R.P.
- Oblates Of Mary Immaculate - O.M.I.
- Oratorians (Oratory of St. Philip Neri) - C.O.
- Pallottines (Society of the Catholic Apostolate) - S.A.C.
- Passionists (Congregation of the Passion) - C.P.
- Paulists (Congregation of St. Paul) - C.S.P.
- Piarist s (Clerks Regular of the Pious Schools) - S.P.
- Poor Clares of the Second Order (Order of Poor Ladies)
- Presentation Brothers - F.P.M.
- Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter - F.S.S.P.
- Redemptorist s (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) - C.SS.R.
- 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.
- Salesian Sisters (Daughters of Mary Help of Christian) - F.M.A.
- Salvatorians (Society of the Divine Savior) - S.D.S.
- Scalabrians (Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles) - C.S.
- Scheut Missionaries (Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) - C.I.C.M.
- Servites (Order of Friar Servants of Mary) - O.S.M.
- Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mar - B.V.M.
- Sisters of Mercy - R.S.M.
- Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur - S.N.D., S.N.D. de N.
- Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Ghost) - C.S.Sp
- Stigmatines (Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata) - C.S.S.
- Sulpician s - P.S.S.
- Theatines (Congregation of Clerics Regular) - C.R.
- Trappists (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance) - O.C.R., O.C.S.O.
- Trinitarians (Order of the Most Holy Trinity) - O.SS.T.
- Ursulines (Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union) - O.S.U.
- Viatorians (Clerics of Saint Viator) - C.S.V.
