What do brothers do for Catholicism?

Answer 1

Roman Catholic AnswerThe role of a Catholic brother or sister is to to follow God in all things. They work that out through the particular charism of their order. Orders of strictly brothers or sisters were usually created for teaching or nursing (respectively men or women) but there are many other jobs that they fill as well. Basically, think of any role you have ever seen a nun fulfill. Brothers do the exact same things, but there are less of them, so they are not as high profile.

Answer 2

Church Brothers serve in a variety of roles! One might almost class them as Ecclesiastical Non-coms as they rank between a layman and a priest and do have considerable authority. Among the roles assigned to Brothers are sunday school teachers ( catechists), regular teachers- such as the Marist brothers of the schools, Athletic instructors, and a related role, camp counselors. the Brothers of the Sacred Heart conducted the Camp St.Joseph villa near Hackettstown, N.J. Many but by no means all Bros. go on to the priesthood, but many stay in the non-rate rank. Brothers usually wear street clothes and unlike , say Sisters, do not have a specific uniform garb or habit, as it is called. Thus they blend easily into the youth ministry, no rank showing! I had the good fortune of having a Brother Joe ( Joseph, obviously) as both a Sunday school instructor and a camp counselor. Brother Joe held forth at the Bunkhouse 2B officially called the Rosary Hall but unofficially the Beast Barracks as the place was saturated with various wildlife and pests.

Roman Catholic AnswerThere are many answers to your question for the simple reason that there are many different uses of the term "brothers". When the Holy Father writes to his brother Bishops, he addresses them as "venerable Brothers". Normally the term is used to refer to all members of a religious community, in recent times it is more commonly used to refer to men religious who are not ordained, but it is also used in some institutes for brothers studying for the priesthood. If you are referring to members of a religious institute who will not be ordained, they do all kinds of jobs. In monasteries, the brothers normally take care of the farm, and the domestic work, and any other non-priestly ministries that the monastery may have. In some institutes, all, or nearly all of the men are brothers, such as the Christian Brothers, these men usually work in whatever ministry their institute is involved with, whether it is making wine, teaching school, nursing, etc.

Answer 3

The majority of Catholic brothers are teachers for their religious order. Some are the religious community's handymen, some are cooks. Some work in hospital ministry, or other needed areas. It is perhaps easiest to think of brothers as the male equivalent of nuns - whatever you have seen nuns doing in their service, that is what brothers would be doing, too.

Answer 4

Jesuit and Benedictine Monks are addressed as brother if not ordained as Priests in the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer 5

Brothers is the generic name for all members of a religious community, although it is now generally used to identify male religious who are not ordained or are studying for ordination.