Dear Brothers,
Province Celebrations in Prayer
Please keep in prayer our retreatants and jubilarians.
- Seventeen brothers are attending the preached retreat at Siena Woods this week (August 1-7).
- Sixteen brothers will be attending a quiet retreat at Governor’s Island (August 8-14).
- Our jubilarians will be celebrating their anniversaries in Dayton on August 14.
Thank You: Missionary Preaching
We express gratitude to the following Marianists who helped with Missionary Preaching.
Archdiocese of Cincinnati parishes
- Fr. Charles (Kip) Stander
- Fr. Ted Cassidy
- Fr. Varghese Manoparampil
Archdiocese of St Louis parishes
- Fr. Paul Fitzpatrick
- Fr. Gabriel Kirangah
- Fr. Timothy Kenney
Mexican Aspirants
Congratulations to our new Mexican Aspirants in Querétaro, Mexico
- Carlos Julio Flores Cabrera
- Edgar Rogelio Ferrer Orosco
More information on these Aspirants later.
Vocation Info & Other Important Stats from CARA Report
(Spring 2021)
- One-third of newcomers to U.S. religious life are foreign-born.
- Adult religious composition of the US: 65% Christian (various breakdowns offered); 28% religiously unaffiliated; of the total US adult population, 12% are white Catholics, 7% are Hispanic Catholics and 2% are Catholics of other ethnicities.
- Jesuit Connections in U.S. Congress: 10% (55 Jesuit-educated members of the 117th Congress).
- Religious entrance and profession classes of 2020. An interesting quote from a study: “When asked how they became acquainted with their religious institutes: 32% said it was through an institution where members served, 32% via personal research and 30% at the suggestion of a friend or advisor. Twenty-one percent became acquainted through the reputation or history of the institute...Seventy-three percent of the women and 61% of the men entered institutes that wear habits.”