Become a missionary!

There are two ways by which you can become a missionary at the Domus:

• applying to become a member-in-formation of the Mendicant Missionaries or

• applying to the Iuvenes Rosae Mysticae one year program

The first option is for those men and women who feel called by God to live as consecrated persons in our mendicant missionary community under our charism, way of life, and stages of formation.

 

The second option is for those young men and women (ages 18-30) who want to spend a year of their lives living in the community of the Mendicant Missionaries in order to discern God's will in their lives, receive a more profound spiritual formation, share in our charism and way of life, and be a missionary in our apostolate activities.

 

Some of the requirements that you need in order to qualify for our austere, yet joyous, community life are:

• desire to serve God and his people, not to be served

• openness to the Holy Spirit's action in your life and the gifts He wants to give

• detachment from the things of the world (personal possessions, money, clothes you like, food you like to eat, technology, class schedule preferences, personal appearance, etc.) and family/friends ties

• obedience and willful submission to all the teachings and precepts of the Catholic Church

• have a disposition for obedience to the superiors, way of life, and statutes of the community 

• have a desire to live poor, chaste, obedient, and practicing some forms of asceticism (like fasting)

• have a disposition to travel all over with the minimum necessary and learn other languages

• be community-oriented and not self-oriented

• have a healthy, age-appropriate human maturity

• be responsible, diligent, and hard worker even in the little things

• be at least 18 years of age

• right intention in wanting to join

If in your prayer you think that God may be calling you to spend a year of your life with us in the Iuvenes Rosae Mystica program, or if you think that He may be calling you to belong to the Mendicant Missionaries community on a permanent basis, give us a call or write to us to schedule an initial visit to our community and begin a discernment process with one of our missionaries. 

 

Some preliminary steps that you can do in order to further foster your discernment process are:

• a quick online "Test Your Call" survey about your vocation and call to the religious life from the Institute on Religious Life.  This gives you an initial basic idea of hints of God's call to the consecrated/missionary life.  You can email/send us your results.

• two, eight-day online retreats from the Institute on Religious Life:  The first retreat entitled "LifeWork" is a good first step if you are not sure were God is calling you. It goes more along the lines of our Iuvenes Rosae Mysticae program.  The second retreat "Responding to God's Call" deepens the understanding of the theology of a vocation to a consecrated life.  This retreat helps you more if you want to become a member of the Mendicant Missionary community.

• pray a lot, especially before the Blessed Sacrament, with the simplicity of a child knowing that our Heavenly Father listens and responds to your concerns about your life.  Thursdays are special days for adoration and discernment.  Committing to an hour of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday, with the intention of discerning your vocation, will be an extraordinary way to listen His voice and dispose your heart to do what He says.

• come for an initial weekend or week-long visit with the Mendicant Missionaries.  After that, you will have a better idea of how one community lives the consecrated life in fraternal love.