 The order includes men and women, married and celibate, ordained and lay, modelled along a third order-style rule.The order is a recognized "Christian Community" of the Episcopal Church in the United States, but has no official ties to the Order of Preachers founded by St Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III in 1216.While originating in the Episcopal Church, the order can be found across the world-wide Anglican Communion.