Religious Brother

As a male religious, a brother is a lay Christian who commits himself to Christ and the Christian community by vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Not only is he in service to the community, he himself lives in a religious community that centers his life. It is from this root and from his own interior life that he is able to meet the needs of the Church in ministries such as teaching, social work, technical occupations, etc. The ministries of religious brother are varied and reflect the traditions of a given community.
Flexibility to meet current needs is one of the main characteristics of the brother’s life style. There are many communities of religious brothers as well as communities of priests and brothers. Often a man applies to a community with which he is familiar. Information about the brotherhood may be obtained by contacting:

The National Religious Vocation Conference
5420 S. Cornell Ave #105, Chicago, IL 60615-5604
(773) 363-5454, Fax: (773) 363-5530
E-mail: nrvc@aol.com; Web: www.nrvc.net

The Religious Brothers Conference provides advocacy for the identity and the vocation of brothers; acts as professional and ministerial resource to its member communities and offers direct services to individual brothers. Contact:

Religious Brothers Conference (RBC)
5420 So. Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL 60615
(773) 493-2306, Fax: (773) 493-2356
E-mail: brothersoffice@ameritech.net; Web: www.brothersonline.org

Religious Priest

Some religious Communities are “clerical”: they include priests. What was said immediately before applies equally to priests living in religious communities. The religious priest takes vows of poverty, chastity and obedience according to the spirit of his own congregation. Being a priest his is a ministry, for the Church, of the sacraments. His work generally depends upon the ministry appropriate to his community and may include teaching, overseas ministry, social work, pastoral ministry, chaplaincy, etc. A person who feels called to this life may contact any member of a community with which he is familiar or:
The National Religious Vocation Conference
5420 S. Cornel Ave. #105, Chicago, IL 60615-5604
(773) 363-5454, Fax: (773) 363-5530
E-mail: nrvc@aol.com; Web: www.nrvc.net