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