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From the beginning, the friars preachers associated themselves with groups of women who were likewise touched by the preaching and example of Dominic. Even before the friars had been formally established, Dominic had formed a community of nuns in Prouihle, France. Not long afterward, lay men and women also became associated with the work begun by Dominic. These are the foundations of what today are known as the branches of the Dominican Order. The four branches are the friars (both priests and brothers), the nuns, the sisters, and the lay men and women. What unites these friars, nuns, sisters and laity is more than simply a "shared project." Rather, they are one because they share the same father, inheriting from him his longing to proclaim to the world the love of Christ and the joy of the Gospel. The four branches stem from a single root, that holy man of God, Dominic de Guzman.
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