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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Roman Catholic movement</div> <p><b>Catholic Action</b> is a movement of <a href="/wiki/Catholic_laity" title="Catholic laity">lay people within the Catholic Church</a> which advocates for increased Catholic influence on society. Catholic Action groups were especially active in the nineteenth century in historically Catholic countries under <a href="/wiki/Anti-clericalism" title="Anti-clericalism">anti-clerical</a> regimes, such as Spain, Italy, Bavaria, France, and Belgium. </p><p>Catholic Action is not a political party in and of itself; however, in many times and places, these movements have engaged in political activities. Since <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the concept has often been supplanted by <a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian Democrat</a> parties that were organised to combat <a href="/wiki/Communist_party" title="Communist party">Communist parties</a> and promote <a href="/wiki/Catholic_social_teaching" title="Catholic social teaching">Catholic social justice</a> principles in places such as Italy and <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Catholic Action generally includes various subgroups for youth, women, workers, and so on. In the postwar period, the various national Catholic Action organizations for workers formed the <a href="/wiki/World_Movement_of_Christian_Workers" title="World Movement of Christian Workers">World Movement of Christian Workers</a>, which remains active today as a voice within the Church and in society for working class Catholics.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Action&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mexican_Catholic_Action_emblems.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mexican_Catholic_Action_emblems.jpg/220px-Mexican_Catholic_Action_emblems.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mexican_Catholic_Action_emblems.jpg/330px-Mexican_Catholic_Action_emblems.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mexican_Catholic_Action_emblems.jpg/440px-Mexican_Catholic_Action_emblems.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="785" /></a><figcaption>The emblems of Acción Católica Mexicana displayed on altar walls in the temple of Fábrica-María village, <a href="/wiki/Otzolotepec" title="Otzolotepec">Otzolotepec</a>, Mexico. In the 20th century, the movement was enthusiastically supported by the workers of the local textile industry.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Catholic Action movement has its beginnings in the latter part of the 19th century as efforts to counteract a rise in anti-clerical sentiment, especially in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-Nieli_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nieli-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A variety of diverse groups formed under the concept of Catholic Action. These include the <a href="/wiki/Young_Christian_Workers" title="Young Christian Workers">Young Christian Workers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Jeunesse_%C3%89tudiante_Chr%C3%A9tienne" title="Jeunesse Étudiante Chrétienne">Young Christian Students</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Cursillo" title="Cursillo">Cursillo</a> movement, RENEW International; the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Mary" title="Legion of Mary">Legion of Mary</a>; <a href="/wiki/Sodality" title="Sodality">Sodalities</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Family_Movement" title="Christian Family Movement">Christian Family Movement</a>; various community organizing groups like COPS (Communities Organized for Public Service) in San Antonio, and <a href="/wiki/Friendship_House" title="Friendship House">Friendship House</a> in Harlem, an early influence on <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Merton" title="Thomas Merton">Thomas Merton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nieli_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nieli-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 1912, as a <a href="/wiki/Curate" title="Curate">curate</a> in a parish in <a href="/wiki/Laeken" title="Laeken">Laeken</a>, on the outskirts of Brussels, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cardijn" title="Joseph Cardijn">Joseph Cardijn</a>, who dedicated his ministry to aid the working class, founded for the young seamstresses a branch of the Needleworkers' Trade Union.<sup id="cite_ref-cauthors_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cauthors-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1919 he founded the Young Trade Unionists. In 1924, the name of the organization was changed to "Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne", the <a href="/wiki/Young_Christian_Workers" title="Young Christian Workers">Young Christian Workers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cauthors_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cauthors-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> JOC grew throughout the world; its members were often known as "Jocists" (the movement was often called "Jocism"). By 1938, there were 500,000 members throughout Europe;<sup id="cite_ref-Time_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1967, this had increased to 2,000,000 members in 69 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-Time_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1934, <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> ordered the murder of <a href="/wiki/Erich_Klausener" title="Erich Klausener">Erich Klausener</a>, head of a Catholic Action group in <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives" title="Night of the Long Knives">Night of the Long Knives</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> commended those who are "fighting for Christ in the ranks of Catholic Action and in the other associations and activities of the apostolate" in his first <a href="/wiki/Encyclical_letter" class="mw-redirect" title="Encyclical letter">encyclical letter</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiam_Suam" title="Ecclesiam Suam">Ecclesiam suam</a></i>, linking their actions with the <a href="/wiki/Dialogue#As_topic" title="Dialogue">dialogue</a> inside and outside the church which he saw as the work of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A fruit of the contemporary Catholic Action movement, the International Catholic Union of the Press <a href="/wiki/UCIP" class="mw-redirect" title="UCIP">UCIP</a> was founded in Belgium in 1927. A year later, the Organization Catholique Internationale du Cinéma (<a href="/wiki/OCIC" class="mw-redirect" title="OCIC">OCIC</a>) was founded in The Netherlands, and the Bureau Catholic International de Radiodiffusion (BCIR), in Germany. It became <a href="/wiki/Unda_(organization)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unda (organization)">Unda</a> in 1946. Members of these professional Catholic lay associations, working in the world of the professional media, wanted to unite their efforts against the perceived <a href="/wiki/Secularization" title="Secularization">secularization</a> of society. On the one hand, they believed that the press and the <a href="/wiki/New_media" title="New media">new media</a> of radio and cinema were contributing to secularization. On the other hand, they participated in the secular <a href="/wiki/Media_(communication)" title="Media (communication)">media</a> in order to use them as a new means of <a href="/wiki/Evangelization" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelization">evangelization</a>. They answered a call from God through the church to evangelize the secular <a href="/wiki/Mass_media" title="Mass media">mass media</a>, or at least endow them with <a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a> values. As a result of the merger of the Catholic media organizations OCIC and Unda, a new organisation was founded in 2001 in Rome called <a href="/wiki/SIGNIS" title="SIGNIS">SIGNIS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> suggested that SIGNIS should also integrate the members of the former International Catholic Union of the Press (UCIP).