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A.A.................................Augustinians of the Assumption,
Assumptionists
A.A.S.C..........................Handmaids of the Blessed
Sacrament and of Charity
A.A.S.C..........................Handmaids of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus
A.F.S.C...........................Affiliated
Christian Brother
A.J..................................Apostles of
Jesus
A.S.C..............................Adorers of the Blood of
Christ
A.S.C.J...........................Apostles of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus
A.S.S.P...........................Angelic Sisters
of St. Paul
B.....................................Barnabites or
Congregation of Clerks Regular of St.
Paul
B.....................................Beatus,
Blessed
B.A.................................Ordre Basilien
Alepin
B.B.................................Beati,
Blesseds
B.C.................................Ordre Basilien
Choueirite
B.C.L..............................Bachelor of Canon
Law
B.D.................................Bachelor of
Divinity
B.F.C.C..........................Brothers for Christian
Community
B.G.S..............................Little Brothers of
the Good Shepherd
B.H.S..............................Brother-Servants of
the Holy Spirit
B.P.S...............................Sisters
of Charity of Good and Perpetual
Succour
Br....................................Brother
B.S..................................Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat
Almoukhalissiat
B.S..................................Sisters of the Good
Savior (Bon Sauveur)
B.S.C..............................Brothers and
Sisters of Charity
B.S.C.D...........................Brothers and Sisters
of Charity Domestic
B.S.G..............................Brotherhood of St.
Gregory, Episcopal
B.V.M.............................Sisters of Charity
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
C.A.M............................Congregazione
Mechitarista di Venezia,
Mechitarists
C.B.A.............................Catholic Bible
Association
C.B.C.I...........................Catholic Bishops'
Conference of India
C.B.S..............................Sisters of Bon
Secours de Paris
C.B.S..............................Congregation of the
Sisters of the Blessed
Sacrament
C.C.C.............................Catechism of the Catholic
Church
C.C.D.............................Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine
CC.RR.MM..................Order of Minor Clerks Regular
(Carracciolini)
C.C.S.P...........................
C.C.V.I...........................Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate
Word
C.D.F..............................Congregation for the
Doctrine of Faith
C.D.P..............................Sisters of
Divine Providence
C.F.A..............................Congregation
of Alexian Brothers
C.F.C..............................Congregation of Christian
Brothers
C.F.C..............................Irish Christian
Brothers
C.F.I.C............................Congregation of Franciscans
of the Immaculate Conception (Netherlands)
C.F.I.C............................Congregazione dei Figli
dell'Immacolata Concezione,
Concezionisti
C.F.P...............................Confraternity of
Penitents
C.F.R..............................Franciscan Friars of the
Renewal, Fr. Groeschel
C.F.S...............................Congregation of the Priestly
Fraternity
C.F.X..............................Congregation of the
Brothers St Francis Xavier,
Xaverian
C.H.M............................Congregation of the Humility of
Mary
C.H.S..............................Crusade of the Holy
Spirit
C.I.C.M..........................Missionhurst, Congregation of
Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheut
Fathers)
C.I.M..............................Congregation of Jesus and
Mary
C.J..................................Congregation of St. Joseph,
Josephites
C.J.C...............................Sisters of Jesus
Crucified
C.J.D..............................Canons of Jesus the Lord,
Vladivostok, Russia
C.J.M.............................Congregation of Jesus and Mary
(Eudist)
C.L.P..............................Congregation of Our Lady
of Pity
C.M................................Carmelite
Missionaries
C.M................................Congregation of the
Mission, Vincentians or Lazarists
C.M.F.............................Congregation of Missionary Sons of
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Claretians
C.M.I..............................Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
C.M.M...........................Congregation of Marianhill
Missionaries
C.M.M.C........................Congregation of Mary
Mother of the Church
C.M.S.............................Comboni Missionary
Sisters
C.M.S.F..........................Missionary Congregation of St
Francis of Assisi
C.N.................................Capuchin Sisters of
Nazareth
C.N.D.............................Congregation of Notre
Dame
C.O.................................Congregation of the
Oratory, Oratorians
Cong.Orat......................Congregation
of the Oratory, Oratorian
C.Op...............................Congregation
of St Joseph Calasanctius for Christian
Works
C.P..................................Congregation of the Passion,
Passionists
C.P..................................Congregation of
the Passion of Jesus (Passionist Contemplative
Nuns)
C.P.M.............................Congregation of the Priests of
Mercy
C.P.P.S...........................Missionary Priests of the
Most Precious Blood.
