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There are Religious Orders of all shapes and sizes.
- Some spend more time in prayer and work within the house.
- Monks are men's orders and Nuns are women.
- Some Orders were founded for Missionary work.
- Many Women's Orders live and work in the wider community.
- Men who wish to become Religious can choose to join an order of Brothers or an order with both Priests and Brothers.
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Monks
- Benedictines
- Benedictines — Ampleforth Abbey
- Benedictines — Belmont Abbey
- Benedictines — Buckfast Abbey
- Benedictines Douai (English Benedictine Congregation)
- Benedictines — Downside Abbey
- Benedictines — Worth Abbey
- Carthusians
- Carthusians — St. Hugh's Charterhouse of Parkminster
- Cistercians
- Cistercians of the Strict Observance — Nunraw Abbey (Scotland)
- St Michael's Abbey Farnborough
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Nuns/Sisters
- Benedictines Isle of Wight
- Benedictines (Tyburn Convent)
- Bernardine Cistercian
- Monastery of Our Lady and St. Bernard (Bernardine Cistercian)
- Monastery of Our Lady of Hyning (Bernardine Cistercian)
- Carmelite Monastery at Ware
- Contemplative Dominican Nuns
- Holy Family of Bordeaux
- Poor Clare Colettine Community
- Stanbrook Abbey (English Benedictine Congregation)
- Sister Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Olivetan Benedictines/Vita Et Pax (Turvey Abbey)
- Order of the Poor Clares of Arundel (featured recently on BBC)
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Missionary Orders
- Claretian Missionaries
- Columban Missionary Society
- Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
- Franciscan Missionaries of St. Joseph
- Little Sisters of Jesus
- Medical Mission Sisters
- Medical Missionaries of Mary
- Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
- Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
- Missionary Sisters (Servants of the Holy Spirit)
- Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary
- Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (White Sisters)
- Missionary Sisters of St Columban (Columban Sisters)
- Missionary Society of St. Paul
- Company of Mary / Montfort Missionaries
- Oblates of Mary Immaculate
- Our Lady of the Missions
- Religious of Mary Immaculate (Claretian Sisters)
- Society of African Missions
- Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Ghost)
- St Joseph's Missionary Society (Mill Hill Missionaries)
- The Vincentians (CMs)
- Verona Fathers/Comboni Missionaries
- Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood
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Women's Orders
- Sisters of the Holy Cross
- Augustinian Canoness of the Mercy of Jesus
- Canonesses of St Augustine (Boarbank Hall)
- Benedictines Grace and Compassion
- Congregation of Jesus
- Daughters of Charity in Britain
- Daughters of Divine Love
- Daughters of Jesus (Filles de Jesus)
- Daughters of Mary and Joseph (Dames de Marie)
- Daughters of St. Paul (Paulines)
- Daughters of the Holy Spirit (Filles du Saint-Esprit)
- Daughters of Wisdom
- Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena (Bushey)
- Dominican Sisters of the English Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena (Stone)
- Faithful Companions of Jesus
- Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Little Hampton (FMSL)
- Franciscan Sisters Minoress
- Sisters Adorers, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity (Adoratrices)
- Holy Family of Bordeaux
- Infant Jesus Sisters
- Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto Sisters)
- La Retraite
- Little Company of Mary
- Little Sisters of the Assumption
- Marie Reparatrice Sisters
- Marist Sisters
- Notre Dame de Namur
- Order of Carmelites Discalced
- Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ
- Poor Servants of the Mother of God
- Presentation Sisters
- Religions of the Assumption (Assumption Sisters)
- Religious of Mary Immaculate (Claretian Sisters)
- Religious Sisters of Charity
- Servite Sisters (Servants of Mary)
- Sisters of Bon Secours
- Sisters of Charity of St Paul the Apostle
- Sisters of Christ
- Sisters of Evron
- Sisters of Mercy
- Sisters of the Cenacle
- Sisters of the Christian Retreat
- Sisters of the Cross and Passion (Passionist)
- Sisters of Our Lady
- Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
- Society of the Holy Child Jesus
- Society of the Sacred Heart
- Sisters of Sion
- Sisters of St. Augustine of the Mercy of Jesus
- Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy
- Sisters of St Joseph of Peace
- Sisters of St Mary of Namur
- The Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
- The Urusulines
- The Urusulines of Jesus
- The Urusulines of Wales
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Brothers
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Priests, Brothers and Friars
- Augustinians
- Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchins)
- Carmelite Friars in the UK
- Order of Carmelites Discalced
- Carmelites — Preston
- Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines/Premonstratensians/White Canons) — Storrington Abbey
- Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)
- Institute of Charity (Rosminians)
- Marian Fathers — Fawley Court
- Missionaries, Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)
- Passionists
- Redemptorist Vocation Site in Britain
- Salesians of Don Bosco
- Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
- The Josephites
- Society of Mary (Marist Fathers)
- Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians)
- The Sons of Divine Providence
- Spiritans
- Order of Friars Minor (OFM)
- Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventuals) (OFM Conv.)
- Franciscans of Saint Mary of the Angels (FSMA)
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Other useful Catholic sites
- Conference of Religious
- Conference of Religious — Members Page (a directory listing religious orders)
- Diocesan Vocations Service of England & Wales
- Serra International (lay organisation to promote vocations)
- Catholic Church — List of English and Welsh Dioceses
- Westminster Diocese
- Catholic Nuns Today