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Enclosed religious orders are religious orders whose members strictly separate themselves from the affairs of the external world. The term cloistered is synonymous with enclosed. In the Catholic Church, enclosure is regulated by the code of canon law, either the Latin code or the Oriental code, and also by the constitutions of the specific ...
Catholic religious orders began as early as the 500s, with the Order of Saint Benedict being formed in 529. The earliest orders include the Cistercians (1098), the Premonstratensians (1120), the Poor Clares founded by Francis of Assisi (1212), and the Benedictine reform movements of Cluny (1216). These orders were confederations of independent ...
The Cistercians are a Catholic religious order of enclosed monks and nuns formed in 1098, originating from Cîteaux Abbey. Their monasteries spread throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, but many were closed during the Protestant Reformation , the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII , the French Revolution , and the ...
The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians (Latin: Ordo Cartusiensis), are a Latin enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its own rule, called the Statutes, and their life combines both eremitical and cenobitic monasticism.
Members of religious communities may be known as monks or nuns, particularly in those communities which require their members to live permanently in one location; they may be known as friars or sisters, a term used particularly (though not exclusively) by religious orders whose members are more active in the wider community, often living in smaller groups.
Catholic female orders and societies (24 C, 307 P, 1 F) Catholic fraternal orders (5 C, 11 P) Catholic missionary orders (17 C, 51 P) Catholic monastic orders (7 C, 10 P) Catholic nursing orders (3 C, 33 P) Catholic teaching orders (24 C, 84 P) Clerics regular (6 C, 14 P)
Male religious orders in the archdiocese. Saint Anselm's, (Agustinos Recoletos), Bronx, Nueva York. Augustinian Recollect Friars - The friars serve St. Anselm & St. Rocco Parishes in the Bronx, as well as St. John-Visitation. Tagaste Monastery, a House of Study, is located in Suffern, New York.
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