Religious Brothers Day, May 1

Religious Brothers Day is held annually on May 1, the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. 

All religious brothers are recognized during this international event. Prayer services and reflections for celebrating this day are available at yearforconsecratedlife.com. 

For more information about Religious Brothers that may assist you in celebrating this vocation, download:

• Identity and Mission of Religious Brothers in the Church
• Statement from Religious Brothers Conference
• Guidelines for Formation of Religious Brothers
• Resources for the first U.S. Beatified Relgious Brother, Br. James Miller, FSC 

Here are the NRVC member institutes with religious brothers. To find links to websites and social networks to each of these communities go to our institutes website page.

Alexian Brothers

Augustinian Friars

Augustinian Friars, Western Province

Augustinians of the Assumption

Barnabite Fathers and Brothers

Benedictine Monks, Assumption Abbey

Benedictine Monks, Christ the King Priory

Benedictine Monks, Glastonbury Abbey

Benedictine Monks, Mount Michael Abbey

Benedictine Monks, Newark Abbey

Benedictine Monks, Saint Andrew Abbey

Benedictine Monks, Saint Procopius Abbey

Benedictine Monks, Saint John Abbey

Benedictine Monks, Saint Meinrad Archabbey

Benedictine Monks, Subiaco Abbey

Brothers of the Christian Schools

Brothers of the Christian Schools, Eastern North America

Brothers of the Christian Schools, San Francisco, New Orleans

Brothers of the Sacred Heart, Province of the United States

Capuchin Franciscans, Province of St. Joseph

Carmelite Fathers and Brothers, Province of St. Elias

Claretian Missionaries

Congregation of Christian Brothers

Congregation of Holy Cross

Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament

Congregation of the Holy Spirit

Congregation of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Congregation of the Resurection

Congregation of the Resurrection, CA

Crosier Fathers and Brothers

Discalced Carmelite Friars

Dominican Friars, Most Holy Name of Jesus 

Dominican Friars, Saint Albert the Great

Dominican Friars, Saint Martin de Porres

Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn

Franciscan Friars of Saint Barbara

Franciscan Friars of the Atonement

Franciscan Friars, Conventual, Our Lady of Consolation

Franciscan Friars, Holy Name Province

Franciscan Friars, Our Lady of Guadalupe Province

Franciscan Friars, Saint John the Baptist Province

Glenmary Home Missioners

Holy Cross Brothers

Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God

Jesuit Fathers and Brothers, Central and Southern Province

Jesuit Fathers and Brothers, Midwest Province

Jesuit Fathers and Brothers, Northeast Province

Jesuit Fathers and Brothers, Western Province

Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada

Josephite Fathers and Brothers

Knights of the Holy Eucharist

Marianists

Marianists, Province of Meribah

Marist Brothers

Marist Fathers and Brothers

Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers

Missionaries of Mariannhill

Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette

Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity

Monks of New Mellerary Abbey, Cisterian Order

Norbertine Fathers and Brothers, Daylesford Abbey

Nortbertines of St. Norbert Abbey

Oratorians

Order of Carmelites

Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, New Clairvuax

Order of Friar Servants of Mary

Order of the Most Holy Trinity

Pallotines, Immaculate Conception Province

Pallotines, Mother of God Province

Passionists

Presentation Brothers

Redemptorists

Redemptorists, Edmonton-Toronto Province

Salesians of Don Bosco, East

Salesians of Don Bosco, West

Scalabrinians

Society of Saint Edmund

Society of the Divine Word

Somascan Fathers and Brothers

Sons of Our Mother of Peace

Trappist Cistercian Monks, St. Joseph Abbey

Viatorians

Vincentians, Eastern Province

Vincentians, Western Province

Xaverian Brothers

Xaverian Missionaries