What are these titles

[Sean.McKenzie]

I have been watching EWTN and reading literature with Priests, Brother, religious. etc in different orders, and i guess these titles distinguish them to their order, but what do they mean i.e. (O.F.M, O.C.D Fr. Corapi my favorite SOLT) what does these titles mean can someone translate? Thanks

 

[Pious]

Hi,

O.F.M = Ordo Fratrum Minorum (Order of Friars Minor): Franciscans,

O.C.D = Ordre des Carmes Dechaux (Discalced Carmelite Order) : Carmelites

Fr = Father

S.O.L.T = Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity.

Yours in the Spirit

Pious

 

[e-catholic]

Pious:

O.C.D = (Discalced Carmelite Order) : Carmelites

Yours in the Spirit

Pious

Doesn’t seem to fit.

 

[otm]

There are a whole lot more. Generally, the initials refer to an order, such as the above notes, or the Benedictines, or Dominicans, or Trappists, or Grey Friars, etc.

 

[whosebob]

e-catholic:

Doesn’t seem to fit.

JMJ + OBT​

Often, the initials represent the name of the order or community as it is written in the Latin language

For example:

Shannon Collings, CPM

CPM stands for “Congregatio Presbyterorum a Misericordia” which is translated roughly as Fathers of Mercy.

I hope this helps.

 

[JimG]

Also:
CSsR:
Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
commonly known as the Redemptorists
cssr.com/

 

[JLove]

e-catholic:

Doesn’t seem to fit.

The English doesn’t seem to fit, but that’s why Pious gave it in the French first.

 

[Br.Dan_OCD]

Dear Sean.McKenzie,

Somewhere on this message board someone asked the same question and someone else gave a website that had a very large list of such abbreviations. It should come up if you do a search for it here.

As for OCD, I’m happy to give the Latin: Ordinis Carmelitarum Discalceatorum.