The fourth vow is a religious solemn vow that is taken by members of various religious institutes of the Catholic Church, after the three traditional vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. It usually is an expression of the congregation's charism and particular insertion in the apostolic field of the Church.
A patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a form of spiritual protection attributed to Mary, mother of Jesus, in favor of some occupations, activities, religious orders, congregations, dioceses, and geographic locations.
Joaquina Vedruna de Mas - born Joaquima de Vedruna Vidal de Mas, religious name Joaquina of Saint Francis of Assisi - was a Spanish religious sister and the founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity. Her canonisation was celebrated on 12 April 1959.
Joaquina is a feminine Spanish given name. Notable people with the name include:
The Sisters of La Retraite or the Congregation of the Retreat is a Roman Catholic congregation founded as early as 1675 in Vannes and Quimper in Brittany by Catherine de Francheville and Claude-Thérèse de Kerméno under the guidance of the Jesuit Vincent Huby.
María de las Maravillas de Jesús, OCD, in some contexts known as Maravillas de Jesús, was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite. She founded several houses of her order and even set one up in India after serving a brief exile with other Carmelites due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
The Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, acronym H.S.C., is an institute of consecrated life established in 1881 by the Italian priest St. Benedict Menni (1841–1914).
The Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto are a religious institute of pontificial right.
The 522 Spanish Martyrs were victims of the Spanish Civil War beatified by the Roman Catholic Church on 13 October 2013 by order of Pope Francis. It was one of the largest number of persons ever beatified in a single ceremony in the Church's 2000-year history. They originated from all parts of Spain. Their ages ranged from 18 to 86 years old.
The Servants of Mary, Ministers to the Sick, are a Roman Catholic religious institute of women founded in Madrid, Spain, in 1851 and dedicated to the care of the sick, poor, both in clinics, hospices and through home health nursing. They were founded by Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta who was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970. The Religious Sisters of this congregation use the postnominal initials of S.de M.
Mary Melone, S.F.A. is an Italian Franciscan religious sister and theologian specialising in the life and thought of Saint Anthony of Padua. Since October 2014, she has served as the Rector of the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome. She was the first woman to head a pontifical university.
The Congregation of Pious Workers Rural Catechists or Ardorini Missionaries are a Roman Catholic religious order. They use the post-nominal initials P.O.C.R.
The Comboni Missionary Sisters are a Catholic religious institute originally founded under the name Pie Madri della Nigrizia, translated as the "Pious Mothers of the Nigritia" or "The Devout Mothers of Africa". They are also known as the Missionary Sisters Pie Madre della Nigrizia or the Missionary Sisters of Verona,
The Missionaries of Christ Jesus are a Catholic religious institute founded in Javier, Spain in 1944 by María Camino Sanz Orrio. Members use the post-nominal letters MCJ.
Salesian Oblates of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is an institute of religious sisters of pontifical right of Italian origin founded by Salesian Bishop Mgr. Giuseppe Cognata in 1933 at Bova Marina, Italy. The institute belongs to the Salesian Family.
The Sisters of the Precious Blood is a female religious teaching and social congregation of pontifical right founded in Monza in 1874 and still headquartered there as of 2021. It is dedicated to teaching, charity and social works present in Italy, Brazil, Kenya, East Timor, Burma. In 2017, the congregation had 385 sisters in 55 communities.
The Missionary Clarisses of the Most Holy Sacrament is a female religious institute of pontifical right. The sisters of this congregation use the initials M.C.
