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Alexian 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) 4040591; 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.

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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.

Basilian Monks (O.S.B.M.)—Exarchic Greek Abbey of St. Mary of

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