Can my son become a lay brother in residence at a seminary?

[grampus]

I have a thirty-seven-year-old son, no church affiliation, who goes daily to a local Catholic church and sits for an hour or more to “mediitate.” He leads an almost “monastic” life…no drugs, no drinking, no carousing, no police problems at all. He’s a willing, but not talented, worker and could provide valuable low-level assistance in a residential seminary environment. I was thinking, for example, of something on the order of Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Thank you.

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Hi,

Your son would have to become a Catholic first before joining a religious order in the Catholic Church. The first step would be for him to speak with a priest.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.