Anglican religious orders are communities of men or women (or in some cases mixed communities of both men and women) in the Anglican Communion who live under a common rule of life. The members of

religious order A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practi ...

s take

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which often include the traditional monastic vows of

poverty Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little income. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects. When evaluating poverty in ...

, chastity and

obedience Obedience, in human behavior, is a form of " social influence in which a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure". Obedience is generally distinguished from compliance, which is behavior influenced by peers, and ...

, or the ancient vow of stability, or sometimes a modern interpretation of some or all of these vows. Members may be

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or clergy, but most commonly include a mixture of both. They lead a common life of work and prayer, sometimes on a single site, sometimes spread over multiple locations.

Titles

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. Amongst the friars and sisters the term mendicant is sometimes applied to orders whose members are geographically mobile, frequently moving between different small community houses. Brother and Sister are common forms of address across all the communities. The titles Father and Mother or Reverend Father and Reverend Mother are commonly applied to the leader of a community, or sometimes more generally to all members who have been ordained as priests. In the Benedictine tradition the formal titles Right Reverend and Very Reverend are sometimes applied to the Abbot (leader) and

Prior Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be l ...

(deputy leader) of the community. Benedictine communities sometimes apply the titles Dom and Dame to professed male and female members, rather than Brother and Sister.

History

Overview

Religious orders were dissolved by

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when he separated the Church of England from papal primacy. In 1626, Nicholas Ferrar, a protege of William Laud (1573–1645), with his family established the Little Gidding community. Since there was no formal Rule (such as the

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), no vows taken, and no enclosure, Little Gidding cannot be said to be a formal religious community, like a monastery, convent, or hermitage. The household had a routine according to high church principles and the Book of Common Prayer. Fiercely denounced by the Puritans and denounced as "Protestant Nunnery" and as an " Arminian heresy", Little Gidding was attacked in a 1641 pamphlet entitled "The Arminian Nunnery". The fame of the Ferrars and the Little Gidding community spread and they attracted visitors. King Charles I visited three times, including on 2 May 1646 seeking refuge after the Cavalier defeat at the Battle of Naseby. The community ended when its last member died in 1657. Although the Ferrar community remained a part of the Anglican ethos ( Bishop Francis Turner composed a memoir of Nicholas Ferrar prior to his death in 1700), not until the mid-nineteenth century with the

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and the revival of Anglican religious orders did Little Gidding reach the consciousness of the average Anglican parishioner. Since that time, interest in the community has grown and not been limited to members of the Anglican Communion. According to ascetical theologian Martin Thornton, much of the appeal is due to Nicholas Ferrar and the Little Gidding community's exemplifying the lack of rigidity (representing the best Anglicanism's '' via media'' can offer) and "common-sense simplicity", coupled with "pastoral warmth", which are traceable to the origins of Christianity. Between 1841 and 1855, several religious orders for women were begun, among them the

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at Wantage and the Society of Saint Margaret at East Grinstead. Religious orders for men appeared later, beginning in 1866 with the

Society of St. John the Evangelist The Society of St John the Evangelist (SSJE) is an Anglican religious order for men. The members live under a rule of life and, at profession, make monastic vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience. SSJE was founded in 1866 at Cowley, Oxford, Eng ...

or "Cowley Fathers". In North America, the founding of Anglican religious orders began in 1842 with the Nashotah Community for men in Wisconsin, followed in 1845 by the Sisterhood of the Holy Communion under

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. In recent decades, there has been a remarkable growth of religious orders in other parts of the Anglican Communion, most notably in Tanzania, South Africa, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. There are currently about 2,400 monks and nuns in the Anglican communion, about 55% of whom are women and 45% of whom are men.

