We want you to be happy

Be happy, that’s our biggest interest. We are not interested in your being a Piarist religious, or a priest, but if God calls you, we want to help you and accompany you because that is the way you will be happy. Several centuries ago it occurred to St Joseph Calasanz that, without imagining that his vocation had to do with giving his life to children, he found himself happy among them teaching them the sciences and nourishing their faith; at ease as nowhere else, and so he said courageously: “I have found in Rome the definitive way to serve God, doing good to these little ones and I will not leave it for anything in the world”

And you? Have you found your ultimate way to be happy?

At Becoming a piarist we want to help you. Allow us, for this you can find here:

We present you with videos of our life and mission. Our charism made flesh in the Piarists themselves that carry it forward and where they live it in the four continents of almost 40 countries. Our service to children, young people, families and adults can be seen in a few minutes. You will also be able to know all those places we are and what we do in each of them.

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If you have any doubts, or if you simply consider the possibility of a Piarist vocation (consecrated to Christ to give yourself to the evangelization of children and young people through education), you can contact us without feeling conditioned. People trained and prepared to help in these vocational issues can accompany you via email, or as other possibilities arise. We are the first male religious order whose specific charism is education.

If your process requires a more serious experience of discernment, we will propose the possibility of having a retreat for it or even a life experience among us. Our houses are open and we will be happy to welcome you to help you.

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The best way to ‘tune in’ is to feel how the testimonies of a concrete life resonate in your life. For this reason, every month we offer you different testimonies from Piarist religious, young people, adults and seniors.

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Depending on where you are, you can request a personal meeting with someone who can help you in your search.

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We present to you our founder, born in 1557 in Peralta de la Sal, a small town in Huesca, and whose life, placed in the hands of the Lord, continues to give life to thousands of people, especially the small and the poor. You can approach his life, his vocational process, his spiritual, pedagogical and pastoral contributions.

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