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Augustines de la Miséricorde de Jésus
Augustines de la Miséricorde de Jésus, female religious congregation formed in 1957 by the federation of 14 Canadian convents (plus 3 foreign missions) of the Augustines hospitalières, which...
Benedictines
Various monastic traditions were already in existence in western Europe when Saint Benedict of Nursia founded the Abbey of Monte Cassino in Italy in 529. His rule, which quickly replaced most others in Western...
Brothers of the Christian Schools
Brothers of the Christian Schools, is a religious congregation that was founded in Reims, France, by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle for the "Christian education of children." The first schools were founded in...
Clerics of Saint-Viateur
A religious congregation founded in 1831 in Vourles (near Lyons), France, by Father Louis-Marie Querbes to educate boys and to help in the general parish ministry. Following a request from Monseigneur Ignace...
Grey Nuns
Grey Nuns, the name commonly given to 6 distinct Roman Catholic religious communities of women, all spring from the original foundation, the Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général, in...
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