other CoMMunitieS

Associate Community of the Poor

Handmaids of Jesus Christ We are baptized men and women who make a non-vowed renewable covenant with the Associate Community in the Spiritual Family of Catherine Kasper for the purpose of mutual spiritual enrichment, development of community and promotion of service. Our commitment is based on the common call of the Holy Spirit to live the charism of Blessed Catherine Kasper, foundress of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ Congregation. The Associates, Fiat Spiritus Community and Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ form the Spiritual Family of Catherine Kasper. Website: www. poorhandmaids.org/associates. See our web ad at www.VocationNetwork.org.

Code #049.

NEW COMMUNITIES OF CONSECRATED LIFE

Fiat Spiritus Community (FS) We are a community of vowed Christian men and women who are committed to living an apostolic life. We are called to listen to the Holy Spirit through community which empowers us to discern our response to the needs of our time especially with the needy and underserved. The Fiat Spiritus Community, together with the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ and Associate Community, live the Spirit of Blessed Catherine Kasper our foundress. Contact: Brother Bob Overland, FS, P.O. Box 1, Donaldson, IN 46513; (574) 936-1726; e-mail: boverland@poorhandmaids.org; website: www.fiatspiritus.org. See our web ad at www. VocationNetwork.org.

Code #049.

RESOURCES

Global Sisters Report is an online reporting project that tells the stories of and gives greater voice to Catholic sisters around the world. Through its network of journalists around the world as well as blogs and columns from sisters themselves, Global Sisters Report chronicles the contributions of sisters as a force for human development. Visit the website at GlobalSistersReport.org and our Facebook page at Facebook.com/SistersReport. Do you know of an interesting Catholic sister, community or project we should write about? Please contact us at sisters@NCRonline.org.

See ad on page 52. Code #476.

SECULAR INSTITUTES

Caritas Christi, Secular Institute of Pon-

tifical Right Founded in Marseilles, France, in 1937 by Fr. Joseph-Marie Perrin, OP, and Juliette Molland, Caritas Christi is now one of the largest secular institutes for single women in the United States and has members in over thirty countries. The purpose of Caritas Christi is to form and give to the Church contemplative apostolic laywomen who, in every condition of life, strive to live as consecrated Catholics by loving God and making him loved where he has placed them. All members have a sponsor to help them live a life in which God comes first even though they are working in the heart of the world. After three years of initial formation, members take a vow of celibate chastity and promises of poverty and obedience at a first dedication, followed by a definitive dedication five years later. For further information write: Jo Ann Ballinger, joannbear@gmail.com; website: www.ccinfo.org.

Code #347.

Don Bosco Volunteers (DBV) Don Bosco Volunteers are consecrated lay women living the Salesian spirituality of Saint John Bosco, (Don Bosco), while fully immersed in the ordinary occupations and careers of secular society. We participate in the evangelizing mission of the Church by witnessing Christian joy and service especially to young people and those most in need. We do not live in community but share communion of life through prayer, Days of Recollection and a yearly retreat. Founded in 1917 by Blessed Philip Rinaldi, Don Bosco Volunteers are a Secular Institute of Pontifical Right for single Catholic women who are consecrated to God through the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience while maintaining their lay status within the Church and the world. Candidates must be women who have never married, be between the ages of 21-40 and who want to dedicate their life in a radical way to love of God and neighbor. Members follow a formation plan of discernment and preparation for vows, six years of temporary vows, then perpetual vows. Contact information: PO Box 334H, Scarsdale, NY 10583-5834; e-mail: seculardbv@aol.com.

Code #360.

Secular Institute of Missionaries of the

Kingship of Christ (SIM) Consecrated single women who profess poverty, chastity and obedience while living life in the world. Our spirituality is Franciscan and through its ideals the Missionaries seek growth and maturity by identifying with Jesus’ life and mission by striving faithfully to live the Gospel in the world in the spirit of the Beatitudes. A close bond is created among the members through monthly days of recollection, annual retreats, publications, correspondence, phone contact, e-mail and the web site members section. Requirements are: women desiring to commit to a celibate life, a prayer life seeking to grow in the love of Christ, a desire to promote Gospel values in today’s society, a self-supporting occupation, and the freedom to live our way of life. Historical Information: The Institute was founded in 1919 in Assisi, Italy, by Agostino Gemelli, OFM, and Armida Barelli. Approved in 1948 as a Secular Institute of Pontifical Rite. Established in the United States in 1953 by Fr. Stephen Hartdegen, OFM, and Barbara Ottinger. For more information contact: Charleen Dahlin, (508) 386-1417; e-mail: cdahlin@aol. com; web site: www.simkc.org.

See our ad on page 109. Code #337.

United States Conference of Secular Insti-

tutes (USCSI) The United States Conference of Secular Institutes is an association of all the Secular Institutes in the United States. Its mission is to provide education, resources, and support for member institutes, and to assist inquirers in finding the Secular Institute that is right for them. USCSI is committed to making known, understood, and appreciated the call to consecrated secularity in the Catholic Church. Total consecration to God through the evangelical counsels of poverty, celibate chastity, and obedience is the hallmark of all Secular Institutes. Institutes are for single women or for single men, and some are for diocesan priests. It is the newest and fastest-growing vocation in the Church today. For more information see www.secularinstitutes.org. Inquirers may be helped by writing to or talking with Sharon K. Lewis, Vocation Committee, 26673 Franklin Pointe Drive, Southfield, MI 48034-5615; (248) 352-8425; e-mail: sklewis@comcast.net.

Code #147.

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

Catholic Volunteer Network Catholic Volunteer Network fosters and promotes full-time domestic and international faithbased volunteer service opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds and skills. As the leading membership organization of Christian volunteer and mission programs, Catholic Volunteer Network supports and enhances the work of member organizations through volunteer recruitment, training and resources, networking opportunities and advocacy. Established in 1963, the Catholic Volunteer Network membership consists of over 200 domestic and international volunteer and lay mission programs. Each year more than 20,000 volunteers and lay missioners serve in these programs throughout the U.S. and in 112 other countries. Catholic Volunteer Network publishes and distributes RESPONSE, the most comprehensive handbook of lay mission volunteer opportunities. RESPONSE is distributed free of charge to persons interested in faith-based service and those who promote such service. Catholic Volunteer Network also administers the AmeriCorps Education Awards program for our member programs. Find us online at www.CatholicVolunteerNetwork.org. See our web ad at www.DigitalVocationGuide.org.

See our ad on page 37. Code #483.

UK/IRISH COMMUNITIES

Find UK and Irish Communities online through our community search or in our digital edition of Vision: www.digitalvocationguide.org.