Typical of the Brothers of Charity

A Vision of the poor

This is how brother Stan expresses it:
“I live with refugees and mentally disturbed persons or anyone in need who knocks at our door. We form a community. It is very simple: our community life becomes joy when we discover the poor as a gift to the community. When we welcome the needy as God’s messenger the poor breaks our chains of slavery and make our life no more self oriented but God oriented. They become really our Masters as they teach us the essential values of humanhood and brotherhood. Indeed the poor are our riches.”

A specific apostolate

For the brothers of charity the hearing impaired, mentally sick and mentally handicapped people are especially dear because their human dignity is directly threatened. It is impossible for them to lead a human life without a specialised care. Education is also important as it develops the pedagogy of the caritas so that gifted people are sensitised to alleviate the fate of their disadvantaged brothers.
In some developing countries the Brothers of Charity are known provide the main or only resource for people with mental illness or mental handicap such as psychiatric centers, homes for chronic patients, family support, and psychosocial rehabilitation.

An actual Vision of the Resurrection

Laboring to restore here and now what is broken or wounded in human beings, liberating what is oppressed, preserving what remains of life for the Day of Resurrection.

An apostolic spirituality

Apostolate is any activity aimed at the salvation of humanity and propagation of the Reign of Christ. The BOC sees the whole of his life not only his actions as apostolic. His life is organized around apostolic ministry and permeated with apostolic spirituality. All the dimensions of his life (prayer, action, community life, religious vows) contribute to his apostolate. In his prayers he implores God to heal the injuries of a disfigured world, he prays with the care of all those who live in dire circumstances but even more for those who are unable to pray.