C.Pp.S.............................Society of the
Precious Blood
C.P.S...............................Congregation
of Priests of the Holy Stigmata of Our Lord Jesus
Christ
C.R.................................Congregation of the
Resurrection,
Resurrectionist
C.R.................................Ordo Clericorum
Regularium Vulgo Theatinorum, Theatine
Order
C.R.................................Sisters of the Christian
Retreat, Chuscian
C.R.A..............................Swiss Congregation
of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of
Agaune
C.R.I.C...........................Congregation of Canons Regular
of the Immaculate Conception
C.R.L..............................Congregation of Canons Regular of
the Lateran, Augustinian
Canon
C.R.L..............................Canonesses Regular of the
Lateran
C.R.O.S.A.......................Canonesses of St.
Augustin
C.R.P..............................Order of Canons Regular of
Premontre (Norbertine,
Premontstratensian)
C.R.S..............................Orden de los
Padres Somascos, Somascan
Fathers
C.R.S..............................Order of Clerks Regular of
Somascha (Somaschi)
C.R.S.A..........................Confederation of
Canons Regular of St. Augustine
C.R.S.F...........................Sisters
of St. Francis
C.R.S.P...........................Clerics Regular of St.
Paul
C.R.S.S...........................Canonesses of theHoly
Sepulchure
C.S..................................Capitanio
Sisters
C.S..................................Missionaries of St. Charles,
Scalabrinians
C.S.A..............................Congregation of
Our Lady
C.S.A..............................Canonesses of St.
Augustin
C.S.B..............................Congregation of St.
Bridget
C.S.B..............................Congregation of St.
Basil, Basilian Fathers
C.S.C..............................Congregation of the Holy
Cross, Holy Cross
Fathers
C.S.C..............................Sisters of Holy
Cross
C.S.C..............................Sisters of the Holy
Cross
C.S.F...............................Congregation of the Holy
Family, Italy
C.S.F.N...........................Sisters of the Holy
Family of Nazareth
C.S.I...............................Congregation of
the Priests of the Sacred
Heart
C.S.J...............................Congrégation du
Sacré-Coeur
C.S.J...............................Congregation of St.
Joseph, Priests and Brothers
C.S.J...............................Sisters of St. Joseph
C.S.J.B...........................Sisters of St. John the
Baptist
C.S.J.P............................Sister of St. Joseph of
Peace
C.S.P...............................Congregation of
Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, Paulists
C.S.R..............................Sisters of the Holy Redeemer
C.S.S...............................Congregation of the Sacred
Stigmata, Stigmatine Fathers and Brothers
C.S.S.F............................Congregation of the Sisters of
Saint Felix of Cantalice, Felicians
C.S.Sp.............................Congregation of the Holy Ghost
Fathers, Spiritans
C.SS.S.............................Congregation of the Most Holy
Saviour (Brigittine)
C.Ss.R............................Congregation of
the Most Holy Redeemer, Redemptorists Fathers
C.S.S.T...........................Sisters of the Holy
Trinity
C.S.V..............................Clerics of St. Viator
C.S.V.B..........................Sisters of the Savior and the
Blessed Virgin Mary
C.V.I...............................Sisters of the
Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Cleveland, Mexico
C.Y.O..............................Catholic Youth
Organization
D.C.................................Congregazione dei Preti
della Dottrina Cristiana,
Dottrinari
D.C.................................Daughters of
Charity
D.C.................................Sisters of Charity of St.
