Women's congregations devoted to the poor, the sick and the schoolroom: the Missionaries of Charity, the Ursulines, the Sisters of Mercy, the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and the Visitandines. A congregation belongs here when its cited article describes a society of Catholic women under religious vows that serves in charity or education. It excludes the men's congregations and the Poor Clares, who are mendicant nuns.
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Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (Wikipedia)
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The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (Latin: Societas Filiarum Caritatis a Sancto Vincentio de Paulo; abbreviated DC), commonly called the Daughters of Charity or Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, is a society of apostolic life for women within the Catholic Church.
Missionaries of Charity (Wikipedia)
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The Missionaries of Charity (Latin: Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate) is a Catholic centralised religious institute of consecrated life of pontifical right for women established in 1950 by Mother Teresa.
Sisters of Mercy (Wikipedia)
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The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute for women in the Catholic Church.
Ursulines (Wikipedia)
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The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula (post-nominals: OSU), is an enclosed religious order of women that in 1572 branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula.
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