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	Religious order - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Not all members of a religious order are clergy (though some are ordained), and there may be associated lay members who have taken promises to an order or taken personal vows such as vows of poverty or virginity (but who do not live in formal community with them).
		A few monastic religious orders practice literal isolation (cloistering) from the outside world; while the majority or religious orders remain engaged with the world in various ways (teaching, medical work, producing religious artworks and texts, designing and making vestments and writing religious instruction books) while maintaining their distinctiveness in communal living.
		The best-known religious orders are Christian and Buddhist orders of monks and nuns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Religious_order (481 words)

	Roman Catholic religious order - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Catholic religious orders are organizations of laity and clergy in the Roman Catholic Church who live under a common rule.
		What distiguishes members of religious orders from the rest of the laity and the clergy is that they try to imitate Jesus of Nazareth by taking vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
		Order of St. Elisabeth O.S.E. Pallottines (Society of the Catholic Apostolate) - S.A.C. Paris Foreign Missions Society (Missions Etrangères de Paris) - M.E.P. Passionists (Congregation of the Passion) - C.P. Passionist Nuns
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catholic_order (1562 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Religious Life
		The religious state then is defined, as the mode of life, irrevocable in its nature of men who profess to aim at the perfection of Christian charity in the bosom of the Church by the three perpetual vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
		The essential unity of the religious life is consistent with a great variety which is one of the glories of the Church, and permits a larger number of men to find a religious profession adapted to their needs and dispositions, and multiplies the services which religious render to Christian society and mankind in general.
		Religious orders are exempt from episcopal jurisdiction, and in spite of exceptions to this privilege, created by the Council of Trent and later, the exemption remains the rule and the exception must be proved.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12748b.htm (12741 words)

	Cluniac Order
		The oldest of the reformist orders, Cluny was established as a Benedictine monastery in the Burgundian region of France at the beginning of the tenth century.
		Religious are often of noble stock, and almost all of the order's monks are ordained as priests [38].
		Knowles, Monastic Order, 149, 519-520; Alston, "Congregation of Cluny;" and Burton, Monastic and Religious Orders, 201.
	www.aedificium.org /MonasticLife/CluniacOrder.html (5577 words)

	The Augustinian Order
		The Order of St. Augustine, commonly known as the Augustinians, or Austin Friars, is one of the five great mendicant religious orders founded inthe Middle Ages.
		The Augustinians of the Assumption are a French order.
		There are also a number of religious orders and congregations which follow the Rule of St. Augustine as the charter of their religious life, e.g, Norbertines, Brothers of St. John of God, and Dominicans, as well as many congregations of sisters.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/1534/osa.html (915 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Order of Preachers
		The order assimilated the ancient forms of the religious life, the monastic and the canonical, but it made them subservient to the clerical and the apostolic life which are its peculiar and essential aims.
		It was during the pontificate of Benedict XII, (1334-1342), who undertook a general reform of the religious orders, that the Preachers were on the point of undergoing serious modifications in the secondary elements of their primitive statute.
		The same solicitude to remove the order from the odium of the inquisitorial office impelled the provincial chapter of Cahors (1244) to forbid that anything should accrue to the friars from the administration of the Inquisition, that the order might not be slandered.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12354c.htm (17740 words)

	Teutonic Order (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Order still continued to recruit priests and nuns who dedicated themselves to hospitaller and humanitarian services, but the religious members were effectively separated from the lay and professed knights by the dropping of the requirement that the latter should live in a convent of the Order.
		The knights were considered to be religious, subject to the discipline of the Head of the Order while the statutes regulating their conduct were based on those of 1606, restoring the chivalric character and ancient ceremonies, many of which had become moribund.
		The badge of the Order is a latin Cross in fl enamel with a white enamel border, surmounted (for Knights of Honor) by a helmet with fl and white feathers or (for Marians) by a simple circular ornament, and is suspended from a fl and white ribbon.
	www.chivalricorders.org /vatican/teutonic.htm (9066 words)

	religious order. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The three vows commonly taken are to relinquish all possessions and personal authority (vows of poverty and obedience) and not to engage in sexual relations (a vow of chastity).
		Religious orders are found in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, and, although rarely, in Protestant churches.
		The Franciscans, Jesuits, and Trappists are religious orders.
	www.bartleby.com /59/5/religiousord.html (165 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Reform of a Religious Order
		Reform of a Religious Order, in the true sense of the word, is a return or bringing back of the order from a mitigated or relaxed observance to the rigour of its primitive rule.
		On the other hand, the obligations arising directly from the vows made by the religious cannot be modified by custom or prescription, and the abolition of abuses in such matters is not "reform" in the proper sense of the word.
		The principle underlying this is that no religious can be held bound beyond the limits to which he may be presumed to have intended to bind himself when he made his vows.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12711a.htm (373 words)

	United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
		Further, status as a member of a religious order does not automatically immunize from federal income and employment taxation the compensation paid to a religious who is performing services for a diocesan employer.
		The diocesan employer should verify that the individual is a member of a section 501(c)(3) religious order subject to a vow of poverty recognized by the Church.
		A member of a religious order whose members are required to take a vow of poverty is not considered to have current employment status with the religious order if the services he/she performs as a member of the order are considered employment by the order for Social Security purposes only.
	www.usccb.org /bishops/dfi/religiouscomp.htm (1756 words)

	New Religious Order
		Religious leaders would somehow have to become tolerant of each other's beliefs, or, at the very least, refrain from denouncing one another's doctrines.
		Masonically-inspired organizations ranging from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to the Theosophical Society were busy laying the groundwork for the next century, which they hoped might finally usher in their long-awaited New World Order.
		In order to accelerate the move toward religious unity, a special committee was formed in 1988.
	www.inplainsite.org /html/new_religious_order.html (4743 words)

