Franciscans (Order of Friars Minor)
Founder: St. Francis of Assisi
Motto: “Pax et bonum” (Peace and the good)
Type: Mendicant Religious Order
Habit: Grey/Black (Conventional); Brown (Capuchins)
Characteristics of Spirituality: Living the Gospel, Following Jesus Christ, Poverty, Fraternity
Notable Saints: St. Anthony of Padua, St. Bonaventure, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, St. Maximilian Kolbe

Dominicans (Order of Preachers)
Founder: St. Dominic of Caleruega
Motto: “Laudare, benedicere, praedicare” (To praise, to bless, to preach)
Type: Mendicant Religious Order
Habit: A white capuce with a hood, a cincture and a rosary that hangs from it, a scapular and black capuce, with hood on top of everything
Characteristics of Spirituality: Prayer, Study, Preaching, Community
Notable Saints: St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Albert the Great

Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Founder: St. Ignatius of Loyola
Motto: “Ad maiorem Dei gloriam” (For the greater glory of God)
Type: Religious Order
Habit: They do not wear a special habit or uniform
Characteristics of Spirituality: Finding God in everything, Loving Jesus Christ, The importance of service, Spiritual discernment, Education
Notable Saints: St. Francis Xavier, St. Aloysius Gonzaga

  9 of the Most Well Known Catholic Religious Orders