Restoration

During the three centuries from dissolution to restoration some views expressed a desire for the restoration of the religious life within Anglicanism. In 1829 the poet Robert Southey, in his ''Colloquies'' (cxiii.), trusts that “thirty years hence this reproach also may be effaced, and England may have its Beguines and its Sisters of mercy. It is grievously in need of them.” Practical efforts were made in the religious households of Nicholas Ferrar at Little Gidding, 1625, and of William Law at King's Cliffe, 1743; and under Charles II, says Fr. Bede in his ''Autobiography'', “about 12 Protestant ladies of gentle birth and considerable means” founded a short-lived convent, with William Sancroft, then Dean of St Paul's, for director. Southey's appeal had weight, and before the thirty years had passed, compassion for the needs of the destitute in great cities, and the impulse of a strong Church revival, aroused a body of laymen, among whom were included

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, Sir T. D. Acland, Mr A. J. Beresford-Hope, Lord Lyttelton and Lord John Manners (chairman), to exertions which restored sisterhoods to the Church of England. On 26 March 1845 the Park Village Community was set on foot in Regent's Park, London, to minister to the poor population of St Pancras. The “Rule” was compiled by Edward Pusey, who also gave spiritual supervision. In the Crimean War the superior and other sisters went out as nurses with Florence Nightingale. The community afterwards united with the Devonport Sisters, founded by Miss Sellon in 1849, and together they form what is known as Ascot Priory. The St Thomas's sisterhood at Oxford commenced in 1847; and the mother-superior of the Holy Trinity Convent at Oxford, Marian Hughes, dedicated herself before witnesses to such a life as early as 1841.

Activity

Four sisterhoods stand together as the largest: those of Clewer, Wantage, All Saints and

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; and the work of the first may stand as a specimen of that of others. The

Community of St John Baptist The Community of St John Baptist (CSJB), also known as the Sisters of Mercy, or formerly Clewer Sisters, is an Anglican religious order of Augustinian nuns. History The Community was founded in England in 1852 by Harriet Monsell (the first Su ...

at Clewer, near Windsor, arose in 1849 through the efforts of a Mrs Tennant and the vicar, afterwards warden of the society, the Revd T. T. Carter, to save "

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". Under the first superior, Harriet Monsell, the numbers steadily grew and at the beginning of the 20th century were over 200. Their services to society and the church include six houses for "fallen women", seven orphanages, nine elementary and high schools and colleges, five hospitals, mission work in 13 parishes and visiting in several “married quarters” of barracks. Many of these are notable institutions and their labours extend over a wide area; two of the settlements are in India and two in the United States. A list of 26 sisterhoods is given in the ''Official Year-Book of the C.E.'' (1900), to which may be added 10 institutions of deaconesses, many of whom live in community under a rule. In 1909 the number of women in religious orders in England was estimated as some 1300; whereas at the time of the dissolution under King Henry VIII there had only been 745. The Episcopal Church of Scotland has three sisterhoods and they are found also in Toronto, Saint John the Divine; Brisbane, Sacred Advent. The ''Year-Book'' (1911) of the Episcopal Church of America mentions 18 American sisterhoods and seven deaconess homes and training colleges. Practically all

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sisterhoods originated in works of mercy and this largely accounts for the rapidity with which they have won their way to the good will and confidence of the Church. Their number is believed to exceed 3,000, and the demand for their services is greater than the supply. Bishops are often their visitors, and

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es, Convocation and Lambeth Conferences have given them encouragement and regulation. This change in sympathy, again, has gained a hearing from modern historians, who tend more and more to discredit the wholesale defamation of the dissolution period. This charitable activity, however, distinguishes the modern sister from the nuns of primitive and medieval times, who were cloistered and contemplative, and left external works to deaconesses, or to laywomen of a third order, or to the freer societies like the Beguines. St Vincent de Paul is considered to have begun the new era with his institution of Sisters of Charity in 1634 . Another modern feature is the fuller recognition of family ties: Rule 29 of the Clewer sisters directs that the sisters shall have free intercourse with relations, who may visit them at any time. But in most essential respects modern sisterhoods follow the ancient traditions. They devote themselves to the celibate life, have property in common, and observe a common rule of prayer, fellowship and work. Government is by a sister superior, assisted by various officers. The warden and

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are clergy, and the visitor is commonly a bishop.