	Franciscan Friars Third Order Regular - Religious Order (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Third Order movement began in the autumn of 1211, expanding during the spring of 1212 and enjoying a prodigious growth in both area and numbers over the next ten years.
		Some Orders disappeared due to government suppression or war, while others amalgamated with the Italian Congregation in one single entity which today is called the Regular Third Order of Saint Francis.
		The apostolic activities ministered by the Regular Third Order are many: pastoral care within the parishes, acts of kindness for the needy, schools for the young, teaching and preaching, and missionary work.
	www.franciscanfriarstor.com /theorder (1767 words)

	Anglicans Online \| Religious Orders
		A new order in the USA, 'established to provide a place for Anglican women to live out the principles of classic religious life in the context of active ministry, with a focus on prayer, community, and mission.
		The OSA is an ecumenical religious order of men and women, both single and married, not living in community, dedicated to the spread of the Good News of Christ.
		'The Solitaries of DeKoven is an eremetic Religious Order in the Episcopal Church with an ecumenical expression.
	anglicansonline.org /resources/orders.html (2752 words)

	Religious-order priests' abuses overlooked
		An Enquirer survey of the 11 religious orders with offices or missions in the area that encompasses the Archdiocese of Cincinnati found that five of the accused clerics are now dead.
		The survey's findings have raised concern among victims' advocates who say the religious orders have, for the most part, avoided the same kind of scrutiny that priests of the archdiocese have faced through two years of clergy abuse scandals.
		They say the orders' independence, as well as their tendency to frequently move their priests around the country, often makes it more difficult for law enforcement and lay Catholics to keep track of abusive clerics.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/03/20/loc_loc1abuse.html (1267 words)

	The Dominicans Sisters of Hawthorne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This affiliation gave the foundresses a heritage which was deeply rooted in prayer, sacrifice, and the desire to bring Christ to the world.
		Dominic founded the Order of Preachers in 1221 to combat the heresy of the Albigensians.
		He recognized that in order to effectively preach the truth of the Gospel, his friars would have to live as Christ did in poverty, humility, and constant prayer.
	www.hawthorne-dominicans.org /found.htm (239 words)

	255 - Religious Congregations & Orders
		An apostolic religious congregation of the Roman Catholic Church, rooted in the spirit and tradition of St. Angela Merici, we are a group of women committed to a life of prayer, community and participation in the teaching mission of the Church.
		The Order is also ecumenical, insofar as clergy and laity from Protestant denominations are invited to apply for membership and to participate in cooperative ministry.
		The Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM) is a community of vowed religious women founded by Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo in Manila, Philippines.
	www.livingweb.com /library/255_home.htm (2945 words)

	Aquarian Concepts Community & Religious Order (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All members of the divine administration and religious order are candidates to become destiny reservists who have a calling from God to use their talents and abilities to help solve the many global issues in a full-time ministry situation and bring continued revelation into the Aquarian millennium.
		Students who live locally may choose not to join the divine administration and religious order and may attend classes of the Starseed and Urantian Schools of Melchizedek.
		Aquarian Concepts Community Religious Order is a group of individuals who operate under the federal guidelines of a religious order and vow to live under a strict set of rules requiring moral and spiritual self-sacrifice and dedication to the goals of the order.
	www.aquarianconceptscommunity.org /community.html (446 words)

	Religious Orders [Catholic-Hierarchy]
		Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross
		Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
		They currently only include orders with members who are/were bishops.
	www.catholic-hierarchy.org /country/xrel.html (121 words)

	ipedia.com: Religious order Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The members of such orders, termed religious as a group, are usually d...
		Catholic religious orders should be distinguished from Holy Orders, that is to say bishops, priests, and deacons.
		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.
	www.ipedia.com /religious_order.html (429 words)

	The Religious Order (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Some have chosen the Religious Order as a way of life.
		If you have a specific purpose in life, not necessarily in a spiritual ministry, which would benefit by the concentration of funds in an Order, it might be worthwhile considering.
		Governmental control bodies, responsible for the registration of such orders, insist on the term "religious order", whereas many modern organisations prefer the term "spiritual" rather than religious.
	corporationsole.insights2.org /Orders.html (198 words)

	Religious Order Encyclopedia @ GreatArtworks.com (Great Artworks) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Not all members of a religious order are clergy, and there may be lay members who have sworn an oath to the order or taken vows such as vows of poverty.
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	VISION Vocation Guide for Catholic Vocations - Religious Life and Priesthood
		We're happy to assist you in your vocation search as you consider Catholic religious life.
		Postings of retreat, discernment, service, and educational opportunities from hundreds of religious communities throughout the U.S. and Canada.
		A log in and reader profile, which we encourage you to complete, so that you can easily communicate with the vocation directors and benefit from their wisdom as you determine just where God is calling you.
	www.visionguide.org (279 words)

	order.htm
		O.S.B.cam.........................Camaldolese Congregation of the Order of St. Benedict
		S.S.J.-T.O.S.F....................Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis
		T.S.S.F.................................Third Order of the Society of St. Francis
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Forum/3975/order.htm (1053 words)

	Religious, religious holiday, women religious (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Religious The Religious Archive, religious holiday, women religious..
		The Religious Archive is one of the largest and most accessed parts of the.
		Resources for investigating today's competing religious claims, including Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses and the Church Universal and Triumphant.
	www.starwushu.com /religious.html (286 words)

	The Religious Society of Friends
		Navigating this web site: Entries are not in alphabetical order but instead age order.
		Pendle, England, birthplace of the Religious Society of Friends.
		The Quaker Tapestry is made in a form known as a narrative crewel embroidery.
	www.quaker.org /#14 (2574 words)

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