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Australia">Australia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Action&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Labor_Party_(Australia,_1955)" title="Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)">Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Civic_Council" title="National Civic Council">National Civic Council</a> is an Australian Catholic Action group formed in 1957 out of the Australian Catholic social studies movement under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/B._A._Santamaria" title="B. A. Santamaria">B.A. Santamaria</a>. Precursors to the NCC were active in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a>, but were expelled from the party by less conservative members during the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_split_of_1955" title="Australian Labor Party split of 1955">1955 Labor Split</a>. The expelled members of the party went on to form the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Anti-Communist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)">Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)</a> and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Labor_Party_(Australia,_1955)" title="Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)">Democratic Labor Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chile">Chile</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Action&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Chile, Catholic Action was the name of a nationwide youth movement. Under the aegis of <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Hurtado" title="Alberto Hurtado">Saint Alberto Hurtado</a> it was responsible for the founding of the Chilean Trade Union Association.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italy">Italy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Action&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Italy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Azione_Cattolica" title="Azione Cattolica">Azione Cattolica</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Azione_Cattolica" title="Azione Cattolica">Azione Cattolica</a> is probably the most active Catholic Action group still around today. Catholic Action was particularly well suited to Italy where Catholic party political action was impractical, firstly under the Anti-Clerical <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Savoyard</a> regime from 1870 until about 1910<sup id="cite_ref-custodi_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-custodi-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later under the <a href="/wiki/Fascist" class="mw-redirect" title="Fascist">Fascist</a> regime which prohibited independent political parties. </p><p>The present association <i>Azione Cattolica</i> was founded in 1867 by Mario Fani and Giovanni Acquaderni with the name of <i>Società della Gioventù Cattolica Italiana</i> (Italian Catholic Youth Society), then reformed during the <a href="/wiki/Mussolini_government" title="Mussolini government">Mussolini regime</a> when the association was structured into 4 sectors and was called Azione Cattolica.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKertzer201455-56,_101-102,_125=126,_158-169_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKertzer201455-56,_101-102,_125=126,_158-169-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Catholic_Action_in_other_countries">Catholic Action in other countries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Action&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Catholic Action in other countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Catholic_Action" title="Special:EditPage/Catholic Action">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Catholic Action was organised in many other countries, including: </p> <ul><li>Argentina (still active)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Brazil (see <a href="/wiki/Alceu_Amoroso_Lima" title="Alceu Amoroso Lima">Alceu Amoroso Lima</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Canada (see <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Doherty" title="Catherine Doherty">Catherine Doherty</a>)</li> <li>Croatia (see <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Catholic_movement" title="Croatian Catholic movement">Croatian Catholic movement</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>France (see <a href="/wiki/La_Croix_(newspaper)" title="La Croix (newspaper)">La Croix</a>)</li> <li>Guatemala (see <a href="/wiki/Josefina_Alonzo_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Josefina Alonzo Martínez">Josefina Alonzo Martínez</a>)</li> <li>Ireland (see <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Mary" title="Legion of Mary">Legion of Mary</a>)</li> <li>Italy (see <a href="/wiki/Azione_Cattolica" title="Azione Cattolica">Azione Cattolica Italiana</a>)</li> <li>Lithuania (see <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Action_Center" title="Catholic Action Center">Catholic Action Center</a>)</li> <li>Malta (Azzjoni Kattolika Maltija)</li> <li>Mexico (Acción Católica Mexicana)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>New Zealand</li> <li>Poland (See <a href="/wiki/Aleksander_Kakowski" title="Aleksander Kakowski">Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski</a>)</li> <li>Portugal</li> <li>Philippines (see <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Manila" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila</a>)</li> <li>Slovenia (see <a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katoli%C5%A1ka_akcija" class="extiw" title="sl:Katoliška akcija">Katoliška akcija</a>)</li> <li>South Korea</li> <li>Spain (still active),<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where it gave rise to <a href="/wiki/Cursillo" title="Cursillo">Cursillo</a> under the name <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hoac.es">Hermandad Obrera de Acción Católica</a><sup id="cite_ref-:11_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>United Kingdom</li> <li>United States (See <a href="/wiki/Friendship_House" title="Friendship House">Friendship