In response to your
request for vocation information, we will provide a packet of information
which includes: An initial covering letter of introduction from the
Vocation Director. Included is a form which gives you the option to
receive further information.
 With the
initial letter of introduction you will also receive four Society of St.
Paul Vocation Folders which will give you a clearer understanding of the
history, charism. and ministry of the Pauline Brothers and Priests. These
folders were designed in such a way as to offer a potential candidate time
to reflect on the following Pauline topics:
Folder # I The Beginning of the Church - The
Dawn
This folder describes in brief - The Infant Church -
The enlightenment of Venerable James Alberione - The challenges of the
Third Millennium and new ministry - Evangelization Today - The Media Today
and You Today.
Folder # 2 Society of St. Paul -
Our Founder
 This folder presents a
brief outline of our founder, Venerable James Alberione, the Man, his
Mission and his Ministry. It also gives an overview of the patron of our
Congregation, St. Paul the Apostle, the Man, his Mission and his
Ministry.
Folder # 3 The Pauline
Communicates
In this folder we view how the Pauline Priest
and Brother Communicates with God, through prayer, study and the Pauline
media ministry. Reflections on the vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience
are also presented.
Folder # 4 General
Information and Facts about the Society of St. Paul
 This folder describes who Pauline Men are, our global
mission and presence and our ministry in the United States. Guidelines for
the decision making process are also presented. Listed in this brochure
are the necessary qualifications, Age, Religious and Academic Formation
and Development and Religious Profession / Ordination and Ongoing
Formation and Development. And finally the process of Application.
Step Two
After reading
through this literature, if you feel that possibly the Society of St. Paul
is where God may be calling you, we ask the inquirer to return the sheet
called "May We Hear From You?" If you request the Preliminary
Questionnaire which is a "Vocation Profile and Life Line Sheet, "it will
be mailed to you. Once it is returned, the vocation director will arrange
to telephone you to discuss his reactions and help answer any other
questions or concerns you may have.
Step Three
Telephone or
e-mail contact continues between you and the vocation director for a
period of time. At some point a face to face interview will be arranged.
From this meeting an invitation to visit the community in New York or
Ohio, may be made. During this period of discernment it is essential to
begin to establish a relationship with the Vocation Director and the
Pauline Priests, Brothers and Sisters throughout the American Province as
much as possible.Ways in which this can be done, will be explained to you
during your communications with the Vocation Director.
Step Four
The Society of St. Paul Affiliate Program.
During
the time of discernment, it is recommended that a man who is interested in
applying to the Society of St. Paul may wish to consider to participate as
an Affiliate. It provides a man a chance to see what religious life is
like, to experience living in community, deepening their prayer life, and
to work with Pauline Brothers and Priests spreading the Gospel message by
use of the communications media. The Affiliate Program is also a program
for Volunteer Ministry. Guidelines are set in place by the Provincial, the
Vocation Director and the Superior of the local community where the
potential candidate or volunteer is assigned.
Step Five
An invitation
may be made by the Vocation Director to apply for formal entrance into the
Formation Process to the Society of St. Paul. The candidate would then
enter into one of our three communities, Staten Island, New York,
Canfield, Ohio or Dearborn, MI., to continue to discern his vocation to
the Pauline Religious Life. To be admitted to the community as a first
year candidate or pre-novice he must first provide documents which are
listed on the back cover of vocation folder # 4: General Information
and Facts about the Society of St. Paul.
The Society of St. Paul
invites mature, spiritually motivated men, to consider joining them in
participating in the dynamic ministry of communications to help spread the
Good News of Jesus to the men and women of our day.
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