Discernment and Formation

Discernment of a religious vocation involves prayer, quiet reflection and listening to the Lord. Discerning a possible vocation to our Brotherhood becomes more focused when one is accepted into our Postulancy program, a time of observership lasting 6 to 12 months.

Formation as a Catholic Brother and particularly as a Franciscan Brother of Peace can be summed up as the lifelong process of becoming a whole and healthy man emotionally and spiritually, conforming one’s life to that of Jesus Christ, who, for our sake, “did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself (kenosis), taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.”
(Phillippians 2:6-7)