Congregation (Catholic)

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A congregation is a religious institute of Roman Catholics in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken. In the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, public vows are divided into simple vows and solemn vows. Professed members of religious orders take solemn vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience (the vows of religion), while members of religious congregations only take simple versions of them.

[edit] List of congregations (incomplete)

• Congregation of Christian Brothers
• Congregation of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary^[1]
• Congregation of Holy Cross
• Congregation of St. Basil
• Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liège
• Congregation of the Mission
• Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
• Congregation of the Oratory (Oratory of Saint Philip Neri)
• Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ
• Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence
• Daughters of Charity
• Franciscan Clarist Congregation^{[2] [3]}
• Legion of Christ
• Little Sisters of the Poor
• Marianites of Holy Cross
• Maryknoll Sisters
• Servi Jesu et Mariae
• Sisters of Holy Cross
• Sisters of the Holy Cross
• Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth

[edit] See also

• Consecrated life
• Order (Catholic)
• Holy Orders (Catholic)
• Major Orders (Catholic)
• Minor Orders (Catholic)

[edit] Reerences

1. ^ Congregation of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2. ^ Franciscan Clarist Congregation
3. ^ Franciscan Clarist Congregation

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