Editing Monastery (section)

====Catholic====
[[File:Mont-Saint-Michel vu du ciel.jpg|thumb|Mont-Saint-Michel vu du ciel]]
[[File:Henrykow former Cistercian abbey 2019 P05 aerial view.jpg|thumb|[[Cistercian Monastery Complex in Henryków]].]]
[[File:595viki Lubiąż. Foto Barbara Maliszewska.jpg|thumb|[[Lubiąż Abbey]].]]
[[File:Krzeszow 03.jpg|thumb|[[Krzeszów Abbey]].]]

A number of distinct [[monastic order]]s developed within Roman Catholicism:

* [[Camaldolese]] monks
* [[Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross]], priests and brothers, all of whom live together like monks according to the [[Rule of St. Augustine]];
* [[Hermits of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel|Carmelite hermits]] and [[Carmelites|Carmelite nuns]] (from the Ancient Observance and [[Discalced Carmelites|Discalced branch]]);
* [[Cistercians|Cistercian Order]], with monks and nuns (both of the Original Observance and of the [[Trappist]] reform);
* [[Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno|Monks and Sisters of Bethlehem]]
* [[Minim (religious order)|Order of Minims]], founded by [[Francis of Paola]]
* [[Order of Saint Benedict]], known as the Benedictine monks and nuns, founded by [[Benedict of Nursia]] with [[Scholastica]], stresses manual labour in self-subsistent monasteries. See also: [[Cluniac Reforms]];
* [[Poor Clares|Order of Saint Claire]], best known as the Poor Clares (of all the observances);
* [[Hieronymites|Order of Saint Jerome]], inspired by [[Jerome]] and [[Paula of Rome]], known as the Hieronymite monks and nuns;
* [[Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit]], known as the Pauline Fathers;
* [[Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary]], also known as Sisters of the Annunciation or Annociades, founded by [[Joan of France, Duchess of Berry|Joan of France]];
* [[Carthusians|Order of the Carthusians]], a hermitical religious order founded by [[Bruno of Cologne]];
* [[Order of the Immaculate Conception]], also known as the Conceptionists, founded by [[Beatrice of Silva]];
* [[Order of the Most Holy Annunciation]], also known as Turchine Nuns or Blue Nuns, founded by [[Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata]];
* [[Bridgettines|Order of the Most Holy Savior]], known as Bridgettine nuns and monks, founded by [[Bridget of Sweden]];
* [[Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary]], known as the Visitandine nuns, founded by [[Francis de Sales]] and [[Jane Frances de Chantal]];
* [[Passionist]]s
* [[Premonstratensian|Premonstratensian canons]] ("The White Canons")
* [[Tironensian|Tironensian monks]] ("The Grey Monks")
* [[Valliscaulian|Valliscaulian monks]]

While in English most [[mendicant Order]]s use the monastic terms of monastery or [[priory]], in the [[Romance languages|Latin languages]], the term used by the [[friar]]s for their houses is [[convent]], from the [[Latin language|Latin]] ''conventus'', e.g.,&nbsp;({{langx|it|convento}}) or ({{langx|fr|couvent}}), meaning "gathering place". The [[Franciscans]] rarely use the term "monastery" at present, preferring to call their house a "friary". {{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}