Alexian Brothers (C.F.A.) lexian Brothers (C.F.A.) “The love of Christ compels us” to dedicate our lives to care for sick, poor, dying, and marginalized people in our society in collaboration with
others. Daily Eucharist, communal prayer and private
prayer support us in our way of life. The foundation in
the religious life of prayer and life in community
sustains us in Christ’s healing mission. “Whatever you
do for one of these least brothers of mine, you do for
me” (Mt 25: 40). We provide health care services in a
hospital network. We provide health care and housing
services for older adults in a variety of settings: adult
day care, P.A.C.E., assisted living facilities, nursing
homes, and retirement communities. We provide
transitional housing for people with AIDS. We have
medical missions in the Philippines and Hungary.
Director of Vocations: Br. Dan McCormick, C. F. A., 3040
W. Salt Creek Lane, Arlington Heights, IL 60005;
1-800-556-0332; e-mail: dmccormick@alexianbrothers.
net; website: www.alexianbrothers.org. See our web ad
at www.VocationNetwork.org.
See ad on page 171. Code #141.
Augustinian Friars (O.S.A.)—Midwest Province
of Our Mother of Good Counsel The Augustinians
are called to deepen their interior life through prayer
and respond in service to the needs of the church. Our
service to the church is nurtured by a commitment
to individual and communal prayer and a dedication
to build community among our members, as well as
within our apostolates. Like Augustine, we believe
God is at the very core of the human heart, and we
strive to be “one mind, one heart” in God. The Midwest
Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel has 80+
priests and brothers involved in a variety of work. Our
apostolates include (and are not limited to) work in
parishes, high schools, universities, hospitals, retreats,
and foreign missions. Vocation Director: Fr. Tom
McCarthy, O.S.A., Vocation Office, 7740 S. Western
Avenue, Chicago, IL 60620; (773) 776-3044; e-mail:
vocations@midwestaugustinians.org; website: www.
midwestaugustinians.org. Latino inquirers please
contact: Fr. Jorge Cleto, O.S.A., Casa Agustin, 16401
N. W. 37th Ave., Miami Gardens, FL 33054; (305) 404-
0591; e-mail: vocaciones@losagustinos.org.
See ad on page 78. Code #207.
Augustinian Friars (O.S.A.)—Province of St. Joseph,
Canada Augustinians in Canada minister to pilgrims
and retreatants at the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace
near Toronto. We also serve in four parishes in the
Toronto and Vancouver archdioceses. Our province
has traditionally fostered theological study and
pastoral service in a setting of common life, liturgical
celebration, and fraternal support. Vocation Director:
Fr. Francis Galvan, O.S. A., Augustinian Monastery, P. O.
Box 550, King City, Ontario, Canada; (905) 833-5368;
e-mail: galvanfg@gmail.com.
See ad on page 78. Code #207.
Augustinian Friars (O.S.A.)—Province of St.
Thomas of Villanova The Villanova Province
consists of over 200 friars living in communities in
Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
and Florida, with missions in Japan, Peru, and South
Africa. With two institutions of higher learning, two
high schools, and a number of parishes along the East
Coast, we friars are found in various types of ministries
and settings, working with the People of God and
striving to be united in mind and heart intent upon
God, as St. Augustine challenges us. Vocation Director:
Fr. Tom McCarthy, O.S.A., St. Thomas Monastery,
800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova University, Villanova,
PA 19085; (610) 519-7548; e-mail: vocations@
augustinian.org; website: www.augustinian.org. Latino
inquirers please contact: Fr. Jorge Cleto, O.S.A., Casa
Agustin, 16401 N.W. 37th Ave., Miami Gardens,
FL 33054; (305) 404-0591; e-mail: vocaciones@
losagustinos.org.
See ad on page 78. Code #207.
Augustinian Friars (O.S.A.)—Western Province
The Augustinians in the West are a small fraternity who
work with and minister to both Anglo and Hispanic.
No human being is a stranger to an Augustinian. We
minister to youth at St. Augustine High in San Diego
and Villanova Prep School in Ojai. We minister in six
parishes in California, Oregon and Hawaii. We serve
the poor in Tijuana, Mexico, where we conduct an
orphanage. We enjoy pioneering efforts and in the
past two decades have established a high school in
California’s Central Valley, a retreat center in Oregon,
and low income housing for families in south San
Diego. Vocation Director: Fr. Tom Whelan, O.S.A.,
108 Cole St., San Francisco, CA 94117-1116; (415)
387-3626; e-mail: osacole@pacbell.net.
See ad on page 78. Code #207.
