x

Send to Friend






Send to Friend Print This Page

Information Form

If you are interested in joining our community, please fill out this form.

Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy


Vocation Office
6398 Drexel Road
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19151-2596
Telephone (215) 879-0594 ยท Fax (215) 877-7625
Vocations@orderofmercy.org

Dear Friend:
This is not an application to our community. This simply provides us with some general information that will allow us to better respond to your questions, needs, and concerns as you discern a possible religious vocation. We would greatly appreciate you returning this as soon as possible so that we may answer any further questions you might have.

* denotes a required field.


GENERAL INFORMATION

Your Name* Age
(Last name, First name, Middle name)

Your Email*

Current Home Address*
City* State* Zip*

Phone Best time to call

If away at college/university or in the military:
Current Mailing Address
City State Zip
Phone Best time to call

Date of birth


EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION

Highest level of education
Name of college that you presently attend or last attended
Have you completed your college degree  Yes No
If yes, please list the name of the college and your major(s)
Name of high school that you presently attend or last attended
Name of grade school last attended


OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION

Present Occupation
Name of company
Address
City State Zip
Phone Length of employment
Name of Present Employer


AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Are you a convert to Catholicism?  Yes No
If yes, please give your former religion and the date
of baptism/acceptance into the Roman Catholic Church


Have you ever applied to, or entered another religious community or Diocesan seminary?  Yes No
If yes, please list the name and address of the community/seminary

Date of Application Date of Entrance
Have you ever been refused by a community or Diocesan seminary?  Yes No
If yes, please give the name of community/seminary and reason(s) for refusal


Have you ever been married or attempted marriage?  Yes No
If yes, was the marriage  Sacramental Civil Common Law
Has the marriage been terminated by death, divorce, or annulment?


Is your father  Living Deceased?
Is your mother  Living Deceased?
Do you live with your parents?  Yes No
Brothers or sisters?  Yes No


RELIGIOUS INFORMATION

Are you a registered member of a Roman Catholic Parish?  Yes No
Name of Parish (Arch)diocese
Address
City State Zip
Name of Pastor


What Religious/Parish organizations do you participate in?

What other service/volunteer organizations do you participate in?

Do you have a regular spiritual director/counselor?  Yes No
If yes, have you discussed your vocation with him


How did you become knowledgeable in the Mercedarian Friars? (Name Magazine, newspaper, personal contact, or reference by another person other than a Mercedarian)


Why would you consider the Mercedarian way of life?


As a Mercedarian friar, what type of apostolic service would you be interested in?


Today's Date