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A Catholic lay association, also referred to as Catholic Congress, is an association of lay Catholics aiming to discuss certain political or social issues from a Catholic perspective.[1]

The Pontifical Council for the Laity is the body responsible for approving those Catholic associations that exist at an international level.[2] The structure of some Religious Orders allow for Lay branches to be associated with them. These are often referred to as Third Orders.

Some of the best known Catholic Lay Associations are Knights of Columbus, Knights of Columba, Catenians, Knights of Malta, the Piusverein in Germany and Switzerland, Azione Cattolica in Italy and the UK-based Catholic Truth Society.

There are also lay Catholic guilds and associations representing a whole range of professions. These include the Catholic Police Guild, Holy Name Society (NYPD), the Association of Catholic Nurses, the Guild of Catholic Doctors, the Catholic Physicians Guild, the Catholic Association of Performing Arts (UK), and the Catholic Actors Guild of America.

## List of Catholic lay organisations

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This is a list of organisations covering Catholic laity. It aims to list ecclesial movements of unspecified standing. For international Catholic movements that have received official approval by the Catholic Church, see Directory of International Associations of the Faithful.

* Apostolate for Family Consecration, founded in the US in 1975 by Jerry and Gwen Conker
* Movimento Apostolico, a lay organization founded in Catanzaro, Italy, on 3 November 1979 by Maria Marino Marraffa. Archbishop Antonio Cantisani and the Calabrian Bishops Conference have approved it statutes. Now it is suppressed.[3]
* Catholic Charismatic Renewal, with around 70 million Roman Catholics worldwide active in the movement, founded in the US in 1967 among college students.
* Catholic Worker Movement: Founded in the US in 1933 by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, this movement works for peace and the equal distribution of goods.
* Madonna House Apostolate, founded in Canada in 1947 by Catherine Doherty as a community of priests and laypersons has established missionary field houses worldwide.
* National Black Catholic Congress, founded in the United States in 1987 as a successor to the Colored Catholic Congress founded a century earlier by Daniel Rudd.
* World Movement of Christian Workers (WMCW), an international association similar to the Catholic Worker Movement, recognized by the Catholic Church.

## Union of Prayer

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Union of Prayer was a previous term for some Roman Catholic lay ecclesial movements.[4]

They tended to be archconfraternities aiming at the conversion of various groups to Catholicism.[4] Some of these included:

* Association of Prayer and Penitence in honour of the Heart of Jesus \- offering reparation for outrages against the Catholic Church and the pope
* Archconfraternity of Our Lady of Compassion for the Return of England to the Catholic Faith
* Pious Union of Prayer to Our Lady of Compassion for the Conversion of Heretics
* Archconfraternity of Prayers and Good Works for the Reunion of the Eastern Schismatics with the Church under the patronage of Our Lady of the Assumption

## See also

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* Catholic laity
* Catholic charities

## References

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1. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Catholic Congresses" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
2. ^ "International Associations of the Faithful, Directory - Pontifical Coucils for the Laity". www.vatican.va.
3. ^ "Vatican suppresses Italy-based lay movement founded by alleged visionary". Crux. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
4. ^ a b Brown, C.F. Wemyss. "Unions of Prayer." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 30 Dec. 2014

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Catholic laity

Organizations of lay members of the Catholic Church who are neither in holy orders nor members of religious institutes

Personal ordinariates,
prelatures, and apostolic
administrations|

* Military ordinariates
* Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful
* Opus Dei
* Anglican Use: Chair of Saint Peter, Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Our Lady of Walsingham
* Saint John Mary Vianney

Third orders|

* Order of Augustinian Recollects
* Order of Saint Augustine
* Oblates of Saint Benedict
* Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites
* Order of Saint Dominic
* Order of Saint Francis
* Secular Franciscan Order
* Order of Mercy
* Order of Minims
* Order Secular of the Most Holy Trinity
* Order of Saint Norbert
* Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
* Association of Salesian Cooperators
* Order of Servites

Confraternities|

| Archconfraternities|

* Archconfraternity of the Holy Family
* Archconfraternity of the Most Precious Blood

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Types|

* Confraternities of the Cord
* Confraternity of Penitents
* Flagellant confraternities
* Purgatorial society

Individual|

* Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
* Confraternity of Catholic Saints
* Confraternity of the Rosary
* Bona Mors Confraternity
* Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart
* Hospitalité Notre Dame de Lourdes
* Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady
* Penitentes
* Penitential Brotherhood of the Holy Eucharist
* Society of the Holy Name
* Ven. Arc. Misericordia di Florence
* RVISSM

International
associations
of the faithful|

* Catenian Association
* Chemin Neuf Community
* Christian Life Community
* Christian Life Movement
* Cooperators of Opus Dei
* Couples for Christ
* Cursillo
* Communion and Liberation
* Emmanuel Community
* FIMCAP
* Focolare Movement
* Heralds of the Gospel
* International Alliance of Catholic Knights
* International Catholic Conference of Scouting
* International Federation of Catholic Universities
* International Kolping Society
* International Union of Catholic Esperantists
* Lay Claretian Movement
* L'Arche
* Legion of Mary
* Militia Christi
* Militia of the Immaculata
* Neocatechumenal Way
* Pax Romana
* Priests for Life
* Regnum Christi
* Sant'Egidio Community
* SIGNIS
* Schoenstatt Movement
* Teams of Our Lady
* Teresian Association
* UIGSE
* Union of Catholic Apostolate

Other associations
of the faithful|

* Apostolate for Family Consecration
* Association of Vatican Lay Workers
* Catholic Charismatic Renewal (Canção Nova) (Shalom Catholic Community)
* Catholic Christian Outreach
* Catholic Worker Movement
* Fellowship of Catholic University Students
* Madonna House
* Maryknoll Lay Missioners
* NET Ministries
* Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network
* Queen of Angels Foundation
* Saint Paul's Outreach
* Society of Saint Vincent de Paul

Movements|

* Catholic Marian movements and societies
* Catholic Action
* Azione Cattolica
* Catholic Women's League
* Catholic Worker Movement
* World Movement of Christian Workers
* Young Christian Workers
* Christian Family Movement
* Courage International
* El Shaddai
* Family Rosary Crusade
* Fidesco International
* Notre-Dame de Chrétienté
* Theology on Tap
* Voice of the Faithful
* Young Men's Institute
* We Are Church

See also|

* Catholic catechesis
* Catholic Congress
* Catholic Extension
* Catholic higher education
* Catholic youth work
* Catholic campus ministry
* Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life
* Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas
* Lists of Catholics
* Pontifical Council for the Laity
* Taizé Community
* Universal call to holiness

| Charities|

* Aid to the Church in Need
* Caritas
* Catholic Charities
* Home Missions
* CNEWA
* Relief Services
* CIDSE
* Pax Christi
* Society of Saint Vincent de Paul

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