There are a number of resources available for Brothers, their formators, and anyone who wants to know more about lay religious life for men. You will find the bibliographical information on some books specifically about Brothers on the pages that follow as well as a copy of the “Washington Statement on a Call To Brotherhood.”
Consecrated Life
Cole, Basil and Paul Conner. Christian Totality: Theology of the Consecrated Life. St. Oakland: St. Paul, 1997. Print.
DeThomasis, Louis. Imagination: A Future For Religious Life. Winona: Metanoia, 1992. Print.
Fleming, David. L and Elizabeth McDonough, eds. The Church and Consecrated Life: The Best of the Review For Religious # 5. St. Louis: Review For Religious, 1996.
Print. O’Murchu, Diarmuid. Poverty, Celibacy, and Obedience: A Radical Option For Life. New York: Crossroad, 1999. Print.
Schneiders, Sandra. New Wineskins: Re-Imagining Religious Life Today. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1986. Print.
Monasticism
Lawrence, C.H. Medieval Monasticism. London: Longman, 2001. Print.
Panikkar, Raimundo. Blessed Simplicity. New York: Seabury, 1992. Print.