CAN AN SVD BROTHER GET MARRIED AND HAVE HIS OWN FAMILY?
No. He freely chooses not to marry not just to imitate the unmarried Jesus, our Elder Brother, but also to totally give himself to God and His people. Upon his profession of the religious vows, among others the vow of chastity, he commits himself not to marry for the sake of God’s kingdom. Nevertheless, although he has no biological family of his own, he can very well be a brother as well as a ‘father’ to all people whom he serves.