Vincent De Paul
D.C.J..............................Carmelite Sisters of
the Divine Heart of Jesus
D.C.L..............................Doctor of
Canon Law (Civil)
D.D.................................Doctor of
Divinity
D.D.L..............................Daughters of Divine
Love
D.H.M............................Daughters of the Heart of Mary
D.H.S..............................Daughters of the Holy Spirit
D.J..................................Daughters of
Jesus
D.M................................Daughters of Mary of the
Immaculate Conception
D.M.J.............................Daughters of Mary
and Joseph (formerly Ladies of
Mary)
D.Min.............................Doctor of Ministry
D.M.S.E.........................The Dominican Missionary Sisters of
St. Elizabeth
D.P..................................Daughters of
Providence, St. Brieuc
D.Phil..............................Doctor of
Philosophy U.K. Oxford
D.R.E.............................Director of
Religious Education
Dr.Theol.........................Doctor of
Theology, German
D.S.M.P.........................Daughters of Saint Mary
of Providence
D.S.S..............................Doctor of
Holy (Sacred)
Scripture
D.W................................Daughters of
Wisdom, St. Montfort
E.B.S.B...........................Ecumenical
Benedictine Sisters of
Bethany
Er.Cam...........................Camaldolese Hermits
of the Congregation of Monte Corona
F.C..................................Brothers of Charity
F.C..................................Daughters of the Cross of
Liege
F.C.J...............................Faithful Companion of Jesus,
Sisters
F.C.J...............................Franciscan Sisters of
the Heart of Jesus, Malta
F.C.J.M..........................Franciscan
Companions of Jesus and Mary
F.D.C..............................Daughters
of Divine Charity
F.d.C.C...........................Congregation of Sons
of Charity (Canossiani)
F.D.C.C..........................Canossian
Daughters of Charity (Italy)
F.D.L.C...........................Daughters of the
Cross
F.D.L.S...........................Filles de la Sagesse, Daughters
of Wisdom
F.D.M.............................Brothers of
Mercy
F.D.N.S.C.......................Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred
Heart
F.D.P...............................Brothers of Divine
Providence
F.D.P...............................Sons of Divine
Providence
F.F.P................................Franciscan Friars of
Divine
Providence
F.F.S.C............................Franciscan
Brothers of the Holy Cross
F.I....................................Franciscans of the
Immaculate
F.I.C................................Brothers of
Christian Instruction
F.I.C.P.............................Institute of Brothers of
Christian Instruction of
Ploermel
F.I.S.................................Franciscan Immaculatine
Sisters
F.J...................................Congregation of St.
John
F.M.A..............................Salesian Sisters, Daughters of
Mary Help of Christian
F.M.D.M.........................Franciscan
Missionaries of the Divine
Motherhood
F.M.I...............................Congregation of Sons of
Mary Immaculate (Chavagne
Fathers)
F.M.I...............................Daughters of Mary
Immaculate, Marianist Sisters
F.M.M............................Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
F.M.S..............................Marist Brothers
F.M.S.I............................Sons of Mary, Health of the
Sick
F.M.S.J...........................Franciscan Missionaries of St.
Joseph
F.M.S.L...........................Franciscan Missionaries Sisters
of Littlehampton
F.P.M..............................Presentation Brothers
of Mary
F.P.O...............................Franciscans of Primitive
Observance
Fr.....................................Father
F.S...................................Fathers
of Sion
F.S.C...............................Brothers of the Christian
Schools, Christian Brothers
F.S.C...............................Brothers of St.
Gabriel
F.S.C...............................De La Salle
Brothers
F.S.C.G...........................Daughters of the Sacred Heart
of Jesus, Italy
F.S.C.H...........................Changed to
C.F.C, Irish Christian
Brothers
F.S.C.J............................Brothers (Sons) of the Sacred
Heart, Verona Fathers
F.S.D...............................Franciscans
of San Damiano
F.S.F................................Institute of
Brothers of the Holy Family of
Belley
F.S.G.M..........................Sisters of St. George
Martyrs
F.S.M..............................Franciscan
Minoresses
F.S.M..............................Franciscan Sisters of
Mary
F.S.M.A..........................Franciscan Sisters of Mary of the
Angels
F.S.M.I...........................Congregation of Sons of Mary
Immaculate
F.S.P................................Brothers of St. Patrick,
Patrician Brothers
F.S.P................................Daughters of St.
Paul
F.S.P................................Franciscan Sisters of Divine
Providence
F.S.P.A............................Franciscan Sisters of
Perpetual Adoration
F.S.R...............................Brothers of the Holy Rosary,
Reno
F.S.S.E.............................Franciscan Sisters of St.
