The Brothers Think Tank has announced the first-ever Religious Brothers Day will be held May 1, 2017, on the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker.
All religious brothers will be recognized during this national virtual event with special content hosted on yearforconsecratedlife.com.
Following the publication of the Vatican document on the “Identity and Mission of the Religious Brother in the Church,” a committee was formed to plan the celebration, which will include prayer services and tributes to jubilarian brothers from lay and mixed communities and institutes of apostolic life, as well as other activities that are in the works.
A prayer card was commissioned specifically for this celebration and focuses on the vocation of brothers—a gift given by God, received by the brothers, and shared with others.
The Brothers Think Tank is a group of religious who address issues related to brothers and brainstorm ways to promote the lay religious vocation for men. The Think Tank is comprised of members from Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Religious Brothers Conference, National Religious Vocations Conference, and Religious Formation Conference.
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
Augustines of the Assumption
Barnabite Fathers and Brothers
Benedictine Monks, Christ the King Priory
Benedictine Monks, Mount Michael Abbey
Benedictine Monks, Newark Abbey
Benedictine Monks, Saint Anselm Abbey
Benedictine Monks, Saint Gregory Abbey
Benedictine Monks, Saint Mary Abbey
Benedictine Monks, Saint Procopius Abbey
Benedictine Monks, Saint John Abbey
Benedictine Monks, Saint Meinrad Archabbey
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
Claretian Missionaries
Comboni Missionaries
Congregation of Christian Brothers
Congregation of Holy Cross
Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
Congregation of the Resurection
Congregation of the Resurection, Ohio Kentucky Province
Conventual Franciscan Friars, Our Lady of the Angels
Crosier Fathers and Brothers
Discalced Carmelite Friars
Dominican Friars, 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, Sacred Heart 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, California Province
Jesuit Fathers and Brothers, Central and Southern Province
Jesuit Fathers and Brothers, East
Jesuit Fathers and Brothers, Midwest
Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada
Josephite Fathers and Brothers
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 Assumption Abbey
Monks of New Clairvuax Abbey, Cisterian Order
Monks of New Mellerary Abbey, Cisterian Order
Norbertine Fathers and Brothers, Daylesford Abbey
Nortbertines of St. Norbert Abbey
Oratorians
Order of Carmelites
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
Saint Leo Abbey
Salesians of Don Bosco, East
Salesians of Don Bosco, West
Scalabrinians
Servants of Charity
Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity
Society of Saint Edmund
Society of Saint Paul
Society of the Divine Word
Somascan Fathers and Brothers
Sons of Our Mother of Peace
Spiritans
Vincentians, Eastern Province
Vincentians, Western Province
Xaverian Brothers
Xaverian Missionaries
