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The Brothers definitely shaped my life by their witness of total self-giving. They also taught me to be a disciple and an evangelist which has shaped and changed the way I live my life. I had had an initial conversion before college, but the Brothers taught me how to really live my faith authentically in my own life and how to share it with others.

There is no better way to describe our two-week Kolkata mission than the Lord, in His goodness, taking our group far beyond the end of ourselves. Our time in Kolkata challenged us to abandon dependence on our own strength, and to truly rely on the Lord’s strength alone to “love others as I have loved you.”

Mary’s ‘yes,’ her fiat, embraced both the joys that would come as well as the trials. She would experience the glory of the angels at Jesus’ humble birth in the stable, and she would walk with him to his death. Mary did not take back her ‘yes’ when it brought suffering into her life. She did not regret her ‘yes’ ...

“What’s the ‘Our Father’?” Working in campus ministry, I’m often asked questions that transport me back to my training during novitiate. The question from this student, for example, made me recall ...

Br. Austin Riordan is the newest Brother of Hope. He professed his first temporary vows on Saturday, July 21, 2018. Br. Austin is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas, where he ...

We’re excited to announce that we recently established our sixth campus outreach and will begin serving the students of UMass Boston starting this fall! Cardinal Sean O’Malley appointed Fr. Paul Helfrich, BH, pastor of St. Christopher’s parish and chaplain ...

I manage operations and finance for a public charter school system called Green Dot Public Schools that runs middle schools and high schools in south Los Angeles. Our organization focuses on areas of highest need ...

“Jesus Christ is the stable principle and fixed center of that mission that God himself has entrusted to man.” These words from Pope John Paul II’s first encyclical letter, Redeemer of Man, are the foundation of the mission work of the Brotherhood of Hope ....

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. An event of epic proportions for the human race. An event of singular importance for all Christians and one of particular significance for the Brotherhood of Hope ...

On a blustery September evening, I stumbled up the steps and through the doors of the Catholic Center at Northeastern University. I was an 18-year-old freshman and had just been invited by a young man to go on a “retreat.” I didn’t even know ...

Br. Gary Davis shares on update on the fruits of his work in prison ministry: "After every Cursillo Retreat we gather together the next month for an ultreya, which means 'onward' or 'proceed further on.' At the meeting the men from prison share about their experience ..."

At the tail-end of the Year of Consecrated Life, the Congregation of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life released a document entitled, Identity and Mission of the Religious Brother in the Church. As you might imagine, this document was greatly anticipated by our community of brothers!

It’s humbling, but permit me to make a true confession about Lent: it’s not exactly my favorite time of the year. In fact something inside of me actually resists it ...

In 1971, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a remarkable group of young men were inspired to form a new expression of celibate life. In the Catholic Church there are numerous religious communities of men that share a mission and a common way of life, but what is truly unique about this brotherhood...

One Saturday morning, we brothers were celebrating the end of another blessed semester at Rutgers University with breakfast at a favorite diner near New Brunswick. Not long after we sat down a group of about fifteen African-American men began to arrive. They greeted each other with warm ...

While we’re very proud of our missionary fruitfulness, we must first acknowledge our debt to the Holy Spirit. We didn’t learn how to serve campus ministries overnight: the Holy Spirit has been guiding us for decades...

Thirty-eight years ago, as a very nervous college freshmen, I attended a young men’s retreat that profoundly changed my life. Though I had attended Mass just about every Sunday of my life and had also attended Catholic school, not once had I ever had what I could call an encounter with God! As far as I could ...

Recently we asked our new novices, Brs. Matthew Warnez and Brandt Haglund to reflect on the experiences that led them to embark upon this year of intensive religious formation.

This summer the Brotherhood of Hope traveled to the Holy Land for a life-changing pilgrimage. We are so grateful to those whose generosity enabled us to deepen our friendship with Jesus Our All-Sufficiency as a band of brothers.

Our brother Msgr. Bob has been tasked by Pope Francis with facilitating a team of leading experts to develop better and more effective means of protecting minors in the Church. We pray for Msgr. Bob that his work will bring healing and help to so many whose lives have been effected by clergy sexual abuse.