Types of orders and communities

Whilst there is no single central authority for all religious orders, and many member churches of the Anglican Communion have their own internal structures for recognising and regulating religious orders, some central functions are performed by the Anglican Religious Communities department at

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, the headquarters of the Church of England,

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, General Synod, Archbishops' Council, and National Society. This department publishes the bi-annual ''Anglican Religious Life'', a world directory of religious orders, and also maintains an official Anglican Communion website for religious orders. ''Anglican Religious Life'' defines four categories of community. *Traditional Celibate Religious Orders and Communities: Orders and communities in which members take a vow of celibacy (amongst other vows) and follow a common Rule of life. They may be enclosed and contemplative or open and engaged in apostolic works. *Dispersed Communities: These are orders or communities whose members, whilst taking vows (including celibacy), do not live together in community. In most cases the members are self-supporting and live alone, but follow the same Rule of life, and meet together frequently in assemblies often known as "chapter meetings". In some cases some members may share a common life in very small groups of two or three. *Acknowledged Communities: These communities live a traditional Christian life, including the taking of vows, but the traditional vows are adapted or changed. In many cases these communities admit both single and married persons as members, requiring celibacy on the part of those who are single, and unfailing commitment to their spouse on the part of married members. They also amend the vow of poverty, allowing personal possessions, but requiring high standards of tithing to the community and the wider church. These communities often have residential elements, but not full residential community life, as this would be incompatible with some elements of married family life. *Other Communities: This group contains communities which are ecumenical (including Anglicans) or that belong to non-Anglican churches which have entered into relationships of full communion with Anglican churches (particularly, but not only, certain Lutheran churches). In the United States of America, there is a clear distinction between "orders" and "communities", since the Episcopal Church has its own two-fold definition of "religious orders" (equivalent to the first two groups above) and "Christian communities" (equivalent to the third group above). The ''Anglican Religious Life'' directory affirms this, stating "This distinction in not used in other parts of the Anglican Communion where 'communities' is also used for those who take traditional vows."

Anglican orders and interdenominational orders

Some religious orders are unique to the Anglican Communion. Certain large orders, such as the Society of Saint Margaret or the

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, are widespread and follow a rule of life written especially for the community. Other communities follow one of a number of historic rules predating the ecclesial divisions of the Reformation era. These rules are followed by different orders which often have manifestations within different current Christian denominations, particularly (in most cases) Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism and, in some cases, also Eastern Orthodoxy.

Augustinian orders

There are a number of Anglican communities of nuns following the Rule of

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. This rule has a particular focus on making all of one's thoughts and speech God-centred. There is no central Augustinian administration beyond the common rule.

Benedictine orders

The Benedictine order is active in all the Christian denominations mentioned above, including the Eastern Orthodox tradition. Within the Roman Catholic Church there is a central

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(notwithstanding the autonomy of each abbey) and the Anglican Benedictine orders maintain close relations with this central organisation (although without actual membership). The rule has a particular emphasis on community life, hospitality for strangers and achieving a proper balance of work, prayer and recreation.

Carmelite orders

The Carmelite Rule has found more limited use in the Anglican Communion than some others. The Community of the Sisters of the Love of God in Oxford, England, are heavily influenced by Carmelite spirituality and follow elements of the Carmelite Rule, but their rule also has many other influences. The

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in Maryland is a full expression of the Carmelite order and rule within Anglicanism, founded for that purpose with the support of the American House of Bishops. The sisters follow the Discalced Carmelite rule and therefore use the post-nominal initials OCD.

Cistercian orders

Although a number of cloistered Cistercian orders have been founded within Anglicanism, none has proved enduring. The longest Cistercian experiment was the community of

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(1966 to 2004). Some Anglican communities follow an adapted form of the Cistercian Rule and a single member of the former Ewell Monastery lives as a Cistercian solitary. Since 2010 there exists the Order of

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who enjoy an ecumenical link with the Roman Catholic Cistercians.

Dominican orders

The Anglican Order of Preachers is a recognized "Christian Community" of the Episcopal Church in the United States and has spread to Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe, the Philippines, Australia and India. The friars and sisters live under a common rule of life and vows of simplicity, purity, and obedience.

Franciscan orders

A number of Anglican religious orders follow the Rule of

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, although the

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is the largest and most widespread. The rule has a particular focus on poverty and identifying with the poor and the destitute as well as care of the environment and respect for all of creation.

Vincentian orders

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List of current orders

The following is a list of the religious orders in the Anglican Communion with their initials and locations: Orders of men: *

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(BAC), India * Community of Our Lady & Saint John Alton Abbey (OSB), England * Community of the Resurrection (CR), England *

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(OSB), England * Little Brothers of Francis (LBF), Australia * Melanesian Brotherhood (MBH), Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Philippines * Oratory of the Good Shepherd (OGS), England, Australia, United States, South Africa *

Order of the Holy Cross The Order of the Holy Cross is an international Anglican monastic order that follows the Rule of St. Benedict. History The order was founded in 1884 by the Rev. James Huntington, an Episcopal priest, in New York City. The order moved to Mar ...

