Home›Religious Order›Membership Eligibility›Men onlyBrowse ByMen onlyThis page groups organizations by the rules that govern who may join or register as a member. Wikipedia notes that in Croatia a new religious community must show "at least 500 believers and proof that the newly founded religious community has existed as an association for at least 5 years." Browsing this way lets a visitor compare how demanding membership or recognition is from one organization to the next.Men onlyComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Version History (1)Men onlyFilter Results14 entriesAuthority ScopeAllOne congregation, house or temple (1)One order, school or lineage, wherever it is found (6)Originated InAllFrance (3)Ireland (1)Italy (2)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (14)Founded EraAll529 (1)1084 (1)1098 (1)1120 (1)1206 (1)1209 (1)1216 (1)1256 (1)1528 (1)1540 (1)1664 (1)1680 (1)1732 (1)1859 (1)Structure CategoryAllCommunity (13)Kind of organizationAllCatholic Missionary and Teaching Congregations of Men (4)Contemplative Monastic Orders of the West (4)Mendicant Orders (3)ActivityAllCharitable and Humanitarian Work (1)Education (1)Worship and Religious Practice (12)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 14Augustinians (Order of Saint Augustine)Men onlyBenedictines (Order of Saint Benedict)Men onlyCapuchins (Order of Friars Minor Capuchin)Men onlyCarmelites (Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel)Men onlyCarthusians (Order of Carthusians)Men onlyChristian Brothers (Congregation of Christian Brothers)Men onlyCistercians (Order of Citeaux)Men onlyDominicans (Order of Preachers)Men onlyFranciscans (Order of Friars Minor)Men onlyJesuits (Society of Jesus)Men onlyNorbertines (Premonstratensians)Men onlyRedemptorists (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer)Men onlySalesians (Salesians of Don Bosco)Men onlyTrappists (Cistercians of the Strict Observance)Men onlyComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.Cite this page as it read on 08/31/2026 02:33:06 AM: /cite/84Version History (1)This entry has 1 recorded version.DescriptionVersion 1 · 08/31/2026 02:33:06 AM · Cite This Version