Portal:Religious orders/DYK/15

...that the Minims Order, founded by Saint Francis of Paola, embraced extreme fasting and humility? His 15th-century mission in Italy made the order a model of ascetic simplicity.
...how Saint Katharine Drexel’s Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament served Native and African Americans? Her 19th-century work in America built schools for marginalized communities.
...that Saint Edmund Campion’s Jesuits risked death to preserve Catholicism in Protestant England? His 16th-century missions in England inspired the order’s legacy of bold evangelization.
...why the Sisters of Providence, founded by Saint Émilie Gamelin, cared for orphans and the elderly? Her 19th-century mission in Montreal became a beacon of Canadian charity.
...a vow of education drives the Christian Brothers, founded by Saint Edmund Ignatius Rice? His 19th-century schools in Ireland empowered poor boys through Catholic learning.