Our Special Spirituality

As Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, we strive to incarnate in ever greater depth the sentiments of Christ towards the sick and those in need and to manifest these sentiments with actions of mercy: we make ourselves weak with the weak and help them as the most favored ones of the Kingdom; we proclaim to them the Father’s love and the mystery of their complete salvation; we defend their rights; and we offer our lives for them. We dedicate ourselves with joy to helping those who suffer with those attitudes and actions, which characterize the Brother of Saint John of God: humble, patient and responsible service; respect for, and faithfulness to, the person; understanding, loving-kindness and self-denial; sharing in the anxieties and hopes of those who suffer. For them our life is a sign and proclamation of the coming of the kingdom of God.

Our Mission in the Church

Encouraged by the gift we have received; we consecrate ourselves to God and dedicate ourselves to serving the Church in the assistance of the sick and those in need, with a preference for the poorest. In this way we show that the compassionate and merciful Christ of the Gospel is still alive among men and we work with him for their salvation. When he called us to be Hospitaller Brothers of Saint John of God, God chose us to form a community of apostolic life and so it is our desire to live out in communion
with each other the love of God and our neighbor. We feel that we are brothers of all mankind and we dedicate ourselves chiefly to the service of the weak and the sick; their needs and sufferings touch our hearts and lead us to alleviate those needs and sufferings and to work for the personal development and advancement of such people.

Our Charism as Expressed in Practice

We feel that we are the responsible custodians of the gift of hospitality, which gives our Order its characteristic identity. This binds us to live our charism with fidelity, preserving, deepening and constantly developing it within the Church, our openness to the Spirit, to the signs of the times, and to people’s needs, will show us how we are to incarnate it creatively in any given time or situation.