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Some Jesuits are priests, some are brothers: what’s the difference?

April 26, 2017Brothers difference Jesuits Priests

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Some Jesuits are priests, some are brothers: what’s the difference?

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Jesuits can choose to be priests or brothers. Both groups of men take the same vows and live and pray in a religious community. Priests are ordained and administer the Sacraments and celebrate Mass. Although brothers do not feel called to the life of a priest, they participate fully in the work of the Society of Jesus, whose mission is “the service of faith and the promotion of justice.