Men's congregations founded for mission, education and parish work: the Jesuits, the Redemptorists, the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Christian Brothers. A congregation belongs here when its cited article describes a society of Catholic men engaged in teaching, missions or preaching. It excludes enclosed monks, mendicant friars and women's congregations. A later fill lane places an entity here only when a source states that membership in words.
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Wikipedia, "Congregation of Christian Brothers"
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The Congregation of Christian Brothers (Latin: Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Edmund Rice. Their first school opened in Waterford, Ireland, in 1802.
Jesuits (Wikipedia)
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The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( JEZH-oo-its, JEZ-ew-; Latin: Iesuitae), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church.
Redemptorists (Wikipedia)
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The Redemptorists, officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Latin: Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical rite for men (priests and brothers). It was founded by Alphonsus Liguori at Scala, Italy, for the purpose of labouring among the neglected country people around Naples.
Salesians of Don Bosco (Wikipedia)
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The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (Latin: Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii), is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded on 18 December 1859 by the Italian priest John Bosco to help poor and migrant youth during the Industrial Revolution.
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