Elizabeth
F.S.S.J.............................Franciscan
Sisters of St. Joseph
F.S.S.P.............................Priestly Fraternity of Saint
Peter
G.I.R.M...........................General Instruction of the Roman
Missal
G.N.S.H...........................Grey Nuns of the
Sacred Heart
H.C..................................Sisters of the
Holy Cross
H.F.B...............................Association of the Holy
Family of Bordeaux
H.H..................................Benedictines of
Heartsong Hermitage
H.H.C.J...........................Handmaids of the
Holy Child Jesus
H.H.S...............................Helpers of the Holy
Souls
H.P.B...............................Handmaids of the Precious
Blood
H.S.C...............................Hospitaller Sisters of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus
H.S.H.J............................Handmaids of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus
I.B.V.M...........................Institute of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
I.C....................................Institute of Charity,
Rosminians
I.C.E.L.............................International Committee on
English in the Liturgy
I.C.E.T.............................International Consultation on
English Text
I.C.M...............................Missionary
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary
I.C.M.I.C.A.....................International Catholic Movement for
Intellectual and Cultural
Affairs
I.C.R.S.S..........................International Catholic
Charismatic Renewal Services
I.E.M.E............................Instituto
Español de San Francisco Javier para Misiones
Extranjeras
I.H.M...............................Sisters, Servants of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary
I.M.C...............................Missionary Institute of La
Consolata, Consolata Fathers
I.M.C.S/M.I.E.C.............International Movement of Catholic
Students, student part of Pax
Romana
I.M.E.Y............................Misioneros de Yarumal,
Columbia
I.M.S................................Indian
Missionary Society
Inst.Ch.............................Institute of
Charity (Rosminian)
I.S.S.M.............................Institute of the
Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary
Ist del Prado....................Istituto del
Prado
I.V.E.................................Institute of the Incarnate
Word, Instituto del Verbo
Encarnado
I.W.B.S............................Sisters of the Incarnate
Word and Blessed Sacrament, Corpus Christi
J.C.D...............................Doctor of Canon Law
J.C.L................................Licentiate in Canon Law
J.M.J................................Secular order of Jesus, Mary, and
Joseph
J.U.D................................Doctor of both Civil and
Canon Laws
K.C...................................Knight
Commander
K.G.H.S............................Knight Grand Cross of the
Holy Sepulchre
K.H.S................................Knight of the Holy
Sepulchre
K.M..................................Knights of Malta
K of
C...............................Knights of Columbus
K.P....................................Knight of Pius IX
K.S.G................................Knight of St. Gregory
K.S.S................................Knight of St. Sylvester
L.B.N...............................Little Brothers of
Nazareth
L.B.S.F.............................Little Brothers of St.
Francis
L.C...................................Legionaires of Christ
L.C.M..............................Sisters of the Little Company of Mary
L.L.D...............................Doctor of
Laws
L.S.M..............................Licentiate in Medieval
Studies
L.S.P................................Little Sisters of the
Poor
L.S.S................................Licentiate of Sacred
Scripture
M.Afr..............................Missionaries of Africa
M.C.................................Missionaries of Charity
M.C.................................Consolata Missionaries (Sisters)
M.C.C.J...........................Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of
Jesus
M.C.D.P..........................Missionary Catechists of Divine
Providence
M.C.M............................Cordi Marian Sisters
M.C.S.T...........................Missionary Catechists of St. Therese
of the Child Jesus (Philippines)
M.Div..............................Master of Divinity
M.E.P...............................Paris Society of Foreign Missions,
La Société des Missions
Etrangères
M.F.I.C............................Missionary Franciscan of
the Immaculate Conception
M.F.S.C...........................Missionary
Sons of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus
M.F.V.A..........................Franciscan Missionaries of the
Eternal Word
M.G..................................Institute of Our Lady
of Guadalupe for Foreign
Missions
M.H.................................Mill Hill
Fathers
M.H.M............................St. Joseph's Missionary Society
of Mill Hill, Mill Hill Missionaries
M.H.S.H..........................Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart
MI....................................Ministers of the Sick,
Camillians
M.I.C...............................Congregation of Marians
Immaculate Conception, Marian
Fathers
M.I.C.M..........................Mancipia Immaculati Cordis
Mariae, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary
M.I.H.M..........................Missionaries Immaculate Heart of
Mary
M.J..................................Missionari di S. Giuseppe nel
Messico
M.J..................................Missionaries of
Jesus
M.J..................................Missionaries of St
Joseph
M.M................................Martyrs
M.M................................Maryknoll
Missionaries
M.M.S.............................Medical Mission
Sisters
M.N.M............................Misioneros de la Natividad de
María
M.O.P..............................Missionaries of the Poor
M.P.F...............................Religious Teachers Filippine
M.P.V..............................Religious Teachers Venerini
M.S..................................Marian
Sisters
M.S..................................Missionaries of Our Lady of
LaSalette
M.S.A..............................Missionaries of the Holy
Apostles
M.S.B.T...........................Missionary Sisters of the
Most Blessed Trinity
M.S.C..............................Marianites of
Holy Cross
M.S.C..............................Missionaries of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus
M.S.C..............................Missionary Servants of
Christ
M.S.D..............................Doctor of Medieval
Studies
M.S.F...............................Congregation of Missionaries
of the Holy Family
M.S.F.S............................Missionaries of St.