House</a>, Catholics for the Common Good and <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Worker_Movement" title="Catholic Worker Movement">Catholic Worker Movement</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Action&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col 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title="Martyr">martyr</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Action&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes and references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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order">Order of Saint Augustine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oblates_of_Saint_Benedict" class="mw-redirect" title="Oblates of Saint Benedict">Oblates of Saint Benedict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secular_Order_of_Discalced_Carmelites" title="Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites">Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Order_of_Saint_Dominic" title="Third Order of Saint Dominic">Order of Saint Dominic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Order_of_Saint_Francis" title="Third Order of Saint Francis">Order of Saint Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secular_Franciscan_Order" title="Secular Franciscan Order">Secular Franciscan Order</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary_of_Mercy" title="Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy">Order of Mercy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Minims" title="Order of Minims">Order of Minims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Order_Secular_of_the_Most_Holy_Trinity" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Order Secular of the Most Holy Trinity">Order Secular of the Most Holy Trinity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premonstratensians" title="Premonstratensians">Order of Saint Norbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lay_Carmelites" title="Lay Carmelites">Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Salesian_Cooperators" title="Association of Salesian Cooperators">Association of Salesian Cooperators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Servite_Order" title="Servite Order">Order of Servites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Confraternity" title="Confraternity">Confraternities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Archconfraternity" title="Archconfraternity">Archconfraternities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archconfraternity_of_the_Holy_Family" title="Archconfraternity of the Holy Family">Archconfraternity of the Holy Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archconfraternity_of_the_Most_Precious_Blood" title="Archconfraternity of the Most Precious Blood">Archconfraternity of the Most Precious Blood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Confraternities_of_the_Cord" title="Confraternities of the Cord">Confraternities of the Cord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confraternity_of_penitents" title="Confraternity of penitents">Confraternity of Penitents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flagellant_confraternities" title="Flagellant confraternities">Flagellant confraternities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purgatorial_society" title="Purgatorial society">Purgatorial society</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Individual</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Confraternity_of_Christian_Doctrine" title="Confraternity of Christian Doctrine">Confraternity of Christian Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confraternity_of_Catholic_Saints" title="Confraternity of Catholic Saints">Confraternity of Catholic Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confraternity_of_the_Rosary" title="Confraternity of the Rosary">Confraternity of the Rosary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bona_Mors_Confraternity" title="Bona Mors Confraternity">Bona Mors Confraternity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Children_of_Mary_of_the_Sacred_Heart" title="Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart">Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hospitalit%C3%A9_Notre_Dame_de_Lourdes" title="Hospitalité Notre Dame de Lourdes">Hospitalité Notre Dame de Lourdes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illustrious_Brotherhood_of_Our_Blessed_Lady" title="Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady">Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penitentes_(New_Mexico)" title="Penitentes (New Mexico)">Penitentes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penitential_Brotherhood_of_the_Holy_Eucharist" title="Penitential Brotherhood of the Holy Eucharist">Penitential Brotherhood of the Holy Eucharist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Holy_Name" title="Society of the Holy Name">Society of the Holy Name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venerabile_Arciconfraternita_della_Misericordia_di_Firenze" title="Venerabile Arciconfraternita della Misericordia di Firenze">Ven. Arc. Misericordia di Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_and_Venerable_Confraternity_of_the_Most_Blessed_Sacrament_of_Mafra" title="Royal and Venerable Confraternity of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Mafra">RVISSM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Directory_of_International_Associations_of_the_Faithful" title="Directory of International Associations of the Faithful">International<br />associations<br />of the faithful</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catenian_Association" title="Catenian Association">Catenian Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemin_Neuf_Community" title="Chemin Neuf Community">Chemin Neuf Community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Life_Community" title="Christian Life Community">Christian Life Community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Life_Movement" title="Christian Life Movement">Christian Life Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooperators_of_Opus_Dei" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooperators of Opus Dei">Cooperators of Opus Dei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Couples_for_Christ" title="Couples for Christ">Couples for Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cursillo" title="Cursillo">Cursillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communion_and_Liberation" title="Communion and Liberation">Communion and Liberation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Community" title="Emmanuel Community">Emmanuel Community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fimcap" title="Fimcap">FIMCAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Focolare_Movement" title="Focolare Movement">Focolare Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heralds_of_the_Gospel" title="Heralds of the Gospel">Heralds of the Gospel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Alliance_of_Catholic_Knights" title="International Alliance of Catholic Knights">International Alliance of Catholic