What is a Brother?
A Brother is a consecrated religious man who has dedicated his life to God’s service, sharing in the life and mission of his religious community. If a member of a clerical community, a Brother is one who chooses not to be ordained as a priest.
How can I become a Brother?
Each religious community offers programs to help men interested in religious life learn more about what it means to become a vowed member of a religious community.
The discernment process may include getting to know several communities, praying with them, visiting the local houses or headquarters, doing live-in experiences, and being companioned by the confreres (brothers) during this journey of finding out God’s call.
Once a prospective candidate is accepted in a community, his initial formation will include living and praying with the Brothers in a formation house from postulancy/candidacy, to novitiate, to temporary vows, then finally, to perpetual vows.
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| Religious Brothers Conference |
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| Conference of Major Superiors of Men |
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