Considering a Vocation? Check us out!
Perhaps you already know you want to be a priest or brother, but wonder where the right place for you is. A place where you can be a man of prayer, but not an enclosed monk. A place where you can speak the ancient truths of the Catholic tradition, but in a language that contemporary culture can understand. Where intellectual life is valued, but not an ivory tower. Where men of apostolic zeal can find affirmation and encouragement in a community of like-minded colleagues.
When Jesus began his public ministry he approached men engaged in their normal, day to day labor with an invitation: from the midst of their work, their families and communities the Lord invited them to "come and see" and to "follow me."
As a community of men dedicated to the charism of St. Philip Neri, we welcome men who are aware of the tug in the direction of a life of service, prayer and community.
The Community of St. Philip Neri strives for a balanced life of mature discipleship and fraternity.
We place a great emphasis on the compatibility of members to live together in a convivial, open and prayerful life. We are looking for innovative self-starters; men who are joyfully faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, and who are invigorated by confronting the challenge of building a new community from the bottom up. One sign of an authentic vocation to our community will be that both the present members and the candidate will sense that he was 'as if born to the house' (quasi natus), to use St. Philip's phrase.
The ideal of our life is to form a community that is prayerful while not being monastic, supportive without being suffocating, pious, but with a sense of humor, flexibility and goodwill. We seek to have the best of both a secular priesthood and a religious life.
If the concept of building a new religious community is exciting to you, and if the possibility of utilizing your ideas, talents and insights to help form others in the Catholic Faith is something you can be enthusiastic about, please give us a call, or send an email, to arrange for visit.
You may email us with any other specific questions you might have:
info@stphilipnerihouse.org
When Jesus began his public ministry he approached men engaged in their normal, day to day labor with an invitation: from the midst of their work, their families and communities the Lord invited them to "come and see" and to "follow me."
As a community of men dedicated to the charism of St. Philip Neri, we welcome men who are aware of the tug in the direction of a life of service, prayer and community.
The Community of St. Philip Neri strives for a balanced life of mature discipleship and fraternity.
We place a great emphasis on the compatibility of members to live together in a convivial, open and prayerful life. We are looking for innovative self-starters; men who are joyfully faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, and who are invigorated by confronting the challenge of building a new community from the bottom up. One sign of an authentic vocation to our community will be that both the present members and the candidate will sense that he was 'as if born to the house' (quasi natus), to use St. Philip's phrase.
The ideal of our life is to form a community that is prayerful while not being monastic, supportive without being suffocating, pious, but with a sense of humor, flexibility and goodwill. We seek to have the best of both a secular priesthood and a religious life.
If the concept of building a new religious community is exciting to you, and if the possibility of utilizing your ideas, talents and insights to help form others in the Catholic Faith is something you can be enthusiastic about, please give us a call, or send an email, to arrange for visit.
You may email us with any other specific questions you might have:
info@stphilipnerihouse.org