we serve. Internationalism, education, and
professional skills are the foundations of our
society. We offer five formation programs: Divine Word College in Epworth, Iowa; an Associate Program for college graduates; Brother
Formation Program; our Novitiate is in Techny,
Illinois; and Divine Word Theologate in Chicago. For more information, contact us! Vocation Director, Divine Word Missionaries, P.O.
Box 380, Epworth, IA 52045; 800-553-3321;
svdvocations@dwci.edu; www.svdvocations.
org. See our online ads at VocationNetwork.
org and DigitalVocationGuide.org.
See ad on page 43. Code #177.
E
Edmundite Fathers and Brothers (S.S.E.),
Society of St. Edmund The Society of St.
Edmund is a clerical religious congregation
of pontifical right whose priests and brothers
share a common life and profess the public
vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience. Our
essential mission is evangelization, bringing
the teaching of Christ to others. We seek to
serve as Jesus did. The principal works of
our apostolate are African American ministry,
Catholic higher education, spiritual renewal,
and parish ministry. Our works are unified
through our commitment to the Church’s
preferential option for the poor and our promotion of social justice. Fr. Lino Oropeza, S.S.E.,
Vocation Director, 270 Winooski Park, Colchester, VT 05439; 802-654-3400; loropeza@
smcvt.edu; www.sse.org. See our online ad at
VocationNetwork.org.
See ad on page 113. Code #119.
F
Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn
(O.S.F.) The Religious Brothers of
the Third Order Regular of St. Francis were founded in 1858 when two
Brothers of the Third Order Regular of St.
Francis arrived in Brooklyn, NY, from Ireland.
Responding to the need to educate the children
of immigrants, the Franciscan Brothers
brought their tradition as educators in Ireland
to New York. Today, the Franciscan Brothers of
Brooklyn continue the over 800-year-old Franciscan tradition of “Making Christ Present” as
we minister in the educational and pastoral
ministries of the Roman Catholic Church. We
currently minister in the Dioceses of Brooklyn
and Rockville-Centre, NY; Paterson, NJ; and
Cape Girardeau, MO as teachers, administrators, campus ministers, college professors,
counselors, lawyers, nurses, spiritual directors,
retreat leaders, and pastoral ministers. Please
contact us to learn more. Vocation Office, 135
Remsen St., Brooklyn, NY 11201; 718-858-
8217, x18; vocations@franciscanbrothersosf.
org; franciscanbrothersosf.org.
See ad on page 59. Code #102.
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement
(S.A.) We seek to foster “at-one-
ment”—reconciliation, healing, and
unity—within the brokenness of the
world. Through our ministries, we walk
alongside those who are lost, wounded and in
need of God’s healing in a variety of ways: We
bring healing to those suffering from drug and
alcohol addiction and HIV/AIDS; we nurture
spiritual renewal through the Graymoor
Spiritual Life Retreat Center; and we cultivate
authentic charity in our Atonement parishes
in the United States and abroad. In addition to
these pastoral works of reconciliation and heal-
ing, we are also devoted to ecumenism on a
global scale and promoting dialogue and unity
within the whole of Christianity and between
all religions. In the tradition of St. Francis, we
offer a prayerful communal life with active
service to the Church in the United States,
Canada, Japan, Italy, and England. Contact:
Graymoor Vocation Office: 40 Franciscan Way,
Garrison, NY 10524-300; 800-338-2620,
x2126; Vocdirector@atonementfriars.org;
www.AtonementFriars.org.
Code #003.
Franciscan Friars (O.F.M.), Province of Our
Lady of Guadalupe Based in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, we are the youngest of the U.S.