Francis de Sales
(Fransalian)
Msgr................................Monsignor
M.S.L...............................Licentiate
in Medieval Studies
M.Sp.S.............................Missionaries of
the Holy Spirit
M.S.S...............................Missionaries of the
Blessed Sacrament
M.SS.C............................Missionaries of the
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and
Mary
M.SS.CC..........................Congregation of Missionaries of the
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and
Mary
M.S.S.P............................Missionary Society of St.
Paul
M.Ss.R.............................Missionaries of the Most Holy
Redeemer, Gars Sisters/Mission
Schwester
M.S.S.S.............................Missionary Sisters of the
Most Blessed Sacrament
M.SS.S.T..........................Congregation of
Missionary Servants of the Most Holy
Trinity
M.T..................................Missionary Servants of the
Most Holy Trinity
M.T.S...............................Master in
Theological Studies
M.X.Y...............................Institute of
Yarumal for Foreign
Missions
O.A.D...............................Agostiniani
Scalzi
O.A.R...............................Order of Augustinian
Recollects
Obl.S.B.............................Oblate of St.
Benedict
O.C...................................Order of the Carmelites
O.CARM.........................Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel,
Carmelites of Ancient Observance
O.Cart..............................Order of the Carthusians
O.CIST.............................Cistercians
O.C.D.or
O.D.C...............Order of Carmelites Discalced
O.C.D.S............................Order of Carmelites Discalced
Secular
O.C.R...............................Order of Cistercians,
Reformed, (Trappist)
O.C.S.O............................Order of
Cistercians of the Strict Observance, Trappists and Trappistines
O.C.V.M...........................
O.de.M.............................Order
of Our Lady of Mercy for the Ransom of Captives
(Mercederian)
O.E...................................Order of Emmanuel,
Emmanuelites
O.E.F................................Order of Ecumenical
Franciscans
O.E.S.A.............................Hermits of St
Augustine
O.F.M...............................Order of Friars Minor,
Franciscans
O.F.M.Cap.......................Order of Capuchin Friars
(Capuchin Franciscan)
O.F.M.Conv.....................Order of Friars
Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscan)
O.F.M.I............................Franciscan Friars of Mary Immaculate
O.Gr.................................Order of
Grandmont
O.H...................................Order of Brothers
Hospitallers of St. John of
GOD
O.L.C................................
O.L.G................................Sisters
of Our Lady of the Garden
O.L.M...............................Order of
Lebanese Maronite, Baladites
O.L.M.E...........................Our Lady's
Missionaries of the Eucharist
O.L.V.M...........................Victory
Noll Sisters
O.M..................................Minim Fathers
O.M.I................................Oblates of Mary Immaculate
O.M.M.............................Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat
Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra
O.M.V...............................Oblates
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
O.P....................................Order
of Preachers, Dominicans
O.P....................................Order of
Preachers, Dominicans, Anglican Catholic
Church
O.P....................................Dominican Sisters
(Conventual), Anglican Catholic
Church
O.P....................................Dominican Sisters of
Divine Providence
O.P.B................................Oblates of the
Precious Blood
O.P.L.................................Lay Order of
Preachers, 3rd order
O.PRAEM........................Canons Regular of
Premontre, Norbertines,
Premonstratensians
O.P.S.D.............................Ordo
Poenitentia Sancti Dominici (Third Order of Preachers), Anglican Catholic
Church
Opus Dei...........................Opus
Dei
O.R.C................................Order of Canons Regular of the
Holy Cross
O.R.S.A.............................Order of Augustinian
Recollects
O.S.....................................Oblates of Wisdom
O.S.A.................................Hermits of St. Augustine,
Augustinian Friars
O.S.A.................................Order of St.
Augustine, Augustinians
O.S.A.................................Order of
St. Andrew, Anglican
O.S.A.................................Opus Sanctorum
Angelorum
O.S.B.................................Order of St. Benedict,
Benedictine
O.S.B.................................Order of St. Benedict,
English Congregation
O.S.B.................................Order of St.
Benedict, Solemnes
Congregation
O.S.B.................................Order of St. Benedict,
Subiaco Congregation
O.S.B.cam.........................Camaldolese
Congregation of the Order of St.
Benedict
O.S.B.M............................Order of St. Basil the Great,
Basilian Order of St.
