Last but not least: Capuchins are looking for monks via job advertisement
Being a monk this way of life was generally regarded as a calling rather than a profession. However, since fewer and fewer young men feel called to the monastic life, the Capuchin friars are now seeking new brothers through job advertisements.
The monks advertise for a life in the Catholic order in job advertisements. Instead of a job, it says "life position", instead of money, it offers "spirituality, prayer and social security". The advertisement, which appears in the Alpha job advertisement, is aimed at bankers, journalists, business people, theologians, communication specialists and teachers. In a second wave, the Capuchins also want to address technicians, craftsmen and people from social professions with other advertisements. The requirements profile is as follows: Men, single, between 22 and 35 years old. And: they must be baptized Catholics.
The job advertisements are not the first time that the Capuchins in German-speaking Switzerland have broken new ground: the order also offers the opportunity to become a "temporary brother" and live in the community of monks for three to six years. The Capuchins also sell fan articles via their professionally designed website, such as this trendy hooded sweater:
The job advertisements are not the first time that the Capuchins in German-speaking Switzerland have broken new ground: the order also offers the opportunity to become a "temporary brother" and live in the community of monks for three to six years. The Capuchins also sell fan articles via their professionally designed website, such as this trendy hooded sweater:
And, who would have thought it, for once the French-speaking part of Switzerland is more conservative: the Capuchins there, like those in Ticino, want nothing to do with the new tools. They do not have their own website, nor do they take part in the job advertisements.
