| A | B |
|---|
| Founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and patron saint of teachers | John Baptist de La Salle |
| This saint said love is “the whole object of our lives”. | Bernard of Clairvaux |
| Founder of Western monasticism | Benedict |
| Perhaps the best-known modern contemplative | Thomas Merton |
| Founder of the Missionaries of Charity, which shelters the dying and cares for the homeless poor | Mother Teresa of Calcutta |
| Founders of what is today the largest religious order of women, the Daughters of Charity. | Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac |
| A service congregation | Jesuits |
| A contemplative religious order | Carmelites |
| They initiated the mendicant form of religious community. | Francis of Assisi and Dominic de Guzman |
| The first U.S. citizen to be declared a saint | Francis Xavier Cabrini |