Franciscan Provinces. Founded in 1985, we
minister to the Native American communities
of the Navajo and Pueblo Indians as well as
the Hispanic and the Anglo communities of
the Southwest. We have ministry sites and
parishes primarily in New Mexico, Arizona,
and Texas, but also sponsor ministry projects
in Vietnam and the Philippines. The Friars
of O.L.G. Province strive to place community life, prayer, worship, evangelization, and
service at the heart of our life as Friars. The
Vocation Office discerns with those between
the ages of 18 and 35 interested in collaborating with us, including vocations from outside
the U.S. If you would like more information,
contact: Fr. Erasmo Romero, O.F.M.; 505-
259-6582; curly_0003@hotmail.com; www.
swfranciscans.org.
See ad on page 59. Code #339.
Franciscan Friars (O.F.M.), Province of
Saint Barbara The Franciscan Friars of the
Province of St. Barbara are members of the
Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.), founded by St.
Francis of Assisi in 1209. Like St. Francis and
his original followers, present-day friars are
called to be brothers to all creation, persons
of prayer engaged in active service. Our friars
are involved in a broad range of ministries
including: outreach to the poor, sacramental
and parish ministry, retreat work, hospital and
prison chaplaincy, education, social advocacy,
foreign and Native American mission work,
and more. Friars of the St. Barbara Province
are of many cultures, ages, and languages and
include both priests and lay brothers. These
friars currently serve in the states of California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, and
Arizona, as well as in Mexico, Russia, and the
Holy Land. In their ministry among different
peoples, the friars try to bring with them the
essence of their traditional greeting: “Peace
and All Good!” For more information, contact: Br. Eric Pilarcik, O.F.M. at vocations@
sbofm.org or 408-903-3422; or Fr. Sebastian
Sandoval, O.F.M., (en español) at 510-821-
Vincentians.
Crosier Fathers and Brothers
(O.S.C.) Crosiers long to imitate
Christ through the union of mind
and heart in community and
through a life of liturgical prayer and active
ministry. Guided by the Rule of St. Augustine,
we live together for God as brothers, serving
the Church and the People of God. Consider
becoming a Crosier if you have a deep passion
to follow Christ, if you desire to live in a community of priests and brothers where you live
for God alone by seeking to combine contemplative routines with a shared active ministerial life, and if you feel called to join with other
men who love the liturgy of the Church and
who are committed to common prayer. Crosiers
are an international order headquartered in
Rome, with U.S. communities in Onamia, Minnesota, and Phoenix, Arizona. Contact: Fr. Alex
Juguilon, O.S.C, at P.O. Box 90428, Phoenix,
AZ 85066; 602-443-7100; vocations@crosier.
org; or www.crosiervocations.org. See our online ad at VocationNetwork.org.
Code #099.
D
De La Salle Christian Brothers (F.S.C.) See
Brothers of the Christian Schools.
Discalced Carmelite Friars, (O.C.D.),
Washington Province We are a religious
Order with eremitic roots on Mount Carmel
from the late 12th century. In 16th-century
Spain, St. Teresa of Jesus, with St. John of
the Cross, initiated the “Discalced Reform”
within the Carmelite Order which became a
new, separate Order. The friars desire a life
of faithful prayer, seeking union with God
through a “life of allegiance to Jesus Christ.”
Our Constitutions mandate two hours of
silent prayer every day. Our ministries include
retreat work, spiritual direction, publications,
a Marian shrine, and mission work in Kenya.
As brothers in community we live as a family
at the service of the Church—to bear a message
of hope and be a quiet but constant sign of
God’s presence in the world. In the company of
Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, we ponder
the words of her Son and the mystery of His
Love. Vocation Director, 1525 Carmel Road,
Hubertus, WI 53033; ocdvocation@gmail.com;
ocdfriarsvocation.org; 262-628-1838.
See ad on page 15. Code #434.
Divine Word Missionaries
(S.V.D.) We are men of prayer and
faith, serving where the Gospel has
not yet been preached, or where the
local church is not yet viable. Each of us is
involved in a particular, unique ministry as we
spread the Word of God. There are over 6,000
of us ministering in over 80 countries worldwide. As one of the largest international missionary congregations in the Catholic Church,
we believe that His Mission is our Mission. Our
steady growth is a result of our response to the
changing needs of the Church and the people
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