Augustinian Monks of the Primitive Observance
( O.S.A.Prim.) Why are you afraid? Put your trust in
the Lord and have courage! Our prayer for the men who
feel called to our Augustinian monastic foundation
is the blessing of our father St. Augustine, “May the
Lord Jesus Christ give you a heart to love him, a will
to choose him, an understanding to conceive him, a
reason which will adhere to him, and may that God of
love and mercy love you eternally.” We are a Roman
Catholic monastic contemplative community of men,
captivated by the love and mercy of the Lord, who
revere His Church, its teachings and liturgy, following
the footsteps of St. Augustine in finding the awesome
friendship of God, the eternal Truth, through living
a life in community with our brothers. Augustinian
Monks of the Primitive Observance, 2075 Mercers
Fernery Rd., DeLand, FL 32720; (386) 736-4321;
e-mail: monks@augustinianmonks.com; website: www.
augustinianmonks.com.
Code #020.
Augustinians of the Assumption (A.A.) The
Assumptionists are a worldwide Augustinian
congregation, founded over 150 years ago in southern
France by Fr. Emmanuel d’Alzon (see Wikipedia
article). We live in apostolic community, striving to be
brothers of one mind and one heart, intent upon God,
actively engaged in the world of today. Our founder
wanted his brothers to address what he saw as the
ills created by the French revolutions, challenges still
with us today: ignorance of the faith, a society that had
lost its direction, and people living with a weak moral
compass. We are a world-wide Congregation of almost
900 religious located in 30 countries. We have acquired
experience in and a reputation for education in all
of its forms: university and high school education,
journalism, ecumenism, pilgrimages, foreign missions
and popular evangelization, to name a few. Contact: Fr.
Richard E. Lamoureux, A.A., Emmanuel House, 512
Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609; 508-767-7530;
e-mail: assumption.vocmin@gmail.com; website:
www.assumption.us.
Code #328.
B
Barnabite Fathers and Brothers (C.R.S.P.) [Clerics Regular of St. Paul] The Barnabite Fathers, the Clerics Regular of St. Paul, inspired to follow the
spirit of St. Paul by their founder, St. Anthony M.
Zaccaria, profess solemnly the vows of poverty, chastity,
and obedience and live in communities that, from our
beginnings in 1530, have been characterized by an
intense life of interior renewal, centered on Christ
Crucified and on the Eucharist, by a remarkable
communal spirit, and dedication to spiritual renewal
whose true purpose is the genuine honor of Christ,
genuine availability to one’s neighbor and profound
humility. We serve in the United States, Canada, Asia,
Europe, and South America in a variety of ministries
including Spiritual Centers, parishes, Our Lady of
Fatima Shrine, NY, education, and the missions. For
information see our website: www.barnabites.com or
contact Rev. Peter M. Calabrese, C. R.S. P., P. O. Box 167,
Youngstown, NY 14174-0167; (716) 754-7489; e-mail:
BarnabitesUSA@fatimashrine.com. See our web ad at
www.VocationNetwork.org.
See ad on page 24. Code #254.
MEN’S COMMUNITIES
Basilian Monks (O. S. B. M.)—Exarchic G r e e k A b b e y o f S t . M a r y o f Grottaferrata We constitute one Catholic Order of Byzantine-Greek Rite, established
in 1004, fifty years before the separation between the
Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Our ascetic life is
based on the integral observance of the Holy Gospel
according to the spirituality of the Holy Greek Fathers,
transmitted to us especially by our Holy Founders
Nilus and Bartholomew. Our days are organized around
the Liturgy, personal prayer, and work: spiritual
direction, maintenance of our monastic library open to
the public, publication of periodicals and books,
restoration of ancient books, teaching at our Monastery
high school, monastic museum, and cultivating the
earth. We are committed to service for the unity of
Christians, particularly between Catholics and
Orthodox, and we contribute to the dialogue with daily
efforts in conversion, penance, asceticism and prayer.
Our lives are animated by the desire to live and
accomplish the prayer of Jesus to the Father “so that they
may all be one.” God calls you. The Church needs you.
Come join us! Fr. Luca De Oliveira, O.S.B.M., Corso
del Popolo, 128, I-00046 Grottaferrata (Rome) Italy;
0039.06.9459309; fax: 0039.06.9456734; e-mail:
vocazione@abbaziagreca.it; website: http://www.
abbaziagreca.it/en. See our web ad at www.
VocationNetwork.org.
Code #308.
Benedictine Monks (O.S.B.)—Marmion Abbey We
are Benedictine monks, priests and brothers in Christ,
brought together by the Divine Call, sharing our
lives and seeking God under the guidance of the
Holy Rule of Saint Benedict and the inspiration of the
Gospels. Our prayer, both personal and liturgical, is
the most important aspect in our monastic life. The
monks of Marmion Abbey have always been closely
identified with education. The monks conduct an
