Category
page 1Catholic female orders and societies
Carthusian Order
thumb|right|upright=0.9|Painting by Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734) depicting the founder of the Carthusians, [[Bruno of Cologne (), revering Mary, mother of Jesus and adoring the Christ Child, with Hugh of Lincoln (1135–1200) looking on in the background.]]
Ursulines
thumb|right|Saint Ursula, painted byBenozzo Gozzoli ()
The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula (post-nominals: OSU), is an enclosed religious order of women that in 1572 branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula. The Ursulines trace their origins to the Angeline foundress Angela Merici and likewise place themselves under the patronage of Saint Ursula. While the Ursulines took up a monastic way of life under the Rule of Saint Augustine, the Angelines operate as a secular institute. The largest group within the Ursulines is the Ursulines of the Rom
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary
R.C. religious order for women
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Society of the Sacred Heart
religious congregation for women of the Catholic Church established in France by St. Madeleine Sophie Barat in 1800
Little Sisters of the Poor
catholic religious institute for women
Sisters of Mercy
Roman Catholic institute of religious sisters
Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit
sister organisation of the Society of the Divine Word
Congregation of Jesus
Roman Catholic religious congregation
Daughters of Divine Charity
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Order of the Immaculate Conception
The Order of the Immaculate Conception (), abbreviated OIC and also known as the Conceptionists, is a Catholic religious order of Pontifical Right for nuns founded by Saint Beatrice of Silva. For some years, they followed the Poor Clares Rule, but in 1511 they were recognized as a separate religious order, taking a new rule with the name Order of the Immaculate Conception. (In some areas they are still known as the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception.)
Religious of the Assumption
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Congregation of Notre-Dame de Sion
Catholic order of religious sisters
Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo
religious congregation
Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
R.C. religious congregation originally from Spain
Order of Our Lady of Charity
Roman Catholic religious congregation for men and women
Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth
female religious congregation
Good Shepherd Sisters
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Angelic Sisters of St. Paul
Roman Catholic religious congregation
Daughters of St. Paul
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
RC congregation from India
Sisters of Loreto
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
female Roman Catholic religious congregation
Sisters of St. Joseph
female Roman Catholic religious congregation
Sisters of Adoration, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity
R.C. religious congregation originally from Spain
Sisters of the Resurrection
Roman Catholic religious congregation
Little Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Redemptoristines
The Order of the Most Holy Redeemer (; abbreviated OSsR), also commonly known as the Redemptoristines, is a female contemplative religious order of the Catholic Church. It was formed in 1731, and is the female counterpart to the Redemptorists.
Religious of Jesus and Mary
religious congregation for women in the Catholic Church's Latin Rite branch
Sisters of Saint Elizabeth
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women (not to be confused with the congregation with the same name from Aachen)
Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women founded in 1835 in Heythuysen, the Netherlands
Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus
Roman Catholic female religious congregation from Poland
Lovers of the Holy Cross
Federation of Vietnamese Roman Catholic orders
Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate
Catholic religious congregation for women (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
Canonesses of Saint-Augustin of the Notre-Dame Congregation
Catholic female religious order
Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Cistercian nuns
female members of the Cistercian Order
Little Sisters of Jesus
catholic religious community, part of the spiritual family of Charles de Foucauld
Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre
Catholic female religious order
Carmelite Sisters of Charity
Roman Catholic religious order
Benedictine Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Catholic female congregation
Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
Roman Catholic female religious congregation from Poland
Bon Secours Sisters
Roman Catholic religious congregation
Passionist nuns
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Congregation of Our Lady of Calvary
Benedictine religious congregation for women
Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre
Roman Catholic Benedictine congregation for women
Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal
Roman Catholic religious congregation
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women, founded in France
Sisters Servants of Mary
Roman Catholic religious institute of women
Sisters of Charity of Our Lady Mother of Mercy
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Sisters of Holy Family of Villefranche
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration
Congregation of contemplative nuns under the Poor Clare Order
Sisters of the Infant Jesus
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls
Congregation of Religious Sisters in the Catholic Church
Little Sisters of the Assumption
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women
Sisters of St. John the Baptist
Roman Catholic religious congregation for women