(OHC), United States, Canada, South Africa *

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(OSC), United States, Canada, Nigeria
Order of Saint Francis
OSF), United States, Canada * Saint Gregory's Abbey (OSB), United States * Society of the Sacred Mission (SSM), England, South Africa, Australia * Society of Saint Francis (SSF), England, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands *

(SSJE), England, United States *

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(SSP), United States Orders of women: * All Saints Sisters of the Poor (ASSP), England * Benedictine Sisters of Bethany (EBSB), Cameroon *

Chama Cha Mariamu Mtakatifu The Chama cha Mariamu Mtakatifu (Community of St. Mary of Nazareth and Calvary), (CMM) is a large Anglican religious order operating within the Anglican Church of Tanzania, and with its headquarters at Masasi, Tanzania. History Female religious we ...

, Community of Saint Mary of Nazareth and Calvary (CMM), Tanzania, Zambia * Chita che Zita Rinoyera, Community of the Holy Name (CZR), Zimbabwe * Community of the Holy Family (CHF), United States *

Christa Sevika Sangha The Christa Sevika Sangha (Handmaids of Christ), CSS, is an Anglican religious order for women based in Jobarpar, Barisal, Bangladesh. It is a part of the Anglican Church of Bangladesh. History In 1970 the Sisterhood of the Epiphany, a group ...

Handmaids of Christ (CSS), Bangladesh *

Community of All Hallows The Community of All Hallows is an Anglican religious order based in Ditchingham, near Bungay, Suffolk, under the jurisdiction of the Church of England. The religious sisters lead a life of prayer and service providing hospitality and spiritual ...

(CAH), England *

Community of Christ the King The Community of Christ the King (CCK) was an Anglican religious order of Benedictine nuns near Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1993, this enclosed and contemplative order was under the jurisdiction of the Anglican Church of Austral ...

(CCK), Australia *

Community of Jesus' Compassion The Community of Jesus' Compassion (CJC) is an Anglican religious order founded in 1993 by Sister Londiwe Manqele and located near Pietermaritzburg, South Africa in the Diocese of Natal of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The primary work o ...

(CJC), South Africa *

Community of Nazareth The Community of Nazareth (CN) is an Anglican religious order for women founded in 1936. It was established in Tokyo by the English Community of the Epiphany. It is now under the jurisdiction of the Anglican Church in Japan, the Nippon Sei Ko Kai, ...

(CN), Japan *

Community of St. Andrew The Community of St. Andrew (CSA) is an Anglican religious order of professed sisters in holy orders or who otherwise serve in diaconal ministry. The community was founded in 1861 by Elizabeth Ferard, with the encouragement of Bishop Tait of Lond ...

(CSA), England * Community of St. Clare (OSC), England *

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(CSF), England, United States *

(CSJB), England, United States *

Community of St. John the Divine The Community of St. John the Divine (CSJD) is an Anglican religious order of nuns within the Church of England. Founded in London in 1848, the community is now based in Marston Green, Solihull, England. Originally a nursing order, the CSJD ...

(CSJD) (England) *

Community of St. John the Evangelist The Community of St. John the Evangelist (CSJE) is an Anglican religious order of nuns of the Church of Ireland. Founded in 1912, the order is located in Dublin, and administers their house as a nursing and residential care home. For some years ...

(CSJE) (Ireland) * Community of St. Laurence (CSL) (England) *

Community of St. Mary The Community of St. Mary (CSM) is an Anglican religious order of nuns with independent houses located in Greenwich (village), New York, Greenwich, New York, Sewanee, Tennessee, Mukwonago, Wisconsin, and also in Malawi and the Philippines. Histor ...

