Who we are

The Brotherhood of Hope is a community of Catholic brothers consecrated to Jesus Christ by vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience in a deeply fraternal common life. Sprung from the Catholic charismatic renewal, we live together, pray together, and serve together, that our whole lives might bear a united witness to our founding charism: that Jesus Christ is All-Sufficient.

Our Charism

Our charism, the All-Sufficiency of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 12:9), informs every aspect of our life together: Jesus alone is enough for us. We live as celibate brothers, because we believe that our consecration to Jesus is enough to fulfill our deepest desires. We are devoted to an intensely familial common life, because we find Christ’s All-Sufficiency to be incarnated and effected through our relationships. We advance the work of the New Evangelization as our core mission, because we believe that Christ alone can satisfy the lost. We take the anchor of hope (Hebrews 6:19) as our symbol, because we believe Christ alone can give lasting hope to modern man.

Our Fraternity

We have committed ourselves to the Lord in the context of a brotherly common life. We live together: we share our meals, our chores, our recreation, and our very belongings. We work together: insofar as possible, our households serve in one, unified apostolate. And we pray together: our life is ordered around the liturgy of the hours, charismatic praise, and the celebration of the Lord's Day.

Our life together is very familial. We form small groups within our households, through which we summon one another to lifelong holiness. We live simply, depending on the Lord and each other. And we love spending time together in fellowship, rejoicing in all that our Father has done. Finally, as brothers, we hail Mary as our shared Mother!
 

The charity, unity, and loyalty we have in the Brotherhood of Hope is rarely seen amongst a group of men. Almost every day of my life with the brothers, a brother will share something from his day that inspires me to be more Christ-like, and to be more generous in offering my life for the good of others.

—Br. Ken Apuzzo, B.H.