Catholic Monastery

melk abbey, austria



passionist monastery in monte argentario, tuscany, italy

a number of distinct monastic orders developed within roman catholicism:

camaldolese monks
canons regular of order of holy cross, priests , brothers, of whom live monks according rule of st. augustine;
carmelite hermits , carmelite nuns (from ancient observance , discalced branch);
cistercian order, monks , nuns (both of original observance , of trappist reform);
monks , sisters of bethlehem
order of minims, founded st. francis of paola
order of saint benedict, known benedictine monks , nuns, founded st. benedict st. scholastica, stresses manual labour in self-subsistent monasteries. see also: cluniac reforms;
order of saint claire, best known poor clares (of observances);
order of saint jerome, inspired st. jerome , st. paula, known hieronymite monks , nuns;
order of saint paul first hermit, known pauline fathers;
order of annunciation of blessed virgin mary, known sisters of annunciation or annociades, founded st. joan of france;
order of carthusians, hermitical religious order founded st. bruno of cologne;
order of immaculate conception, known conceptionists, founded st. beatrice of silva;
order of holy annunciation, known turchine nuns or blue nuns, founded bl. maria vittoria de fornari strata;
order of holy savior, known bridgettine nuns , monks, founded st. bridget of sweden;
order of visitation of holy mary, known visitandine nuns, founded st. francis de sales , st. jane frances fremyot de chantal;
passionists
premonstratensian canons ( white canons )
tironensian monks ( grey monks )
valliscaulian monks


bassac abbey (12th -18th centuries), bassac, charente, france

while in english mendicant orders use monastic terms of monastery or priory, in latin languages, term used friars houses convent, latin conventus, e.g., (italian: convento) or (french: couvent), meaning gathering place . franciscans use term monastery @ present, preferring call house friary .