"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest"
Luke 10:2
The decision to join The Basilian Order of St. Josaphat is one that dedicates one's life to God through worship, prayer, and serving God's people. Much consideration and prayer should be made throughout the decision process, but can lead to a rewarding and fulfilling vocation in a community of God.
Luke 10:2
The decision to join The Basilian Order of St. Josaphat is one that dedicates one's life to God through worship, prayer, and serving God's people. Much consideration and prayer should be made throughout the decision process, but can lead to a rewarding and fulfilling vocation in a community of God.
REQUIREMENTS
With His call God provides physical and spiritual fitness to the now whom He has chosen for His own. The two are closely related for if a young man is not fit to be a religious, he has no vocation, and the opposite is also true.
The fitness requirements of the Basilian Order are:
1. Physical Fitness
Because the candidate undergoes rigorous training during the Novitiate, he must meet all of the demands placed upon him by the community regulations and the daily routine. He must be emotionally mature, be normally healthy, and have physical endurance. To insure these qualifications, the Order limits the age of applicants from seventeen to fifty years. The applicant is required to have a thorough physical examination and to present the results to the Master of Novices. Physical defects or chronic disease are serious obstacles to acceptance into the Order.
2. Mental Fitness
To become a monk, the applicant must have average intelligence and good common sense. If he aspires to priesthood, he must be predisposed to learning, be diligent in his studies, and have the power of concentration. Application for entrance is best made after high school graduation. Latin is a necessary subject and it is important to plan a course of study with this in mind.
3. Moral Fitness
Each applicant must be a good practicing Catholic, born of validly married parents, not bound to the support of his family, or have incurred any debts. Catholics of both the Byzantine and Latin Rite are acceptable, a privilege granted to the Order by Pope Leo XIII.
To be a practicing Catholic means to attend Mass regularly, to receive the Sacraments frequently, and to avoid bad company. The applicant must possess a generous and dedicated heart, be amiable and willing to follow the orders of his superiors. In entering the monastery his intention must be to serve God, to save his own soul, to lead a more perfect life, and to help others save their own souls. The candidate must be ready to make sacrifices for God and his fellowman.
To be fit for religious life, you must have
1. Good Health - (Age 17-50)
2. Good Head - (Average intelligence, common sense)
3. Good Heart - (Pious, generous, amiable)
With His call God provides physical and spiritual fitness to the now whom He has chosen for His own. The two are closely related for if a young man is not fit to be a religious, he has no vocation, and the opposite is also true.
The fitness requirements of the Basilian Order are:
1. Physical Fitness
Because the candidate undergoes rigorous training during the Novitiate, he must meet all of the demands placed upon him by the community regulations and the daily routine. He must be emotionally mature, be normally healthy, and have physical endurance. To insure these qualifications, the Order limits the age of applicants from seventeen to fifty years. The applicant is required to have a thorough physical examination and to present the results to the Master of Novices. Physical defects or chronic disease are serious obstacles to acceptance into the Order.
2. Mental Fitness
To become a monk, the applicant must have average intelligence and good common sense. If he aspires to priesthood, he must be predisposed to learning, be diligent in his studies, and have the power of concentration. Application for entrance is best made after high school graduation. Latin is a necessary subject and it is important to plan a course of study with this in mind.
3. Moral Fitness
Each applicant must be a good practicing Catholic, born of validly married parents, not bound to the support of his family, or have incurred any debts. Catholics of both the Byzantine and Latin Rite are acceptable, a privilege granted to the Order by Pope Leo XIII.
To be a practicing Catholic means to attend Mass regularly, to receive the Sacraments frequently, and to avoid bad company. The applicant must possess a generous and dedicated heart, be amiable and willing to follow the orders of his superiors. In entering the monastery his intention must be to serve God, to save his own soul, to lead a more perfect life, and to help others save their own souls. The candidate must be ready to make sacrifices for God and his fellowman.
To be fit for religious life, you must have
1. Good Health - (Age 17-50)
2. Good Head - (Average intelligence, common sense)
3. Good Heart - (Pious, generous, amiable)
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