Home›Religious Order›Practice Status›Living tradition, practised todayBrowse ByLiving tradition, practised todayThis page groups organizations by whether they are still active today. Wikipedia notes that "more than 50 associations of the Jehovah's Witnesses have tax-free status" in France alone, evidence of a currently active and registered body. Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a live organization apart from one that has since dissolved.Living tradition, practised todayComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Version History (1)Living tradition, practised todayFilter Results26 entriesAuthority ScopeAllOne congregation, house or temple (1)One order, school or lineage, wherever it is found (8)Located In CenterAllMount Longhu (1)Membership EligibilityAllMen only (14)Monastics (2)Women only (6)Originated InAllFrance (3)India (1)Ireland (2)Italy (3)Taiwan (1)Founded ByAllMother Teresa (1)Founded EraAll142 (1)529 (1)700 (1)1084 (1)1098 (1)1120 (1)1206 (1)1209 (1)1212 (1)1216 (1)1256 (1)1300 (1)1528 (1)1535 (1)1540 (1)1610 (1)1633 (1)1664 (1)1680 (1)1732 (1)1831 (1)1859 (1)1897 (1)1940 (1)1950 (1)1967 (1)Structure CategoryAllCommunity (22)Lineage (1)Kind of organizationAllCatholic Congregations of Women in Charity and Education (4)Catholic Missionary and Teaching Congregations of Men (4)Contemplative Monastic Orders of the West (4)Daoist and Buddhist Orders of China and Taiwan (2)Hindu Monastic Orders and Sampradayas (3)Mendicant Orders (3)ActivityAllCharitable and Humanitarian Work (5)Education (2)Worship and Religious Practice (19)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 26Augustinians (Order of Saint Augustine)Living tradition, practised todayBenedictines (Order of Saint Benedict)Living tradition, practised todayCapuchins (Order of Friars Minor Capuchin)Living tradition, practised todayCarmelites (Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel)Living tradition, practised todayCarthusians (Order of Carthusians)Living tradition, practised todayCelestial MastersLiving tradition, practised todayChristian Brothers (Congregation of Christian Brothers)Living tradition, practised todayCistercians (Order of Citeaux)Living tradition, practised todayDashanami SampradayaLiving tradition, practised todayDaughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de PaulLiving tradition, practised todayDominicans (Order of Preachers)Living tradition, practised todayFo Guang ShanLiving tradition, practised todayFranciscans (Order of Friars Minor)Living tradition, practised todayJesuits (Society of Jesus)Living tradition, practised todayMissionaries of CharityLiving tradition, practised todayNorbertines (Premonstratensians)Living tradition, practised todayPoor Clares (Order of Saint Clare)Living tradition, practised todayRamakrishna Order (Ramakrishna Math and Mission)Living tradition, practised todayRamanandi SampradayaLiving tradition, practised todayRedemptorists (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer)Living tradition, practised todaySalesians (Salesians of Don Bosco)Living tradition, practised todaySisters of MercyLiving tradition, practised todayThe Taize CommunityLiving tradition, practised todayTrappists (Cistercians of the Strict Observance)Living tradition, practised todayUrsulines (Company of Saint Ursula)Living tradition, practised todayVisitandines (Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary)Living tradition, practised todayComments (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