A teaching order is a

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

religious institute whose particular

charism A spiritual gift or charism (plural: charisms or charismata; in Greek singular: χάρισμα ''charisma'', plural: χαρίσματα ''charismata'') is an extraordinary power given by the Holy Spirit."Spiritual gifts". ''A Dictionary of the ...

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. V ...

. Many orders and societies sponsor educational programs and institutions, and teaching orders participate in other charitable and spiritual activities; a teaching order is distinguished in that education is a primary mission.

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Teaching orders may operate their own institutions, from

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...

through the

university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...

level, provide staff to diocesan or other

Catholic school Catholic schools are pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered under the aegis or in association with the Catholic Church. , the Catholic Church operates the world's largest religious, non-governmental school syste ...

s, or otherwise contribute to educational ministries. Such teaching orders include the following: * Apostolic Carmel Sisters (Congregation of the Apostolic Carmel) * Basilian Fathers (Congregation of St. Basil) * Brigidine Sisters *

Brotherhood of Hope The Brotherhood of Hope (abbreviated B.H.) is an association of the faithful in the Catholic Church, composed primarily of religious brothers who serve in college campus ministry. Early history The association was founded in 1980 in Newark, Ne ...

- evangelization at secular universities *

Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes The Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes (french: Frères de Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, la, Fratres Nostrae Dominae de Lurdensis, FNDL) are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1830 by Belgian priest Étienne-Modeste Glorieux (1802-1872). Th ...

- education of youth *

Carmelites of Mary Immaculate The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate ( la, Congregatio Fratrum Carmelitarum Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae) abbreviated CMI, formerly also known as the Servants of Mary Immaculate ( ml, അമലോത്ഭവ ദാസ സംഘം), is a Cath ...

- seminaries and training of priests; education of youth * Christian Brothers (Irish) (Congregation of Christian Brothers) - education of the materially poor * Congregation of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux * De La Salle Christian Brothers (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools) * Dominicans (Order of Preachers) * Gabrielite Brothers (Brothers of Christian Instruction of St Gabriel) - education of youth * Grey Ursulines (Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus) * Society of the Holy Child Jesus - education of youth in a nurturing environment *

Congregation of Holy Cross , image = Congregation of Holy Cross.svg , image_size = 150px , abbreviation = CSC , formation = , founder = Blessed Fr. Basile-Antoine Marie Moreau, C.S.C. , founding_location = L ...

- education of youth, especially in matters of faith *

Holy Ghost Fathers , image = Holy Ghost Fathers seal.png , size = 175px , caption = The seal of the Congregation depicting the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the Holy Spirit proceeding from the Trinity. , abbreviation ...

, or Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit) * Religious Teachers Filippini (Pontifical Institute of the Religious Teachers Filippini) - education of youth and of adults, especially women *

Jesuits , image = Ihs-logo.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = ChristogramOfficial seal of the Jesuits , abbreviation = SJ , nickname = Jesuits , formation = , founders = ...

(Society of Jesus) * Josephites, or Brown Joeys (Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart) - education of the poor and in rural areas * Loreto Sisters (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary) * Loretto Community (Sisters of Loretto) *

Marianists The Society of Mary ( la, Societas Mariae) abbreviated SM is a clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men ( brothers and priests) commonly called the Marianists or Marianist Brothers and Priests. Its members add the nominal ...

(Society of Mary) - education of youth *

Marianites of Holy Cross The Marianites of Holy Cross (MSC) is a Catholic congregation of nuns, founded in Le Mans, France, in 1841, by Fr Basil Moreau. It was founded as a third distinct society within the Congregation of Holy Cross. The Marianites of Holy Cross is now a ...

- evangelization through education *

Marist Brothers The Marist Brothers of the Schools, commonly known as simply the Marist Brothers, is an international community of Catholic religious institute of brothers. In 1817, St. Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest from France, founded the Marist Brother ...

(Little Brothers of Mary) - education of youth, especially the "most neglected" *

Piarists The Piarists (), officially named the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum), abbreviated SchP, is a religious order of clerics regular of the ...

(Order of Poor Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools) - education of youth *

Presentation Brothers The Congregation of Presentation Brothers is an international Catholic congregation of laymen founded in 1802 in Waterford, Ireland, by a local Irish businessman, Edmund Ignatius Rice, now Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice. Presentation Brothers live ...

(Congregation of Presentation Brothers) - *

Presentation Sisters The Presentation Sisters, officially the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are a religious institute of Roman Catholic women founded in Cork, Ireland, by the Venerable Honora "Nano" Nagle in 1775. The Sisters of the congre ...

(Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) - education in parochial schools * Sacred Heart Brothers - education of youth *

Salesians of Don Bosco , image = File:Stemma big.png , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms , abbreviation = SDB , formation = , founder = John Bosco , founding_location = Valdocco, Turi ...

- education and evangelization of youth *

School Sisters of Notre Dame School Sisters of Notre Dame is a worldwide religious institute of Roman Catholic sisters founded in Bavaria in 1833 and devoted to primary, secondary, and post-secondary education. Their life in mission centers on prayer, community life and ...

* Sisters of Charity of New York - education in a "caring environment" * Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth * Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill * Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary *

Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary The Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (Soeurs des Saints Noms de Jésus et de Marie) is a teaching religious institute founded at Longueuil, Québec, Canada, in 1843 by Blessed Mother Marie Rose Durocher for the Christian education o ...

Sisters of Holy Cross The Sisters of Holy Cross, (''Soeurs de Sainte-Croix'') headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada is an international Catholic congregation of religious sisters which traces its origins to the foundation of the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1837 i ...

- education of the underserved *

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (Congregationis Sororum a Domina Nostra Namurcensi) are a Catholic institute of religious sisters, founded to provide education to the poor. The institute was founded in Amiens, France, in 1804, but the opposi ...

* Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary * Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres *

Sulpicians The Society of Priests of Saint-Sulpice (french: Compagnie des Prêtres de Saint-Sulpice), abbreviated PSS also known as the Sulpicians is a society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men, named after the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, ...

(Society of Saint-Sulpice) - education of clergy * Viatorians (Clerics of Saint Viator) *

Xaverian Brothers The Xaverian Brothers or Congregation of St. Francis Xavier are a Roman Catholic religious institute founded by Theodore James Ryken in Bruges, Belgium, in 1839 and named after Saint Francis Xavier. The institute is dedicated to education. Hi ...

(Congregation of St. Francis Xavier) - education of youth

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