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Religious orders are communities whose members have taken public vows to devote their lives fully to spiritual work and achieving a common goal. They are subject to the leadership of a religious superior and to certain guidelines for living. Members of religious orders may include monastics (monks, friars, and nuns) as well as priests. Religious orders in the Roman Catholic Church include: - Order of St. Benedict, AD 529
- Franciscan Order, AD 1209
- Dominican Order, AD 1216
- Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order), AD 1540
- Congregation of the Mission, AD 1625
- Congregation of the Daughters of Charity, AD 1633
- Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle, AD 1858
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