Josaphat
O.S.B.S..............................Oblate Sisters of the
Blessed Sacrament
O.S.C.................................Canons Regular of
the Order of the Holy Cross, Crosier Fathers
O.S.C.................................Oblates of St.
Charles
O.S.C.................................Order of St.
Clare
O.S.Cam............................Order of St. Camillus, Camillian
Fathers and Brothers
O.SCH.P............................Piaristen Orden,
Ordo Scholarum Piarum, founded by St
Calasantinus
O.S.Cr................................Order of the Holy
Cross
O.S.F..................................Congreg of Servants of Holy
Infancy Jesus
O.S.F..................................Franciscan Brothers
or Sisters
O.S.F..................................Franciscan Sisters of
Allegany N.Y.
O.S.F.S...............................Oblates of St.
Francis de Sales
O.S.F.S...............................Order of St.
Francis--Secular, 3rd Order Franciscan
O.S.H.................................Orden de San Jerónimo, Monjes
Jerónimos
O.S.I...................................Oblates of St. Joseph,
Josephines of Asti
O.Sion................................Order of Our
Lady of Sion
O.S.J..................................Oblates of St. Joseph
O.S.M................................Order of the Servants of Mary,
Servites
O.S.P.P.E...........................Order of St. Paul the First
Hermit, Pauline Fathers
O.Ss.R................................Order of
the Most Holy Redeemer, Redemptoristine
Sister
O.Ss.S................................Brigittine Monks
O.SS.T...............................Order of the Most Holy Trinity and
of the Ransom of Captives, Trinitarians
O.SS.T.,Ter.......................Third order secular of the Most Holy
Trinity
O.S.T.R.............................Oblates of St. Therese
Reformed
O.S.U.................................The Ursulines
O.Tr...................................Order of the Holy Trinity,
Trinitarians
P.B......................................Peres-Blancs, White
Fathers
P.B.V.M.............................Sisters of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
P.C.....................................Poor
Clares
P.C.C.................................Poor Clare Collettines
P.C.Cap.............................Poor Clare
Capuchins
P.C.P.A..............................Poor Clares of Perpetual
Adoration
Ph.D...................................Doctor of Philosophy
P.H.J.C..............................Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ
P.I.J...................................Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus,
Pauperis Infantis Jesu
P.I.M.E..............................Pontifical
Institute for Foreign Missions
P.M....................................Sisters of the Presentation of
Mary
P.M.E................................Société des
Missions-Étrangères
P.O.C.R.............................Pii Operai
Catechisti Rurali Missionari
Ardorini
P.P......................................Parish
Priest
P.S.F...................................Pauvres de Saint-François
P.S.S...................................Fathers of St. Sulpice
(Sulpician)
P.S.S.J................................Poor Sisters of St.
Joseph-Hermanas Pobres Josefinas Buenoarensas
R.A.....................................Religious of the Assumption
(France)
r.c.......................................The Religious of the
Cenacle
R.C.C.................................Roman Catholic
Church
R.C.I..................................Congregation of Rogationist
Fathers of the Heart of
Jesus
R.D.C................................Religious of Divine Compassion
R.G.S.................................Religious of the Good Shepherd
R.J.M................................Religious of Jesus and Mary
(France)
R.M.I.................................Religious of Mary
Immaculate
R.N.D.M............................Sisters of Our Lady of the
Missions, Religieuses de Notre Dame Missions
R.P.....................................Reverend Father
R.S.C.................................Religious Sisters of Charity
R.S.C.J..............................Religious of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus
R.S.H.M............................Religious of the Sacred Heart
of Mary
R.S.J..................................Sisters of St. Joseph of
the Sacred Heart, Australian
Josephites
R.S.M................................Religious Sisters of
Mercy
R.S.V.................................Religieux de Saint Vincent de
Paul
R.V.M...............................Religious of the Virgin Mary,
Philippines
S.........................................Sanctus,
Saint
S.A.....................................Franciscan Friars of the
Atonement
S.A.C.................................Society of Catholic
Apostolate, Pallotines
S.A.C.................................Sisters of
the Guardian Angel
S.B.S..................................Sisters of the
Blessed Sacrament
S.C.....................................Brothers of
the Sacred Heart
S.C.....................................Servants of
Charity
S.C.....................................Sisters of Charity
S.C.A.................................Society of the Catholic
Apostolate, Pallotine
Fathers
S.C.C.................................Sisters of Christian
Charity
S.C.H.................................Sisters of Charity,
Halifax
S.CH..................................Society of Christ
S.CHP................................Clerics Regular of the Pious
Schools, Piarist Fathers
Sch.P..................................Sisters
of the Pious Schools,
Piarists
S.C.I...................................Congregation of the
Priests of the Sacred
Heart
S.C.J..................................Congregation of the Priests
of the Sacred Heart
(Betharram)
S.C.J..................................Sacred Heart
Fathers
S.C.J..................................Society of the Sacred
Heart of the Infant Jesus
S.C.L..................................Sisters
of Charity of Leavenworth
S.C.N.................................Sisters
of Charity of Nazareth
S.C.O.................................Sisters of
Charity of Ottawa
S.C.S..................................Brother Servants
of the Sacred Heart
S.C.S.H..............................