(CSM) (United States, Malawi, the Philippines) * Community of St. Mary at the Cross (OSB) (England) * Community of St. Mary the Virgin (CSMV) (England) * Community of St. Peter (CSP) (England) *

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(CSPH) (England) *

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(CBLM) (Zimbabwe) * Community of the Companions of Jesus the Good Shepherd (CJGS) (England) * Community of the Franciscan Servants of Jesus & Mary (England) *

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(CGS) (Malaysia) *

Community of the Holy Cross The Community of the Holy Cross (CHC) is an Anglican religious order founded in 1857 by Elizabeth Neale (sister of John Mason Neale), at the invitation of Father Charles Fuge Lowder, to work with the poor around St Peter's London Docks in Wap ...

(CHC) (England) * Community of the Holy Name (Australia) (CHN) (Australia) * Community of the Holy Name (CHN) (England, Lesotho, South Africa) * Community of the Holy Spirit (CHS) (United States) *

Community of the Sacred Name The Community of the Sacred Name is a community of nuns in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. CSN Sisters currently live in Christchurch, Ashburton, Nukualofa and Suva. The former Motherhouse of the community including co ...

(CSN) (Fiji, New Zealand, Tonga) * Community of the Sacred Passion (CSP) (England) * Community of the Sisters of Melanesia (CSM) (Solomon Islands) *

(CSC) (Canada, England, Solomon Islands, Australia) * Community of the Sisters of the Love of God (SLG) (England, New Zealand) * Community of the Transfiguration (CT) (United States, Dominican Republic) * Congregation of the Sisters of the Visitation of our Lady (CVL) (Papua New Guinea) * Daughters of St. Francis (DSF) (Korea) *

(OCD) (United States) * Fikambanan'ny Mpanompovavin l Jesoa Kristy (FMJK) ''(Society of the Servants of Jesus Christ)'' (Madagascar) * Malling Abbey (OSB) (England) * Order of St. Anne (OSA) (United States) *

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(OSA) (United States) *

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(OSH) (United States) *

Order of the Holy Paraclete The Order of The Holy Paraclete (OHP) is an Anglican religious congregation. The community began in 1915, when it was founded by Margaret Cope (1886–1961) at the Mother House of St Hilda's Priory, Sneaton Castle, Whitby. The mother house was ...

(OHP) (England, Ghana, Swaziland) * Sisterhood of St. John the Divine (SSJD) (Canada) *

Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity The Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity (SHN) is an Anglican religious order for women founded in 1882 by Charles Chapman Grafton SSJE. Three sisters and six novices of the Society of St. Margaret (SSM), associated with the Cowley Fathers, left SSM in ...

(SHN) (United States) * Sisters of Charity (SC) (England, United States) *

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(SI) (Australia) *

Society of Our Lady of the Isles The Society of Our Lady of the Isles (SOLI) is a small Anglican religious order for women, founded in the late 20th century. It is located in Shetland, and is part of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It is arguably the most remote community (by lo ...

(SOLI) (Scotland) *Society of Saint John the Divine (SSJD) (South Africa) *

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(SSM) (England, United States, Haiti) * Society of the Holy Cross (SHC) (Korea) *

Society of the Precious Blood The Society of the Precious Blood is an Anglican religious order of contemplative sisters with convents in England, Lesotho and South Africa. The sisters follow the Rule of St Augustine. History The Order dates its history from 1905 when Mot ...

(SPB) (England, South Africa, and Lesotho) *

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(SSA) (Australia) *

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SSC (Canada) *

Society of the Sacred Cross The Society of the Sacred Cross is an Anglican religious order founded in Chichester, Sussex, in 1910. It established a community at Tymawr, Lydart, Monmouthshire, in 1923 with guidance from Fr G. Northcott of the Community of the Resurrection. T ...

(SSC) (Wales) * Society of the Sisters of Bethany (SSB) (England) Mixed orders of men and women: * Anglican Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (OP) * Chita che Zvipo Zve Moto Community of the Gifts of the Holy Fire (CZM) (Zimbabwe) * Christ Mission Anglican Benedictines (OSB) * Community of the Glorious Ascension (CGA) (England, France) * Community of the Holy Spirit Monastery (HSM) (Zimbabwe) * Community of the Holy Transfiguration (CHT) (Zimbabwe) *

Community of the Mother of Jesus A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, to ...