Knights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Catholic_Conference_of_Scouting" title="International Catholic Conference of Scouting">International Catholic Conference of Scouting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Catholic_Universities" title="International Federation of Catholic Universities">International Federation of Catholic Universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Kolping" title="Adolph Kolping">International Kolping Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Catholic_Esperantists" title="International Union of Catholic Esperantists">International Union of Catholic Esperantists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lay_Claretian_Movement" title="Lay Claretian Movement">Lay Claretian Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%27Arche" title="L'Arche">L'Arche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Mary" title="Legion of Mary">Legion of Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Militia_Christi" class="mw-redirect" title="Militia Christi">Militia Christi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Militia_Immaculatae" title="Militia Immaculatae">Militia of the Immaculata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neocatechumenal_Way" title="Neocatechumenal Way">Neocatechumenal Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pax_Romana_(organization)" title="Pax Romana (organization)">Pax Romana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priests_for_Life" title="Priests for Life">Priests for Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regnum_Christi" title="Regnum Christi">Regnum Christi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_of_Sant%27Egidio" title="Community of Sant'Egidio">Sant'Egidio Community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SIGNIS" title="SIGNIS">SIGNIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoenstatt_Apostolic_Movement" title="Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement">Schoenstatt Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teams_of_Our_Lady" title="Teams of Our Lady">Teams of Our Lady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresian_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Teresian Association">Teresian Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Guides_and_Scouts_of_Europe" title="International Union of Guides and Scouts of Europe">UIGSE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Catholic_Apostolate" title="Union of Catholic Apostolate">Union of Catholic Apostolate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Association_of_the_Christian_faithful" title="Association of the Christian faithful">Other associations<br />of the faithful</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolate_for_Family_Consecration" title="Apostolate for Family Consecration">Apostolate for Family Consecration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Vatican_Lay_Workers" title="Association of Vatican Lay Workers">Association of Vatican Lay Workers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Charismatic_Renewal" title="Catholic Charismatic Renewal">Catholic Charismatic Renewal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Can%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Nova" title="Canção Nova">Canção Nova</a>) (<a href="/wiki/Shalom_Catholic_Community" title="Shalom Catholic Community">Shalom Catholic Community</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Christian_Outreach" title="Catholic Christian Outreach">Catholic Christian Outreach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Worker_Movement" title="Catholic Worker Movement">Catholic Worker Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fellowship_of_Catholic_University_Students" title="Fellowship of Catholic University Students">Fellowship of Catholic University Students</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madonna_House_Apostolate" title="Madonna House Apostolate">Madonna House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryknoll_Lay_Missioners" title="Maryknoll Lay Missioners">Maryknoll Lay Missioners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NET_Ministries" title="NET Ministries">NET Ministries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope%27s_Worldwide_Prayer_Network" title="Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network">Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Angels_Foundation" title="Queen of Angels Foundation">Queen of Angels Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul%27s_Outreach" title="Saint Paul's Outreach">Saint Paul's Outreach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Saint_Vincent_de_Paul" title="Society of Saint Vincent de Paul">Society of Saint Vincent de Paul</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Movements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Marian_movements_and_societies" title="Catholic Marian movements and societies">Catholic Marian movements and societies</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Catholic Action</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azione_Cattolica" title="Azione Cattolica">Azione Cattolica</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Women%27s_League" title="Catholic Women's League">Catholic Women's League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Worker_Movement" title="Catholic Worker Movement">Catholic Worker Movement</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Movement_of_Christian_Workers" title="World Movement of Christian Workers">World Movement of Christian Workers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Christian_Workers" title="Young Christian Workers">Young Christian Workers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Family_Movement" title="Christian Family Movement">Christian Family Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courage_International" title="Courage International">Courage International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Shaddai_(movement)" title="El Shaddai (movement)">El Shaddai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Rosary_Crusade" title="Family Rosary Crusade">Family Rosary Crusade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fidesco_International" title="Fidesco International">Fidesco International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilgrimage_to_Chartres" title="Pilgrimage to Chartres">Notre-Dame de Chrétienté</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theology_on_Tap" title="Theology on Tap">Theology on Tap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voice_of_the_Faithful" title="Voice of the Faithful">Voice of the Faithful</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Men%27s_Institute" title="Young Men's Institute">Young Men's Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/We_Are_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="We Are Church">We Are Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_catechesis" title="Catholic catechesis">Catholic catechesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Congress">Catholic Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Extension" title="Catholic 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