S.C.S.J.A...........................Sisters of Charity of St. Joan
Antida
S.C.V.................................Sodalicio de Vida
Cristiana
S.D.B.................................Salesians of Don Bosco
S.D.B.................................Society of St. Francis de
Sales
S.D.S..................................Society of the Divine
Savior, Salvatorians
S.D.V.................................Society of
Divine Vocations, Vocationist Fathers
S.E.O.D.............................Doctor of Oriental Ecclesiastical
Sciences
S.E.O.L..............................Licentiate of Oriental
Ecclesiastical Sciences
S.F......................................Hijos de
la Sagrada Familia
S.F......................................Sons of the
Holy Family
S.F.C.C...............................Sisters for Christian
Community
S.F.I.C................................Sororem Franciscalium ab
Immaculata Conceptione a Beata Matre
Dei
S.F.M.................................Scarboro Foreign Mission
Society
S.F.O..................................Secular Franciscan Order,
3rd order
S.G.....................................Brothers of Saint
Gabriel
S.G.....................................Servants of GOD,
Augustinian Episcopal
S.G.C.................................Grey
Nuns of the Cross. Changed name to Sisters of Charity, Ottawa,
SCO
S.G.L..................................Servants of the Gospel of
life
S.G.S..................................Sisters of the Good
Samaritan
S.H.C.J...............................Society of the Holy Child
Jesus
S.H.F..................................Sisters of the Holy Family
S.H.S..................................Sisters of the Holy Spirit
S.I.......................................Societatis Iesu, Latin for
Society of Jesus, Jesuits
S.I.......................................Society of the
Immaculata
S.I.W..................................Sisters of the
Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Cleveland
S.J......................................Society of Jesus, Jesuits
S.L.....................................Sisters of Loretto
S.L.D.................................Doctor of Sacred Liturgy
S.L.L..................................Licentiate of Sacred
Liturgy
S.L.W.................................Sisters of the Living Word,
Metairie Louisiana
S.M....................................Society of
Mary, Marianists
S.M....................................Society of Mary,
Marists
S.M.A................................Society of African Missions
(of Lyons)
S.M.B................................Foreign Missions Society
of Bethlehem in Switzerland (Bethlehem
Father)
S.M.I.................................Sisters of Mary
Immaculate
S.M.I.C..............................Missionary Sisters of the
Immaculate Conception of the Mother of GOD
S.M.M...............................Comfort of Mary, Saint Montfort
Missionaries
S.M.M...............................Montfort Society of
Mary (Montfort Father)
S.M.M.E............................The Dominican
Sisters of Mary, Mother of the
Eucharist
S.M.O.M...........................Sovereign Military Order of
Malta
S.M.P.................................Portugese Society for
Catholic Missions
S.M.S.M............................Marist Missionary
Sister
S.N.D.................................Sisters of Notre Dame
S.N.DdeN..........................Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
S.N.J.M.............................Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus
and Mary
S.O.Cist.............................Cistercians of the Common
Observance
S.O.L.M.............................Sisters of Our Lady of
Mercy
S.O.L.T..............................Society of Our Lady of Most
Holy Trinity
S.O.P..................................Sisters of the Poor
S.Ord.Cist..........................Cistercian
Order
S.P......................................Order of Clerks Regular of
the Religious Schools
(Piarists)
S.P......................................Servants of the Holy
Paraclete, Piarist Fathers
S.P......................................Sister of Providence
S.P.S..................................St. Patricks Missionary Society,
Kiltegan Fathers
Sr.......................................Sister
S.S......................................Sancti,
Saints
S.S......................................Society of St. Sulpice
(the Sulpicians)
S.S.A..................................Sisters of St.
