We are pilgrims on life’s journey, called to walk closer and closer to God. And Jesuit brothers — living a life of radical availability — are those who respond to a vocation of accompaniment, serving as doctors, teachers, social workers, retreat directors but most of all companions on our life’s pilgrimage, walking alongside us as together we encounter God.
“A big part of this vocation is helping to form and maintain spaces where others, and especially fellow Jesuits, can come to better know and more closely follow the Lord.”
“I am called to the vows and fellowship/ brotherhood of Jesuit life, and I am called to be close to and among the people of God, especially in that work for justice.”
“Accompanying people however and wherever they are, especially the excluded who feel far from the church, is a big part of that for me. As a brother, I am in a horizontal relationship with all I meet. There’s a sacredness to that accompaniment.”
“I see the brother as ideally someone ready to hold stories and engage in spiritual conversation.”
“Being a priest is a beautiful thing, but I get to focus on the work that Jesus did. Feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and tending to the sheep.”
“Brothers I have known tend to keep it simple, taking seriously and literally living out the motto of finding God in all things.”
“I was first drawn to a deepening of my own faith and a re-prioritizing of my relationship with God. My call to the Jesuits came as a response to a deepening desire to honor that faith and to live a vocation that brought spiritual depth to others.”