(CMJ) (Chicago) *Community of the Resurrection of our Lord (CR) (South Africa) * Community of the Servants of the Will of God (CSWG) (England) * Mucknell Abbey (OSB) (England) *

Order of Julian of Norwich The Order of Julian of Norwich (OJN) is a contemplative community of nuns in The Episcopal Church. History The Order was founded in Connecticut in 1985, under the inspiration of Fr John Swanson (known by his religious name, Fr John-Julian OJN). ...

(OJN) (United States) * Society of the Sacred Mission (SSM) (England, Lesotho, Japan, Australia, South Africa) * Order of Saint Benedict, Camperdown (Australia) * Third Order of Saint Francis (TSSF)

List of other communities

* Anglican Order of Preachers (Dominicans) *

Brotherhood of Saint Gregory The Brotherhood of Saint Gregory is a community of friars within the Anglican Communion. The community's members, known as ''Gregorians'', include clergy and laymen. Since 1987 there has also been a parallel order of sisters, the Sisters of Sain ...

*Community of Celebration *

Community of the Gospel A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village ...

* Community of the Paraclete *

Community of St. Denys The Community of St Denys (CSD) is an Anglican religious order of nuns founded in 1879, under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Salisbury of the Church of England. The community was established to engage in domestic and foreign missionary work ...

* Companions of St. Luke (OSB) * Company of Mission Priests * Congregation of the Companions of the Holy Saviour *

Little Sisters of Saint Clare Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John P ...

* Order of Anglican Cistercians
Order of the Ascension (OA)The Emmaus Community
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada *Order of St Andrew * Holywell Community,

Abergavenny Abergavenny (; cy, Y Fenni , archaically ''Abergafenni'' meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a ''Gateway to Wales''; it is approximately from the border wi ...

.Holywell Community
community website, accessed 4 July 2019. *

Order of St Anthony the Great Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...

(OPC) *

Rivendell Community Rivendell ('' sjn, Imladris'') is a valley in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, representing both a homely place of sanctuary and a magical Elf (Middle-earth), Elvish otherworld. It is an important location in ''The Hobbit'' a ...

The Order of Mission (TOM)
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The Servants of the Sacred Cross ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

* Sisterhood of Saint Gregory *

Worker Brothers of the Holy Spirit The Worker Sisters of the Holy Spirit (WSHS) is an international covenant community in the Episcopal Church which offers women, regardless of marital status, a path for spiritual growth. It is a registered charity. History The community was fou ...

* Worker Sisters of the Holy Spirit Moana St Clare (Diocese of Polynesia, Fiji) Community of St Barnabas and Cecelia, South Australia

In popular media

In her autobiographical series '' Call the Midwife'', British author Jennifer Worth portrayed her time working as a district nurse and midwife in the East End of London in the late 1950s alongside the

. In the books, and the BBC television drama series of the same name, the order is renamed the Sisters of St. Raymond Nonnatus. The 1939

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

''Black Narcissus'' by Rumer Godden is about a group of Anglican Nuns (the Order of the Servants of Mary) who persist in trying to establish a religious community in the Palace of Mopu in the Himalayas, Nepal, despite the sisters feeling sexual repression and enduring forbidden love. Both the 1947 film ''

Black Narcissus ''Black Narcissus'' is a 1947 British Psychological fiction, psychological drama film written, produced, and directed by Powell and Pressburger, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and starring Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron, Sabu Dastagir, S ...

'' and the 2020 miniseries of the same name were adaptations of the book.

Gallery

File:Three Malawian nuns, dancing.jpg, Community of Saint Mary File:bethanysisters.jpg, Sisters of Bethany File:communityofstfrancis.jpg, Community of Saint Francis File:chn.jpg, Community of the Holy Name File:ctsisters.jpg, Community of the Transfiguration File:Julianofnorwich.jpg, Order of Julian of Norwich File:holyparaclete.jpg, Order of the Holy Paraclete File:orderhelena.JPG, Order of Saint Helena File:Anglicannoviciateconference.jpg, Anglican novices in South Africa File:N4100003 30519696 8614.jpg, Handmaids of Christ File:Community of the Resurrection (Mirfield).jpg, Community of the Resurrection File:N4100003 30519697 2592.jpg, Alton Abbey File:Community of St. John Baptist Sisters in 2016.jpg, The Community of St. John Baptist at Mendham, NJ

References

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External links

Historical documents on Anglican religious orders
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