A teaching order is a

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...

religious institute A religious institute is a type of institute of consecrated life in the Catholic Church whose members take religious vows and lead a life in community with fellow members. Religious institutes are one of the two types of institutes of consecra ...

whose particular charism is

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. ...

. 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. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...

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 syst ...

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 The Brigidine Sisters (also known as the Brigidine Order, or simply the Brigidines) are a global Roman Catholic congregation, founded by Bishop Daniel Delany in Tullow, Ireland on 1 February 1807. The sisters' apostolate is education. Backgroun ...

* Brotherhood of Hope - evangelization at secular universities * Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes - education of youth * Carmelites of Mary Immaculate - 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 *

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- 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 The Society of Jesus ( la, Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuits (; la, Iesuitæ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

(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 (Society of Mary) - education of youth * Marianites of Holy Cross - 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 Brothe ...

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

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- education and evangelization of youth * School Sisters of Notre Dame *

Sisters of Charity of New York The Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul of New York, most often known as the Sisters of Charity of New York, is a religious congregation of sisters in the Catholic Church whose primary missions are education and nursing and who are dedicate ...

- 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 The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known by its initials BVM, is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded in the United States by Mother Mary Frances Clarke. Its founders were Irish Catholics. The BVM currently works in twe ...

* Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary * Sisters of Holy Cross - education of the underserved * Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur * Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary * Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres * Sulpicians (Society of Saint-Sulpice) - education of clergy *

Viatorians The Clerics of Saint Viator (french: Clercs de Saint-Viateur ), abbreviated C.S.V. and also known as the Viatorians is a Roman Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men (priest, brothers and lay associates) founded in ...

(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. H ...

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

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