Basic

  • Single men and women (18-30) are invited to consider membership within the Celibate Brotherhood and Celibate Sisterhood of the Brothers and Sisters of Charity

  • Sound physical, mental, and emotional health appropriate to age with minimal conditions requiring steady medical attention

  • Command of the English Language

  • Docility to learn and be taught

  • Positive disposition and ability to work collaboratively with others in a multi-generational community

  • Free from ecclesial censures or civic or military responsibilities

  • Retirement of personal debt

  • Moral character is generally virtuous, lacking indecisiveness, dependency, narcissism, compulsions, hostility, addictions, etc.


Education and Work

  • Must be a high school graduate.

  • A college degree from a 4-year institution is desirable.

    • A theology degree is optional.

    • Vo-tech education and experience is also desirable.

  • An employment history detailing the work over the past 3 years.


Faith

  • Member in good standing within a Christian community.

  • Experience with the spirituality of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and and openness to cultivating the gifts of the Holy Spirit

  • Can articulate a personal witness/testimony of conversion.

  • A routine or commitment to daily personal prayer, and looking for deeper experiences of contemplative and charismatic prayer

  • Faithful to the teachings of Holy Father (Roman Pontiff) and the Catholic Church

  • Desire for a simple life in the spirit of Saint Francis and the Desert Fathers

  • Willingness to embrace a life of on-going conversion in the spirit of St. Benedict

  • Zeal to proclaim the Gospel by word and deed

  • An age-appropriate, mature and healthy generosity in responding call of God in all its ordinary and extraordinary forms with joy and humility