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Several Catholic religious communities have the phrase Sisters of Charity as part of their name and, while some of them have common origins, there may be no family or historical relationship between each of the groups referred to as Sisters of Charity beyond the name and Catholicism. Many of them use the Rule of Vincent de Paul, but at least sixty religious institutes have adopted that Rule. In 1633, Vincent de Paul established the Daughters of Charity as a group of women serving the poorest of the poor, setting up soup kitchens, organizing community hospitals, schools, and homes for orphans. However, the Daughters of Charity will be covered in its own subcategory of this category. In 1809, Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph's, adapting the rule of the Daughters of Charity for her Maryland community. Several other autonomous religious institions have been established within the Catholic Church, carrying the same name with regional attributions. There is also the Sisters of Divine Charity, the Saint Paul Sisters of Chartes, also known as the Sisters of Charity of Saint Paul, as well as the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy, the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine, and the Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa. In Ireland, there is the Religious Sisters of Charity. The Netherlands has the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady Mother of Mercy, and Canada has the Sisters of Saint Martha and the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception. Wherever there are sufficient sites relating to any of these, a separate sub-category will be created to house them. Of course, religious institutes within the Anglican Communion will be listed in the Anglican categories.

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