A teaching order is a Catholic religious institute whose particular charism is education. Many orders and societies sponsor educational programs and institutions, and teaching orders participate in other charitable and spiritual activities; a teaching order is distinguished in that education is a primary mission.
Teaching orders may operate their own institutions, from primary school through the university level, provide staff to diocesan or other Catholic schools, or otherwise contribute to educational ministries.
Such teaching orders include the following:
Apostolic Carmel Sisters (Congregation of the Apostolic Carmel)Basilian Fathers (Congregation of St. Basil)Brigidine SistersBrotherhood of Hope - evangelization at secular universitiesBrothers of Our Lady of Lourdes - education of youthCarmelites of Mary Immaculate - seminaries and training of priests; education of youthChristian Brothers (Irish) (Congregation of Christian Brothers) - education of the materially poorCongregation of Saint Thérèse of LisieuxDominicans (Order of Preachers)Gabrielite Brothers (Brothers of Christian Instruction of St Gabriel) - education of youthGrey Ursulines (Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus)Society of the Holy Child Jesus - education of youth in a nurturing environmentCongregation of Holy Cross - education of youth, especially in matters of faithHoly Ghost Fathers, or Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Spirit)Lasallian Brothers (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools) - education of the poorReligious Teachers Filippini (Pontifical Institute of the Religious Teachers Filippini) - education of youth and of adults, especially womenJesuits (Society of Jesus)Josephites, or Brown Joeys (Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart) - education of the poor and in rural areasLoreto Sisters (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary)Loretto Community (Sisters of Loretto)Marianists (Society of Mary) - education of youthMarianites of Holy Cross - evangelization through educationMarist Brothers (Little Brothers of Mary) - education of youth, especially the "most neglected"Piarists (Order of Poor Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools) - education of youthPresentation Brothers (Congregation of Presentation Brothers) - "Presentation Brothers: Teaching". Archived from the original on November 5, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-13. Presentation Sisters (Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) - education in parochial schoolsSacred Heart Brothers - education of youthSalesians of Don Bosco - education and evangelization of youthSchool Sisters of Notre DameSisters of Charity of New York - education in a "caring environment"Sisters of Charity of Saint ElizabethSisters of Charity of Seton HillSisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin MarySisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and MarySisters of Holy Cross - education of the underservedSisters of Notre Dame de NamurSisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of MarySulpicians (Society of Saint-Sulpice) - education of clergyViatorians (Clerics of Saint Viator)Xaverian Brothers (Congregation of St. Francis Xavier) - education of youth