Teaching order
A teaching order is a Catholic religious institute whose particular charism is education. 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.
Description
Teaching orders may operate their own institutions, from primary school through the university level, provide staff to diocesan or other Catholic schools, or otherwise contribute to educational ministries.Such teaching orders include the following:
- Apostolic Carmel Sisters
- Basilian Fathers
- Brigidine Sisters
- 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) - education of the materially poor
- Congregation of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
- De La Salle Christian Brothers
- Dominicans
- Gabrielite Brothers - education of youth
- Grey Ursulines
- Society of the Holy Child Jesus - education of youth in a nurturing environment
- Congregation of Holy Cross - education of youth, especially in matters of faith
- Holy Ghost Fathers, or Spiritans
- Religious Teachers Filippini - education of youth and of adults, especially women
- Jesuits
- Josephites, or Brown Joeys - education of the poor and in rural areas
- Loreto Sisters
- Loretto Community
- Marianists - education of youth
- Marianites of Holy Cross - evangelization through education
- Marist Brothers - education of youth, especially the "most neglected"
- Piarists - education of youth
- Presentation Brothers -
- Presentation Sisters - education in parochial schools
- Religious of the Virgin Mary - education of youth especially women
- Sacred Heart Brothers - education of youth
- Salesians of Don Bosco - education and evangelization of youth
- School Sisters of Notre Dame
- 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
- 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 - education of clergy
- Viatorians
- Xaverian Brothers - education of youth