Ann
S.S.C..................................Franciscan Servants of the
Sacred Heart
S.S.C..................................Servants of the
Sacred Cross
S.S.C..................................Society of St.
Colomban
S.S.C.C..............................Sacred Hearts of Jesus and
Mary
SS.CC................................Congregation of the Sacred
Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus
Father)
S.S.Ch................................Sisters of Sainte
Chretienne
S.S.C.J...............................Sister Servants of the
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
S.S.C.M.............................Servants
of the Holy Heart of Mary
S.S.C.M.E..........................Missionary
Society of St. Columban
S.S.D..................................Doctor of
Sacred Scripture
S.S.E..................................Society of St.
Edmund
S.S.E.W..............................Sister Servants of the
Eternal Word, Birmingham,
Alabama
S.S.F...................................Society of St. Francis
S.S.F.A...............................Sisters of the Holy Family
Associate
S.S.G..................................Sisters of St. Gregory,
Episcopal
S.S.H.J.P............................Servants of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus and the
Poor
S.S.J...................................St. Joseph's Society of the
Sacred Heart, Josephites
S.S.J...................................Sisters
of St. Joseph
S.S.J...................................Society of St.
John
S.S.J.E................................Society of St. John
the Evangelist, Anglican
S.S.J.-T.O.S.F....................Sisters
of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis
S.S.L...................................Licentiate in Sacred Scripture
S.S.M.I...............................Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate
(Byzantine rite)
S.S.M.N.............................Sisters of St. Mary
of Namur
S.S.M.O.............................Sisters of St. Mary of
Oregon
S.S.N.D..............................School Sisters of Notre Dame
S.S.P...................................Society of St. Paul the Apostle,
Pauline Fathers and Brothers
S.Sp.S.................................Holy
Spirit Missionary Sisters
S.S.P.X...............................Society
of St. Pius X
S.S.S...................................Congregation of
the Blessed Sacrament
Fathers
S.S.S.F................................School Sisters of St.
Francis
S.S.s.T................................Society of the Most Holy
Trinity (the Trinitarians)
S.S.V.D.P...........................Society
of St Vincent De Paul, (also known by S.V.d.P and
S.V.D.)
S.S.V.M.............................Servants of the Lord and the
Virgin of Matara
S.T......................................Missionary
Servants of Most Holy Trinity
S.T.B..................................Bachelor of Sacred Theology
S.T.D..................................Doctor of Sacred
Theology
S.T.J...................................Society of St. Teresa of
Jesus, Teresians
S.T.L...................................Licentiate
in Sacred Theology
S.T.M.................................Master of
Sacred Theology
S.T.P...................................Professor of
Sacred Theology
S.U......................................Society of the
Sisters of St. Ursula
S.U.S.C...............................Holy Union
Sisters
S.V......................................Sisters of Life (Sorores
Vitae)
S.V......................................Sacra Virgra,
(consecrated Virgin) first found on tombs in the catacombs.
S.V.d.P................................Society of St Vincent de Paul
(also known by S.V.P. and
S.S.V.D.P)
S.V.D..................................Society of the Divine
Word, Divine Word
Missionaries
S.V.P...................................Society of St.
Vincent de Paul (also known by S.S.V.D.P and
S.V.d.P)
S.X......................................Society for St Francis
Xavier for Foreign Missions, Xaverian Missionary
Th.D....................................Doctor of
Theology
T.O.C..................................Third Order
Carmelite
T.O.D.C...............................Tertiary of the Order of
Discalced Carmelites
T.O.P...................................Third order
of Preachers
T.O.R..................................Third Order Regular
of St. Francis
T.O.S.D...............................Tertiary of the
Order of St. Dominic
T.O.S.F................................Tertiary of
Third Order of St. Francis
T.S.S.F.................................Third
Order of the Society of St.
Francis
U.S.C.C.B............................United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops
V or
Ven..............................Venerabilis,
Venerable
V.A......................................Vicar Apostolic
V.C.M.A.............................Vincentian Retreat
Master
V.E......................................Verbo Encarnado,
Argentina
V.F.......................................Vicar Forane
V.G......................................Vicar General
V.S.C...................................Vincentian Sisters of Charity
VV........................................Venerabiles,
Venerables
W.F......................................WhiteFathers. Changed
to M.Afr, Society of the Missionaries of Africa
Y.C.M..................................Young Christian
Movement
Y.C.W/J.O.C........................Young Christian Worker
Movement, the original Cardijn movement
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