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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.

Each year on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that led to the legalization of abortion in the U.S. the Brotherhood of Hope gathers students from each of our campuses to participate in the March for Life. Monica Fernandez del Castillo, Northeastern University freshman, offered these thoughts on her experience at this year's March.

With the community gathered for our annual retreat in Methuen, Massachusetts on July 25th, our newest brothers committed their lives to Christ as novices in the Brotherhood of Hope. Brs. Ray and Logan declared their intent before the assembled brothers, with several associates and college men also attending.

The Catholic Compass featured our own Brother Parker after he made perpetual vows in the Brotherhood of Hope. Br. Parker reflects on what led him to make this joyful leap of faith.

On July 5, 2014 Brother Parker, a man who could have gone to Med school (aced his MCATs), a man known by all as gifted, faithful, and most notably, full of joy, offered all of his life for the rest of his life to Jesus Christ, our beloved Master and Most Dear Friend.

For two weeks in May, Brs. Patrick Reilly and Adam Neri led a group of six men on a missionary expedition to Calcutta, India. Their destination was the motherhouse of the Missionaries of Charity to participate in the work begun by their famous foundress Bl. Mother Teresa.

Nearly ten Brothers and over 100 college students from the campuses of FSU, NU and RU travelled to Washington, DC and marched in defense of life. It was a prayerful pilgrimage to cry out in prayer on behalf of those without a voice, the unborn. Everyone who participated was deeply touched by the size of the response. Many students had no idea that this fight for life was so strongly supported by so many thousands of people. May their witness and prayers make a difference to turn the tide towards a Culture of Life!

Fr. Philip Merdinger and Brs. Patrick Reily and Parker Jordan had the great joy of sharing a week with Saint Paul's Outreach. at the School of the New Evangelization (SNE). SNE is a ten day school for college students to be trained and equipped for evangelization on campus. What an impressive response these students made to the call to "Go forth and make disciples of all nations" (Mt. 28:19)!

For our annual Summer Conference, the Brotherhood had the privilege of having Bruce Yocum, founding member of the Servants of the Word. as our retreat master. The Brotherhood's friendship with the Servants was yet again renewed as we called to mind the faithfulness of the founding members of their community. We also celebrated the 25th anniversary of our own Brothers, Joseph Donovan and Ken Apuzzo!

For the 12th year in a row, Br. Ken Appuzo and Br. Patrick Reily brought 12 students from the Rutgers Catholic Student Association to serve and meet the people of Tanzania. Over the past decade of visiting and serving in Tanzania, God has done amazing things both in the hearts of those whom we have worked with and with the students we bring. This year was no exception! What a beautiful thing to watch how God has brought about a real friendship with a people who speak a different language, have a completely different culture and live over 8000 miles away. Asante Bwana! ("Thank you Lord" in Swahili). You can check the pictures out on Facebook.