Anglo-Catholic societies, also known as Catholic societies, are associations within the Anglican Communion which follow in the tradition of Anglo-Catholicism. They may be devotional or theological in nature. Many trace their origins to the Catholic revival in the Church of England which started with the Oxford Movement in the 19th century.
Although some make specific reference to the Church of England in their foundation documents, the vast majority extend their membership and influence to adherents of all member churches of the wider Anglican Communion,[1] and often also to those non-Anglican churches that are in full communion with the See of Canterbury (for example, to the Lutheran Churches through the Porvoo Communion).