Congregation (catholic)

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This article refers to a specific usage of the term "congregation". For other uses, see congregation.

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 Holy Cross
• Legion of Christ
• Marianites of Holy Cross
• Sisters of the Holy Cross
• Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth
• Sisters of Holy Cross
• Servi Jesu et Mariae

[edit] See also

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