Differences between orders?

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Does anyone know of a website or book I could check out to get the basic gist of each of these religious orders? I want to know what their central message is, their mottos, what they focus on. I know some orders are directed towards teaching, some towards Eucharistic adoration, nursing, and other types of jobs. These are the ones I’m curious about:
  • Poor Clares
  • Benedictines
  • Dominicans
  • Carmelites
Where could I go to find a side-by-side analysis of each order’s mission/main objective?
 
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Does anyone know of a website or book I could check out to get the basic gist of each of these religious orders? I want to know what their central message is, their mottos, what they focus on. I know some orders are directed towards teaching, some towards Eucharistic adoration, nursing, and other types of jobs. These are the ones I’m curious about:
  • Poor Clares
  • Benedictines
  • Dominicans
  • Carmelites
Where could I go to find a side-by-side analysis of each order’s mission/main objective?
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Please visit vocations.com they have websites for men and women religious communities. Hope this help.
 
I don’t have a side-by-side analysis, but the websites are on my website:

cloisters.tripod.com/

Click “Other Religious Communities” on the nav bar on the left, and then “women’s communities.”

Poor Clares are the followers of St. Clare of Assisi, and are cloistered. Their motto is “Poverty and Joy.” They’ve been around since the 1200s. The cloistered Poor Clares usually go barefoot.

Dominicans have both cloistered and non-cloistered religious women. Their motto is “Truth” (Veritas). They were founded in the 1200s to combat a terrible heresy going around at the time.

Carmelites were started on Israel’s Mount Carmel. The cloistered nuns were started in the 1400s. The Discalced Carmelites were a reform of the order by St. Teresa of Avila in the 1500s. For both branches, the motto is “With Zeal Have I Been Zealous for the Lord God of Hosts.” A good book to read about the differences is “The Journey to Carith.”

Benedictines were started well before the year 1000. Their motto is “PAX” which is Latin for “Peace.” St. Benedict wrote his rule so that monks would stop wandering from place to place, which was a spiritually dangerous thing to do. This is why they make a vow of stability to a particular monastery.

HTH.

Blessings,
Cloisters
 
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