Celebrating the Vocation of the Religious Brother!

 

May 1st is Religious Brothers Day - a vocation that is the most forgotten and least appreciated in the Church. On this day, we pause to say, “thank you” to our Brothers. Thank you for helping raise young men and women into responsible adulthood through education. Thank you for being spiritual guides. Thank you for being ministers of healing in difficult situations. Thank you for your simplicity of life and your humility. Thank you for your faith and your generosity of time, talent, and energy. Thank you for all you have done and continue to do as ministers of the Gospel.  Our Franciscan brotherhood is a witness of the fraternal care and compassion so needed by our world today.

We celebrate with gratitude on this day when we pray for all Religious Brothers in the Church, who minister tirelessly to be Christ to all they accompany through life's journey.