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The Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. An event of epic proportions for the human race. An event of singular importance for all Christians and one of particular significance for the Brotherhood of Hope ...

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 ...

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 ...