What kinds of work do all the different religious orders perform?

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I visited some Benedictines a few months back, and the ones that worked seemed to all be either nurses or teachers. They’re about the only male religious order in my diocese, so I can’t visit the others (who are from lesser-known orders) to see what work they do (and their websites don’t say).

I’m mostly interested in the major orders: the Dominicans, Franciscans and such.
 
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It depends on the Dominicans. The Hawthorne Dominicans are nurses. The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist are heavily involved in the New Evangelization, and write books, go on the radio for talks, and have sold a music album. I’m not sure of the name of the nuns, but there are nuns that sell Dominican habits and scapulars that they sew. It also depends on the tastes of the local Bishop: he may decide there are too many nuns making bread for Mass, and may want the nuns to do something else to support themselves. As for the men, however, I’m not sure.

EDIT: The Benedictines at Clear Creek (a wonderful community, by the way), have a shop where they sell rosaries and other books:


And of course, Trappists and other monks are famous for brewing and selling beer!
 
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The apostolates are usually either the Spiritual or Corporal Works of Mercy. There has to be remunerative work, as well.

I’ve seen a spectrum of Ministries, from the clerics regular who don’t pray the LOTH because it interferes with their outreach, to Recluses who live ultra-cloistered lives.

Granted, some communities need help with their websites.

Blessings,
Mrs Cloisters OP
Lay Dominican
http://cloisters.tripod.com/
http://cloisters.tripod.com/charity/
 
What differentiates the various orders and congregations is not what they DO (ministries), but who they ARE (charism). If you focus only on instrumentalism, you are missing the fundamental reason for religious life, I think.
 
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I visited some Benedictines a few months back
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What the Benedictines don’t do is make Benedictine DOM. The story about how the liquor was invented was dreamt up by man who actually did it, to make it seem like an ancient formula from a ancient monastery.
 
Read it somewhere along the way, in the course of research on the religious life. I was rather surprised, as I thought the LOTH was required. My apologies that I cannot be more precise.
 
According to our Constitutions,
"…we have formed our living tradition as Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen, a tradition which is also visible in the works we have undertaken over the course of time:

Education and instruction in elementary, secondary, and vocational schools; adult education;

Education and character formation of children and young people in special institutes;

Care of the ill and the aged in hospitals, in nursing homes, in homes for the aged, and in medical centers; living and working with the handicapped;

Conducting houses of study and resident homes for students, offering domestic services in seminaries, offering services in our own communities;

Pastoral and missionary services; family services;

Social work for the poor performed in the service of the Church."
I work in an assisted living type home in Grand Forks, ND.Sr. Christina Marie, OSF
 
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