Order That Works In Campus Ministry?

[TraditionalCatholic5]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone knows of any religious community/order that works in college campus ministry, and with young adults but also are faithful to church teachings?? All I can really find is the Paulist Fathers, but for multiple reasons I've been told not even to consider them..

Thanks.

[FutureSister2009]

The Oblates of St. Francis DeSales. Our Director of Campus Ministry is one and we also have a Sister in the community that works in Campus Ministry too. But you would most likely only be able to work at DeSales.

[Lisa]

TradCatholic- the Dominican Brothers work as campus ministers at many college campuses, especially at Newman centers for public universities.

Eastern province: [url="http://www.ordopraedicatorum.org/apostolates/"]http://www.ordopraedicatorum.org/apostolates/[/url]
Central province: [url="http://www.domcentral.org/ministries/"]http://www.domcentral.org/ministries/[/url]
Western province: [url="http://www.opwest.org/ministries/campus-ministries"]http://www.opwest.org/ministries/campus-ministries[/url]
Southern province: [url="http://www.opsouth.org/our_ministry/"]http://www.opsouth.org/our_ministry/[/url]

They are all faithful to the Church. They might have slightly different views on "how traditional" they are.

Edited January 22, 2012 by Lisa

[Chiquitunga]

The Community of St. John does a bit at least. I know the [url="http://www.communityofstjohn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58%3Aprinceville-brothers&catid=34%3Aprinceville&Itemid=54&limitstart=2"]Brothers in Princeville, IL[/url] used to work a lot with students at Bradley University in Peoria. Now I just see on their sight that they have retreats for FOCUS (Fellowship of Cathoilc University Students) You could probably ask this question of them [url="http://www.focus.org/"]http://www.focus.org/[/url] (what communities work directly on campus ministry) & they could give you a more thorough answer.

Also, here the [url="http://www.communityofstjohn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55:orange-sisters&catid=36:orange&Itemid=60"]Apostolic Sisters of St. John[/url] work on campus ministry in NJ.

Then the priests & brothers of Miles Christi work especially with college students. One of them was/is the chaplain at Madonna University in Livonia, MI [url="http://www.madonna.edu/"]http://www.madonna.edu/[/url] I'm not sure what other colleges they may work with, but I believe it's more that they do things for that age group, like retreats and especially vocation discernment [url="http://www.mileschristi.org/"]http://www.mileschristi.org/[/url]

Edited January 22, 2012 by Chiquitunga

[Chiquitunga]

[quote name='Lisa' timestamp='1327245534' post='2373192']
TradCatholic- the Dominican Brothers work as campus ministers at many college campuses, especially at Newman centers for public universities.

Eastern province: [url="http://www.ordopraedicatorum.org/apostolates/"]http://www.ordopraed...rg/apostolates/[/url]
Central province: [url="http://www.domcentral.org/ministries/"]http://www.domcentral.org/ministries/[/url]
Western province: [url="http://www.opwest.org/ministries/campus-ministries"]http://www.opwest.or...mpus-ministries[/url]
Southern province: [url="http://www.opsouth.org/our_ministry/"]http://www.opsouth.org/our_ministry/[/url]

They are all faithful to the Church. They might have slightly different views on "how traditional" they are.
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I met [url="http://www.hoosiercatholic.org/index.php/contact-staff/12-contacts/21-fr-cassian-kenneth-sama"]Fr. Cassian, OP[/url] at IU in Bloomington, IN and he is [i]amazing!!! [/i]So on fire with love for God and His Church (and oh so orthodox!!) You could talk to him for hours and not get tired of it, haha!

[TraditionalCatholic5]

Thanks for all the suggestion everyone! I'll check them out. Please pray for me.

[brandelynmarie]

Both Franciscan University of Steubenville & Ave Maria have different congregations involved to one extent or another on their respective campuses. Prayers,

[Strictlyinkblot]

Prayers

[LaPetiteSoeur]

Don't rule out the Paulists completely. The Paulists I've met are incredibly holy men on fire with the love of God. My priest friend was a Paulist before becoming (transitioning? I know there's an actual word for this) a diocesan priest. They do a lot of good work!

The Jesuits also do a lot of work in campus ministry. Even if one's a diocesan priest, you can do campus ministry--the two priests at my campus church had no idea they would be led here!

[LaPetiteSoeur]

AND HOW COULD I FORGET: The Oratorians do campus ministry! They are a pretty razzle dazzle order, and I recommend checking them out!

[Guest hermanita]

Also the Jesuits. Some of them are wonderful.

[LaPetiteSoeur]

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Also the Jesuits. Some of them are wonderful.
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Definitely look at the Jesuits.

[HopefulBride]

The Brotherhood of Hope does campus ministry and they are wonderful and faithful to the Magisterium.

Prayers for you,
HB

[krissylou]

I was just about to suggest the "Brotherhood of Hope" but Hopeful beat me to it! So now there is no purpose to this posting whatsoever.

[the_rev]

It seems like I'm linking to this community quite a bit recently: [url="http://www.mileschristi.org/"]http://www.mileschristi.org/[/url]

This is a part of their mission statement:

"Priests and Brothers are devoted to the pursuit of sanctity, for the greater glory of God. Our mission is the [b]sanctification of the laity, particularly of college students."[/b]

From their website it seems that they are more traditionally minded, e.g. it appears they wear the cassock.

Edited January 23, 2012 by the_rev